yay Stephanie, what a reilef!

My kids have the uber annoying habit of getting up earlier on the weekends to play and trying to catch up on sleep during the weekdays. I have tried to explain to them that weekend mornings are for catching up on sleep, but they refuse to learn. I've decided my only other option is to put them to bed earlier on a daily basis. Silly kids! You're supposed to earn a later bedtime as you get older, not an earlier one!

Oh Ginger! I hope the pain pills can wipe out the pain. Did you talk to the doctor about tweaking the regimen?

And smonster, I wanted to echo what Cass said:

I don't care how nice he is, he's not what you are looking for in a relationship and you are clearly looking for a relationship and not just a way to pass some time.

He made it clear that he was unwilling to go all in on the relationship, and that's not what you wanted. You will eventually meet someone who wants to be with YOU and wants to give you the things you need in order to feel secure.

I've been doing pretty well, but this one rib turned on me Thursday. Right now I've got it tamped down, but I keep typing things like "deep seeded resentments."

Ginger, I (sorta) feel your typo pain; with this learning to type quickly one-armed, I have felt the burning shame of many misspelled words and lack of commas and caps. I hope your rib and your pain abate soon!

smonster, I always disbelieved people when I was lonely and was convinced I would never find anyone to love/love me. Plus, I was a 200+ lb. woman with large brains she was not willing to hide, and very assertive, with...well, you guys know my long-seated mental health struggles. I had truly, truly, truly given up.

You are lovely, giving, intelligent, skilled, lively and with a lovely body and soul. And let me say -- the feeling of "I'll never find anyone" is awful...I wept over it many a time (oh, the drunken sobbing on various girlfriends' shoulders, before I decided that I was Just Not The Marrying Type, and then a year later...BOOM!) but waiting to find the right person? Is worth it. Compromising isn't.

Also, I think my OKC account is still active. Iffn you want, I would be delighted, when you feel ready, to help you tweak your profile into something unique and intriguing, if you feel it needs a tweak. (That offer stands for any Buffista.)

Can you help me tweak mine so it doesn't pick up woman my mothers age?

Also if you have a new iPad, they have a new feature with a little microphone in the keyboard, where you talk and it types what you say. It doesn't do punctuation but it's a start. A little editing is needed but it gets the bulk of it done for you, especially if you're typing one-handed.

HA! As I was dictating this message, I discovered if you say the word comma, it'll put one in. Periods too.

before I decided that I was Just Not The Marrying Type, and then a year later...BOOM!)

It's freaky how often that happens. After deciding "OK, I can cope on my own, though I don't like it," I literally trip over Hubby. Nearly 30 years ago now.

No guarantees, o-a, but yes!

And Connie, I know! It's so weird; gave up on finding a mate -- found the perfect one by accident. Gave up my struggle with being obese, lost 50+ lbs without trying. So strange.

Strix, that would be awesome. Sending username...

It's freaky how often that happens.

I keep trying to give up but my sneaky heart won't let me.

I keep trying to give up but my sneaky heart won't let me.

Yeah, it used to piss me off when people would say "just give up and it will happen." I never understood what that meant and it was not something I could make myself do. And I still found an improbably perfect someone. I always say "you never know what will happen." If it will help ward off despair at all.

Brunch et up, bloody mary dranken, cat food for both boys acquired, sheets changed, Old Bay restocked, laundry laundering.

I am feeling much more lively than I thought I would, given that I got a wee bit hammered last night. Sign it's time for Nora to go home: ordering a manhattan from the local dive bar (Pete's.) I had a lot of fun, though!