You must be the cause of global warming because you're so hot!

Ugh. Lame. This is one of the first messages some guy sent me when I started up one of my dating profiles again. I don’t seem to remember Al Gore talking about me in his documentary. But then again, I wasn’t really paying attention.

And so it begins… my foray (back) into the dating world. I’ve recently been on a dating hiatus for several reasons. But here I am again. However, this time I decided to have a goal. I’ve seen a bunch of “30 Dates in 30 Days” blogs. But since I have a job, kids, friends… you know, a life, that simply won’t work for me. So I’ll see your 30 dates and raise you as many days as it takes. And then I’m going to talk about all of them behind their backs on this blog. Nothing wrong with that, right?

I started out this process by starting a few profiles on a couple freebie sites and last night I went balls to the walls and shelled out some money for one. And I’m mulling over one more. But dating sites aren’t the only means for which I’m going to put myself out there. I’m going to make more of an effort to meet some people organically. I’ve never really just asked a guy out. But I’m challenging myself to do so. Also, I’m gently prodding (aka forcing) some of my other single friends to participate in some “singles events” with me. For instance, a group of my girls & I are going to a speed dating function in a couple weeks. Awkward? Check. Uncozy? Check. Let’s do it! I believe that it’s good to keep an open mind and force myself into situations outside my comfort zone. And then make other people come with me.

So here I go. I’ve got my first date tonight with some guy I met on both those freebie sites. He & I were going back & forth on one site & then I get a message from him on the other site that said “We’re pathetic.” ha ha. So we’ve been chatting for a few days and tonight we’re meeting for drinks. He seems pretty cool but there are a few things about him that make me go hmmmm. He’s already overly… um… affectionate with what he calls me. Babe? No thanks. But overall he’s really nice and we get along well so let’s see what happens.

I don’t have a lot of blog experience. I’m guessing I should keep these posts relatively concise so I’ll wrap this up. Needless to say, if you don’t hear from me tomorrow the date probably didn’t go well & please call for help. xo