Guys listen, girls love flowers...

Quick hint guys... girls love flowers. Buy them regularly. They are just as special on a regular basis as they are on a special occasion. Actually, they are more special on a semi-regular basis, because it shows a girl that your really care about her and want everyone to know. It stakes your claim. Okay, I shouldn't say that "Every" girl loves flowers... but do it for awhile, especially if she ever gets mad, just buy flowers and see how it goes. Don't just get flowers when she gets mad... but regularly because then if you get them when she gets mad, they aren't a bribe, just a reassurance that even though things suck or aren't going well right now, I still love you and you are worth it. It says that even when I don't feel like it, I am still here and not going anywhere.

Ladies, if I am wrong... please give me more perspective because it does this for me.

When Hope is a Bad thing

Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.

Well, I would say that 75% of myself knows that if I were to try and work things out with my "ex" it would be insane according to Einstein. However, that last 25% continues to hope that things will be different. Part of me hopes that things will change, he will want to get married and "share" a life together. Or maybe I will learn to deal with it and accept things the way they are and be happy.

This is when Hope is a bad thing. Hope clouds your judgment because you focus on what "might" be. You focus on what you want things to be like instead of really working on evaluating what they are. I have always had high expectations of people, because I see their potential. I guess this clouds my judgment of what they are.

This is why I think I am destined to one day be a teacher or a preacher/nun (yeah right!).

Kids need people who think they have endless potential because they can continue to grow... I guess adults don't always want to keep growing.

Parading around in my underwear

Okay, so I have found something else I can do and like now that I have my own house. I can walk around my house in underwear and a t-shirt and not feel self-conscious or embarrassed.

I think it is boosting my self-confidence. You should so try. Even you guys. I think it is good for the ego.

Now, I don't look like a Victoria Secret supermodel, but I might prance a little bit pretending I do. :-p

I think in my head, "This is you! Enjoy it!"

What do single women do?

It dawned upon me today, that I don't know what to do with my life since I don't have a boyfriend, and don't see any hope of one on the horizen with any kind of long-term potential... what the hell do single women do?

Things I have going for me:
- pretty good catch
- not fat
- financially stable
- two degrees
- good job
- nice, kind, caring
- loyal (maybe too loyal)
- likes to try new things

Things I have going against me:
- don't have a group of girlfriends to hang out with and meet people (I am worse off than Carrie of Sex in the City.)
- don't really like meeting new people
- don't really like being social, I am shy and am not good at small talk
- I am kinda picky about my friends, need people who like to continue growing
- have two degrees
- financially stable, but don't have money to throw away going out
- don't have enough money to travel alone, don't have anyone to travel with.
- don't like doing things alone

So... what does a single 26 year old woman with these qualities do? I don't fit in anywhere do I?