701 rejections

Online dating is so efficient. 701 men have rejected me so far. Well, 701 have viewed my profile. A handful have been interested and sent me emails. One tried to instant message me this morning, it didn't work. I told him to find someone else, so he tagged me as a favorite. Go figure.

bittersweet

I've lived with epilepsy for 20 years. A girl who was in my ward when I grew up just got diagnosed. While I am sad that she has this new challenge to live with, I kind of like having someone who knows almost exactly what I go through with medication adjustments and seizures.

life is fragile

My friend died of a stroke on Wednesday. He was only 31. He never married or had kids. He had just finished law school and everything seemed to be going well for him. Enjoy each moment. You never know what is going to happen next.

dating dilemma

I have a new crush. I love having a crush. I never imagined that I would have a crush on this guy. After all, he was my brother's roommate and he broke my friend's heart. However, he apologized for being a jerk to me and shared the last soda with me at the potluck. I was trying to avoid soda, but the gesture was too nice. If I didn't know better I would have thought he was flirting with me. Too bad there isn't a crytal ball to let you know which men you should make out with and forget and which ones have potential. I think he is a make out with and forget man but you never know.

Taxes...done!

I always intend to do my taxes early. In fact, I signed them and put them in the mail April 15th this year. I probably could have gotten a better return if I itemized, but gathering all those receipts wasn't happening. I could have efiled and gotten my return sooner if I remembered last years pin or had the amount I made handy. So, I'm doing it the old fashioned way via mail at the last minute. Yipee!

Not Age Appropriate

I work with mentally retarded adults. We are encouraged to find them age appropriate activities. However, many of them stopped their mental progress at a certain age. One of the men I work with is still a kid. He wears Mickey Mouse ears to work because he wants to be like Jimmie Dodd of the Mouseketeers. He also wears a clip-on tie because Walt Disney, his hero, wears a tie. I humored him today and had him teach me the Mickey Mouse song. "M - I - C, see ya real soon, K - E- Y, why? because we like you! M-O-U-S-E!" It might not have been age appropriate activity for a 50 year old, but he still wants to be a mousketeer.

Criticism doesn't work

I've discovered that online communication does not translate quite the same as in person communication. The atheist is no longer interested in me because I offered him some constructive criticism on his profile. Only after he sent me a nasty email did I reread his profile. After demanding that women email him right away and offering all these reasons they needed to did he mention he was just kidding. Oh. Like I did at first, most people probably stopped reading after "Girls! Why don't you email me?" Life is full of lessons and most people learn them the hard way. I know I've made my own mistakes with online communication.