Silver Linings.....

Before I left to meet up with Lawyer Chick in Vegas; I had been seeing someone who will be known as Zombie Dude. Zombie Dude and I had the makings of a bad Nicholas Sparks book. It was brief and ended even quicker. Thank God for Mark Zuckerberg wanting to hook up with cool, smart chicks because without Facebook I may not have known that he was ensconced with someone else. And, had I not found that out I wouldn't have bothered to read my email from an online dating site and the message from one bacon loving nerd would have gone unread for weeks. Well. I did find out, the message was read and we have booked our first vacation for October. He is my silver lining. And the reason I'm no longer online dating. Or dating at all. Well, I guess I'm dating HIM of course but you know what I mean. In a moment of real irony, I'm SO happy I found out about Zombie Dude and his lying, pseudo emo behavior. Had I not, I wouldn't have found my silver lining. That said, I wasn't sure what was going to happen. My now boyfriend was polite but persistent. He didn't give up. Even when I would send three word answers and admitted I wasn't ready to talk to or trust anyone (oh woe is me Danielle Steel), he was right there. He talked to me every day in Vegas, waited for me to get home and then took me out on what started as a somewhat awkward first date that was magic in the end. We now laugh about the awkwardness that was the beginning of our first date; which without humor, what is left?

If that isn't enough of a development, I start a new venture next week. I was offered and accepted a 6 month recruiting contract position for a national staffing company. I'm very excited about the opportunity and flexibility it gives me. Namely, back to a normal schedule. It will allow me to save some money, exercise my skills and take biology and go from there. I've finally realized that it's ok to not know how it's all going to work out. Change is the constant I can rely on; well that and reruns of Roseanne. Speaking off, did you know Becky was really with David and Darlene was really with Mark? Let that one simmer. Anyway, hopefully this will give me the time and energy to figure out the next step.Whether I apply for a program in six months or a year, I have the time and resources to make the right decision.  Again, a silver lining among my professional confusion. And a supportive, cute, snarky, conservative (um yeah, about that) bf right along side me.