Stepped in it

Well, I've been on vacation for a week without internet access. It's probably a good thing. I've had time to calm down for awhile. I've been slowly getting to know a man for a few months. We finally got "intimate". It was interesting. Some parts were good, some were not so good. This happened on a Saturday. On Sunday, I was driving north on the first day of my vacation and I started to wonder if he was ok with it, so I called him. Knowing fully well that I should wait for him to call me, I called him anyway. As I suspected, he was feeling the same thing I was feeling. It was not ok. For whatever reason, he was not ok with it, we argued, fought, and hung up, decided not to see each other again. That was a first for me. And it didn't feel very good. It's been a week and it still doesn't feel good. I wish we could have argued and fought one day sooner before we did that. I had decided to tell my daughter just the day before that we were dating.

Here's the deal....He had told me that he didn't have time for a relationship. However, he kept emailing, stopping over, etc. So we tried anyway. Getting intimate was kind of like "sealing the deal", but he knew he couldn't and so did I. I could tell he had reservations while we were together. So we shouldn't have done it and we both knew it. Hormomes got the best of us, but neither one of us are the kind of people to be able to do that without commitment.

So it was a lesson learned. And a painful one. Life will go on.

Have a good night.

Maggie

Like a blind dog without a bone.

Greetings!

Definition - "furlough" to lay off workers temporarily. (without pay)

Definition - "upper management" People who make twice your pay who recommend furlough's for people like you to save the company money.

For example, the board member at my organization who wears a different pair of expensive eye glasses to every meeting. "Yes sir, of course I think we should be furloughed" WTF!?!

Gotta love it!

It's the weekend. Maybe I'll get lucky. I hope you do too.

Maggie.

Wag more, bark less

Hello.

"Wag more, bark less". This is the bumper sticker I followed on my way home today. I like it. I have to agree. Barking is kind of irritating. That's why I've never done it I guess. And I've never dated a barker. That would be interesting. No offense to all you barkers.

It's been an interesting day. Last night on my way home I passed a sign in front of a meat market that said "boneless ribeyes". They were on sale. I can't tell you the price because I wasn't interested in boneless ribeyes. But this morning when I passed it, the same sign said "eyeless boner". Hmmmm. What would you pay for that per pound?

Reminded me that I have a date this weekend. Hee hee. For those of you that are interested in trying internet dating, but haven't, maybe I can save you some time. (and money). I can tell you what my experience was. (or still is). I tried http://www.eharmony.com/. They say you can check out matches for free. Well you can't until you go through a lot of bologna. I tried it. I took the long test, answered all the questions, got the prices (which were high), and then they emailed my matches (based on my lengthy personality quiz). Once I got my matches I fell into a deep depression because I couldn't believe that I was honestly as strange as the people they matched me up with. I called a male friend and begged him to tell me that I wasn't. (He did, which is why he's my friend.) Then I moved on to http://www.match.com/. Slighty easier procedure, slightly cheaper, if I remember correctly, although they are related to each other and keep referring you back to eharmony. The database of people was large, but you have to be prepared for a lot of rejection, a lot of strange people, people who make searching match.com a lifelong career and have no intention of having a relationship, etc. I did end up meeting a man I have become friends with and then a man I dated for a year who I think will end up being a very good friend, but it took patience. My third choice was http://www.plentyoffish.com/. This site is not yet as well know as the first two but I think it's by far the best. ***** The winner in my book. The database is getting bigger all the time. The options on the site are great and it's free. I loved it. That's where I met Saturday's date. We'll see. Hopefully there will be no barking.

Have a great night - not a late night.

Maggie

Do not be afraid

Welcome to day one of my "life as a single woman" blog. It's definitely not my first day on the job. Just the first day I decided to blog about it. I'm not sure what took me so long. I think I have a lot to say. I hope you'll join me day after day. I think I have excellant resources to share, I've learned a lot over the years. Most importantly I hope to have comical stories to lighten up your day.



Single people have unique challenges, but we also have amazing experiences. I hope to share a few.



Today was kind of a slow day. I started the day listening to more news regarding Brett Favre. I'm as much of a Brett Favre fan as anyone, but enough now. Let it go. Let him go. Something that us single women have a hard time with, you sports fans also have to do...if you love him, let him go. Trust me, it's time. Say good-bye. Take down your posters and move on.



Tonight I ended the day by calling two credit card companies and asking them to reduce my interest rate. Is that so much to ask? Yes. The answer is yes. It is. Unless you have a huge balance and you tell them that you can no longer make your payments than they have no reason to reduce it. So, I will call back tomorrow a wiser woman. Tomorrow, my answer will be "no, sir, I can NOT make these payments anymore." We'll see what happens.



I'll keep you posted. Have a great night.



Maggie.