Scott's Thoughts

Move along little doggie

I believe I have talked about our room mate Ry moving out and another guy taking his place. Things got a little mroe complicated after that though. So the new guy, bill moved in and at first we didn't think his girlfriend was coming but she did. We are also have a guy staying with us for a couple of months in our tv room and of course Richard's dad has been crashing in our loft for a few months now. The house has gotten quite full. A 4 bedroom 2.5 bath house is hosuing about 9 people and 8 cars. As one can imagine it's becoming crowded.

We've started looking for a new place. We think the guy staying with us temporarily (Lighten by the way) might want to move in permanently so we are looking for a 5 bedroom with 4 or more bathrooms and lots of parking. We are willing to pay more but trying to avoid all the new homes in North Las Vegas of which there seems to be plenty (but no one wants to move there - it's no far from everything). Such large houses are hard to find and when they are available get snatched up. 2 we found got snatched up before we could even see it.

With all the people in the house though I have a need to retreat to my room again. I have found that with more people around I tend to feel less needed or desired. I might be that I crave attention or simply I need more privacy or a feeling of space.

As for work, I've decided to look for another job. I've applied at sveral places including the county and the Water Authority (both were looking for IT people). It is so nice to apply for a job and feel like you can easily meet the qualifications if not exceed them. My current job is just not exciting for me. I spend most of my day looking like I'm keeping busy. When I do have something to do it ends up being a lot of babysitting of managers and some times their non-work related projects like finding a car kit for some one's blackberry. I'm basically bored and unchallenged. My trip to St Louis at least kept me busy.

Then there is George who I work with. I can't really say anything bad about him but he is difficult to deal with. He has some strange ideas about how things should be run and he's overly paranoid on some things and unrealistic on others. He doesn't seem to know how to handle people very well (correction - people that aren't beautiful women). He seems more of the typical arrogant IT guy. He's been gone all week and it's been relaxing without him. I don't like have to go to someone else because they know the specifics on something that I am not yet familiar with.

I've started writing to people I find interesting on the online dating sites again. I'm not holding my breath though. I've had some horrible experience with online dating. One of the older women I worked with at my last job had a friend they wanted to hook up with me. They couldn't quite answer the age question though. It's not that I don't find older women attractive or an't get along with them (on the contray, quite the opposite) it's that I am one of the few guys that is looking for a real relationship, not just something to sleep with and in order to have a real relationship I need someone closer to my age. I want to be able to enjoy a significant other's company before it's time to have a family. My folks had kids in their early 30s and that is late for some. I'm not in a hurry to have a family but I do one day want one and I don't want to be 60 when my kids graduate highschool. Of course if science develops those anti-aging drugs I've been reading progress on then I wouldn't be so worried about the age.

The other hard part about finding someone is that I am looking for certain specifics. It has to be someone I have some kind of attraction too and that includes physical and mental. It also needs to be someone that can mesh into my current group of roomies/friends. We are all so close that to have a relation that clashes with them presents a deal breaker. This is unless I finally go crazy and decide to give it all up and just wander. Fortunately my need to have a stable home overides such feelings and is probably the only thing that keeps me in place.

posted by Site Smith Scott @ 4:26 PM