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RAD: Super Happy Guy
The last of my later-RADs. This one happened two weeks ago: Name: Super Happy Guy Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 52 Relationship Status: I can’t remember? I know he’s single for sure, but I...
RAD: The Mysterious Housesitter
←another RAD that way Name: Mysterious Housesitter Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 54, I think Relationship Status: Divorced, one son Job: Consulting for food companies - seems like he’s als...
RAD: The Pole Dancer
Name: The Pole Dancer Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 51 Relationship Status: Divorced, adult twin girls Job: tech sales Lives: In a beautiful neighborhood a few miles from my place Length o...
What's the Worry?
What a lazy Saturday - where did the day go? Well, for one thing, I slept until well after 8am. I hadn’t planned to do that, but I woke at 2am with a worried brain and it took me quite some time...
What's Happening?
Hi everyone! I’m deep in the throes of creating my consulting package to present to the founders of this startup tomorrow. Guess what I’ve realized while working on this project? I don’t want to...
RAD: The Lion King
Finally. This is the first of FOUR long-overdue RADs I owe you guys! Name: The Lion King Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 57 (but I figured out he was lying and is actually 67) Relationship St...
Ten Things
Martini, my sweet baby dog, is lying on the blankie behind me with the most rumbly tummy. I can hear it from across the room. Poor thing. I can tell she doesn’t feel good. I don’t know what she...
About to Brunch
I need to leave in approximately five minutes to get to my brunch on time. A happy surprise, my friend Lovely is in town with her husband to visit his mother, who lives here. She (the mother-in-l...
Get it Together.
I don’t know what to write half the time because I feel like my whole life is on HOLD, but it’s actually not. I’ve just been struggling a bit lately and feeling lost. I need to get my life back o...
Behind on Updates!
I’m woefully behind on my updates. I owe you two Rate-A-Dates! But the rest of my life seems to be on hold while I try to secure my next paying gig. It’s stressful, y’all. In fact, I don’t really...
RAD: The Party Atty
Name: The Party Attorney Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 58 (or so he says) Relationship Status: Divorced for long time - sounds like he’s on great terms with his ex. A daughter who sometim...
Still So Anxious*
Y’all. I’m still so anxiety-ridden. I don’t remember feeling this anxious last year when I was unemployed, but I think that was because I had a good severance AND unemployment on top of that, so ...
RAD: The Parole Officer
Name: The Parole Officer Introduction Platform: Bumble Age: 60 Relationship Status: Thinking never married, no kids? I actually didn’t ask, but I’m pretty sure he’s a lifelong bachelor Job: Re...
Updates on Various
Mom Update: She’s out of the hospital, but needs to work on being mobile before she comes home, so she’s in a rehab facility working on her walking. My poor dad was getting so, so tired and he wa...
RAD: The Sailor
<–Mom update that way. Sneaking in this little RAD as I was able to somehow throw in a little date on Monday when I didn’t have much information about my mom yet… Name: The Sailor Introducti...
Mom's Heart Attack *Update 2*
Greetings from the hospital in small town USA. It’s a regional hospital and I am in the ICU with my mother who had a heart attack - likely as a result of a pulmonary embolism (blood clot in her l...
Weird. Don't Be Weird.
It’s Saturday. I took a good long walk this morning while it was cooler than 106 degrees out and came home and attended a networking Zoom call with some interesting folks. These people are friend...
Innocuous
Had my expensive consultation with the employment attorney today. Go back a few entries in case you’re wondering what this is about. I don’t feel like rehashing any of it right now. Bottom line,...
So Anxious
Nearly a week after being told I was going to have legal action taken against me for defamation or some sort, I have yet to hear from The Cutie Pie Company. I don’t know how long it takes to draw...
Holy Fuckin’ Shit, Y’all *update 2*
Placeholder: Chief Cutie is threatening to SUE ME! Motherfucker!! More to come! GS So, the short of it is, I’m going about my day yesterday - it’s the end of the day on Friday and Chief Cutie ha...
Some Time Off
Y’all. I sometimes can’t even believe that I QUIT MY HIGH PAYING JOB with no prospects in mind. I especially can’t believe it after I put in a full day’s work over and over and over. It simply do...
Unsettled
I feel unsettled. And even though I quit my job, the thought of being there another month until July 21st makes me sick to my stomach and not fully done with the agitation. I gave my official n...
The Deal
(see previous couple of entries for backstory on me quitting my high-paying yet life-sucking job) So, we came to an agreement. I officially resigned, but I gave her ONE month. One month of semi-...
Resignation Update
Go back an entry to see WTF is going on right now with my job at The Cutie Pie Company. I actually wussed out yesterday. I had my letter of resignation ready to give to Chief Cutie, but chickened...
What Would You Say...
If I told you I’m resigning from my job on Tuesday? I can’t deal with the constant INSANE pressure cooker anymore, and my health is taking a hit, but I will be throwing away the biggest salary I...
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