  This is a good Monday coming off of a great weekend. I got some very good news at work this morning, with a nice financial impact for January, which I cannot share at this time but it certainly did add a spring to my step! Plus, I've got a date tonight. This is a good thing because my last couple have not worked out. I did get a good friend out of one so far, which is always welcome, but I always seem to delay meeting someone while working around schedules and then they start dating someone else. Ok, this has happened twice but out of the last 3 girls I met online that's a hefty percentage. What happened to the 3rd girl, you might ask? Don't bother. It is a good story for another blog another day, though. Anyway, I'm excited about tonight because this seems like a really great girl and we hit it off instantly. We'll see how the night goes but I'm optimistic that I'll like this one, and that perhaps she'll like me. The weekend was really great for me, in so many ways. I guess the biggest deal was that I actually got to spend some time with Hafiz. Yeah, I'd read everyone's raves about him and listened to the same from friends, but when it comes to the guy dating your ex, they are just never good enough.
Well, I must admit that he seems like a great guy, and that makes me happy because Di deserves the very best that this world has to offer. Saturday night was the party at Blythe's and it was a really nice time! Granted, we drank the entire bottle of Clementine vodka that I brought, and then some, but what's a good party without some intoxication? And I got to meet some great new people! I LOVE RYAN!! If you're reading this, Ryan, know that we all enjoyed meeting you and are looking forward to your next visit to STL!
I'd promise to come visit but even you said there was little in Springfield besides you, so we'll make you travel:) From there we went out, and when I say "we" I mean me and my girls. It's been a long time since Di, Janelle and I went out and it felt really good. None of the old drama was there and everyone was really happy to be together. And we danced and danced, even though Joe fucked me over with his PYT remix, NEVER giving me the release I needed. (I know it's old-school cheesy but you know it's a good time! ) Is that what blue balls feel like?
Bryant is a love and I am always so pleased to see him, and drink his tasty shots. Sunday morning came way too soon and I was awakened by a phone call from a friend at, get this, 9 fucking am!! I was so sleepy that I wasn't even mad, until I couldn't fall back asleep! However, I bailed on her for the sweaty bikram yoga we'd planned for that afternoon, so I figured she owed me one...and so that was it. We're even. I did manage to get up and make it to brunch at Duff's. My life is forever changed by the turkey-apple sausage. If you're not a veggie, try this...it's fresh and not greasy and perfect. I also enjoyed the stroll through the Taste of CWE, as our group enjoyed the horrible blend of 80s art on display, but when we got to the food part I was done. Di and I had planned to spend the day together, shop a little, and see a cheesy disaster movie, so I was ready to get on with the day as everything closes early on Sundays so you can't delay when you've got things to do.
The shopping was productive, even if we did go to So Co Mall only to return to the Galleria, but on a beautiful day with a sunroof, good tunes, and your best friend, who cares where you have to go or how long it takes to get there! The movie was cheesy and just as expected...no, it certainly wasn't a great movie but it did manage to get me on the edge of my seat more than once.
And Jake Gyllenhaal...yeah, I'm definitely 70/30%. So you see? It was a great weekend. I feel my life shifting for the better...I've started eating better and, by cutting out diet soda, the weight is starting to fly off (and isn't that ironic that to lose weight you have to not drink diet soda? ), I'm making new friends, I'm painting again, my home is great, my cat is cute as hell, and my best friend is happy. I've been hanging on to so much from the past, regretting the mistakes I've made, and it's nice to finally really move on and not live in the past anymore.
I'm just not used to not having a girlfriend, although I realize that I haven't had one in over a year, or the longest period of my life since I began dating! It's been good for me in so many ways but I'm getting eager to have someone to love on, and to love on me, you know? 
