Hi Serenity Glad you were not hurt-- Driving in Texas sounds like doing so in NY.

i do understand the confusion re. dating and found alnon tools worked well even in the dating game. I kept the focus on myself , understood what I needed and wanted and how I intended to play the dating game. I was clear and up front and established my boundaries and principles on the first date so they understood who I was and could choose to return . Being Honest and true to myself worked
It was not as much fun :) but I stayed sane

Thanks .. LOL .. I had a LOT of fun last night.

To give you an idea that every experience with me does not qualify as anything closely related to easy or smooth. BTW .. there was no coffee in hand so coffee was saved .. LOL!! I did get my coffee that is never an issue!!!

This guy and I laugh because every time we have met we wind up in the rain, and talking on the phone is another one where it's always raining and for some reason I'm always in my car while it's raining and we are talking. Plus I'm always lost because .. Google Maps hates me .. lol apparently it rains a LOT in Texas and no one knew it .. lol.

We were chatting while I was driving downtown and he's faster than Google Maps. He discovered he must have lots of patience with me and that it takes a lot to shake me up .. it's actually a good test of who he is as a person and how fast he is to anger and so on. I figure this is God's test for him .. lol. So I get lost as I was going just fine with Google Maps and I think he just wanted to get me there faster and wound up waiting longer. There are these skyways that go across the street so when I finally get there I see him and just to make sure I see him he did this move that I laughed about .. oh Lord he is fun. Number 1 rule of dating me .. you better have a wicked sense of humor and Number 2 .. you better have the patience of Job. Anyway, I get there and he guided me through the parking lot to an area with lots of parking and easy to get to the skyway. I got distracted for a min and we left he's asking me do I have everything I need. I totally laughed and said oh sure. It's now pouring rain and I'm thinking to myself well there goes the make-up and the hair .. oh well .. no umbrella . ain't nobody got time for that!! We make it to the comedy club and laughed at each other because we were hot wet messes. I realized as soon as I got there I emptied my pockets in my car and all of my id and tickets were in there .. thankfully the top guy checks the id's looks at us and looks at the rain he laughs and says I got this never mind .. LOL! Still leaves the issue of the tickets I left and THANKFULLY I had made reservations the next guy looks at me and starts laughing and says FINE .. come on through. At this point we were all laughing since my poor date and I looked like drowned rats and apparently no one had the heart to send us back out into the rain.

The rest of the evening went off without a hitch however I will never live down the fact I left every piece of id I owned in the car and brought my phone which I had shut off because I didn't want to be distracted by it.

The funniest part of the evening (outside the comedians) was when he looked at me and said .. holy cow you really DO get lost don't you!? I was like umm .. yes .. LOL! What a silly thing to lie or even exaggerate about when I say that Google Maps hates me I'm only relatively kidding. So now apparently every conversation is going to start off with is it raining where you are at since Texas is so big .. lol and are you lost or do you know exactly where you are .. lol. I told him you know it's ok for me to be lost because eventually I wind up where I need to be, it's not a big deal and I always have an adventure of sorts which is so much fun! He shook his head and said doesn't it ever bother you .. and honestly it doesn't it just is what it is and who knows what will happen. Now if I'm late that is another issue I do try not to do that to someone else because that is neither fun or charming. If it's just me and the kids it's an opportunity to find something new and maybe meet some new people or whatever. I used to get upset by it however it's just not worth it.

I have meet n greet as I'm calling them with a lovely man my age next week who we have been chatting for a while. He was teasing me because I have shared my starbucks and gamestop stories and he was trying to decide which venue well what most people don't know is because of the kids I'm a secret comic nerd (apparently so is he .. he's not so secret though) so as a joke I suggested a comic book store and boy did he jump on that .. lol. He's another one who matches my wit and has a wicked sense of humor. So I have been lucky in regards to meeting men and having some very good experiences.

Anyway, it really was a nice evening and now I'm very glad that I really slowed things down and I'm trying to relax and just have fun it has made a world of difference. I think the decision I'm going to have to make is really what do I want, so it's really a factor of time taking time.