Aimée is probably jumping for joy...hurling with excitement...her team is definitely kicking ass...

I so dislike Manny Ramirez.

What has my team been up to?

Losing.

Ain't that grand...let's see how we measure up tonight.

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For all those that read and commented thank u. I'm still not entirely 'here' yet, but I'm working on it.

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As if I needed for things to get any better...my mini-van is suffering from Parkinson's disease...aka bad alignment...leading to a shaky shaky ass van...crap..there goes what's left of my savings...

I asked for the day tomorrow to get that fixed, and my boss said she'd have her mechanic look at my van, so I wouldn't have to miss work...sly sly lady ain't she.

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Yesterday, as I was helpin my ex-sister in law with a French project, I was online and a dear old friend popped up to say "HI".

He popped up to say "HI" and to let me know he just got married.

WTF?

2 months ago, he was single.
A month ago, he met someone at an online dating service.
3 weeks ago, they moved in together.
And Now THEY'RE MARRIED.

How the fuck does that happen so quickly. Jeez.
I mean, don't get me wrong, 'friend' is a real nice dude, and I am so happy he is happy, but how quick is quick?

When do u know that the person u're with is the one for the long run?
Or are u so desperate and in love with the idea of love that anyone who bats their eyes too much is the "ONE"?

BATTER BATTER BATTER..STEP RIGHT UP..U MIGHT BE MARRYING THIS TOTAL STRANGER IN T-MINUS 2 DAYS..

OMG.

I don't know if I will ever be ready for a long run again, nor if I will meet anyone that makes me feel that way.

Love has turned into this so unorthodox thing for me now.

I mean, I do like traditional hand-holding (if it's not for too long), gift exchanging and stuff like that...but I like a bit of liberal love now. U do ur thing, I do mine. If u call sweet, if u don't, then I'll assume ur busy. No grudges, no judgments.

So when I read that people have 'madly fallen in love' in two weeks and want to spend the rest of their lives breathing down each other's necks...I panic.

Am I the one out of place?

I honestly don't think so.

But hey if that floats their boat...then all the luck to ya, 'friend'.

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speakin' of 'love', 'likes'. u've probably been wondering where's "A"? No. he is not MIA. No he is not like totally absent.

"A" and I have been hanging out these past few days. His son and I are 'buddies'. He is such a smart kid and totally polite, which definitely gets a thumbs up from me. It's nice to see "A" and his son together..they look like chums...We've had a lunch a few times together, "A" has called to invite me. So that is sweet.

See me and "A" have sort of the unorthodox relationship I mentioned above. We are like not a couple. We are sort of just like there. Knowwhatimean? Yeah, ur probably thinking, HUH? He does his thing, I do mine. All is good. No pressure. And u know that is very hard for me, being so demanding of time, consequence and plans. But I've gotten used to that, and it's fine.

I don't need anyone breathing down my neck...especially not now.

We are friends, we don't need the whole lovey-dovey shit to understand that we like each other and enjoy each other's company.

His saved stubs of a movie we saw is good enough.