the calm after the storm

Hurricane Kyle was a category 1 hurricane (on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale) that lasted for 22 days and became the third longest-lived tropical cyclone in the Atlantic basin. Kyle eventually made landfall along the southeastern United States coast as a weak tropical storm before moving back out to sea.

"This was a run-of-the-mill storm. It had the potential to be a real problem and it all sort of went away," Michael Hinerman, director of the Washington County Emergency Management Agency, told the AP.

"there's no easy way to say this..."

motherf*cker.

well, mr. wonderful made the interesting decision to fire me last night.

somehow, i intuited that his distant behavior this week was a portent of something unpleasant.

given that he is going through a divorce (note to self, no more separated guys!), that he has kids, that he just started a new job...i thought he might want to pull back a bit, that he had too much going on, something of that nature. which i would totally understand given his situation.

but no.

"i'm just not feeling that spark, that thing that makes you weak in the knees for somebody."

really?

can you explain, then why you asked me out on our second date before our first date was even over?

can you explain, then, why every voicemail began with "hey gorgeous?"

can you explain, then, the text message you sent me a week ago when i was out of town saying "i wish you were here in my bed with me?"

is that how you communicate with someone with whom you are not feeling the spark? (if so, i can't imagine how you communicate with someone with whom you were feeling the spark...showing up naked on her doorstep?)

at the risk of TMI, i'm very happy to report that over the month of dating, we never consummated the relationship. he should be very happy that that is the case because if he pulled this "not feeling the spark" shit after we had slept together, i would have probably slapped him across the face.

i just wonder what the real truth is because i'm having a little trouble believing this version.

so back in the dating waters. again.

what an idiot.

~md

three months in chicago and...

hello there if you are still out there!

after a few false starts here in the midwest and a little unfinished business in SD, i think i've found someone blog-worthy.

however, i find myself afraid to talk/write/emote about it too much because it is still new and so far he seems pretty great. as one of my new friend-colleagues said, "there is no jinxing," but after several years of pretty rocky dating roads, i'm wary of putting a name to something before it has time to blossom.

but for now, suffice it to say things are looking good and we shall see.

and whenever anyone says to me "wow, that was fast!" i direct them to read this blog to disabuse them of that notion. : )

~md