I keep coming back here trying to write updates and miserably failing, because as odd as it sounds, the more I have going on, the harder it is to actually update. Not because I don’t have the time (which actually I kind of don’t, but I wanted to say hi. HIIIIII.), but more because WHERE DO I START? So uh … things that are going on with me include but are not limited to: a week packed with work(ish) related events, finding a new apartment, finishing up two freelance projects, taking this Friday off (woo!), booking a sports massage (for aforementioned day off), training for not one, but two road races (The 33rd Cohasset Rotary Road Race on April 5th – yikes! and the 37th CIGNA Falmouth Road Race in August), adding new features and sections to Club15, working on a painstaking and insane redesign/reorganization of THIS site (ohhhhh secrets!), gearing up for my annual Jimmy Fund fundraising taking over my life (I assist a group in the design and coordination of several Jimmy Fund fundraising events throughout the year like the Pan Mass Challenge, Annual JF Golf Tournaments, as well as my own fundraising for the Boston Marathon JF walk in September. As we say in my circle “IT’S JIMMY TIME”.), so. many. projects. at. work. (Hello job security. You are my best friend in these times) ….
Exhale. And smile. Good stuff.
In other, somewhat related news, I have been approached or contacted by near strangers no less than 2 dozen times in the past couple of weeks who have enlightened me oh so much on why I am single.
!!!! Haha. YAY! LOL. WTF?
No I did not ask. This is unsolicited assvice. My favorite being I “dress too nice.” Which is funny because at the time of this comment I was wearing a plain, long sleeve cotton shirt, a crappy H&M necklace that cost me all of $3, jeans I got on clearance and a pair of heels I’ve had since college ….. Followed by “maybe if you try like a t-shirt and sneakers”. I was unaware that the key to finding a husband was pretending to be someone I’m not and also a worn out pair of Nikes. Oh! Oh! Oh! What about the person who told me I “work too much”? I guess using your 20s to figure out what you love and building your career is an unattractive quality to a potential mate! SILLY ME.
I’m a real PEACH today. All the time spent working and picking out outfits has obviously cut into my sleeping time! If only I stopped enjoying myself and living my life! Gee. I could be well-rested and married with child by now! It’s may fault though … I totally missed the day they handed out the “How to Land Yourself a Husband” with the accompanying wall poster timeline! Damn!
Who’s psyched I came out to say hello? :P
PS – just so there’s no misinterpretation, I am laughing out loud while typing this. I crack me up. You want to tell me why I’m single? I’ll probably laugh at you too. And then run circles around you and clock my time. I’m getting FAST, yo.
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Haha! Interesting stuff… especially the unsolicited assvice ;)
I always thought once you LANDED a husband, you have to pretend you are someone that you’re not, so you can keep him?!
Oops, sorry, hit the send button too quickly..
whatever happened to “I just love you the way you are”?
hahahah!! I know. I don’t take any of that to heart anyway. I just loved the sneakers comment. With the exception of running or when my mother was dressing me as a child, I don’t think I’ve ever worn sneaker in public my entire life. Why start now?! hahah
uuummmm who needs children (yuck) when the furries are coming home this weekend!?!? And we totally need to run together…soon! :)
Wow, that is some awesome ASSvice, which is the best kind of advice.
This is a highly entertaining post, so you’ve got that going for you, you old spinster. FYI, when I was about 28 and I passed out after giving blood (because I didn’t eat breakfast – stoooopid) my mom asked me if I might be pregnant and informed me that if I was, it was OK with her.
Important things to note:
1. I was not married.
2. My boyfriend was unemployed.
3. It was not OK with ME if I was pregnant.
Apparently, 28 really is the new age to be a spinster.
Coming from someone who built her career in her 20′s and didn’t get hitched until after 30…I’d say you are doing fine. I did have to comment that I am stealing “assvice” — Too Funny and it fits like a glove for so many scenarios.
I just love when people feel the need to tell single women what they “should” be doing. I had someone last week ask if I was thinking about adopting a child because, you know, I’m STILL NOT MARRIED AT 28. (The horror!)
Oh my word, people are jerks, and obviously crazy.
Let’s just say I wear sneakers ALL THE TIME, was married at 25, and will be divorced at 27. You know the story. Feel free to tell it to the assvice givers, if only to make them twitch a little.
Obviously I need to be wearing heels more. ;-)
I offer no advice or assvice…haha….but I’m looking forward to the road race. My goal is to keep up with you and your sister!
Haha I think you and Kate are going to leave me in the dust. Or maybe Kate will leave us both in the dust. She’s the favorite right now for winning this thing.
IT’S (JUST) JIMMY(S) TIME.
As Stacy & Clinton would say, do you want to be part of the pajamafication of the US? Or the modern woman waltzing around in sweats and sneakers thinking it’s ok? It’s not. Honestly, those are bullshit reasons. You are successful, focused, and a super hottie (i.e. freaking intimidating to dudes) which is probably the honest truth and what you were told is crap.
I was barely divorced 2 months at 30 years old, when my sister called and then eventually she asked if I don’t want children and how it’s time….and I was all “DUDE, I HAVE TO EARN MONEY, I have to LIVE on my own,WTF”.
She’s since stepped away from that blabber.
Favorite. Post. Ever. :) That made me laugh. I’m 30 and nobody really asks me why I’m not married… weird. Maybe they think they already know the answer. Maybe they’re afraid. They SHOULD BE! :) LOL
And here I thought you were still single because you only surround yourself with gay men. I never even thought about your wardrobe!
Which, excuse me, is fabulous. If anything it would help not hurt in finding a man. Since when do men want women who only wear t-shirts and jeans?
You have mad style and you totally pull it off. So if a man is put off by that then he’s just not worth your time.
The truth is the ” gay men” thing comes up but the truth there is I surround myself with A LOT of people who aren’t gay men – it’s just the gay men don’t mind being whored out on my site/facebook/twitter and I respect the privacy of the straights I associate with ;) And even if that weren’t the case, the people I hang around with are GREAT, which is WHY I want to be aroud them. Not because they’re gay… It just happens that way.
And thanks for the wardrobe compliments!!
wow. america seems to be pretty tough on women in their twenties. it’s different here. if you get married before you’re in your late twenties you’re almost “too young to get married”.
also, sneakers should! only be worn to the gym, a run, help a friend move… taking a chance to sound mean now but that’s how to notice an american tourist: sneakers (and a sweat-suit) in public ;)
assvice sucks.