Sept. 5:

Last night, attended an end-of-summer party at Gasworks Gallery in Ballard to support Mashedpotatoes.org (i.e. Northwest Harvest foodbank). I took a 5 pound bag of russets, but wasn't really in the right mood to be meeting people. I went home from work exhausted, started to watch a DVD from NetFlix before the party, and about an hour before, was nodding off... so I took a quick nap. That 30 minutes was refreshing, but I woke up feeling lethargic, and not really ready to mingle. Forced myself out anyway, and saw plenty of people there - a good male/female ratio as well - but not many I found interesting. I would rather like to meet someone there who I saw just as I was leaving... Julie, I think... If it's meant to be, we'll meet again.

I'm feeling a bit silly about insisting there's 'someone out there I can get along with'... discouraged is the word of the week. So, I'm turning away from the 'dating' goals - they're not working anyway. I haven't yet met the woman to make love with 10,000 times - the 'marathon woman' who's more interested in long-ies than 'quickies'. I'm going to continue to focus on doing things I want to do: cycle the Iron Goat trail, hike the mountains before they get icy, and joining a dance lesson class. I might even consider joining a community band, and dusting off the ol' brass instrument.

And the travel last week was great. Now I'd really like to visit Disneyland in California again. Would it be a good place to go solo? hmmm... I'm betting I would be 'traveling solo, but never alone'. Could be fun.