A mock turtleneck...really???

As promised, a dating update (of lack there of):

I have all but given up on the online dating deal and decided to let fate work some magic so it's been pretty quiet for the past few weeks by choice. ....except for the constant chiming of my cell phone with text messages from a guy I have gone on one date with! We went out to dinner a few weeks ago and I thought then I might give him another shot. That was before I found out he was serial texter. Luckily he's gotten the hint and hasn't been nearly as bad the last week. The week after our date I am not kidding when I say 10-20 texts a day. And just random crap. It didn't matter if I responded or not...the texts kept coming! Now I will admit, I didn't tell you the full story on this one. The night before our actual first date we were both out with friends and ended up meeting up for a drink. He did warn me he wasn't exactly dressed appropriately as he had planned on going to a buddies house to play poker. That was an understatement. He was in total dad jeans (stonewashed yuckiness) and white tennis shoes. He's 36 but looked 46. I felt too bad not to at least go out to dinner with him the next night. I was pleasantly surprised when he showed up. He looked like a different guy. I decided to see what the 3rd 'meeting' would brinkg so I agreed to meet him last night for a drink. He wanted to see me before I left town. He came straight from work, as did I. Two words: mock turtleneck. I just can't do it. I know I am being really, what's the word, caddy. Even if I could get past the bad dresser aspect, we really don't have much in common besides golf. He's just plain not my type. And besides, anyone that really knows me knows what my biggest pet peeve is: sniffling. I have been known to offer people Kleenex's on occasion. The few times I have actually talked with him on the phone and not just texted he constantly sniffles. It drives me nuts. So the texting, dressing and sniffling has me saying, "buh bye' to this one. Ya think I can just do it over text?

I must go back a few days and tell you about some fun that was had last Friday night. Doesn't really have a dating punchline, but it was a good time! I went to happy hour with a single girlfriend. For sake of leaving off real names, we'll call her C. I have written about C. previously....we went to high school together and reconnected via the power of facebook. She is also trying the online dating thing so we get together and compare war stories.

We met at the Blue Moose and quickly decided the clientele (ie lack of cute guys) wasn't the best so she twisted my arm with the lure of free beer and we headed to Charlie Hooper's in Brookside. Much better atmosphere! We finally snagged a table. C. went up to the bar to get a round of drinks and all the sudden our table was surround by about 7 men who were looking for seats. Of course I couldn't say no. Some of them were pretty darn cute! They were happy we let them sit with us and proceeded to buy round after round after round of drinks. Needless to say it was cheap night. Our of the corner of my eye I see a familiar face. I was telling C. that I thought I knew him and he saw me mouth his name. He came over and sure enough it was a blast from the past. I hadn't seem him in probably 15 years. He was best friends with my HS sweetheart and one of the nicest guys I have ever known. He gave me the biggest compliment EVER by telling me I hadn't changed one bit from high school (I think he was exaggerating a little bit!). He even said he could still picture me in my pink prom dress. Okay. That was a little strange, but nonetheless I was extremely flattered. All the gym time is paying off! He got my digits and insisted we hang out. Might be interesting!

About 20 minutes later I see another familiar figure. I say figure because this guy has a distinct one. He's about 6'6 and in HS probably tipped the scale at 140. He's filled out a little since, but is still recognizable, even from the back. Again, I hadn't seem him in probably 10 years and last I heard he had moved from the Virgin Islands to Boston and had gotten married. C knew him as well since he was a HS cohort. He moved back to KC about 5 days earlier and we were able to sit and catch up for quite a while. It's killing me not to tell you who it was, but you can probably figure it out from my description above. Yes...he's married. No, he's not dead somewhere. I tried to convince him he needs to get on facebook but for some reason he seems resistent to people knowing what he's up to. So all in all, another fun happy hour with C.

I'm out for while a la a little vacation. I'm going to Santa Barbara to catch up with my best friends from Sacramento. We both moved away from Sacramento at the same time and haven't seen each other since. I am so looking forward to catching up and having a long weekend away from mommy-ville. Hope you have a good weekend! :) c.