I didn't know it would be this hard!

This is my first blog ever, so please be patient with me. I am going to be writing about being a mom, work, dating again after 15 years and the everyday happenings of life. Why am I doing this? I was inspired by friends. I have brilliant friends who write the most amazing blogs and I wanted to join the club! Also, I wanted an outlet to get things off my chest, so I guess this is my form of therapy. I hope you enjoy. And if you have any suggestions for me, please let me know.

So here goes......................


I thought it would be time to start dating again. You should know that I never was very good at it when I was young! So what made me think I could do this now? I am 37 (ouch, I hate saying that out loud) I know that is not old, but I haven't thought about dating since I was 22 and now thinking about dating at 37 makes it hurt that much more. So in my infinite wisdom I felt I have gained in my many years (not really), I decided it would be a good idea to go online and use one of the online dating sites.

To start out, you have to fill out all of this information about yourself and then right some fun facts about yourself that would make you sound interesting, fun, and a perfect mate. I was honest with my information. You also have to put up a picture of yourself, well you don't have to, but why would you want to agree to meet someone you have never even seen a picture of and have no idea what you will end up with. But there is no rule about the picture you put up being a recent picture. I found out this information on the first and only meeting I have had.

So, I finally got brave and decided to meet one of the men I had been chatting with. His pictures where pretty cute and he had a nice smile (so I thought). We decided to meet at Starbucks, the perfect meeting spot, lots of people around and you can escape pretty easy if need be. I got there early, picking the perfect table so I could watch the door. Now the picture I have up is only about a month old, so I look exactly like my picture, but the guy that showed up was about 30 - 40 pounds heavier than his picture that was posted and he did not have such a nice smile in person. He did like to talk though, especially about himself. He even admitted that now I knew everything about him, but he knew nothing about me - he then proceeded to talk about himself. Let's just say that I was so glad I only had about an hour to meet with him, because it was about 40 minutes too long!

Now I don't want you to think that I am going to just complain about how bad the dating scene is or bitch and moan "poor me", instead I just want to blog about how much of a challenge this is going to be for me and I think there are a few people out there that could relate. I am also going to be writing about the good dates too when they happen (that is me being positive!) So please just enjoy reading.