Maybe the upside to getting dumped...

... is a slightly higher probability that Yoshi will not date for a while. I share a little bit about my dating life with her more these days, in hopes that by keeping the lines of communication open with her about romantic relationships, she will in turn share things with me about what she's feeling about boys/girls/whomever.

That man that I was dating broke up with me a couple weeks ago. I'm not going to go into details other than I was heartbroken once again. [But! On the mend now.] I told Yoshi about it, and that there were a lot of tears and sadness on my side.

Her response: You know Mom, maybe if you didn't date, then you wouldn't be sad. 

See... maybe my shining example will make her avoid dating for at least a decade. Because who wants the heartache?

The month

My birthday month is on its home stretch. I can't say that it's been wild, but it has been mostly nice, save for the part when the friend-boy broke up with me three days before my birthday. Sigh. It was a good run while it lasted.

To sum up the month so far:
- hair still blonde, gonna rock it to October as I'm getting even more compliments with the dark roots.
-spent my birthday-eve on a [rebound] date. exactly what I needed (truly).
- gigi cheered me up for my bday and planned everything out: dinner reservations for our group, found a dance club to go to, made sure I got home safely. he's become quite a good friend.
- danced a ton on my birthday! saw a mash-up band. so good!
- bought new makeup, but not much. the freebie perfume samples is a nice bonus.
- read a couple books: 1) the new (or rather, old) Murakami book(s), and 2) soon-to-be-movie, The Martian.
- started knitting
- applied to a job (but haven't heard back this week, so seeming less confident about even getting to a phone screen)
- getting more responsibilities at current job, which is mostly nice.
- spending time with friends
- my favorite dancer (Bboy) was on a reality show about his startup on the SyFy channel, call the Bazillion Dollar Club (check it out free on iTunes!). and my photos of him were on TV!
- I decided I want to update the art on my walls with my friends' photography. I just had my Brooklyn Gentleman Friend's photo printed out and mounted on a bamboo panel. It looks fantastic and I'm so in love with that photo. We had the following [texting] convo:

Me: is it creepy that i want to print out your IG post of those mountains? It seriously is so dreamy. I could stare at that for hours. 

BGF: If I didn't see it myself I wouldn't have believed it
Nothing like that here on the east coast
People don't even know
They think there's nature here and but west coast will always win
No contest

What else....
- might go to Yosemite this weekend. but with three other families (Yoshi's good friends)... and Tom. Our annual family "camping" trip (more like, renting a nice AirBnB in a gated community near a lake). But spending my so-called parent-free weekend with my Ex isn't an ideal way to spend my time. Oh, the sacrifices for The Kid.
- more good times with friends before the month is up.

So this low-key month has me hankering for some more excitement. I want to go to NY again, but when it's cold. Maybe January. Plus I need to deliver Nicky some granola! :)

Speaking of cold, I'm looking forward to the brisk fall. Is that going to happen here? It's too damn hot in San Francisco these days. My face feels like melting off.