Chairman of the Bored ...

Geez - I'm bored today. It drives me crazy when my kids tell me that they're bored, but man I am feeling it today. My kids are away this week, and I'm on vacation. I want fun. I want exciting places to go, people to meet. So far ... nuthin'.

OK, so it's not exactly nothing. I did meet a guy last night for a "date" (I prefer to call it a meeting). It was the first time I was meeting this guy after more than a month of emails and talking on the phone. He looked nothing like his picture. I hope the disappointment didn't show (too much) on my face. Meanwhile, he's looking at me like he just hit the freaking jackpot. Anyhow, I broke one of my rules and met this guy for dinner. It's usually coffee or a drink - something quick so I can hightail it out of there if I need to. But this guy drove all the way from London and I felt obligated to give him more than just an hour over coffee. Nice enough guy, but I found myself tuning him out ... story after story about all the drunkfests that he's had. Buddy - wouldn't brag about your drinking problem. And we were complete opposites - if he had it his way he'd pave over all of nature; I'm a tree-hugger in his eyes (he actually called me that). He hates vegetables; I love them. You get the picture. Couldn't wait to get out of there.

Problem is that I'm feeling rather frisky these days if ya know what I'm sayin'. I've seen this other guy a couple times now ... 44, lives about 1/2 hour away. Nice guy. Don't think he's long-term material but we have established that we can have a lot of fun together. Is it wrong to want late night booty calls from him? Why do I feel like Samantha from SATC lately? Another guy that I'm currently talking to (but haven't met in person) looks like a keeper. Problem is that he lives in TO and now that I'm off work for a month, meeting him isn't convenient. He's European, 5 years younger, and looks like a cross between Ben Affleck and Ethan Hawke. Yummy.

So what have I done today? Cleaning. And took my cats to the vets. And did some organizing for my trip. Yawn.