10 From This Week in These Foolish Things

1. You’ll notice that I’m not writing a Rate-A-Date in this space today. That’s because the George Clooney look-alike I wrote about in my last entry blew me off. He was supposedly doing business in the general area and was supposed to either stay in a neighboring town last night or downtown in my city, and he told me that he’d stay downtown if I’d go out with him. I agreed and then said goodnight (on Tuesday night) and that was the last I heard from him. I checked Tinder last night at around 8PM to see where he was (you can check locations and determine how far away the person is), and he was 16 miles away. This was neither downtown nor in the neighboring city he’d mentioned before, so he must have been in the suburbs meeting someone else? Oh well. No skin off my teeth. I’m not really down for meeting someone who travels ALL the time and actually lives in another country anyway.

2. I’m supposed to meet someone else tonight - early evening at the park. I’m growing weary of “supposed to meets”, but I’ll give this one more shot. If this one doesn’t pan out, I think I’ll take a good, long break. If it rains I may blow him off completely. Not all that excited about it. Bluhhhh.

3. Yesterday, my friend from New York came to town to give my company (as well as a few other businesses in town) a presentation on her company’s services. She’s the one who’s good friends with the boss who fired me years ago. Was great to see her, even though we didn’t really get much of a chance to catch up. I posted a photo of the two of us together on Facebook, and guess who “liked” it? That’s right, a few hours after posting, the ol’ boss hit the like button. In a strange way, it made me feel good that I’ve let most of that horrible feeling just slide right over me. I don’t hold a grudge and I don’t feel angry towards her. It’s freeing or something. Or maybe it’s just more evidence that time really does heal. Or maybe it makes me more forgetful.

4. My high school 30-year reunion is coming up in July! I haven’t been back to that town in 20 years (for my 10 year reunion) and before that I hadn’t been back in 10 years. It’s not my hometown and I only lived in that area for a few short years, so it’s very cool to be going back there. I don’t know how you feel about reunions now that Facebook is a big part of our lives, but I want to go so that I can see my former classmates in person. I was pretty geeky in high school - wasn’t really accepted all that much. High School was hard for me, but our 10-year reunion was tons of fun (I really came out of my shell!), and I figure it’s been 20 years…why not go back and pop even further!? The area is stunningly beautiful (nestled in a mountainous region), and I think this will be the year of solo excursions for me.

5. My Paris flight is booked. Need to make hotel reservations for my trip in September. Another solo excursion. Looking into going to Champagne, Burgundy maybe, and perhaps a side trip to Amsterdam (visit with SHIP, perhaps?). I’m looking forward to this. I emailed my college boyfriend who lives in the South of France and travels to Paris quite frequently, about the safety factor, and the bottom line is, I’d be just about as safe there as pretty much anywhere in the world. We can’t let fear stop us from living our lives, and unless it gets a whole lot worse, I’m planning on living my life to the fullest - including traveling places and experiencing what life has to experience! I’m very excited about Champagne!

6. I have been on an online shopping rampage as of late. I’ve fallen in love with Amazon Prime Now (get it in 2 hours) and I’ve taken to ordering everything from groceries to skin care products to storage items to birthday prezzies. It’s the shit. Still, for me, it doesn’t beat actually physically going shopping - especially where clothing is concerned. I want to touch and feel and try on. I also still love going shopping for the physical presence, the atmosphere, the people watching, the customer service, etc. Even going to Target can be an experience. Remember Super T, the guy I met while standing in the checkout line at the Super Target? That one experience turned into a steamy love affair! You just never know…I’ll keep visualizing!

7. I’m missing the Bulldog something fierce. Maybe I’m going through the stages of grief (??!!). I’m super mad at him. I miss the weird friendship a lot. When I was at my parents’ for Easter, I had a little chat with my Dad, who could tell that I was missing the BD. Dad and I aren’t super verbal about things like this, but he was so sweet with his fatherly words of wisdom: “[Bulldog] is a really nice fella, but he is also a pretty weird dude…” HAHA!! Love my pops!

8. Best Bud just brought me some Greek salad for lunch and I scarfed it down. This, in addition to a vending machine raid earlier today. Guess today will be my cheat day for the week!

9. Wedding shower to attend on Sunday. Isn’t it weird when the CHILDREN of your friends are all getting married? No? It’s very weird for me - especially since I’ve never had a wedding of my own. I feel a selfish mixture of jealousy and being very aware of my age. I need to just suck it up and be HAPPY for the bride.

10. Okay, off to try to finish the workday and start the weekend. Can’t decide whether or not to blow off the Tinder meet/date tonight. It’s cold outside and we’re doing a dog-walking date. We’ll see…

Until next time - lots of LOVE,
GS