Summerish Things

Well, as usual, the summer has been crazy.  I was sick for a million years, started out with flu like symptoms, then a sore throat so bad basically all I did was sleep and when I wasn't sleeping, I was taking Advil and trying not to cry.  Went to the Dr's 3 times and urgent care once, and they kept telling me it was viral and there was nothing they could do.  After 3 weeks of this, they sent me for more bloodwork....ta-da, I had mono.  Thankfully it cleared up quickly, pain wise, but I still went through weeks of being tired.  The Dr wasn't even thinking of testing me for it, he said, as generally by the time someone is 4, they have been exposed and developed immunities to mono.  On top of that, even if you don't have immunities for it, less than 10% of people exposed to it, contract it.  Don't I just have ALL the luck!

Few days later, the girl has a sore throat.  I immediately phone the Dr's, they get her in the same day...they do a strep test and we go for bloodwork.  A couple days later, the Dr calls me....mono came back positive...as we knew it most likely would.  Oh, but hey, her strep test also came back positive.  Poor kid must have my amazing immune system.

On a good note, the girl just turned 15.  I kept a human alive for 15 years. This still boggles my mind.

Now, I know you've all been waiting for this....the dating site update.  I think half the fun of these sites, are seeing just exactly how many ridiculous messages you can rack up.

Here are a few recent ones:

(this one is kind of long and from Nigeria) 'Hi Pretty Angel, How are you doing today?, i hope you are fine, My name is Nkem J, I was browsing through this site, and i came across your profile and was damn fascinated by your cool and beautiful look.... Truth must be told, you are really gorgeous, You look so young and too cool for your age. I really want to get to meet you, so we could know more about each other, who knows, cupid could visit us, as i am single now seriously searching for a pretty, lady like u that  i can settle down with and i would be grateful reading your reply, but until then, keep that cute you as sexy as ever. Sending you hot kisses and hugs, just hope they find you across the miles with you and get to know more about you there.  I will be waiting for your positive reply...'

Ok, so points for spelling. Not so much for grammar and punctuation.  It drives me crazy when they call women 'Pretty' or 'Pretty Angel' as if it's our name.  However, it's better than:

(from Delaware) 'Hello Charming, How are you doing today???'

Charming?  I already have a name.  Also, I'm not a Prince.

There's this little (long) tidbit from Malaysia...

'Hey!!!.
Writing to someone you have never met or talked to before,I think its extremely difficult. Take this message for instance,I had all the words in my head but could not seem to put a coherent sentence together, was going to start with hello, hi there , whats up lol...... or hey, how are you today??... but it just seemed too blunt for me so I went with Hey!. Anyway I will get to the pulse of it all.I saw your profile , thought i should send you an e-mail . feel free to take a look at my profile, let me know what you think about it all. Let me tell you a secret , My name is Cali..lol.....I will be looking forward to read from you soon.'

1: What?

2: Your name is on your profile, it's not a secret.

3: What?

Then there's this guy who must have been so tired, he couldn't even finish typing out words:

'hi how r y'

Another from Malaysia which was like getting a weird fortune cookie...

'all things that u need will come to you in perfect time. Just keep smiling :)'

Kind of sweet, but also kind of weird.

And that's all from one site.  Nothing much to report on the other ones, except a very unattractive man, in another country, whom, after already telling him I was not interested in a long distance relationship, sends me messages numerous times a day and they all say 'hi sexy' or 'am fine how are u sexy'.  I've sent him one message.  So it goes something like this:

Him: hi how r u today (ugh)

Me: I'm good, thank you for asking.  I appreciate your email, however, I am not interested in a long distance relationship with anyone, but good luck in your search!  (Nice and polite, right?)

Him: hi sexy

Him: am fine how are u sexy

Him am fine how are u sexy

Him: hi sexy

Him: am fine how are u sexy

Him: hi sexy

You get the idea.  This has been going on for approx 8 days now, with anywhere from 4 (minimum) to 11 (!!!!) messages per day.  I haven't blocked him yet, because I'd like to see how many he can get up to in a day.

So, there you have it.  The joys of internet dating.

Also, I have no idea why that one message is blocked out in white...and I have no idea how to fix it.  If you highlight it, you can read it... >.>