I could get used to this

When I was child, I wanted so badly to meet Sharon, Lois and Bram. They were so special to me, I wanted to see them up close and somehow get the courage to say hello. I would anything for that chance.

I got that chance in May. A lot I asked for came true then.

I met Sharon, Lois and Bram. I spoke with Sharon, casually over coffee.

I made friends whom I love and respect. I know they feel the same things for me.

I have wanted to find a place to call home for a very long time. I can't really be sure until I try it, but I am pretty sure that Toronto is it.

I casually mentioned that I wanted a pair of elephant stud earrings and there they were, at a random street vendor.

Since then, I have needed more money and got promoted. I have wanted to help Sharon, Lois and Bram re-work their website and when I mentioned that to Lois in October, she said that we (Laura, Steve and I) should send our ideas to her and she would pass them along. Last weekend, I went to NYC with April. We'd been promising to go for a while. It was a pretty nice time. I showed her around my old neighborhoods and we talked. I told her that I was tired of just being contented at work. I want a different job. I mentioned that I wasn't miserable though, so would it be foolish to want to have someone else in my life, albeit casually at first?

I would really like a new job, fit to my qualifications and interests; and a boyfriend.

That's not really all too much to ask.

Well, I guess this ask-and-you-shall-receive idea really does work.

Two weeks ago, I sent my resume to Hartford Children's Theatre, applying for a position they had posted. I got an email the next day informing me that the position was filled but I might be interested in another. I was to check it out and get back to them. I did a little research and found this job was even better than the first. I wrote back and said that I would be interested. A week went by and I heard nothing. I wrote again, "Do you need any additional information from me?" and got a reply to send my resume again. I am still waiting to see how this one turns out. I have a phone interview tomorrow with a Boston-based company. It will more than likely be a part-time position. I'd be teaching theatre after school through an outdoor education program. They may be branching into Connecticut soon. No one is sure of anything except that they liked my resume I sent this summer and they want to speak with me.

Great.

Last week I got a message that someone online had seen my dating profile and written me. Yes, I am an online dater. I'm on one site. It's very casual. Anyone who is rude of offensive gets deleted and no one pays for anything. It's great. I figured, why not?

The message was short, but interesting, so I responded. We talked for a few days and on Friday, he asked if we could meet. I was going o suggest it anyway, so I agreed. There is no harm in a casual coffee date. That was yesterday.

He is interesting, funny, intelligent. Oh, and he's cute. So now we wait to see what happens. It's nice to have the possibility of dating again. It's been over a year since my last relationship ended and that was really more a waste of time than anything else.

But, I guess if I really want it to happen, I simply have to ask.