PIC OF THE DAY!
Dress shopping. I didn’t buy this dress because I don’t think it’s work-friendly, but I looooovvve the sleeves and the cut-out fabric on this one.
TODAY…
1. Thankful that it’s my LAST DAY of unemployment today! Tomorrow morning I will become gainfully employed! That wasn’t so bad, was it?
2. Thankful that I’ve had the time and opportunity to prepare myself for the new job.
3. Thankful for the fun chats I’ve had with my very good friend Cindy lately. I adore her.
4. Thankful that the days and nights have been deliciously warm lately!
5. Still and always, thankful for a place to write it all down.
Well, here it is. My last day of unemployment. After 317 days, I will finally be back to the ol’ grind. I never thought I’d be so happy to say that. But I’m also going to enjoy my day with a nice latte before church (haven’t gone in several weeks), a little more shopping, brunch, and then an Oscar watching party. What could be a better way to prep?
Tomorrow I go in at 8:15 to an orientation thing. My new boss has already called me to tell me that she is taking the team to lunch for a baby shower of one of the other girls. So lunch is already covered on Day 1. I’m so curious to see what the vibe is like back in Corporate America. I’ll let you know…
WOW! Here’s something crazy: I JUST got a text from my friend Vanessa. She says my new boss lives across the street from her! Crazy, small world, eh?
My how things change in a matter of a few days, hm? As of yesterday, I have ditched the pilot, let CC get back into my good graces, and discovered that I have no other options at the moment. Do I need to go back to the well or should I just concentrate on the brand new job for now? I know I’m going to need a bit of time to get adjusted into a new routine…I just wonder if I should just knock it all off until I figure it out?
Nah. What fun would that be?
Yeah, so I had a date planned with Captain K yesterday. Rather than going into all the nitty-gritty, let’s just say that he had some MAJOR expectations of me with a touch of stalker-like behavior.
Just a few examples:
1. Texts. Hundreds of them…at a rapid-fire pace. If I didn’t answer right away, he’d just send more and more and then ask me is something was wrong.
2. Freaky Face-stalking. We became FB friends and I think he combed through every single picture I have posted there. That’s fine and good because that’s what a FB page is for, but what he did after that was kind of, well, funny and cute at first, but then downright weird. He’d take my pictures from FB and photoshop them with thought bubbles and animals, etc. He’d add funny/cute little phrases about himself and then text them to me on a regular basis.
3. E-mails. He started forwarding me “funny” emails, etc… Fine and good, but then they got downright over the top. For example, during one of our dates, I told him that I was interested in children (I’d like to have children in my life in some way), and he sent me this email of funny pictures of kids/babies and said something like, “If we end up procreating…” Now. That might be AWESOME to hear from someone who’d taken some time to really get to know me, but this guy has no realistic idea of who I am. But…
4. My blog. You know I have a blog, right? It’s out there in public, and I promote it on Twitter and FB, so it’s great that he went to my blog and read it…there’s nothing incriminating on there. It’s just stuff that I wouldn’t think he’d really be interested in. Well, he read the whole thing (with a fine-toothed comb), and he’d mention things that I’d even forgotten about in a sort of creepy I-know-everything-about-you kind of way.
So those are just a few of the things that weirded me out a bit. But what kind of scared me is that, yes, we did have plans for last night, but they didn’t quite fit my schedule, so I asked to amend the plans he’d made to make it work. He agreed, but then sent a series of more and more hostile emails telling me that it would have been polite of me if I’d told him earlier…how we haven’t been “communicating” like we normally do, and how I couldn’t say he didn’t try.
It’s like he’d already made up our relationship and was kind of ready for our first obstacle. Meanwhile, I don’t even know the guy, other than the fact that he is verbose to the point of annoyance and he has waaaaaay too much time on his hands.
Long story short, I told him that I wasn’t feeling comfortable anymore and that I’d like to just end it right there (yes, there’s more than just that stuff above–enough to not want to see him again). He told me that was fine and that if I wanted to contact him again, the ball’s in my court. He then said he’d leave me alone.
Not 5 minutes after our conversation, what does he do? Yes. He sends me a text telling me about what I would have gotten if I’d gone out with him (it was a silly text, but it just proved to me that he’s so not true to his word and made him look desperate and more annoying).
I feel terribly about it because I really did want to like him. I tried, I did. But he tried WAY too hard and it opened my eyes. I can relate to wanting something so badly that I’ve appeared desperate. I get it. And I see why the object of these affections feels very uncomfortable.
So. Back to CC. I guess I’ve been somewhat desperate with him. Eh. I’ve stopped with that, but I can’t say that I don’t want to see him at all anymore. He likes me, this I know for sure. It’s a long story, and it’s very hard to explain.
I’m just looking forward to starting my new job. That will take some of the focus off of my romantic trainwrecks. And I’m looking forward for CC to go to France for a couple of weeks. I’m sure he’s going to be getting himself into some trouble…hell, I would!! But that doesn’t mean I can’t get myself out there a bit as well (kiss-fest, anyone?).
Oscars are tonight. I’m going to watch them with my friend Ali. She wants to drain a bottle of Champagne with me to celebrate my new job. I’m looking forward to it. Love the red carpet! Love bubbles! LOVE YOU!!!
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