This single gal has a date. A coffee date to be exact with a match from eharmony. I am expecting great things since now I have scientific matching on my side!
I have had few other dates lately so I am doing my part to get out there. I know he isn't going to just show up on my doorstep (although the UPS guy is kinda cute).
Fingers crossed and prayers put out there.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
2011
So I have been thinking about goals for 2011. It is my last year in my 30s. Whoa. Hold the phone. What's that you say?
I have mixed emotions about turning 40 soon. Mostly I am fine with it and stick with a "you are only as old as you feel/act".
I would like to go into the next decade of my life in the best health and shape I possibly can. I also want to be my best spiritually and emotionally. Therefore, 2011 is going to include the following:
being more active at my home church.
more and varied exercise including abs and strength training.
eating exactly what I want... only less of it.
continuing to be the best nurse I can be. Learning more and connecting with patients each day.
having my heart as open as I can so I can hopefully find my true love.
**between now and the new year I am going to exercise as little as possible, drink too much and eat terribly.
just saying.
I have mixed emotions about turning 40 soon. Mostly I am fine with it and stick with a "you are only as old as you feel/act".
I would like to go into the next decade of my life in the best health and shape I possibly can. I also want to be my best spiritually and emotionally. Therefore, 2011 is going to include the following:
being more active at my home church.
more and varied exercise including abs and strength training.
eating exactly what I want... only less of it.
continuing to be the best nurse I can be. Learning more and connecting with patients each day.
having my heart as open as I can so I can hopefully find my true love.
**between now and the new year I am going to exercise as little as possible, drink too much and eat terribly.
just saying.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Never giving up
I have a date tonight. Gotta keep getting out there right? I have alot of specifics in my mind of what I am looking for... but I am trying to remain open minded so I can hopefully, one day find my mate.
Some of the things I would like to find in a man:
Slim build
Tall (or tall-ish)
a bit edgy and artistic (tattoos a plus)
kind
FUNNY
a person of faith
easygoing
easily entertained
optimistic
reponsible
someone who would like to have one child
someone with their own interests
someone I trust
someone who can express their feeling
someone who is good at giving affirmation (I need alot)
There is so many more things I would like to have. This list makes me seem very particular I know. I am very, very accepting and flexable so I know all of this may not be possible.
All I can do is try, try, try.
Some of the things I would like to find in a man:
Slim build
Tall (or tall-ish)
a bit edgy and artistic (tattoos a plus)
kind
FUNNY
a person of faith
easygoing
easily entertained
optimistic
reponsible
someone who would like to have one child
someone with their own interests
someone I trust
someone who can express their feeling
someone who is good at giving affirmation (I need alot)
There is so many more things I would like to have. This list makes me seem very particular I know. I am very, very accepting and flexable so I know all of this may not be possible.
All I can do is try, try, try.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Thankful Thursday
My sweet dog Scrabl being so determined to sit in my lap he will take the tiny bit not taken up by my computer.
God being patient with me when I am distant.
That I only work 152 days per year.
That I have had a roommate for the past couple of months.
That life has seasons and something great is on the horizon.
God being patient with me when I am distant.
That I only work 152 days per year.
That I have had a roommate for the past couple of months.
That life has seasons and something great is on the horizon.
Monday, October 25, 2010
dating in middle adulthood
First let me just say how much it sucks to admit that this is "middle adulthood". How the freak did that happen???? I was just cruising along young and free and then suddenly I have lines between my eyebrows that stick around and my fertility window has narrowed to a irritating crack.
It's crazy! Life gets away from you and you realize the things you thought would come may not come at all.
I think what happens once you are grown is that it all becomes too complicated... Here are some of the things I have been faced with when meeting new men:
They have kids (not a deal breaker, but..complicated)
They live in another city
They are hard core into an activity, thus basically unavailable for dating
They are self centered and set in their ways
I should say, that of course, this blog is from my perspective. I have plenty of issues too... I am sure I am self centered and set in my ways to a degree. I in no way feel like I am free from deal breaking qualities. In fact, I must be riddled with deal breaking qualities since I am in fact SINGLE at 38. Shit, what a realization to come to.
I suppose the point of this entry was to express my observation that there is more effort needed to make a relationship work at this stage in the game. I pride myself on being easy to be around. I am not naggy, bitchy, or especially needy. I have a roommate right now for the first time in 15 years and we are getting along swimmingly. So, I have faith that I can be lived with.
Ugghh, I don't know. It just seems that when you find someone to date if should be straightforward and "easy". But it isn't I tell you. Either I decide it is too difficult to fit someone into my equation or they decide the same. I think you just have to go for it and not think about it too much. That is what happened in my roommate situation. If I had thought about it very much I would have chosen not to open my home to him. But I didn't think, I merely opened my house to someone in need. The result is that it is fun and not a problem at all.
I have to open my heart and my head to at least try dating the men that on paper might not seem to be a good match.
I can think of a handful of great guys that for one reason or another I didn't pursue harder. Now they are in nice marriages or promising relationships. How depressing is that?
I truly think that things work out as they should, so I don't dwell on missed opportunities or relationships that didn't work out...They would have worked out if they were supposed to.
My mind is open, my heart is open....Let's do this thing!
It's crazy! Life gets away from you and you realize the things you thought would come may not come at all.
I think what happens once you are grown is that it all becomes too complicated... Here are some of the things I have been faced with when meeting new men:
They have kids (not a deal breaker, but..complicated)
They live in another city
They are hard core into an activity, thus basically unavailable for dating
They are self centered and set in their ways
I should say, that of course, this blog is from my perspective. I have plenty of issues too... I am sure I am self centered and set in my ways to a degree. I in no way feel like I am free from deal breaking qualities. In fact, I must be riddled with deal breaking qualities since I am in fact SINGLE at 38. Shit, what a realization to come to.
I suppose the point of this entry was to express my observation that there is more effort needed to make a relationship work at this stage in the game. I pride myself on being easy to be around. I am not naggy, bitchy, or especially needy. I have a roommate right now for the first time in 15 years and we are getting along swimmingly. So, I have faith that I can be lived with.
Ugghh, I don't know. It just seems that when you find someone to date if should be straightforward and "easy". But it isn't I tell you. Either I decide it is too difficult to fit someone into my equation or they decide the same. I think you just have to go for it and not think about it too much. That is what happened in my roommate situation. If I had thought about it very much I would have chosen not to open my home to him. But I didn't think, I merely opened my house to someone in need. The result is that it is fun and not a problem at all.
I have to open my heart and my head to at least try dating the men that on paper might not seem to be a good match.
I can think of a handful of great guys that for one reason or another I didn't pursue harder. Now they are in nice marriages or promising relationships. How depressing is that?
I truly think that things work out as they should, so I don't dwell on missed opportunities or relationships that didn't work out...They would have worked out if they were supposed to.
My mind is open, my heart is open....Let's do this thing!
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thankful Thursday
A new guitar (that I don't know how to play, but hope to learn.)
Lunch in downtown Lakeland
Lovely weather
An upcoming weekend with my perfect niece
The ability to stop everything and take a nap (next on the agenda)
Lunch in downtown Lakeland
Lovely weather
An upcoming weekend with my perfect niece
The ability to stop everything and take a nap (next on the agenda)
Friday, October 15, 2010
Thankful Thursday...one day late
My wonderful, long time friend Sarah started doing a "Thankful Thursday" entry on her blog.
I have decided to incorporate that into my life and my blog also. I am thankful everyday for the good things in my life, but taking the time to record what I am thankful for should be fun and a reminder of my many, many blessings.
Therefore, I am thankful for:
my satisfying new career
a very fun date
lovely fall weather
2 remarkably sweet dogs
a fun weekend ahead
I have decided to incorporate that into my life and my blog also. I am thankful everyday for the good things in my life, but taking the time to record what I am thankful for should be fun and a reminder of my many, many blessings.
Therefore, I am thankful for:
my satisfying new career
a very fun date
lovely fall weather
2 remarkably sweet dogs
a fun weekend ahead
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