This year is whizzing past so insanely quickly. Here’s a Post 4th-of-July update.
Had an extremely relaxed 4th of July. Got up early and took the dog to the fancy neighborhood to meet Maria, have some brekkie and watch the neighborhood parade. This is like a small town parade in the middle of a larger city, and it was so much fun...until my dog got scared. I don’t even know why she got shaky because all of the fire trucks, loud marching bands and such had already passed by. All that was really left were cars full of people throwing candy and tchotchkes out of the windows. There was even a guy who came by and passed out dog treats! What’s not to love? But Maria and the dog and I left the parade a little early and walked over to a place where we could chat (we had 45 minutes before they opened) and eat some brunch.
Maria and I talked about Bumble a lot. Seems she’s met a guy who seems totally into her - but he’s geographically undesirable (lives on a ranch about an hour and ½ away)...still he’s owner of several restaurants in town, so that shouldn’t stop the momentum. Then our mutual friend Nancy showed up and they figured out that they’d both been talking to the same guy - and that’s exactly how it works in this town. UGH!
The topic turned to me and Ricky R. and while we were talking he texted me some sweet good mornings and we did a back-n-forth a bit. On Tuesday he embarked on a nearly 10-hour drive to visit his son for his birthday and a stop to see his mother. Somewhere in there he’d texted me (oh yeah, on Monday) that he wanted to see me on Friday AND Saturday and that I should pencil that in. Well, I had to reign this shit in a bit because even though I want to get to know him, that seemed excessive to me. So I used the excuse that I was going to go to dinner with Maria on Friday but that he and I could absolutely go out on Saturday. I think that settled him down a bit because the texting slowed down a bit and I’ve had a chance to breathe and let myself settle down too. The excitement was amazing, of course, but I could tell that I could easily get carried away, and I think the same for him. We’ve both backed down a tad, but I’m still very, very excited to see him on Saturday.
But I will be honest in my diary. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have a couple of VERY VIVID fantasies about what sex with him is going to be like (I’m pretty sure this is going to happen - I have that strong feeling) AND I have been looking online at pretty white dresses (YES, I KNOW that this is insanely weird and premature - see: getting carried away, above - but give me this fantasy, okay? It made me feel really good! And girly!) If any of you tells a soul I will deny, deny, deny!!
After the parade and brunch that included a couple of mimosas, I went home and took a luxurious 2-hour nap...and really didn’t do much of anything after that. Made a cucumber salad and walked the dog, but truly that’s it. I need to do a major reorg/declutter in my apartment, starting with my closet that has gotten out of hand again, and there are several books piling up on my nightstand, but all I wanted to do was be a lazy, fantasizing lump...so that’s what I did. The only fireworks I watched were from a facebook live stream of a friend of mine who lives in DC and has an INSANE view of the White House.
Today was back to work and I reminded myself that I should have spent a little time looking at new opportunities during the one-day holiday, but I also came back to work with an email reply from GIANT CORP’s CEO (from back a few entries)! I’d sent him an email about a week ago thanking him for the time he’d spent with me letting me introduce myself and the project while I was at their supplier summit - his email back to me was extremely nice and fairly formal (good), and I was able to forward it to MY CEO (again, keeping a visual on the fact that I created this line!). So a little kudos for good measure today.
Did my 4:30am workout again this morning. I’m now a little over a month & ½ in and can definitely tell a difference, but MAN is it hard to get into that Orange Zone!! Seems to be even harder now that I’m in better shape. I am still reading online about folks who have a low resting heart rate (me) and how you need to go get a V02/stress test from your doctor and take it to Orangetheory to get your statistics adjusted. I think I need to do this. I ran my *bootie* off today, feeling like I was just about to collapse, and still only got into the Orange Zone twice….this, after upping my pace by a LOT. Yet I’m still so happy to have my workout done and over with before 6am! These classes have been a game changer.
OH! Speaking of workout...guess who ghosted me? That’s right, Officer Cocksure, aka. The Naked Cop! I can’t say I’m surprised. Nor can I say I am upset in the least. In fact, I’m glad he just stopped communicating with me. I did see him once over the weekend because we were texting while I was on the city trail...and he actually showed up on his bicycle - nearly naked, of course! We chatted a bit and then he zoomed away...never to be seen again! Bye-bye, Officer Nakey!
I’m really looking forward to my trip in September. I have no travel (as of today) between now and then, and I am getting super antsy!! I wonder if I can swing a quickie business trip out before then? I don’t know what and I don’t know where - but the rest of July and all of August and I’m going to tear my hair out if I don’t go somewhere. Maybe I just need to plan a weekend drivable getaway or even a staycation!
Gotta roll. Meeting!
xox,
GS
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