Wow. It feels like this weekend flew by in a BLUR!! One of the reasons is that I was drunk half the time. I’m half-kidding. I also slept. Heh.
Yeah, I went to bed super early on Friday because the week was so tough and I was simply exhausted when I got home (finally, after just horrific goings on - pissed off peeps on conference calls and the like) and I pretty much died.
But not before accepting a doggy date for Sunday afternoon with a new guy I’d been texting with via the Bumble app. More about him and his dog to follow.
Saturday, I had big plans of getting stuff done inside, especially with the weather forecast predicting rain all day. Well, I ended up drinking coffee while chatting on the phone with SexyPants, who was in Mexico City, breaking up with a long-distance girlfriend (didn’t I tell you - one in every port?), and then there was a break in the storms so I took the dog to the farmers market and bought all kinds of veggie goodies, and THEN I fell asleep for a few hours…AGAIN!
By the time I woke up it was time to get myself ready for the date I had planned with myself. Yes, I am dating myself! Heh. I figure if nobody else will, I’m going to treat myself well. All I really wanted was a nice dinner and a few drinks, so I’d planned on going one place (which was a little casual) and then decided that I wanted something more chic and hip.
So I showered and put on a cute little dress and ordered up a Lyft to take me to the design district where new restaurants are popping up left and right. My driver was this wonderfully happy, chatty, colorfully dressed woman who asked me what I was up to and I told her that I was taking myself out to dinner and she was ALL OVER IT, telling me how cool she thought that was. By the time she pulled up to the venue, I wanted to ask her to join me for dinner - she was that fabulous! Instead I gave her a big, fat tip and an excellent review on the Lyft app.
As the restaurant is very new and happening I knew it would be crowded, but I also had some backup plans in case the place was just simply TOO crowded. I figured I’d need to sit at the bar to eat, and luckily there was ONE spot at the end of the bar next to two smartly dressed women, both slightly older than me.
We ended up chatting and having the BEST time, basically having dinner together! And though I may have been slightly disappointed I wasn’t sitting next to two eligible bachelors, I was thrilled to make the connection with these women, who both work for a travel bag company, which was SO up my alley.
After dinner, I walked across a courtyard to an open-air restaurant (one of my back-up plans) and sat down at the bar to have a nightcap before taking myself home…and taking advantage of myself (HAHAH!). I ordered some rose champagne, and soon, these two guys who’d been sort of hovering at the bar at the previous place showed up.
We chatted a bit, and it felt like these guys were young and clearly out looking for a hot time, so I was a little surprised that the one guy wanted to know all about me, but whatever. I played along, and even accepted one of their FB requests because we had some common interests, but the whole thing felt a little awkward.
I ordered one more drink, bringing my total to 4 champagnes and one cocktail for the evening, and since I’m not drinking during the week, I was pretty tipsy at that point. I was WAY ready to go home by around 11:30, so I bid the dudes adieu and got another Lyft home.
Pretty tame, but very enjoyable evening. I like dating myself!
Woke up to a hangover! Slept for a couple more hours and woke again, ravenous. See, that’s the downside of drinking at all nowadays. Well, I really mean drinking to excess. I probably would have been fine with two glasses of wine last night, but instead, with FIVE drinks in me, I felt like shit today AND I was ravenous!
Made myself a yummy scrambled egg concoction on corn tortillas and my homemade salsa. And a gigantic cup of coffee, but nothing…NOTHING seemed to satiate me today.
Went back to bed.
Got up only in time to get ready for my 2PM date! That’s right - I hung out in bed until about 1PM.
So here’s a RAD to close out this entry - which also has me thinking, I should do a RAD on myself at some point, too!
Name: SNP (stands for Salt & Pepper, as in, hair)
Age: 50
Status: Divorced, but for some reason it seemed a little pushy to ask for how long. I don’t know why - but it did. He seems a tad sensitive, and again, I can’t quite put my finger on why. I do know that he’s definitely divorced, though. Has one daughter, 11 years old.
Job: Engineer for technology company
Lives: In one of those damn suburban towns that’s kinda far away. I asked him how long it took to drive downtown and he said 35 minutes, which kinda sucks. Not a deal-breaker, though.
Length of Date: 2.5 hours
We Did: Well it was supposed to be a dog-walking thing, and it WAS - he brought his pretty 3-year-old Boxer to meet Martini, my Chiweenie. And, while Martini did act like a little shit when she first met the Boxer, they ended up getting along VERY well! They walked well together and in fact, ended up sharing water and snacks! We also had a late lunch together that included DRINKS, which was fun. Hair of the dog in more ways than one! :)
He Looked: Casual (naturally, for dog walking), and very handsome. Dude has spectacular salt & pepper hair that is so neatly styled. He’s in incredible shape - runner’s body, happy smile, very nice to look at. His dog was appropriately attired in collar and harness.
I Looked: Cute, I guess, if not slightly hung over (I hope he didn’t notice that part), belted sundress with sandals, my new Italian sunglasses and a small purse. Martini was dressed in zebra print harness and chevron striped collar with charms.
First Impression: He’s very handsome, and I visualized him on my arm at future events like parties and weddings. He seems super mild-mannered and he’s pretty soft spoken. I really prefer a take-charge kind of guy, but he seemed okay, if not overly excited to be on the date. Dog is slightly rambunctious, but hell, she’s a 3-year-old Boxer! She calmed down when we had our late lunch, and I was super happy that she and Martini got along.
Convo: Well. I felt like I carried most of it. Not sure about that part. He doesn’t seem very exciting, even though he does like racing cars and he’s into collecting classic cars and seems like a cool dude. He didn’t ask me a whole lot of questions. We talked about Bumble a bit. He said he was on it for a while last year and then got off of it (maybe dated someone), and now he’s been back on a little while…that’s really all I got out of him.
High Point: When our dogs kissed each other
Low Point: When we didn’t. Not really, but…
How It Ended: Well, the above is true, we didn’t kiss. We finished our lunch and then had to walk back to the park, so we walked together, stopping to see one thing or another or get the dogs some water. At one point, we came across a dancing troupe rehearsing on a set of stairs over by a sculpture garden (always lots to see in my neighborhood!), and we lingered and even talked to the dancers for a bit. I walked him to where he needed to turn off and head for his parked car. We hugged at that point, and I told him that I had a great time and he said the same thing.
Chances Are: Would love to see him again to see if he’s really that shy or had a case of nerves or if he’s just really…wimpy? I can’t put my finger on what this lack of…excitement, or whatever is. Guess we’ll see if I hear from him again. I haver ZERO clue if he’ll be in touch.
Date Rating: I give it a good, solid C, for being nice and fine. Would love to up that rating next time.
Whelp. That was my WHOLE weekend! I did spend a small portion reading work emails and getting pissed off AND a bit of Argentina research. Oh, and one load of laundry, which has yet to be folded (!!!). Not much else.
Hope your weekend was fantastic! Time to get ready for the workweek. UGHHHHGGGGHHH!!
xox,
GS
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