Day Off From Life
Good God I’ve been active lately. Too active, almost. It’s a miracle I have clean clothes left and functioning kidneys. I am happy to report that I do. To both. But barely.
Being in a relationship with D. the last 5 1/2 years had made me kind of a homebody. We stayed in a lot more than we went out. Which was fine… all was comfy and routine. Then we broke up. And for some reason, that signaled to me the intense need to go out into the world as often as humanly possible. It helps that my bff is also single, and hates her roommates, so is therefore down to be out there with me every second we’re not at work.
What have I been doing? Having 5 1/2 years of single fun, in a much shorter time span: Cocktails, spending time with people who make me laugh, meeting new people and developing, and then retracting, various crushes.
The first crush, as you may remember, didn’t go well. He was absolutely fabulous when we weren’t dressed, but completely insane when we were. I have since changed my phone number and deleted my “social networking site” profile. Since doing those things, I have not heard from him- nor has my car suffered any more damage. My fingers remain crossed, and the police department on my speed dial.
The second crush I developed was, evidently, wrong from day one. He was a bartender (well, he still is) at one of my fave little watering holes. Having been a bartender for years, a lifetime ago, I should have known better. His cuteness got the better of me, however, and I didn’t listen to my better judgment. Alas, he turned out to be a total flake, and after a few weeks of being disappointed and frustrated, I grabbed my parachute and bailed. It all ended before it really even started, and now I’m both happy and sad that I didn’t get to see him naked. Oh well… You can’t see everyone naked, right?
So now there is a new person flying on my radar. At the risk of jinxing it by blogging about it, I’ll say that he’s very cute, and very nice and the crush is mutual. It’s all very high school right now. And I’m digging it for the time being. So far he doesn’t seem crazy or flaky- but they don’t wear signs now do they? At this point I’ll just be happy if he doesn’t break anything I paid thousands of dollars for.
Today I am off work and plan to do absolutely nothing. No restaurants, no bars, no beer or Dirty Porn Stars… Today I intend to eat my Easter chocolate, drink Jones cream soda (if you’ve never had Jones cream soda- you MUST) and sit on the couch until my ass falls apart. Oh happy day.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter holiday.
Peace and sugar.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
Cream soda… mmmmmmmmmmmm.
Flaky bartenders… pppppphhhhtttt. You are well to be rid of him. I couldn’t date a bartender, or be a bartender myself. If I ever tried bartending, knowing that my blaster was sitting quietly on the shelf beneath the bar would be the only thing to keep me sane. Knowing it was there would entertain me, and keep me from actually USING it on people who desperately deserved it. Or to shut someone up when they insist on reciting all their woes. I’m a great listener when people are interesting. Drunk people are less interesting to me.
I once contemplated being a priest, oddly enough, which is similar to being a bartender, complete with alcohol. Then I thought about people reciting all their woes, and remembered that I have no particular belief in any church, and gave it up as a bad idea. 
I am glad your latest crush is fun. And I’m glad you had a day off. I hope it was restful!
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March 24th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Yes, Marvin… I agree that flaky bartenders are pppppphhhhtttt. I’m over it… moving on to a NON bar working individual. lol And I share your disinterest in listening to people’s woes all the time. I have my own woes.
March 24th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Mmmmm…peace & sugar sounds like a religion I wanna join! Sounds like a great day … that bear looks like me too, only if it was lying on a velvateen couch
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March 24th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Hello Drowsey… Yes, indeed… Today has been lazily fabulous.
March 25th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Great blog! I saw you on Fashionparamedic’s blog and came to visit. I’ll be back :o) Have a great rest of the day!!!
March 25th, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Hi Lisa! Thank you for visiting me… I’m happy that you came here via Fashion Paramedic… I love her blog too! I look forward to your return visit(s).
March 26th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
“He was absolutely fabulous when we weren’t dressed, but completely insane when we were.”…..aren’t they all. I mean er um….Enjoy the single life, yet keep your eyes open, take a day off from life and have fun.
If the new guy doesn’t break anything, then he’s a keeper!
A day off doing nothing sounds great. I need 30 of them and then I’ll be as good as new!
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March 29th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
That is so funny .. “you can’t see everyone naked..”. I love that!
April 6th, 2008 at 11:08 am
The first guy messed up your car? I’m going to have to go read about that one. Stories about psychos fascinate me!
(sorry about your car, though!)
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April 6th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Kev - They used to fascinate me too until I dated one.
May you never date a psycho. I hear women can often times be WAY worse. The whole “Hell hath no fury” thing…
April 7th, 2008 at 5:48 am
Oh man. Back in the day I was such a sucker for a bartender. Probably because they got me drunk, which is always a plus.
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April 7th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Hello Gypsy… Yeah, bartenders are bad. But good for the whole getting me drunk thing. Ha!