Just Because?

Man, you know you haven't posted in a while when you get complaints!

My apologies to my loyal fan base. *snicker*

I have no rants lately. It is strange. Apparently I'm satisfied with the world. Unless I think too hard, and then I just get depressed. I think the end times are upon us. If you are religious, pray for your soul. If you don't believe in an afterlife, I recommend high levels of partying.

So in the what's new with me department - you may or may not know that I'm really working on losing weight. It's going quite well. I set 5 mini-goals to make it more manageable and at each goal, I give myself a reward and a challenge. The challenges are somewhat like punishments really, but they are meant to get me out of my rut in life. I'm all for trying new things this year. When I hit my first goal, I got a massage and asked out a friend (it was a no). Second goal - great new clothes and my high school reunion (punishment!). Third goal - more clothes (otherwise I was going to have a nakedness issue) and a really new thing - Speed Dating aka six minute dates or whatever version you have heard of.

I officially recommend speed dating to anyone who is looking. How else do you meet so many people at once? I chose one that was for people aged 23-32 and aimed at "young professionals", whatever that means. It was held at a pub near my house, so I just walked over. I also called Rod for a last minute pep talk. His advice? Don't forget to let them talk too! I had a lot of fun that night. There were 13 guys and 10 girls. We started with a little ice breaker session while we waited for everyone to arrive. It was just one of those little sheets that say "Find someone who has a pet", "Find someone who likes hockey", etc etc. Then time for the dates. The girls were assigned tables and the guys rotated through when the bell rang. I only had one date where I was struggling to find something to talk about. Out of the guys I met, I think I circled interested for 7. I was trying very hard to not be picky. One guy I circled solely because as he was leaving he said he liked my red hair (wash out colour btw, normal now).

Later that week I got an email with my matches. I matched with five guys! (I circled them, they circled me....). I decided to be brave and call them and I set up dates with all 5! Crazy me, but it was fun. One was fun, Two bailed on our coffee date but called me several times, Three turned out to be significant, Four was nice but older, Five was young and hot. Although I had fun with the four guys I went out with (and One I went out with twice), Three (who shall now be known as Ian) was by far the most interesting. And turns out he likes me back. We are currently dating and he's even met some of my friends. It's happy fun.

And in other news - my mum and grandma are coming for a visit this weekend. I am so excited! My grandma has never visited me in the ten years I've lived here so this is cool. Hopefully, I'll have pics to put up soon.