I swear this month has been flying by so fast. I can't believe it'll be Thanksgiving in a couple days. I'll be making my annual trek to Detroit for the holiday to see the parents. Speaking of Detroit, they've been going through financial hard times like other cities in the U.S. Its neighbor Highland Park apparently removed all the city street lights in an effort to save money. Crime be damned. It's a scary situation for the residents there. And sadly Detroit doesn't look like it's far behind.
It's fueling my feelings on trying to get my parents to get out of Detroit. My Dad is open to living closer to my sisters in a nearby burb but my Mom wants to move closer to the hospital they go to in the city. It's a mess. Needless to say I'll be broaching that subject again this holiday season.
In other news I've been connecting with a handsome IT consulant online and via text messaging (well sexting depending on how you interpret the messages). Hemingway Ryan as I'll nickname him lives in St. Louis, MO, which is about 5 hours from me. It would be a long distance relationship if things even went there but it would be more doable than my fling with Madro, who so far hasn't really been all that communicative to me. There's Amtrak, Megabus, the airline, and the car of course that can connect us within hours.
Of course I'm being way premature when I say the words 'long distance relationship'. I'm just hoping we get through our first meeting and still have a desire to meet again afterwards. So many times I've chatted with guys and it seems like we hit it off but then things change after that initial meeting. But the optimist in me remains hopeful.
It's still amazing after all these years that I'm not more jaded than I am. I mean I know not to expect the world and I temper my "eager beaver" attitude a lot but I still am hopeful with each new guy that something will be different. We're tentatively planning to meet the 2nd weekend of December in his hometown. He also mentioned that he may be working near me for a few days on a project. If that happens we could meet up then too, whichever comes first. I wish we could do it sooner but I'm visiting family for Thanksgiving weekend and the following weekend I'm going for a meet and greet in Tampa that I can't get out of. But hopefully our sexting ways will continue. It's going on 4 days so far.
Keeping my fingers and toes crossed.
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