As promised

Happy birthday to me: thoughts on aging singlefully.

I'm here...

My excuse is that I'm on a crappy new project at work, which you can find out about on my blog, should you care to. Suffice to say I'm working night shifts for a couple weeks which means I go in around 6:30pm and come home the next morning around 9 or 10 on a good day. So, you can guess where my point balance is for the challenge - in the red.

Not the best summer so far. Although I am headed to New Orleans with my youth group in August so there's that to look forward to.

Noticed that FF passed the 10K mark for visitors - congrats.

Oh, and I'm working on a big birthday post for next week, I'll try to come back here and link to it when I get it up.

Hope everyone's well and interacting regularly with members of the opposite sex.

Everybody Alive?

Hey there! Where'd everybody go? If you're alive and well... give a shout out in the comments section with an update on how your summer is. Mine is... interesting. However, I won't give out anymore details unless at least five different posters comment. =) How's that for incentive?

Fabulously Challenged

With Marianne in Italy this month, I’ve noticed we have not been doing our usual point tallying on Mondays. Right off the bat, I’ll be honest, I am pretty sure I got close to zero points for last week. My professional life is dizzying these days, and I don’t even have time to do my laundry. This is the first time I’ve been home in 15 hours. I probably smell bad, too.
As for my love life, it’s pitiful. About a month ago I did meet a seemingly nice guy. Shockingly, (this is for you David) I met him AT A BAR!!!! Two weeks in a row I tried my best to flirt with him, although he seems like a quiet type. So of course, there has to be a catch... because, let’s face it, in my life there always is. Ta-Da!!! He’s being deployed to Iraq in a few months... and even better... leaving for California in a few weeks... Oh yes, and right now he’s not even in this state. So any chances of getting to know him are not looking good.
In other developments, a new crush is in the picture. He’s a nice guy and cute in an 80s Patrick Dempsey sort of way. I love those guys. The catch for this one... I can’t get involved with this young man for a very good reason. He’s not married, and I don’t think he has a girlfriend, but I’d be breaking one of my personal boundaries by dating him. I have no idea if he’s a Christian, either. I’m definitely feeling sorry for myself these days.
The universe is not in my galaxy, the stars are not aligned. If I opened a fortune cookie it would read "Get thee to a convent now!" I am not meant to have a date, a boyfriend, or a husband. I would like to know what God has in store for me. Cats?