Everyone keeps telling me to write a book about my blind date experiences, and I think "In a Blind" is such a clever title for it! I have a couple of new entries from the weekend.
I was set up over the weekend by a guy I met in my triathlon group. Spencer is very nice and very cute, so when he wanted to set me up with his brother, I thought it was a no-brainer. Unfortunately, his brother was 1) half an hour late, 2) lacking personality, basic social skills and rudimentary conversation skills and 3)not into me, demonstrated by the fact that he stood up at 8:00, and said, "I'm leaving, see you later." I would say that I would have to institute a "3 strikes" rule except for the fact that these guys don't seem to want to stick around for the whole game.
At church on Sunday, the smallest, oldest man in the ward suggested that I see his chiropractor, because he is single. I later got an email from him...
"About Dr. Tim. He is young and single, friendly as all get out. And is intelligent and pretty handsome. He needs a spouse as smart as he, so you'd fill the bill nicely. I think he lives with his mother in Lehi. Never been married. Although very sympathetic to the Church, he is not (yet) a member. Don't really know that he adheres to any church. He is clean living, physically and otherwise. Language is clean.
Everybody needs chiropractic adjustments from time to time. (I think you need it right away.) Dr. Tim is not your ordinary chiropractor. He has many devices to help adjust and heal the body. No need for X-rays and stuff. Most health insurances pay for it.
I leave you now alone to your own devices and I do not expect a report."
It's actually best if I'm not left to my own devices. They have not gotten me anywhere in the last 34 years. Still, it would be nice to incorporate a date and an adjustment in the same appointment. On the other hand, I don't think I could say "Hey...how about dinner one night" to a guy that is manipulating my spine with one of his many devices...so awkward. Maybe one of you could check him out for me.
I am thinking of offering a lovely incentive package for friends willing to help me find someone. I have already offered a spot at the head table at the wedding, but that isn't getting me anywhere. Perhaps you people are holding out for something more. Spa weekend? Free babysitting for life? Firstborn named after you?
After last year, I swore I'd never do the Wasatch Back again. Well, I got sucked in. See...it's not that hard to talk me into things! I ran with the eBay corporate team, and it was actually pretty fun. I did a better job of working eating and sleeping around the running, so that made me less cranky. Also, the eBay team's name was "eBay It Forward", so they gave us each a $25 gift card to give away to people we saw that were helping others out or just having a great attitude. It gave us a chance to interact with a lot of other teams, and that was pretty fun. My van was awesome and they were great supporters, giving me hugs and Gatorade after each of my runs and making sure I had a Diet Coke at the finish line. What more could a girl ask for? It would have been nice if my team took the "running superhero" costumes as seriously as I did...
Chad and I decided to celebrate National Doughnut Day by doing a sprint triathlon down in Salem. Well, not really, but Chad was almost as excited about doing his first tri as he was when he got his doughnut. My friend Jared was in charge of the water safety, so I let him know that he if let Chad drown, we would no longer be friends. Chad's wave went out 20 minutes before mine did, so I knew if I got to transition and his bike was still there, something didn't go according to plan. Not to worry, Chad did great! If he gets any faster in the water, I won't have a chance of beating him since his bike and run are so much faster than mine! Maybe I'll start giving him tips like, "eat a giant plate of fettucine alfredo minutes before you hit the water."
