In the above picture, I am very happy being out and about in the world as Marian. It is something I don't plan to give up. But I am willing to negotiate how much time I spend in this presentation - if I'm with the right partner.
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Looking at romance, I don't want to get hurt again, or to hurt someone else. In my case, I have to be careful how much I open the door to communicating with the ex girlfriend, as I could fall for her again without a chance of her doing the same with me. And both of us would need to be very sure of ourselves before taking another chance at anything other than friendship. Making things more complex for me is my relationship with FH. Is it a romance or a friendship? It could be either one with her, and not something I want to risk at this time. (I'm pretty sure that it is a relationship that will end when the pandemic does, based on the evidence I have.) But without anyone sharing my bed in a while, it makes sense for me to keep all options open for now.
When I woke up today, it was with the help of an alarm on my phone. And I had forgotten that I had an appointment with Vanessa to help her with setting up Google Ads to promote her web site. So I was very glad that she called to confirm things early on. This allowed me to schedule my laundry runs properly, as I didn't want to go into my new office wearing dirty clothes.
Around 3:30, I made it out of the house and started my trip up to Dover Plains to see Vanessa. And I was glad that I started when I did, as I ended up having to fill up my car along the way. (Who wants to look for gas in a rural area when it's dark outside?) I made it up to her place around 5:15, and we got started on trying to find the right phrases and keywords to bring people to her site. By the time 7:30 came around, we were both fried. So I bid her an adieu around 8:30, and started my drive home.
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Now, I have to shift to a new topic at this point. Earlier in the day, I was trying to make my first vaccination appointment for Covid-19. One problem - New York's website was overloaded with people trying to make their appointments, and a flaw in the site was displaying possible appointments without preserving their availability for when one was selected. As a result, there was a lot of needless back and forth in the application, where people like me were selecting an appointment time, and then being told that the appointment wasn't available. I figured that I'd try to get an appointment later in the evening.
While at Vanessa's one of her clan was also trying to get an appointment. Using the NYS hotline, she was able to score an appointment for tomorrow morning. One problem - Metro North was not running a normal schedule, and this member of Vanessa's clan has to take an Uber to get to Westchester for the vaccination. At least she has an early appointment. When I got home, I used the NYS website again, and was finally able to score an appointment for early April in Queens. AARGH! This will give me one benefit - I'll be able to tell my boss that I need the day off to get my shot.
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Sooner or later, my life will return to a new normal. Whatever that normal is, I don't know. But I'm in a better place now than I was at this time last year.
