Contrary to Jess's comment, the title of this blog is meant to be a reminder that it's never too late to make a change or improvement in your life. That's meant several things for me in the past few months -- learning how to play the guitar, making more trips back to Iowa to hang out with the guys, making more of a point to enjoy the part of Minneapolis in which I live, etc. Most recently, however, I took a close look at one part of my life that was sincerely lacking and decided it was time to stop messing around (no pun intended) and fix the situation. I needed a woman.
Seriously, for those of you who met your significant others in college, you have no idea what it's like. While I would like whomever I end up with to enjoy going to bars, I don't really want to meet that person IN a bar. I work pretty much with all men, and they are pretty much all married and/or over 3o and/or have kids. I'd go out with them, but they don't go out. Ever. And they go to bed at 10 on a Friday night. My friends, with the exception of Apolliana (close enough) and Jess, are all guys. Apolliana is engaged and Jess doesn't count, so they both might as well be guys. The point being that I pretty much don't have any potential to meet women, except for the occasional random party hook-up or random meeting. And so late one night 2 weeks ago, I decided to buck up and sign up for eharmony.
Not gonna lie, I was kind of embarressed about it. I really didn't tell anybody for the first couple of days, and then I slowly shared with a few people. Even now some of my friends are probably finding out for the first time. Let me tell you this, though, eharmony was worth every dang penny I paid for it -- and it was actually kind of expensive. Within a week I was in contact with about 5 different women, and frequently emailing with one in particular. And I've gone on a couple dates in the last week, and are going on a couple more this week. That's cash money, baby!
Even if nothing comes of the connections I've made thus far, it's way better than being bummed and pissed at myself for wasting away opportunities to meet women, even though I highly doubt that I would've met anybody anyway. And it's not that I can't handle being shot down. Oh no, I've been ROYALLY shot down in the past...stories from college that my old roommates still make fun of me for (I was just down in Iowa last weekend visiting the guys, and they ripped me a good one on a few of those stories). It's just that it wasn't happening. But this eharmony deal. Good stuff.
So all of you can stop worrying about my love life for a while -- I signed up for 3 months, though I think I should've just done it one month at a time. Unless something turns serious or into an actual relationship, I doubt I'll post more about it....but that's the update.
Girls are good.
---------------------
What I'm drinking: Busch Light -- Trip down to Iowa + multiple dates + older brother flying in for a Twins game and fun = cheap beer.
