Things are looking up

Well, well, well.... who woulda thunk it? THINGS ARE LOOKING UP! There are actually good things happening in my life. This year really seems to be a turning point for me. First off, I have a new job. And, the best part about having the new job is that it came with a big pay increase. We are talking about more than a 20K annual raise. Now that actually isn't good news, that is excellent news. So, I've been feeling pretty good about that. I've only been on the job for 3 weeks, but, it is a completely different experience. I have things I've never had before. I have a company laptop. I have a company credit card. I spent last week in California on business. I had never had to travel for business before. So, big differences. And, all good differences. So, my professional life is looking up. And, my financial life is looking up. So, one of my closest friends decides my "love" life needs to be worked on. She places a personal ad in Craigslist to get me a date. I'll admit, at first it wasn't going to well. She was going to surprise me, but, because of circumstances, she had to spill the beans and tell me what she was up to. I can't tell you how happy it makes me that I have a friend that cares about ME that much. To go to that much trouble to place an ad and respond to the replies and "screen" them all. My hat goes off to her. But, the first weekend that I was going to meet the first person that responded, there was an email problem and the girl didn't get the message saying when and where. So, no date that weekend. Then the next weekend, there was a change of plans on Thursday night. So, two weekends in a row that I was expecting to have a date, I didn't have one. So, weekend number three rolls around. My friend lets me know that she has accidentally overbooked me. I have 2 dates for Saturday night. Uh-Oh! OK, not really. I meet my first date at the British Rose. She is more than I could have wished for. Right from the beginning, I'm completely at ease. Maybe I've spent so many years of my life fretting about making a mistake or saying something stupid on any dates I had, it is time that I've outgrown it. This date just seemed like 2 old friends sitting down and catching up. We "clicked" on so many levels it was just strange. But, strange in a really good way. By the time she had to leave, my face was hurting from so much smiling and laughing. So, shortly after she leaves, my friend shows up and she has my 2nd date with her. They had went to my buddies comedy show first. So, it actually worked out really, really well. No overlapping dates. And, to be truthful, the 2nd date did know I had a first date and that she might have still been there when they showed up. Another good thing, in my eyes, is that the 2nd date is NOT someone that I wish to persue anything with. I don't feel we "clicked" at all. So, I have NO conflict with who I wish to ask out for a 2nd date.

So, in a nutshell, I am on top of the world right now!