The good, the bad, and the ugly

Well, friends, it's been another week on the cow trail here.

The beginning of the week was very slow. Nothing to report whatsoever.

However, things really picked up this weekend.

On Friday, a few residents visited the clinic to see a kid who was newly diagnosed with an eye cancer. Resident #1 was a guy that I had met briefly at a Church here in town. I struck up a conversation with him and we chatted for a little while. He half-heartedly inviting me to go bowling with his Church group that night, but I a) didn't want to accept an invitation of questionable sincerity and b) already had plans. Resident #2 was a visiting resident from England. He was a lot of fun and I enjoyed chatting with him.

Friday night I entered a whole new world. A friend of mine has a 12 year-old son who wanted to go to the movies with his friend, but didn't want his Mom sitting in the theatre with him. So my friend and I went to one movie and the kids went to a different one. As the years go by, I have gone from hanging out with all young single people, to hanging out with married people, to hanging out with married people and their kids, to now, chaperoning their children at the movie theatre. I'm telling you, it was strange. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed myself, but it was weird to be at the movie theatre in the suburbs in a sea of teeny boppers and be the old person.

On Saturday, on of my dear friends asked me if I wanted to go to a book exchanged hosted by a meet up group that she attends. It was a lot of fun; we found a part of the city that neither of us had been to before, we had good conversation with the group members, and I scored a couple of good books. There were a couple of single guys there. The hipster was wearing a fedora and was a generally conversational and interesting person. However, when he left the group, he said that he was on his way to get some piercings...not exactly my cup of tea. And what a weird way to leave a group, "see ya later, I'm off to get pierced." Totally bizarro. The second guy- the weird guy, was just that-very strange and somewhat reminiscent of the rose petal eater and we all know I don't want to repeat that fiasco.

Saturday afternoon brought a single girl crisis. I bought a couple tickets to a fashion show fundraiser and a friend and I were supposed to go together. However, she backed out at the last minute and I was left trying to find a plus one. It is the kind of situation that I absolutely dread. It wouldn't be fun to go alone, but it's also not fun to call 20 different people to see if you can talk them in to last minute Saturday night plans. Of course, most people have plans for Saturday night before Saturday at 4pm and if they don't, it is deliberate. Thankfully, my roommate saved me and came along, but it made me wish I had a permanent plus one.

The fundraiser itself was enjoyable, but it was hard to meet men. For starters, it was a fashion show, not the manliest event. The men that were there looked like they had been brought by their girlfriends. And even if there were single men there, they were impossible to distinguish from the taken men. It made me think; that would have been the perfect place for a single guy to meet women. I wonder what is the perfect place for women to meet single guys? Where do they hide?

Today, I met a new guy at Church. The grad student is from the south and seemed nice. I found a slick way to strike up a conversation and we chatted for a bit-I hope I'll see him again. Basketball yielded no knew men this week, it seems I've met the whole group.

Perhaps the most exciting thing is that between Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I met 5 men. Bust out the confetti, I finally did it! Many thanks to my friends who made it possible.

Looking forward to see what this week brings. It has been said that Spring turns a young man's fancy into thoughts of love. I'm ready for Spring, for leaves on the trees, for sun, flowers, warm weather, new possibilities.

I love you tomorrow, you're only a day away.

Next week I have a blind date and vegan happy hour planned. Stay tuned for details.