@ehBeth,
I feel like I've reached a level of understanding and comfortability with you. So hope you don't mind helping me out here. I'm going to aim for next week going down there, most likely alongside with my friend(hopefully). When I see him and he sees me, would a good greeting be "You impressed/shocked to see me here?" With a little smile. I get the whole introducing yourself, which that will obviously come. But I feel like we've already met. Don't take it literal; I mean in a nonverbal sense and not including the time he said something, I called it mouthing since I couldn't read his lips. Now it's time to actually speak, as we've had that nonverbal communication.
Also, I've learned to recognize the driven hormones (as someone stated) that were taking control, so know that I have realized and am aware I can control it to some moderate safe degree. But I don't think it's entirely hormones because it's been a long while. Now I am just stating, I haven't seen him as in being out for gym on the track since the day prior to the day of thanksgiving. It has been MUCH longer of a wait than I'd have liked it to be, wish I had gotten down there a month ago or even late November. I'm more anxious, I don't want to be too late that it seems odd, if that makes sense. I must admit, he made me feel god-willingly happy and good about myself. For some attractive guy who does that, you just want more and you crave it. Part of what makes me anxious. Sure I don't know what he's like, but you hope for the best. I like to think positive, and have an optimistic mind-set, hoping he turns out to be a new chapter in my life, and let nature take its course.