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That is a great story, @TheHizzy. I, too, would remember the feeling of a guy picking me up at the airport with tacos.
Very excited for spring/summer and exploring a new area. I’ve lived in the same neighborhood the entire four years I’ve been here. I love it and will miss it if/when I leave, but am excited to explore a new neighborhood in the way you only really do when you live there. The one thing that sucks (not sure if I mentioned on this thread) is that BG recently found out that starting late this month or early next, he’s on the road for work literally every week through the end of June. This was the last straw for him at work — people keep leaving without being replaced so his travel schedule has been increasingly bonkers — and he’s now on the hunt for something new. So maybe all my expectations of sunshine and patios together won’t be what I’m imagining.
He’s just north of Irving Park, but not far from where you were! We do spend more time at his place since he has more space than I do + a fenced yard that benefits my doggo. We were a slow burn kinda couple, gradually spending more and more time together, and I still feel like I don’t know his area at all because it’s been cold since we decided we were exclusive. I don’t have a car so I really like ease of access to everything where I live (also the draw of Southport Corridor for me). He’s still in a walkable area, but everything I could ever need or want is closer to me from my building than from his.
Bodega Sur was a blur, though I’m sure it was good. (I may or may not have had more wine than I should’ve on our first date. Ooooops!) I’ll have to check out the market. He lives a 10-minute walk from there. I love that area. I wish he was slightly closer to Southport Corridor, but it’s a great area and I’m excited to explore it more when the weather warms up.
We recently-ish tried a Venezuelan place near him, BienMeSabe on Montrose, at someone’s recommendation and I didn’t really like it. I was shocked when I saw all the great reviews of it online. Might just be me though!
First date was at Bodega Sur, if that’s the one you’re thinking about, and Tango Sur is the restaurant! As an aside, it looks like Folklore is also under the same ownership, which my hair dresser is always raving about.
@ktfran I think that’s a really cute gesture and low-key way to acknowledge an anniversary. BG and I went to our first date at a wine/tapas bar that’s under the same ownership as an Argentinian steakhouse that’s (I think) next door. We’ve already talked about going to the steakhouse this summer as a nod to one year of dating. (As an aside, I was single for so long that it feels kinda crazy to imagine celebrating an anniversary again.)
@TheHizzy How did you and FMH meet again? That’s a great relationship motto, haha.
I remember my anniversary with my second long-term boyfriend, but have never felt compelled to make it a password. When I started online dating after him and realized it was kind of like being on a hamster wheel of early dates and out, I stopped going into first dates with any kind of expectation that it’d lead to a relationship. I remember general timeframes, like “met in summer, fizzled in fall.”
I don’t remember any milestone dates! Although, I do remember my anniversary date with my first serious boyfriend and still use it as a password sometimes. It’s been my phone password for years, but I didn’t start using it until we’d already broken up (was actually seeing someone new when I first got a phone that requires a password). Not sure if that’s weird.
Ha. I recently told BG that if he and I have an important date, I have no clue what it is. He didn’t know either. We met last summer, around early July. I’m not sure either of us cares enough to look it up, though I know we could. Meeting online I assumed he’d just be another ship passing in the night! When I think back on our first date, I feel like that guy was a different person. Not in a bad way, but I had so little context for him the first date and now he’s a real part of my life.
Even though at this point I know many people who met their partners online, the wedding I was at last week was actually the first wedding I’ve been to of a couple that met online. The groom incorporated some of their early correspondence into his speech and it was sweet. And as of right now, every wedding I’m going to in 2019 is for couples that met online. BG has a wedding in May, they met on Tinder. I have one in June and another in September, and they met on Match and OKCupid.
I had some really good wines in SA wine country at really (REALLY!) reasonable prices, but that portion of my trip felt underwhelming. I really enjoyed Cape Town. Very beautiful. Some of it felt very foreign. Some of it felt very familiar, like maybe I was in Brooklyn. Wine country was also very beautiful, but I might as well have been in Healdsburg, CA. If not for the wedding, an overnight in wine country would have been sufficient for me.
When I saw my PCP several weeks ago I told her about doing Whole30 and generally some of the issues I was having. Her immediate reaction was telling me to limit or avoid gluten to see if that helps. So I’m planning to try that once I’m back in my groove. She told me she meets a lot of people who aren’t gluten *intolerant* but who do find that many people find their issues clear up and they generally feel better when they avoid it. And +1 for a pillow between the legs, AND for hoping MOV got the ring. How long has it been for you two now?
I wonder if certain fields don’t care as much about CLs? Every once in awhile I’d come across a job posting that didn’t ask candidates to submit one, but I always did. Maybe that was overkill.
@ktfran I got in Saturday afternoon. Felt fine on landing cause I’d slept a fair amount on the flights. (It was like 22 hours of flight time with a brief layover and I had major cankles, haha.) Within a couple hours I was exhausted and crabby. I tried to stay up for a normal bedtime but was going cross-eyed. It’s been a looong time since I’ve had eXtreme jet lag. I wish I’d taken at least yesterday off, so if you can manage it… I’d do it. Are you going on safari? I’m so sad I wasn’t able to make it happen for this trip, but hope to one day. Major post-vacation blues over here. It’d been awhile since I’d left the country and I realized how much I’ve missed traveling.
Cover letters are important! It’s your chance to tell an employer why you’re interested in a job and why you’d be great at it in a way that your resume can’t/won’t. AAM has good cover letter advice if you need it!
I am struggling from jet lag more today than yesterday. Fell asleep at 9 but still waking up obnoxiously early. I have little willpower to say no to the paczkis in our work kitchen today, and even though I brought a salad for lunch, all I want is soup. I’m hoping today will be the worst day.
ETA: I read AAM’s cover letter information pretty extensively a couple years ago when job hunting and once I felt like that advice sunk in, I was able to get away from the canned language you see all over the internet enough to write them in a way that felt very genuine and it made me enjoy the process way more.
Hi guys! Back from my trip, where I was pickpocketed my first morning (huge bummer considering I always travel with a zipped crossbody bag for security, but glad my passport was not inside my travel wallet) but otherwise had a great time. Cape Town is beautiful, but it was pretty eye-opening to see how the wealthy residents live versus those in the townships outside the city center. The wedding I attended was so much fun! I think my friend who got married and her husband are a truly fantastic couple. I tend to cry at weddings, but OMG I lost my shit as soon as the bridesmaids started walking down the aisle. So happy for them. Saw BG for a few hours yesterday and he told me I was pretty even though I was a zombie — he’s Ireland-bound today and won’t be back until late next week. The jet lag is very real over here and I cannot wait for this work day to end.
