The Dateable Dork

A bunch of interesting things to report:

(1) Cue porno music… I have officially had sex in my new Cambridge apartment.  Oh baby!  The NMP came over last night, and we went out for drinks, came back to my place so I could show off my mad decorating skillz, and went at it like horny teenagers.  Awesome.  Actually, it was kind of hilarious because (a) the NMP had to make a middle-of-the-night run to the drug store due to a tragic condom shortage, and (b) because my bed in on wheels and now I have hardwood floors instead of carpet, it felt like we were on an Austin Powers circular rotating bed or something.  Ha!  Good thing the apartment is so small, so we couldn’t move *that* far away from the bed’s original position.  Lesson learned: need to get some kind of anchors or something for my bed before I lure actual dateable men into it.

The sex was ok – not great, but not horrible.  I think the NMP and I have slept together enough times now that things are falling into a bit of a routine.  Not exactly the stuff that makes for an exciting blog post – sorry my dears – but sex nonetheless.  Clearly the NMP and I are on different wavelengths when it comes to what we want out of sex – I want to be fucked and slapped around a bit, and the NMP really just wants a blowjob (or two, or ten).  We know this about each other, and so everyone gets what they want.  I also know that once he’s had his blowjob(s) he kind of fizzles out for the night, so I just make sure that I get what I want first, then he gets his BJs as a reward, and we all fall asleep happy.  Kind of like training a dog, right?  Haha.  Whatever.  The NMP is my friendly old stand-by, and I’m his, and that’s that.  It’s nice to get laid.  : )

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Stop thinking dirty thoughts, my dears.  : )

I went to two local animal shelters today and looked at all the adorable cats up for adoption.  How friggin’ CUTE are these little guys, seriously?  I am so in love and wanted to take them all home immediately.  The plan is this:

• Research how to be a cat owner.  Yesterday I took some books out of the library and have been reading up and taking notes.
• Purchase necessary cat supplies at the pet store.  A friend and fellow cat mommy sent me a list of essentials, so now I just need to find a pet supply store and go to town.
• Choose a kitty!  This will obviously be the most fun part.  : )
• Pick up kitty a few days later, bring it home, and officially become a crazy spinster cat lady.

I can’t wait!  : )

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I had an awesome day today.  It was overwhelming in so many ways, but all really *good* ways that make me feel so incredibly fortunate, peaceful, grateful, and excited.  It’s the end of the day, and I feel as if I’m completely at peace with the world around me, a feeling that I don’t remember experiencing in quite a while.  This is just amazing.

If I could sum up the day in one sentence, it would be “I absolutely LOVE this place.”  I love that Cambridge is such a cute, vibrant place, filled with interesting people and interesting places and just exactly the types of things that I’m looking for.  I love that I’m completely surrounded by the big H and all that it has to offer, and I love that it offers anything and everything that I could ever want or need.  There are opportunities for intellectual and creative exploration and expression at every corner.  I am absolutely dying to get my ID card so that I can have access to all this friggin’ amazing stuff!  I am just gushing with excitement.  GUSHING.  Who knew that this place even existed and that it was exactly what I’d been looking for all this time? 

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No word from Bachelor #3 today.  Does he still want to meet up later this week?  Do I still want to meet up with him after the weirdness bomb and subsequent outfall?  Should I just ignore his call/text if he contacts me to confirm?  (Yes, I should totally ignore him, by the way.)  Ahhhh.  This situation is so annoying.  Why can’t we go back to last week when things were all cute and new and exciting and weirdness-free?  Le sigh.

I had a looooooong phone conversation with the NMP about this last night, and he basically told me in no uncertain terms (as have all my other friends, by the way) that I need to drop this guy like a hot potato.  And you know what?  I totally agree.  Well, the intellectual/logical part of me totally agrees… but the single girl sleeping by herself every night kinda sorta wants to cuddle up with this guy again.  He was so nice, after all.  How the fuck did this get so screwed up?  Geez.

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I have a feeling that things with Bachelor #3 are slowly but surely spiraling downward into the dating black hole of doom.  After one week, geez!  Give me a break, will ya?  This dating shit is fucking driving me crazy.

Yesterday (and for most of today, actually) I was pretty convinced that I would never hear from him again, and to be honest, I probably shouldn’t have ever reached out to him again either.  Things just got weird.  But then I got a text from him today asking if I wanted to get together one night this week, and we made some very tentative and very loosely-defined plans.  There is a lot left unsaid between us at this point, but my gut feeling is that he just wants to have sex before ditching this thing completely.  Last week we had 3 dates and kinda sorta had sex but  not really, and I think he just wants to finish the job.  This is all based on what he’s saying in the texts, his level of communication, etc.  It’s just a very different vibe from last week when he was genuinely interested in hanging out with me.  UGH.  If it still seems like he just wants to fuck as our tentative plans get closer, I’m probably going to bail out.  I just don’t need that right now.

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I learned my lesson a while ago about writing up the details of bad/weird dates, but suffice it to say that things with Bachelor #3 from last week have taken a turn into strange territory.  I hate to say that this is turning into a disaster (because really I’m not sure what the next move will be at this point), but it seems to be heading in that direction.  I am so bummed out and disappointed!  But perhaps there is hope after all?  Perhaps we can avert the looming disaster?  Ahhhh, who knows.  I am feeling very “WTF?????” right now and don’t really know what to do about it.  Actually, I know what I *should* do about it, but I just don’t want to.  Ugh.  I hate dating!

Finally a good one!  : )  Ahhhh, what a breath of fresh air.  I met this guy for a cup of coffee this afternoon, and we wound up having a nice time AND making plans to have dinner later this week.  Score!  We chatted at the coffee shop for a while and hugged hello and goodbye.  I was having trouble reading him and wasn’t sure if he was into me or not, but as we were leaving he asked me out again, and I was very happy/relieved to hear this.  : )  I figured that he might just be saying it, as some people do at the end of a first date, but then he texted me about a half hour later and we made plans for dinner on Wed.  Awesome.  I am very happy about this!

Soooooo… this guy is kind of adorable.  His physical appearance actually reminds me of Mr. Perfect (remember him from years ago?), but his personality is much better/geekier.  I was happy to see that I was actually attracted to him (unlike the European and the 2 guys I met last week) AND I enjoyed talking to him AND he wasn’t obnoxious or boring or anything like that.  Why is this such a rare combination?  Also, I’ve been really feeling the older-man vibe lately (thanks to the Texas guy and my attractive-but-married male friend), and this guy is 42 and is exactly my cup of tea right now.  The chemistry wasn’t at the fireworks level, but there is definitely a spark to work with.  It was a nice afternoon, and it will be good to hang out with him again.  We’ll see if anything develops.

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As expected, my two dates this week were both pretty much duds.  Neither one of them was particularly bad or anything, but there was just no chemistry with either one.  Oh well!  Rumor has it that I might have yet another first date tomorrow, so we’ll see if the third time’s a charm.  : )

Date #1 – This guy was a piece of work.  A very nice, friendly, successful, attractive, and well-put-together guy, but man, what a fucking character this guy was!  Clearly he needs to feel like the shit at all times because he made it very clear that he was the big man wherever we went.  He made it a point to show me that he knew all the bartenders by name, and that they knew him.  He totally took control of the entire evening, from where we went and when, to what we talked about, to the pace of the conversation, and just about everything else.  Like I said earlier, it definitely wasn’t a bad date, it was just very clear that this was NOT my type of guy.  I kept wishing that I could trade in Mr. Big for Mr. Awkward and Geeky!  Le sigh.

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OMG this place is awesome.  So cute!  I love it!  The people are so *friendly* and approachable here – like, where did that come from??  Are these people from another planet or something?  Like a non-angry, not-in-a-rush, non-New-York planet?  So weird but so refreshing!  Oh Cambridge, where have you been all my life?  : )

On the dating front, technically I have two dates scheduled for this week with new Boston guys, but I’m not really feeling either one of them right now.  I just feel like I have too many exciting things going on to bother with dating right now.  But I suppose I should go out anyway and meet these guys, if for no other reason than to learn my way around the city a bit.  Whatever!  Dating is so low on the priority list right now.  I am so much more excited about decorating my apartment!

Ahhhhhh, I think if I get any more excited I will burst into a million pieces.  This is a good feeling.  SO glad I made this move!

Well hello my dears!  I am very excited to report that I am now a resident of Cambridge, MA!  : )

Phew!  I am now running on two solid nights of sleep, which I hadn’t gotten in weeks.  I am refreshed and energized and even connected to the internet again – awesome!  My apartment is a mess, but the cleaning and unpacking are moving along.  Finally I can breathe again! 

Plus I am just a few steps away from the big H, which makes me ridiculously happy.

Thanks for all your support during the move.  I’m so happy to have finally landed!