Y2 D51

Just for the record, I am out there still "dating". I haven't really gone on a date in a month, but I think in part that has to do more with the kid being with me than anything else. I am still on Match, eHarmony, and going to meetup events. Heck, I am even going to a "Disco Roller Skating" event on Saturday. Yeah, I know, I expect to fall down. I will look good at least. Because I always look good. I don't know, it seems like ever since LO came into my life, I have become even pickier and the matches I am getting online don't meet my needs. My memberships are good for a while - April 2011 for eHarmony and through October for Match - but the quality isn't there. I am not being super picky either. They either live 50 miles away from me, or their not the body type I am looking for in a woman. The ones I do like and I email, don't write back. Same issue as before; I am not sure if I am putting the wrong thing in my text, or if it's the pictures, or what, but I don't seem to be getting any responses. As for face to face meetings, I don't know where to go. 


Yesterday I sent one of my online profiles to some of my friends for feedback. Is the text ok? How do the pictures look? That kind of thing. The responses were interesting. From the women (yes I sent it to both men and women) I got mostly comments that the text was accurate but they didn't like the picture that was my primary. Ok, fair enough. From the guys it was about the text and some of my profile information. I made a couple of tweaks based on everyone's feedback. Let's see if that garners any response.


Why do I bring all this up? Because ironically I met someone briefly last night and we are going out next week. The kid and her friend went off to explore in the city yesterday and I decided the heck with it, I am going to go have a couple of drinks. I am in a holding pattern today at work because I am waiting for the ETL guy to finish loading data and that means I didn't have to worry about waking up this morning. I went over to my friend's restaurant to chill out and suck up some booze. It should be noted that I have been pretty good this month. With the exception of my birthday and a couple of drinks at home last weekend, I haven't had anything to drink this month. Thirteen out of sixteen days booze free - 81% sobriety for the month. For me, that's pretty good.


Anyway, I meet this woman, L, while I am the bar. We seem to have a lot in common. She is a traveler, no children, good looking, and can hold up her end of a conversation. No real negatives. She is actually older than me which means I don't have to listen to anyone tell me how inappropriate she is for me. I am going to call her this weekend and set up a date for next week. Nothing more nothing less.


I am starting to tire of LO finally. I think she too is tiring of a long distance thing. I can feel it in the tone of our texts lately. I am not going to say any more on that right now until I see how it plays out over the next few days.