Wilma

This has been quiet a busy week for me. To start Miss Wilma is keeping me very worried. The new forecasted landfall schedule for her to hit Ft. Lauderdale is on Monday, the day I am due to depart for my trip. I am constantly watching the updates, but alas still no update to change my trip. I will be quiet depressed and very moody if the trip does not happen.

On another note, I have been flying high with my new man Mike. We met last Sunday for coffee and spent about 1 1/2 hours chit chatting. It was nerve racking but a nice meeting. I had to leave due to prior plans with my dear Andrew for dinner. Well that first meet has exploded since. I have seen my dearest Mike every day since Tuesday. It is really fun to have the little butterflies in the stomach. It's a feeling I havn't had in a very long time. This phase of dating is allways the best time. The getting to know each other and learning new things. It does however scare me a little about how similiar our growing up has been. Seems a little unreal to me, but again there is still more to learn. At minimum it will be nice to spend time with him.

Last night we had a nice dinner at Ocean Club out in Easton. It was nice, had a meet and greet with his business partner. Though I was very tired, it was nice to meet someone in Mikes life along with visiting the office.

Tonight I am probably going to overwhelm the poor boy. Kona my roomy is having a cookout in which all together there will be 10 people here at the house. This will be a test though to see how gay friendly he is. If he can't handle himself out the door he goes.

Fall Festival

So yesterday was the day I went to my works event they called the fall festival. It was hosted by a team member at her farm. I really enjoyed seeing co-workers in plain clothing enjoying hotdogs, smores and such at a bonfire. It was just a nice relaxing time in which there was a hay ride that I did not partake in.

I have to say though, Charma the owner has my dream. Her farm is situated on 5 acres with a cute brick ranch house, 7 stall barn with medium sized indoor arena. Nothing fancy but just perfect. Being there just makes me push and crave to obtain my dream of having just that. The only thing, being single it wont happen for some time.

Today I had an interesting conversation with my favorite co-worker. Camping and having a halloween decorating contest. A concept I have never heard of. Dressing up your campers and RV's elaboratly for halloween. It seems like a lot of fun. I am intriged by the whole concept but also baffled why people would spend so much money and time to set up and tear down such decorations so quickly. I should talk though..... I spend to much money on my horses.

Crazy Vacation

So I am nuts. I am on my Cruise Oct. 24th through Nov. 2. Well today I added a camping/ trail ridding weekend Oct 21 through Oct 23rd. Mind you I have volunteered to work on the 23th to help my team get ahead. I am very excited about both adventures, but I am sure going to be REALLY tired my first evening on the big boat. This also means I have to be completely packed for all adventures by Oct. 20th. Haha, we will see how this goes.

If you followed all of that adventure I will be quiet impressed.

Now I have to nurse myself back to health before tomorrow night. I have some sort of sinus infection or cold that is really bringing me down. I am trying to stay peppy and happy at work, but it sure has been hard. I am hoping to go to Wallstreet tomorrow night, go hiking this weekend along with go out to New Albany to see Chester. We will see what will actually happen.

Life at Work

So who says what is or is not appropriate at work. Many people hide their lifestyles. i.e. being gay, lesbian or bisexual. Why are these lifestyles out in the open for some and not for others? I myself lead my own secret life known only to a few. I live my life in secret out of fear of judgment. My life is the least accepted of them all. I know many partnered couples that speak of "roommates". One of these couples is by one of my best friends. I don't know why this upsets me. I am a hypocrite of sorts. I hide myself behind a wall and expect others to be wide open......

Love of a animal

This weekend has been a quick and sad one. I drove up to Toledo to drop off Austin to spend the fall and winter with Jimmie. It was a hard choice to actually do this, but a good one. My life is filled with friends, horses, a possible second job and up and comming MBA program. Much to busy to give Austin the time and love he deserves. I am going through withdraw, I allready miss him so very much. His loyalty and love really has gotten me through some hard times.

On another note, the whole trip wasn't a bad one. I had a nice time spending time with Jason, his partner and Vicki. Jason, a friend from my last Target is doing well. It is allways nice to hear from good friends and know they are doing well for themselves.

I also had a nice breakfast with Jimmie, we were able to talk some, though most of it superficial. It is allways hard to talk to ones ex..... Then off to my friend Tabetha's house. I spent the early part of Sat. taking her to the hospital after she got bit by a cat, then off to lunch and back to her house to have a nice ride... It couldn't have been a better day to ride with a good friend.

I am glad to be back in Columbus. I love this city. It was a good thing to move from Toledo.