First - elephant in the room - where the hell have I been the past year?! How has it even been a year?! But not to deflect - honestly - I don't really know! Work/life has just gotten the better of me and I don't really have any other excuse. So apologies to all you lil followers. I know how I feel when my fave blogger falls off the face of the Earth and it's not pretty!

Second - this is the reason I'm back on the sauce...the blog sauce that is...guess who's back in the dating game?! This girl!! And let me tell you something - it's sucks just as much as before! I mean full disclosure - I never really got "out" of the dating game - it was more that no one wanted to play this game with me. Haha. BUT I seem to be sending out good vibes to alllll the wrong people - so that equals...dating mania!! Here are 2 quick stories - yes actual stories from real life -
- I was "dating" this fella - he's 40 - for a lil over a month. Moving along - things going in the right direction. I wasn't head over heels - but it was fun to have someone and nice to have someone pay attention to me. I finally tell all my friends about him and my mom (she never is allowed to find out until I'm ready...moms say silly things)...and LITERALLY the next day I get this text at 11 AM ON A MONDAY...I REPEAT 11 AM ON A MONDAY...
The last part said..."I hope someday you won't judge me too harshly"

- I had been talking to this guy...again 42 so we should be past the "I'm a bachelor and I'm 29 living in a frat house". We had made plans to go out this evening (last week). So I texted him last night saying - "Hey still good for tomorrow? Let me know where/when you'd like to meet. Looking forward to it!" This is the response I received:
Ummm "tough" and "fantasy football draft" in the same text...

So there you have it folks...game on!!! I'm so thrilled to be dating - I can't even contain myself! BUT I just keep telling myself...LIZZIE THERE'S A LID TO YOUR POT SOMEWHERE...YOU JUST GOTTA FIND THAT SUCKER...EVERYONE OUTA MY WAY!

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