Another Dinner / Dating Progress? / Jaci's Back / Dentist Ahoy
Saturday night the 14th I took the night off from work to host dinner at my apartment with my college friend, Christine, and her husband whom I've never met. It's a strange thing to go from having no one visit my apartment for weeks at a time to suddenly having all this life and noise here. I'd never met the husband and they've been married only a handful of months, but I was relieved to find out the guy was pretty damn cool. I had all my animation cels up on the walls and he seemed intrigued to Christine's chagrin. Hilarity ensued as I suggested he buy cels from his favorite show, "The Simpsons." Ohhh, Christine did not appreciate that possibility. We played a board game and they caught on so well and so quickly that they beat me at it. Then, by 10 PM, they were gone and it was quiet again...
Hopefully that'll change. That dating website I signed up with a week ago? I've been really obsessed with it, editing and trimming my profile literally every few hours. I've begun trying to talk to people, which is a huge step for me. Remember, I've never been on a dating website and I haven't asked a girl out in a couple years. I'm wondering how much of everything this will change if something good happens...
Speaking of relationships, I'd mentioned in an entry from March that Jaci and I weren't speaking since February. I'd been under the impression that she was mad at me for confronting her but it turns out this whole time she thought I was mad at her. If you guys know Jaci and me at all, you'll know we do this, where we both think the opposite of the other counterintuitively. We've been doing this for a decade and it's kinda funny. Anyway, she finally broke the silence and we buried the nonexistent hatchets we thought each was holding behind the other's back.
Another big thing coming down the pipeline is that I've finally set in motion the series of events and doctors visits that will lead to my teeth getting fixed. Hopefully. Now that I've closed the door on the gut pain concern, my crooked chompers are next up. I've got a pile of cash set aside to get this done so money may not be an object. My permanents have always been crooked and there's always been a gap in the front two. I haven't seen a dentist in easily half a decade or longer, so even calling someone to setup appointments was difficult and scary. A lot of work will need to be done but this first step is good. No, this is great. There is nothing else in my life that I am more self-conscious or remorseful about than my teeth, specifically the ones people see when I grin. And so here I go. I guess I'll have to learn how to smile, something I never really do...
Hopefully that'll change. That dating website I signed up with a week ago? I've been really obsessed with it, editing and trimming my profile literally every few hours. I've begun trying to talk to people, which is a huge step for me. Remember, I've never been on a dating website and I haven't asked a girl out in a couple years. I'm wondering how much of everything this will change if something good happens...
Speaking of relationships, I'd mentioned in an entry from March that Jaci and I weren't speaking since February. I'd been under the impression that she was mad at me for confronting her but it turns out this whole time she thought I was mad at her. If you guys know Jaci and me at all, you'll know we do this, where we both think the opposite of the other counterintuitively. We've been doing this for a decade and it's kinda funny. Anyway, she finally broke the silence and we buried the nonexistent hatchets we thought each was holding behind the other's back.
Another big thing coming down the pipeline is that I've finally set in motion the series of events and doctors visits that will lead to my teeth getting fixed. Hopefully. Now that I've closed the door on the gut pain concern, my crooked chompers are next up. I've got a pile of cash set aside to get this done so money may not be an object. My permanents have always been crooked and there's always been a gap in the front two. I haven't seen a dentist in easily half a decade or longer, so even calling someone to setup appointments was difficult and scary. A lot of work will need to be done but this first step is good. No, this is great. There is nothing else in my life that I am more self-conscious or remorseful about than my teeth, specifically the ones people see when I grin. And so here I go. I guess I'll have to learn how to smile, something I never really do...