my grandmother or "Maw-Maw," as we call her, gives the BEST dating advice.
every now and then she says, "Kayleigh, you got a boy yet?" and today (and most days) I say, "No Maw-Maw, I sure don't."
and she says, "annnnd whyyyy NOT?" and I say, "I don't know Maw-Maw, the ones that like me I don't like enough to date and the few I like can't ever figure out what they want."
and she says, "mmmhmmm, irresponsible of them."
and I say, "what do you mean?"
"Well, Kayleigh, responsible men aren't gonna string you along...they call when they call, they follow through with plans, they know what they want and they go after it."
and to that I retorted, "well, maybe they just aren't really into me."
she's so awesome, she said, "Oh honey, that's just silly, of course they're into you...they're just too into themselves and their ego to do anything about it."

and to that I said, "fair enough."

then she gave me a checklist for when I'm pursuing a man: "number one: check his bank account (he needs to have money to pay his bills and a job!) number two: check his savings account (he needs to have back up money in case of emergency!) and number three: you check his attitude, if he likes his dog more than you, he's out!"

honestly, she's so funny and adorable.

anyway, in other news, in case you missed it...got into a minor accident yesterday, followed by a separate incident of being pulled over, and this morning I've had to dedicate precious sleeping or reading time to being hassled by seven thousand different agents and the crazy woman herself who when asking me how I feel, remarked that she felt "kind of weird." which led me to assume she'll be claiming some bullshit injury claims too...which really infuriates me considering she jumped out of the car yesterday with no pain at all.

such is life, though, no?

pretty excited about the rest of the week and weekend...going to see Neil Gaiman speak tonight for a few hours...and a picnic on the beach prior to the speech...and an art gallery opening, artist lecture, cocktails and hors d' oeuvres Saturday night and bingo Sunday night. seems eventful enough for me!

in other news, I am sleep deprived like I've never been and my appetite is ALL off...I cannot seem to eat much of anything and awake in the morning feeling starved and grumpy.


I guess this is lengthy enough for today.

happier day to you than I've experienced thus far.