Getting out

I get to go OUT today!!

As I write this, I am waiting for my gal-pal, Cindy, to come and get me (I can’t remember if I’ve posted this or not, but our car died @ one month ago, so … ) and we’re going out for coffee.

Now, this might not seem like a lot to most people, who are ensconced in the work-a-day world and interact with colleagues, clients, and friends on a regular basis. But for someone like me, who not only works from home, but is also dealing with chronic pain, AND, who now doesn’t have access to her own transportation — well, you can see how the world shrinks.

So, an opportunity to have afternoon coffee with a great friend is cause for celebration!

I’m anticipating some of what we’ll talk about. Relationships w/ the opposite sex, of course, but today, with a twist: Cindy’s recently met the love of her life — yes, the one she feels she was MEANT to be with. And, most awesome, he feels the same about her!!! More on this later.

And, I too, have been thinking about dipping my toe in the dating pool again, bolstered by both Cindy’s experience and by my friend, LaVette, who has recently been seeing this very nice guy she met online. Hey, if they’re having such success, why not I?

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Well, it’s three hours later, and Cindy & I did, indeed, have a wonderful time. She is beyond smitten with her new beau. He is the one she will marry and spend the rest of her life with — this, she knows. “It’s not even a question,” she said. “Every new thing I find out about him, it’s like another piece of the puzzle fitting together.”

Well, don’t we all want that? I know I do.

I’ve decided, for now, to try the site that LaVette is on, since she’s had such good experiences with it, meeting men who seem, at first glance anyway, to be grown-ups, and know what actual courtship entails. Cindy & I ran through a half-dozen possible usernames before coming up with the one that I will try using: LoisLane. Not bad, eh?

Well, I best get to the business of creating my profile and signing up before I lose my nerve. Just wanted to get this post out of the way first.

I hope you’re all staying cool out there in this mad summer heat.

Until next time.

Keep the faith.

–AY

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