Regarding the advances I wrote about in my last entry: I’ve nipped the thing pretty well, I think. I’ve used the excuse that I’m trying to learn my job, working very hard at it and taken a strict business angle to all of our conversations. I think he got the hint.
He’s still there, of course. And I have to deal with VP on a daily basis. Good news is, I’ve had some great interactions with his boss this week, and though I don’t work for VP, I’ve worked on a project that has made him look very, very good. He knows I mean business and that’s why I’m there.
Next week we get the results of our round robin interview sessions. I’m 99% sure that I won’t get the promotion, but I’d really, really like to be a part of the leadership training in which three of the 10 candidates will be selected to participate. In case you’re wondering, I don’t want this promotion. I’m not ready. I’m still so far buried in going through the process of this job.
Also, in case you haven’t noticed, I’m so happy to have this job.
It’s been very all-consuming and I really need to figure out my work/life balance situation, but I haven’t figured any of that out yet. I’m not too worried. I don’t feel burned out. But I think that I will in the future if I don’t figure it out. I don’t get home before 8pm on any given night.
And then the nights when I do leave at around 7, I’ve been either dating or attending events.
Speaking of dating, SexyPants is rocking my world!! He hasn’t moved here yet, but he’s been coming in every week and taking me on wonderful dates that sometimes include his BFF and his BFF’s wife, and I really, really like them a lot! He stays at their house while going through the process of buying his own.
They live about 1/2 hour drive from my place, and the last two times we’ve gone out I’ve ended up having to come inside to sober up for a little while before driving home. We’ve laid in bed together and he’s been a perfect gentleman.
I can’t decide, though, if he is a total player. He certainly looks like one. He’s a sweet talker and is very affectionate. I love it, of course, but I’m wary. I know that only time will tell. I’ve already told him that I won’t sleep with him until we know each other very, very well and we know what our intentions are.
I know that he was seeing someone on a FWB-type situation. I don’t know that he’s broken it off.
I’m not seeing anyone else right now. I don’t have the time. But I can’t help feeling like I’m putting all of my eggs in one basket. Oh well. What can I do? I can’t keep up with more than one guy plus my job right now. I’m VERY happy to have the attention of one. After all, I only need one, right? And “need” isn’t even the word. I like the attention of one.
Let me tell you about SexyPants. He’s 47, about 6′ tall, blond, solidly muscular. He was married to a woman who was 11 years older, and unfortunately, has only been divorced about 8 months. He has two adopted teenage children, a 16-year-old girl who is giving him some trouble, and a 14-year-old boy with Asperger’s Syndrome. He owned a business with his best friend (the one who lives here), and sold it a while back, making enough $$ to set his ex-wife and children up for life. He now works as an executive for another company, and seems to be doing very, very well. He is taking all of his GMs out for a guys weekend this week, and they are golfing and doing guy things (which makes me a little nervous, but….eh, who am I to say. I mean, I only think these things because I know how I am on girls weekends).
I am cautiously optimistic about SexyPants. Nothing is easy, and I know that this one would be complicated, but I’m so ready to have a boyfriend for a while. And he appears to be so much more open to a relationship than CC was (I consider CC the closest thing I’ve had to a boyfriend since EXMS). He seems to want to have a girlfriend. He’s already told his MOM about me!!!
He’ll fly back into town on Monday evening and I’ll pick him up at the airport since my office is about 10 minutes from there. We will be going on DATE #6! I’m really looking forward to seeing him again and getting some of that affection that I’ve already grown to crave.
What am I going to do with myself?
OK. It’s after 1pm and I’m just getting myself moving. Time to get on with my day off!!
Love, love, LOVE!
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