The hardest part about constantly putting yourself out there is knowing that every time you do, you may stumble and fall. I do that a lot. In my eagerness to chase that which is good, sometimes I stub my toe or bruise a knee on the sticks waving the red flags. This is the case…
A Ronulian Story: Sharon the Engineer
Ron is a real person and the inspiration for Rondays. A Ronulian is someone who is Ronlike. A Ronduh is someone who put up with Rons. Happy Ronday! Sharon was an engineer I worked with back when I was a document control specialist for a government contractor. Every week, the engineers had to submit this…
A Ronulian Story: RonDonna
Ron is real and the inspiration for Rondays. A Ronulian is someone who is Ron-like. A Ron-duh is someone who puts up with him. Happy Ronday! During pre-wedding counseling, the officiating pastor made it clear to us that there was to be NO flash photography during the more sacred parts of the ceremony (prayers, readings,…
A Ronulian Story: RonJeff
Ron is a real person. A Ronulian is someone who acts like Ron. A Ronduh puts up with him. Happy Ronday! Jeff and I met in college. We were in the same performance group, and often got paired together on stage – so we struck up a camaraderie that went from a light-hearted friendship to…
Good Knight
I admit it, I gave up. I found myself blasé about the whole dating thing. Other than “please trample my face” dude, nothing exciting was happening. I even agreed on a second date with the “I Win” guy – my first First After from back in November. I was chatting with a few guys, but…
A Ronulian Story: The Tale of Wally
Ron is real and the inspiration for the Rondays. A Ronulian is someone who is Ronlike. Happy Ronday! My intern was going back to college the last week in August, and my new assistant wasn’t starting until the 2nd week of September. So I had a one-week gap where I wouldn’t have extra help, and it…
Ron-side Seats
Ron is real. That fact alone should scare you. Happy Ronday! As you may recall, Ron and my sister had bought Garth Brooks tickets using the money from when his car payment had bounced. That was the final straw for me as far as helping my sister out financially. I would buy her groceries, I…
What Those Closing Statements on eHarmony Really Meant
Here’s another post I found on my old OKCupid journal that I thought you might like to see. I had an eHarmony profile back in those days – and I’m not sure if the process has changed or not – but back then you had to choose a reason whenever you wanted to delete a…
Please Excuse The Mess
I was going through some old journal entries on my OKCupid profile, and came across this poem I had written back in 2007. This would have been a few months after having broken up from a second, long-distance attempt with Sully. I was also living with my mom after escaping from crazy psycho roommate and…