reset the count

actually, screw counting

Hi I’m Tom, (insert mental; Hello Tom) and it’s been 0 days since my last Diet Coke. Before I go any further I never set out to completely give up the delicious carbonated poison I just needed to break its chokehold on my life. I made it 126 days and then I could stands no more… not true. I was in need of some caffein, was at a hotel, and it was my only option. In the spirit of not resetting my counter, yup I had a counter on my phone

I drank the Diet Coke, deleted the counting app, took the above screenshot, and went on my merry way. Moving forward I will try to act like a regular person who consumes something not great for them every once in a while. And before anyone gets any ideas about suggested alternative beverages save it. Coffee is not for me. I like the smell of it brewing but once it hits my lips… nope. And as for tea, keep your dried shrubbery soup to yourself.

In other news its almost 4th of July family vacation week and I am as giddy as a schoolgirl. (I’m not sure where or when that saying comes from but it’s stupid and I apologize) I am excited for the trip. And from the Dating Desk (trying to go with a news theme here but failing miserably) as the clock ticked down on yet another dating app premium free trial I came across someone nuts enough to make me opt out early.

To make a long crazy story short, texted for a while, led to a FaceTime to prove she wasn’t a filtered picture liar, met for a drink, met for dinner, which led to some fun, then taking an unanticipated turn… When finding out that I will not be around for the 4th or available either the weekend before or after, the cuckoo left the clock.

IF YOUR WEREN’T SERIOUS ABOUT US AS A COUPLE THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD ME BEFORE I CAUGHT FEELINGS!

My touching response was “If this is a joke… HILARIOUS. Caught feelings… AWESOME. Who says that? If this is not a joke please lose my number as I will be blocking you, deleting all of our texts, closing my account, and deleting the app. You have enacted my scorched earth protocol.”

I do realize that I am one more in this bowl of dating nuts.