Adventures in Online Dating

Can they really be called adventures if one hasn't been on a date with any of the creeps yet?

OK, I joined Match.com a while ago and so far, not so good. I have been "winked" at by men older than my dad and I have gotten emails from "men" who still read comic books regularly.

One of those men, whose profile says he is 39 but his pictures say he has had nine too many 39th birthdays, emailed me and asked me to "hang out." Well, that night I had to work late, as in 1 am, so I emailed back without realizing he was a definite no and told him I was working overnight and so maybe another time. He emailed me again that same night and said

 "Call me as soon as you get home and I will come over and we can hang out and be night owls."and his phone number.

Needless to say, I never replied. A couple of weeks later, he sent me another email. This one said

"Can we talk? You seem cute and sweet and in need of a good guy. Call me..."and his phone number.

Seriously, dude? Yeah, then right after that his "caption" on his profile read: Love BIG bouncy hooters. Clearly I shouldn't have passed this one up.

Then I got winked at and emailed by an overgrown teenager who claims to be an adult. He still reads comic books regularly while he drinks his kool-aid. No joke.

Then I got IMed by a guy who only talks about the woes of his high school years. He is older than me so I am thinking it is DEFINITELY time for him to let it go.

Then today I got emailed by someone who has already called me "sexy lady" twice, told me he bets I am probably a good kisser and can't wait to find out, and wants me to come to his house (an hour and a half away) so he can make me dinner.

Are any of these people normal? Is that too much to ask?

Progress!

Yesterday I started cleaning my room and getting everything organized and CLEAN! I unpacked my weekender from when I went to see my family about 2-3 weeks ago, I washed and folded ALL of my laundry, and my floor can not only be seen, it actually has the opportunity to be vacuumed. That's been a while! I cleaned out the trunk of my car, cleaned off my dresser, reorganized my bookshelf, dusted EVERYTHING, and cleared out the corner of piled up junk that I had been neglecting because I didn't know what to do with all of it. Ahhh, I can actually relax in my bedroom now because there is not a possibility of being swallowed up or tripping all over all the crap that was everywhere. Truth is, I have way too much stuff. I am only one person and it should not be legal for one person to acquire so much stuff. I mean, I have stuff that I don't want to throw away but I have no idea what to do with it. A frisbee, for example. I don't want to throw it away because I might get the urge to play frisbee...with whom, I don't know, but I definitely need this frisbee. But in the meantime, what do I do with a frisbee??? My closet is full of books that need to be put in storage and clothes that I can't wear this season because I would die of a heat stroke if I did, so there is no room for a frisbee. Gah! Oh what a world! No, just my world that is full of straight up junk.

In other news, I think I am losing weight, but I am not entirely sure because I haven't weighed in a while. I have been eating less and working out and I think I am doing well because my clothes are starting to feel too big. Awesome news but still frustrating because I am in that stage where I need new clothes but don't want to buy any because I anticipate losing more weight. My plan is to hold off for the summer and buy some new "staples" for the start of school. Hopefully by then I will seriously need new jeans and I will buy a few new pairs! Any excuse to buy new clothes....

Well, that's all for now. Thanks for reading about my boring life!

VACATION!!!

So, I didn't think I was going to get to take a vacation this year- I thought it was going to have to be more like a stay-cation. However, thanks to my awesome family, I get to go to Myrtle Beach for vacation! That's actually strange because I am really not a beach person. Quite the opposite in that I would almost rather be anywhere than the beach because I do not want to be eaten by a shark and I do not like having sand in places that do not see sunlight. Honesly, I don't really even remember the last time I went to the beach. I'm thinking it was 2007 when I went to Disney with my friend, Leslie. That being said, I suddenly had a REALLY STRONG urge to go to the beach and now I get to go!!! Ahhhh..... Those are my thoughts. I simply cannot wait to spend at least one day laying on the beach in my swimsuit soaking up some much-needed, get-me-out-of-this-severly-foul-mood sunshine. Seriously, this vacation is very much needed because I have not been anywhere since April last year and work is seriously stressing me out. I don't even want to go into details about the craziness that is my supposed-to-be non-stressful, yet somehow completely stressful job. UGH!! Anyways, I realize Myrtle Beach isn't the Cayman Islands or the Caribbean or anything, but it is not Augusta, it is far away from my nightmare workplace, and it is my much needed, didn't think it would happen vacation. Works. For. Me! So, in the spirit of getting away from it all, I will be deactivating my Facebook account for at least the week I am gone, if not a whole month, minus a day or so to upload pictures.

Fifty Shades

Christian Grey does not exist.

Sadly.

Or Fortunately.

I don't know which.

Have you read Fifty Shades of Grey, Darker, or Freed? Brace yourselves. It's a whirlwind. I had heard about the book, I don't even remember where now, and I knew the content was rather dirty, to put it mildly.

Here are my thoughts:

This book is very much so like Twilight in that

• We have this young, inexperienced female character who falls in love with the insanely gorgeous, insanely rich man who falls in love with her after battling demons of his own and discovering that he can't live without her, to the point where he gives up his dark, kinky ways (almost).
• This man is insanely protective of her to the point of extreme suffocation and overbearingness and she willingly allows him to be this way, considering herself in the wrong when she "disobeys" him
• He wants to share his wealth this her, and whisk her away to all these amazing places and adorn her with lavish gifts- cars, jewelry, clothes, houses, her own business, etc

This book has a great story, despite the Twilight-y feel, if you can get past the constant "love-making"

• It got to the point where I was skipping pages at a time because these scenes are sooo numerous

So, what it boils down to is, if you look past the Twilight-inspired characters and the ridiculous amounts of bedroom activity, the story that surrounds these two characters is really very good, and I do recommend this book to others. :)

Bucket List

I'm a list person. I make a list for EVERYTHING! Shopping, packing, needing, etc. Recently, I wrote down my bucket list. You know, things I want to do one day. This one is my activity bucket list. I want to go parasailing, swim with dolphins, ride in a hot air balloon, go zip-lining, hang gliding, kayaking, scuba diving, etc, and I am really eager to get started knocking these things off my list. But, I don't want to do them alone and for most of them, I don't live near any of them, like parasailing. So, I'm going to have to do some planning so that I can mark them off the list. I'm tired of being boring and not having these kinds of experiences under my belt.  Who wants to join me?

Related to this same topic, I have a places bucket list. I want to travel the world and see everything. I want to go to London and see where Anne Boleyn was imprisoned before her beheading, or castles in Ireland, or the Parthenon in Greece. I want to see historical places and be able to say "I've been there." Not just around the world, but in the continental US as well. I want to visit New York, cruise to Alaska, see the Grand Canyon. I want to see it all, and the idea that I would live my life and never accomplish this goal is devastating to me.

So, here is my plan. When I graduate, the idea is that I would find a good job, one that supports me and allows me to pay my bills, and I want to live frugally so that I can pay off my student loans in a timely manner. That way, I can continue to live frugally, but instead be able to devote my money to my travels and adventures. Of course, this is assuming that I am going to be single for that long. Probably.

Gah, this is so silly, but one of my biggest fears in life is that I won't be able to go and see and do everything I want to. I want to be adventurous and cultured and well-travelled. And I am determined to make that happen.

Everything Now and Everything Coming Up

I checked my grades today and I got a B in the Public Relations Theory class that I was only supposed to get a C in in order to pass the class. AND I GOT A B!!!!!! That was such a great moment when I checked my grades, which is something I never do, and I saw that B. Great Moment!

I worked at one of our ghetto stores today doing Accounting and made the store manager mad when I told her I was told I had the option to leave her store when I got done and go back to my store. She did not like hearing that and I ended up staying all day. That was fine, but tomorrow I was supposed to run my own store's bake sale, meaning I would have to leave this other store early. I told the manager and she made a phone call and our bake sale got canceled. Awesome, right? Especially since I baked four cakes already. Not a happy girl right now. I'll get over it; no choice.

Coming up, Mother's Day is in two days. My sister and I got my mom an awesome present, but I don't know if she's going to like it. According to my sister, mom has been wanting one so maybe we will hit a home run. Maybe. Anyways, I am working on Mother's Day but I am going to see my Madre on Tuesday and we are spending the week together. My dad will be out of town so this will be a mom-and-the-kids week. Good times!

Next on the list, my almost little brother is graduating next Saturday and I don't know what to get him for graduation. I thought I knew, but he has decided to postpone going to school and now I don't know what to get him. Boys are so hard to buy for! I was going for practical when he was planning to go away to school, but now I don't know. Although, now that he doesn't need practical things, I can get him something fun which he would appreciate more. Any ideas would be appreciated.

I have the summer off from school, but I REALLY wish I was taking classes this summer. I need them in order to graduate next spring, but it didn't work out. So very disappointing.

Trainer Sadness

My night just got ruined because my trainer just told me this will be the last month for him to train me. I need him! I don't push myself enough. Or at all. I don't have the self-motivation to do this for myself. I don't know what I am doing! I have no idea how to get myself into shape. He does! He has been a huge help and I really appreciate all his help. Idk. I guess I wouldn't feel so bad if he would give me a reason. If that reason has to do with me, I'm going to be devastated. Whereas, if it's because of some personal reason on his part, then I can understand that. I'm just devastated regardless. I really need his help and now I feel like I will NEVER get to where I want to be.

I also really liked working out with him. Don't misunderstand, I worked out with him because he could help me, but I also liked working out with HIM. We have just now gotten to where we can actually get along and I really enjoy our time working out together. Sigh. I'm just very upset.