I'm Back!

I apologize for taking the extra week off, but it was a very exhausting holiday.

So during this time, I did meet a guy from Match.com - "Steelworker guy". I actually met up with him the Wednesday evening before Parade Day. We had a very short online conversation before he up and texted me, asking if i wanted to grab a beer. I was actually on my way out, so I took a little detour and met up with him. Very cute, but not very talkative or interesting. He seemed to complain about everything - from traffic, to Pittsburgh drivers, to taking care of his dad who had some health problems. The first two I can understand, but family is family so there's no need to complain to someone you just met about the general act of taking care of your family members. I find that selfish. Regardless, after a drink he was suddenly exhausted and I was fine with leaving to meet up with my friends. I was not concerned with getting a second date with "Steelworker guy".

Also, I still received some text messages from the Romanian. I haven't received one in about a week, so that's a good sign. How long does it take for someone to get the hint? Apparently for claiming to be a doctor, he's a slow learner. I'm sure he has very high malpractice premiums.

The day after Parade Day, I decided that I would see who else was out there. So currently I am having email conversations with "Random POF guy", "Referee guy", and "Teacher guy". Sadly, none of them really excite me but I figure that I'll keep writing and see if one of them surprises me.

"Random POF guy" - I know, the nickname isn't that great. Honestly, nothing stands out and I can't really call him "Just There guy". Also, he took a couple days before writing me back and then I took a week to call him back. He emailed me a couple days ago, but I haven't responded just yet.

"Referee guy" - Works at one of the local school districts doing facilities management and also referee's high school sports. He's going to be a State Trooper - maybe he can get me out of any future speeding tickets? He can still be a ref after he's a trooper. That was my big question to him.

"Teacher guy" - Has the same fear of heights that I do. He actually lives pretty close to my mom, so I wonder if he teaches at my old high school. He's the only one I've spoken to on the phone. We've been trying to make plans to get together, but I think after I took awhile to call him, and then forgot to call at the end of last week, he's not so enchanted with me either. I spoke with him on Monday to make plans to grab a drink, but he didn't have much time to talk and he was busy all week. He's supposed to call me tomorrow evening to make plans to grab a drink or lunch this weekend, but again, I wouldn't really care if I didn't get a call.

I'm trying to figure out what's wrong with this time of year when it comes to meeting people. Honestly, I think there's something about the fall that people meet people and then make it through the summer and break up. And then they start looking again. That or the impending winter months make it more conducive to staying inside and sitting on the computer whereas now, people are trying to spend as much time as possible outside. I can't blame them though - I've been doing the same thing.

Anyways, today and Saturday are supposed to be rainy so maybe someone really interesting will be online.