June 12, 2013

• 13 gone, and 17 in 7

  I am pretty sure I mentioned a week ago that I started doing three 30-day exercise challenges, two of which @Karoline1982 is also doing. I'm still doing it, and for the most part I don't mind it too much. I have learned that exercising first thing in the morning helps wake you up and also boosts your metabolism, and both those things need all the help they can get! So I can deal with the crunches, and pushups, and plank, and squats, and even leg raises, but I absolutely DESPISES sit-ups. Those things are the most horrible things I have ever done in my entire life. If my gut doesn't feel like knives are being stabbed through it, then it feels like my thighs are on fire. Why the heck does it feel like I'm being tortured by a psycho-killer who is actually a multiple-personality of myself since I'm the one doing the exercising?!? 

  I haven't done any work on my freelance editing in the past couple weeks; I just haven't felt like it *wince* I'm going to have to get to it soon as I have a deadline next week. The good news is that I have already done the first edits last month, so I just need to do second edits and formatting. I also got an email from my brother's friend who would like me to edit his manuscript before he sends it to publishers. I've not done any paid freelance work before, so I'm not quite sure how to go about payment.

  Last week, due to my new shifts and the Gallery Admin not yet being laid off/rescheduled, there were two receptionists scheduled for two same afternoons. Today I was told that I wasn't needed for those two days until the GA is gone which cuts an additional eight hours with the five I've already lost.  This would have left me with just twelve hours to my previous 25, while the GA would have her usual 20-25... and she already has another job that has her working four days a week for 6-10 hour shifts. Guess who needs the hours more?! Thankfully the studio owner said he wanted me to continue working on a project that he'd like me to present to him next week, so I'll be coming in anyways. I didn't really like the idea of not going in just because the project manager said I wasn't needed, I'd rather have the new owner tell me. She wasn't in today, but she could have told me yesterday or easily sent me an email.  

  I went a little OCD on the organizational front I had seventeen guys writing to me within my first seven days on the online dating site, and some are already asking to meet. Karo said it's okay that I'm that nerdy because, and I quote her exactly: "you rock" <-- as in me. What I have done is started a spreadsheet to keep track of each guy who has messaged me and a few details about each to help decide whether I'd want to meet said persons. I have listed location, age, education, current job, and how well he writes. 

  Some of these guys are living in places that take anywhere from an hour or more to drive, so they basically get cut (unless it's Ireland). Age is just so I know, and if he didn't specify or wasn't willing to tell me what sort of work he did meant he likes to keep secrets, therefore they usually got a no. Education and writing skills lets me know if he has a modicum of intelligence and interest-factor; as long as they were decent at writing they were possibilities, and if they also had at least some post-secondary they have an even better chance of a meeting. 

  Now I have two guys hinting at a meeting, and two more guys who have actually asked for a meeting. The first guy who asked inquired if I wanted to go for a walk this weekend, but has not given me his name nor told me what sort of job he has. He's a good writer, yet I'm not sure about him because not only did he get impatient with my not answering his email within 24-hours, but I don't really find him that attractive. He's also looking for a "long term" relationship, but I intend to move away within a year. So what do I tell him about meeting? 

  The second guy is fairly interesting, decent writer, gave me his cell number, but lives in a different town and is just here while working on a project for his job. He's looking for a relationship/dating, and is potentially cute. I'm not sure if it is a better idea to text before meeting him or if I should meet before giving out my cell number... but then if we try to meet, won't we need each other's cell to ensure we're in the right place at the right time? That is, if I decide I want to meet him. I'm less worried about him because he didn't state looking for long term or marriage. Do you think I should text him or agree to meet? 

  The thing is, first dates terrify me! I've only ever managed to meet one guy through an online dating site, which went rather well but he was a student and a wee bit younger than me rather than an older professional guy. There is a guy I will definitely meet who has written me, but that is because I knew him in high school and had a crush on him then. I'd totally be willing to get to know him again, even though he's no longer dating potential due to a variety of things --namely that he's anti-religious. But he did tell me I look like Bernadette on Big Bang Theory and he thinks she's gorgeous 

  The only guys I have written to first are the ones who live in Ireland. I figure they wouldn't know that I'm looking to meet Irish guys unless I message them first  I sent emails to about a half-dozen to a dozen guys living in Ireland, and so far two have replied. One seems like a maybe to meet, and the other sounds like he'd be fun to hang out with. 

  SUMR

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