Call me Sybil

So yeah, I'm conflicted. I like the Engineer, but I know that it's not a good idea to pin all of my hopes on one guy, put all of my eggs in one basket, etc etc and I should diversify my portfolio, yadda yadda (oh, speaking of which -- they just canned our CEO today, so I am definitely not buying any wall units in the hear future!) but I just can't get that excited about other guys if I'm interested in one particular guy. It's just the way I am. *sigh*

That's why even though I had a fun conversation with someone from Yahoo personals tonight, I'm hesitant to agree to meet him. It's a dilemma.

Yeah, yeah, I know -- I'm dumb and this is counterproductive, but I find it hard to work up too much enthusiasm until I know whether this is going anywhere. I feel like such a dork. Maybe I should just accept that I'm a serial dater, and not a parallel dater. I just can't do it.

I mean, I know that this thing with The Engineer may not work out (and it might actually be more likely to work out if I keep more than one iron in the fire, ironically) but I'd rather figure that out first before trying out other shoes.

Yes, I made my PoW laugh quite a bit when I compared dating with buying a new pair of shoes: sure you take them out for a test spin in a controlled environment, where everything SEEMS promising, and you think, "I'm taking this pair home with me." THEN comes its performance in the real world...! Sometimes they become acutely uncomfortable, if not actively painful. But hey, maybe once you get over the initial discomfort, they turn out to be great boyfriends, er, I mean -- shoes.

Actually, right now, I'm feeling anti-social and want to just hide in my (incredibly messy) apartment and for everyone to leave me alone. Gah. (Apparently, the older I get, the more solitude I need.)

And the opposite of aloneness is time with my ever-growing family, which is what I did today: went up to CT and saw everyone for Father's Day. This would include: my sister, her husband, my nephew, his (pregnant) wife, my younger niece, my older niece, her husband, and their 2 sons, one of whom is 2 weeks old.

I did manage to deliver his sweater on time though, and the buttons with little blue dogs are just this side of twee, but hey, they match the yarn!

Now I have to finish the baby kimono for my nephew's future daughter before they baby shower in 2 weeks! The free pattern on Lion Brand's site is pretty darn straightforward though, even if I did frog 6 inches of the back this afternoon (my gauge was way off). Interestingly, it appears to be pretty much the same pattern as this other baby kimono...

And the other thing that gives me no grief or agita is my pottery. I just have to finish glazing them this week, as Tuesday night is our last class, and then they kick us out of the studio for 3 weeks.

I think we're going to have an object swap on Tuesday night (where I'm eyeing one of my pal Maura's coffee cups -- I'm a bowl person, she's a mug person, what can I say? besides, I'm running out of windowsill space for my bazillion bowls) ... as well as the traditional foodstuffs we all bring in.

Not sure about this semester's students though -- the newbies seem rather clueless about studio etiquette...like CLEANING UP the wedging table after they've used it!