My life is very busy right now. Although I'm not sure exactly how this happened, I am certain it's the way my life has been going for years. I suppose I have been used to a busy life since I started grad school at St. Kate's back in 2006 since I remember my life being more chill at one time..long long ago...
Nowadays I am working on an awesome webseries, taking improv classes, spending plenty of time with my family and its new members as well as keeping busy being a big sister for Journie, my 9-year old "little sister." OH, and trying to look for a new job as well as keeping up with all of the baby and wedding gifts I still have to buy. I've also rediscovered my love for writing on my own and reading more leadership books than I care to bore anyone with.
So you guys get the point, right? I'm VERY busy right now in my life. But you know, something is missing. I hate to admit it since I'm obviously doing well on my own, but I miss having a partner and best pal; someone I can count on to be there for me and calm me down when my busy life gets to be too overwhelming. I freak out a lot of the time. It's true. I've been single now friends, for nearly 4 years. Sure, I've had dates on and off again, but I have been single for a very long long long long time. And despite my love for my life on my own, being a 30-year old woman in Midwestern society when literally everyone around me has a romantic partner, a plus one, a husband, boyfriend, love..even children at this point..I decided it's time to make that happen for myself and begin my journey in finding the right one for me.
I'm going to be honest here: I don't know what I'm doing. Kay? NO idea. I've seemigly exhausted my "um..so does your (husband, boyfriend, etc.) have any friends?" options. I was out of ideas for a very long time...until I heard the same message in one weekend come from two very trusted female friends who know me very well. "Join Match.com Linds." One friend suggested it just to put myself out there and get some exposure in the dating world, much like what a job fair does for a job seeker; network! My other friend from California said I should join JUST FOR THE STORIES to spice my life up a bit. I think she (being with the same guy for 14 years) just wanted to live vicariously through me for the moment. Which is totally cool....because guess what? I joined. I am now on Match.com. That's right! I joined on Sunday, June 26th and within 2 hours was receiving several inquiries. Now, for a girl who hasn't really gone online to join any sites this was pretty overwhelming for me. I was excited sure....but I had no idea how to proceed with the amount of inquries sounding like this: "I like your smile, let's chat" and "I want to get to know you better, let's do coffee..."
What I did next I cherish very much but also regret....stay tuned.
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