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Serendipity

So this morning I treated myself to a tall (small size) café mocha at Starbucks. There was the usually rush hour mob there and I ordered my drink and waited patiently for it to be prepared. Well some woman in front of me had ordered a tall mocha too so the first one to appear on the bar was claimed by her. No biggie. I waited some more and another tall mocha was made, but another woman almost immediately grabbed it and left. I was a little concerned as I had been waiting about 10 minutes and the second woman who just took that mocha had been behind me in line! I was a little irked but I figured I'd just politely ask the barista about how long it would be.

Well before I could the barista looked at me and said, "I'm just waiting for some more cream so I can do your mocha hon." I was surprised and happy about this news so I waited. A few minutes later she puts two venti (the largest size) mochas on the bar and tells me that one is mine.

I couldn't believe it. I had ordered and paid for a tall mocha and got a venti one instead! I wonder if that second woman who I think took my mocha had ordered a venti? Ah, well her loss and my good fortune.

Though in not so serendipitous news I got IMed by F.O.B. again today. How I regret giving him my AIM Screen name. The conversation basically speaks for itself. Maybe this is why the universe gifted me with such a large coffee this morning...

NOTE: This conversation appears in most of its original unedited format. I have tried to add helpfull comments and explainations when possible.

After that he stopped sending messages and after he logged off I decided to block him. It's better this way. He will never move on if he continues to have an avenue to pursue me through and I certainly will never get peace of mine if I don't cut the ties. I have done all that I can.

Though interestingly enough I met a nice gentleman tonight via F.O.B.'s online profile. Serendipity at work again. He apparently still has me on his buddy list and contacted this gentleman via a private message. The guy didn't want to talk to him (smart man!) after seeing his profile but saw me on F.O.B.'s buddy list, was intrigued, and dropped me a line. This all transpired Sunday actually but I just checked my messages tonight. We chatted online for a bit and on the phone and he sounds very nice. We are going to attempt a meeting (crosses his fingers in hopes this one won't stand him up) soon.

On an unrelated note I stopped at the DC branch of my gym tonight after work. This is the first time I have been in a month. I must say I am not entirely happy with the DC branch but the plus side is that my membership has only gone up $3 and now I have access to all the gyms in the tristate area.

I took a Step II class tonight and ended up having to leave because I couldn't keep up. The instructor was good but went too fast and didn't do enough in the way of walking you through the routines like my previous instructor Lynette did (I miss her so much!). I got about halfway through before I finally just threw the towel in. I packed up my step and left. I wasn't the only one and I felt bad about it. But the class just wasn't right for me. This instructor is one of two who teach Step at my new gym so I will try her Step I class.

In the meantime I have e-mailed Lynette to see if she still does Saturday mornings at Reston. It's more of a drive and out of my way on the weekend but work it! *Sigh* The lengths I go to, to get a quality work out.