Sitting outside at a fun and fancy coffee shop in the sunshine writing this entry on a super crisp morning. It’s all decorated for the holidays. There’s a band playing!! How festive!
I’m here because my hot water heater went out, and I didn’t notice it until after I worked out yesterday! YUCK.
I noticed because I was excited to take a long, hot shower yesterday…lit my shower candle, had my shower coffee in hand and ripped my workout clothes off while the water was supposed to heat up. I noticed that the bathroom wasn’t getting steamy, which it would normally be, so I dipped my toe into the running water and sure enough…cold as ice!
So, I ended up taking a you-know-what’s bath with cold water and makeup wipes. Neat.
Switched locations and now sitting outside a lunch place after taking a little walk downtown in the sunshine. Talked to a cute man who was accidentally dressed like his dog. I pointed it out, and he was amused. Introduced himself and told me that he was standing there with his dog waiting for his daughter to run errands. She was in town visiting. I started to realize that this has the makings of a meet-cute, but then he told me that he’d let me get back to doing my thing (as if he was bothering me or something??) and walked out of my “space”.
Bummer.
I started feeling awkward as his daughter came out of a store, so I moved locations again. Realized that maybe I should have stayed put in case cute guy dressed like his dog might come back and want to chat some more.
Alas, I was already on my way in the opposite direction.
Bottom line, I felt like it was a near-miss.
Did a little Trader Joe’s run just now, grabbing some things for my festive solo New Year’s Eve tomorrow evening. Got some sparkling pomegranate juice, various cheeses and crackers and treats. Oh…and GRAPES to do the 12 grapes under the table thing! Have you done this on prior New Year’s Eves? What happened? Also gotta remember to wear red underwear!
Never heard a peep from my potential NYE date, so assuming I’ll be celebrating by myself in my undies tomorrow night.
Also notable, tomorrow marks two full years without drinking any alcohol. I still dream about drinking. It’s probably my most common dream these days. Weird! But I’m really proud of myself. It feels so good not to drink - in every possible way.
And now I’m about to head back to my place, hoping my water heater’s fixed. I could use a shower.
xox,
GS
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