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Sitting here at this lovely, lovely coffee shop with massive patios overlooking the lake and tons of outdoor seating and live jazz. Sipping my half-caf bottomless drip coffee and tapping out an e...

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Read the updates to the previous entry for what happened with the interview at the Home Decor company. I am shattered because I’m just so tired of the bullshit happening. Companies need to get th...

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I have a video interview in less than an hour and I’m sitting in front of my computer turning the camera on and looking to make sure I look okay and that my background (my actual kitchen and livi...

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And now I’m sitting at my favorite coffee place tapping this out, sipping a half-caf drip coffee with nothing in it (fasting! More on that in a sec), and waiting for the live music to start at ar...

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Interesting Work Spaces: I’m typing this out at a brewery. That’s right - I’m sitting here drinking a beer and writing this entry while others around me work on their laptops as well. I think if ...

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Two steps forward…one step back. At least I’m making some progress, I guess? This morning I had a coffee meeting with a woman who works at one of my target local companies that I’d LOVE to work f...

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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...

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←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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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<–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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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