FFF- 5/30-Distracted

Word Count:  250

Bonus Words: 
Tell us about your last naughty phone call (+50)

Required Phrase:  Put the phone down

Forbidden Word:   Answer, Respond

Extra Credit:  Make a naughty phone call from work, or to someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

"Look at him.  It's pathetic.  Dude needs to get a life.  Minecraft!?  I mean really."  Mark looked at Jason sitting on the sofa and shook his head.  The girls were getting friskier by the minute. 

 

Jason got up and wandered over to the bar to get a drink...so distracted that he hadn't finished the one in his hand.  Mark and Scott joined him and tried to point out what he was missing. 

 

"Dude, Chrissy and Sherri were all over each other next to you on the sofa." 

 

Jason looked up and asked Scott, "Hey man, I just saw the best video on YouTube!  Wanna see it?" 

 

Mark punched Jason on the arm.  "If you'd put down that damn phone, you had a chance at an actual threesome with those 2 chicks beside you!!  You could have been a legend, man!"  

 

Looking around, Jason asked, "Who's the topless chick?"  

 

"Who cares?" exclaimed Scott.  "This is the best party ever.  I'm doing a lap.  Gonna go watch some girl-on-girl action. you two chumps, have fun."

 

They each downed their drinks and all headed off in opposite directions.  

 

Jason laughed to himself as he headed out the door.  "Those two idiots.  Minecraft indeed.  Do they honestly think I didn't notice the hot chicks making out next to me on the sofa."  He approached the stranger next to the car and greeted him.  Leaning back against the car he grinned when he heard the girls heels clicking on the sidewalk and their giggling.  The stranger sprung into action and opened the door for Jason and the two girls.  

 

"So ladies are you ready for some fun?"  Chrissy and Sherri kissed Jason on the cheeks as they sat on either side of him.  

 

"Wow Jason I didn't know you had a limo.  This is great," said Sherri 

 

"Oh I didn't come here in a limo tonight.  What do you think I was doing on the phone?  I reserved it and asked them to send the car here to pick up the two most beautiful ladies in the room.  Champagne, anyone?"    

 

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Hi There.  Hope everyone is having a nice Friday afternoon!  I love short work weeks.  New job is going well and I seem to be settling in.  Hope you all have a nice weekend.  Please go see Advizor for all the other great entries this week. 

 

Time to Shape Up!

First of all let me preface this by saying that I'm writing this for myself as a way to hold myself accountable.  I have no intention of turning this into a weight loss blog.  If you read further, consider yourself warned.

Now that I am back on somewhat of an even keel being employed and working a more "normal" schedule, it is time to get back in shape.  I lost a lot of weight a few years ago and in the past year, more pounds than I have wanted have crept back on.  I know the reasons for that.  I fell back into some old habits and I got lazy on the exercise front.  Depression had a lot to do with it and just sitting at home all the time, bored and "it's just so easy to hit the fridge rather than the gym."

It's summer now and I have no more excuses!  I know myself and I have never been able to stick to a workout program in the morning.  I have tried in the past and find that I just don't stick with it.  During the time when I was losing the weight, I would exercise in the evening.  I know that if I come home and sit down on the couch--I'm done.   I have to get into my exercise clothes and sneakers right away and get right back out the door.  During high summer when it's very hot out, I attend the free water aerobics classes.  I know some people consider this a rather geriatric activity, however, in our town the classes are run by a former Marine Corps drill instructor.  Not at all geriatric!  This is an excellent way to get in shape and stay cool.

Another fun way I found to lose weight is to dance.  I love it!  I don't know if I'm any good at it and at night on my porch or my room, it doesn't matter.  Just get moving!  I will also incorporate moves from an aerobics tape to the music.  A little $20 MP3 player was the magical "machine" that really jump started my eventual 80 lb. loss a few years ago.   It is fun and I think it's a very good way to keep things interesting.

I know that candy is my weakness and potato chips and breads.  And french fries. And pizza.   I did a very good job of avoiding those foods before.  My rule of thumb was that I'd wait and if I was still craving it after an hour, then I'd go ahead and eat it.  9 times out of 10 the craving would go away.   I'd also wait to eat after I exercised because I would generally "behave".  If I had a good workout, then I didn't want to "waste it" by splurging on a big meal.  Plus exercising on a full stomach in the summer just tends to make me sick.

So here I go again.  I have a short-term goal in mind and know the total amount of weight I'd like to lose. Thankfully it is much less than before.  I know that even with the yo-yoing, I am much healthier now than I was before.

Of course as I sit here and write this, I'm staring down a full bag of Hershey's kisses...ARGHHH!  They are going straight into the breakroom at work tomorrow.

Working for the Weekend

Well I have (almost) survived my first week back in the "real world."  Best of all I will actually get a paycheck tomorrow too!  I won't know how to act.  Actually I have already been invited to go out with my neighbors tomorrow night so I'm sure it will come back to me quickly.  It really does feel great to be a productive member of society again.  And being back on a regular 8-5(ish), M-F schedule.  For 6 months before being out of work completely, I was on 2nd shift and that was pretty deflating.  I was working but still couldn't go out or see my friends much.  I am a very sociable person and value going out with my friends as much as I love my downtime at home alone.

I actually haven't had much time alone lately.  My sister-in-law and the kids are with me for awhile.  Of course I love them but at times, they drive me crazy!   This makes hosting for any "fun time" impossible at the moment too.  I haven't really been pursuing any new adventures lately.  I was very focused on finding a job first and foremost. Mission accomplished and hopefully as the summer draws near and the weather gets warm, those opportunities will be there.

I hope everyone has had a great week!  Thank you for all the kind words and emails wishing me well.  I know for certain that Rob has been a LOT more productive at work this week.  And possibly others as well. Have a wonderful weekend everyone!  I certainly am going to try!  

And she walks off singing "Back in black, let loose from the noose...."

Highs and Lows

Depression is a funny thing.  It sneaks up on you (well me) so quickly and I often don't realize how down I am until I'm up again.  I know I have been very depressed the last 4 months.  I don't want to leave my house and just want to crawl up in a little ball.  But then something will happen and I'll be high for a few hours..like a call about a job interview.  Then my brain kicks in with the overanalyzing and I inevitably wind up disappointed. The crash is even harder and I wind up lower than before.  So then I try to not get so excited when something positive does happen and then I just don't get emotional about anything.  You're just in a trance.  It's weird.

Today I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off of me.  I was so stressed that my body is actually a little sore from how tight I was holding myself in control.  Everything is so much more relaxed now.  My shoulders are back in their normal position and not clinched in a ball around my ears.  While I know it will be a big adjustment re-entering the workforce and it won't solve all my problems, I am just so happy right now. And then I get news that my friend Jamie is moving away..farther away.  So now I'm back down a little bit but happy for him too.

I'm so grateful again to all of my friends for hanging in with me.  I tried very hard not to bitch & moan too much about it here and I know the blog was quiet for awhile.   Things are definitely looking up.  Summer is coming and I love it after being cooped up all winter.  The flowers are blooming, everything is getting green and the smell of burgers on the grill is in the air (yum!).  This is going to be a great summer!!!  I can just tell.

You May Want to Stand Back

Ahem.  May I have your attention please?

                              I GOT A JOB TODAY!!!!!!!!!!

I know this was an FFF prompt but it sums up exactly how I feel

I would like to say thank you to everyone who supported me and wished me well and gave me such encouragement.  It meant the world to me.  Can you hug the blogosphere?   ((HUGS))  It feels so good to be a real functioning member of society again.  Of course, I also want to print a disclaimer here because in 2 weeks (or less) I hope I won't be using this blog to bitch about my new job.  Thank you all again for such wonderful support.  What great internet friends I have.  XXOO.

The Question

It's the question I always get from men I interact with on AM.  And it's a legitimate one.  One that I had to sit down and seriously answer for myself.

"Why is a single lady looking around on Ashley Madison?"

I think of it as the online equivalent of "what's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?"

The very first time I logged on, I was single-but attached.  I was at the end of a 3 year relationship and I absolutely knew if we did get married, I'd be miserable and would wind up on AM eventually.  It was a fluke the first time.  I was a little tipsy, had read an article about it and got curious enough one night.  Shortly after I dumped the boyfriend, I remembered the account and logged onto my new "play" email.  It was nice getting attention from all those fun, flirty, handsome men.  (Hell, it still is!)

About the time I dumped the BF, I began dropping a lot of weight.  I was naive about that.  I immediately assumed that as soon as I was the size I wanted to be , the men would be knocking down my door.  Ummm...not exactly.   I live in a small town and the ratio of available women to available men in my age range is easily 5 to 1 or higher.  And they're very attractive women!  Competition is tough!

I went through a very long, very tough time in my 30's.  I was overweight and dealing with some extremely stressful family issues.  Even though I dreaded entering my 40's, it's been truly enlightening.  I began owning my feelings about my sexuality.  I realized I deserved whatever pleasure I could get for myself.  If Match.com wasn't getting it done, then "Hello, Ashley Madison!"

I researched online how to be discrete after I made my first serious contact.  By then I was reading blogs and absorbing as much info as I could.  (Thank you Ryan and thank you Kat!)  When I sat down to answer the "Why?" question for myself, I knew first of all I was NOT looking to steal anyone's husband there--period!  I had absolutely no expectations that anyone is leaving their wife/gf/SO for me.  Honestly my motives were purely sexual.   I was horny and looking to get laid.  I felt like if I blatantly stated that on Match, I would be judged.  Not so on AM.  The men there were looking for the same thing--although if they're smart they'll dress up their profiles a bit and make it subtly suggestive and not so "wanna fuck, baby?"

Secondly I knew if I did get involved with someone beyond just sex, I was going to have to accept whatever they could give.  There would be rules and I am fine with that.  It has never been--nor will it ever be my intention to get anyone busted or in trouble.  I absolutely understand the risks involved.  I've seen it firsthand in my own home growing up.  Do not ever forget this is very serious business and can even be dangerous.  I would try very hard to keep my emotions under control or be prepared to walk away.

Thirdly, I was not looking for a sugar daddy.  I've always considered myself to be very independent.  Most things I've wanted, I've worked hard for and bought myself.  Now that's not to say I don't enjoy the occasional present , I do and am very appreciative, I just didn't expect it from anyone.  Quite honestly I've never had anyone offer (or even heard of a lady being offered) any type of "let me be your sugar daddy" situation on AM.  There are other sites if both parties are looking for that. I thought that it might be something I'd happen to see on the site and just made it "my rule."

In the almost 2 years I've been on the site, I think I've handled things well.  I feel a lot more confident and think I've been pretty successful in the men I've chosen to correspond with.  Even more with the few men I've met face-to-face.   I tend to communicate a bit more before a F2F than I'm sure most men prefer but I find that works for me and I'm comfortable with it.  I DO NOT respond well to being pressured!  I am also not an "email queen"--one of those infamous women who email forever with no intention of ever meeting.  I have my own time table for these things based on chemistry and my gut.

I've also had the good fortune to meet a few attached men through the blog.  One, of course is,  Rob, whom I consider to be a good friend.  The other is a longer distance relationship and I know we'll only ever get to meet infrequently.  However, we try our best to keep things as hot as possible between meetings.  The bloggers and blog fans are a bit different as one or both parties know a lot about the other possibly before making contact but I think the rules for myself still apply.

AM men seem to come and go quickly (pun sorta intended).  As I see often in profiles on the site:  I am not looking to change your status....or mine.  I enjoy being single most of the time.  I just want us both to have a little fun.  "Flirt, luv, laugh" is a line from my actual profile and I think it answers the "why am I here" question very well.

FFF-4/18-The Mermaid

Word Count: Minimum 200, Maximum 400
Bonus Words: +100 if you can explain why she's wet... and wearing heels.
Required Word: Found
Forbidden Word: Lost
Extra Credit: How many men are in this picture?

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She had grown up watching the four boys.  When they were all young kids, she would sneak to the edge of the shore and play with them.  It had been easy then to hide her true self in the sand.  Their parents would laugh at the boys' tales of the mermaid that came to play with them in the sea.  Every summer they would show up and every fall she would watch them pack up and leave, the boys waving to her from the window.  One day they would all live in the big cliff house together she dreamed.  

As the years passed one or two of the boys would be away at camp or summer school, still she was there to romp and play and splash with them and their friends.  Then one spring her mother pulled her aside and gave her "the talk."  She was older now and things had...um...developed and her mother told her she could no longer go near the boys.  They were no longer children but young men and women and things could be dangerous for her.  Of course, like any rebellious teenager, she didn't listen.  

That summer her mother was right.  They had matured into four handsome young men.  Still she had to go close.  As she appeared out of the waves, she could see them stop their roughhousing and staring at her with mouths open.  No wait!  They were staring at her bare chest!!  The boys whooped and began chasing after her.  She swam quickly away.  What had happened to them, she thought.  From that summer on she would watch but didn't approach.  Then in her 18th year they stopped coming to the shore altogether.  Where had they gone she wondered.  For 6 summers, no one showed.  But she knew they would be back this year.  She had told them the secret of the 25th summer when they were kids.

She began making her preparations all that 24th winter.   Her dream would finally come true and she could go ashore and live for a year.  At last she could shed her scales and tail and wear gorgeous shoes and run and stretch her legs.  The morning of May 31 slowly dawned and she climbed out of the water and turned and waved bye to her mother.  She slid on the heels she had so long admired and began climbing the far side of the cliff above the house.  As she approached she knew she was right.  All four men were there going about their chores.  The men gradually stopped what they were doing as she approached them.  

"Hello boys.  Remember me?  I'm the mermaid."  

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Happy FFFriday!  I realized when I began writing that this was starting to remind me a bit of the movie, Splash, one of my favs from the 80's, so I had to change it up a bit.  Hope you all have a very nice Easter.