Thursday, October 17, 2013

It's been a long time comin'

I realize that I havent posted in a long while.   I felt that I didn't have a whole lot going on and that it just wasn't news worthy.  I actually had a lot happen that does have to do with growing older and with turning 50.  I also realized that the dating post earlier was never published.  So sitting at the airport in Chorlotte with time to kill, I opened up my Blog to write and there it was staring me in the face.  I did not remember what I said because it was so long ago, but felt it had sat there long enough.  It had to go out for all to see whether I liked it or not.  

Back in August, yet another man in my life felt that I wasn't for them.  This last one a real doozie.  I received a text one evening from his girlfriend of two yrs, letting me know of her and he AND a slew of coincidences too close for comfort.  Mind you, WE had been in a relationship for 11months.  She found out about me while on their vacation that I was supposed to go on.  It actually was easy to say "goodbye, have a nice life".  Have I become immune?  I deleted pictures, texts, etc and never spoke to him or her again.  But you bet your ass I'm keeping the gifts.  (Who would throw away a good leather jacket and misc clothes?)

So that is why I felt I was out there again, but I never went 'out there'.  I just wasn't up for dating.  There was still Summer left to spend with my friends and riding to do before it gets too cold.  Then I met a wonderful man.  Well, I actually had met him a very long time ago and then again 3yrs ago, but was waiting for my divorce to be final and it just didnt seem like the right thing to do.   Then my dear friend started talking with his brother who was in Taiwan. See, we had went to high school with them.  (Well at least his brother).  J was coming to Florida to see his older brother and parents.  I said, "ask how Mark is doing, for me.  I was so smitten with him and I'm curious". So she ends up going to see J in FL and stays at his brother's.  What luck.  Within an hour or so, I start getting texts from Mark.  

We have been texting and talking every day since but I started the second day, sending a picture of the shoes I was wearing for the day.  He asked for a daily shot by 9:00 am. He informed me that he was coming to Columbus to meet up with friends to golf in WV.  He came in on a weds to go to a friends and I went there to pick him up. He came over and of course he stayed with me all night.  We spent the entire day together and had a wonderful time until I had to drop him off to golf.  He texted and sent pictures of the fun their we're having, sans wives.  He called when they returned and I picked him up to stay with me yet again.   I had to go to work on Monday but came home to take him to the airport at lunch.  It was hard to say goodbye.  Not knowing when we would see each other again.  On the way to the airport he mentioned that he was going with friends riding to Daytona for Biketoberfest the coming weekend.  Not an hour later he texts and tells me to come for the weekend.  I text him back after booming my flight and said, "you have a riding partner".   To be continued....