Learning to juggle

What a clown learns in clown school? Category: Single Life 101 for $1000, Alex.

I knew this day would come sooner or later. I expected I would reach a point when I would start dating again, throwing my glove down to the challenge of extending myself to one-on-one scrutiny in the attempts to get to know one another. What I didn't really foresee was that it might get difficult to do this with several men at one time, trying to remember names and/or individual histories and keeping them separate.

A long time ago I learned about using mnemonic devices for remembering people's names and it's really helping me with attaching histories to those names too. Of course I'm not going to share any of those here because I don't kiss and tell. But rest assured that if there is something that stands out about a guy's mannerisms or personality then they get tagged as 'the guy who does this'. It's quite amusing when referring to these tags in conversation with my daughter or very close confident and they burst out laughing because they can actually now picture 'the guy who does this'.

Once or twice I have had to back peddle (wondering if it was obvious) when I was talking to a guy on a date and I mentioned something that was actually part of another guy's date conversation. I have always been known to tell stories over and over again to my friends but this is dangerously straddling the line of gauche. It's not like I can keep notes, which would be much more helpful than relying on my memory. So far it has been innocent points of interest where I can just play the 'blond card' and explain it away. Heaven forbid I actually get caught mixing up stuff they told me that I was supposed to be paying attention to and retaining.

The final component in learning to juggle is actually juggling my time. Thank you Google calendar for making life so much easier to track the men in my life. But it's not just about keeping track of when and where I'm meeting up but also how much time I'm spending with any given guy in relation to their  potential boyfriend status. Their status will determine how often they get a spot in my calendar. Basically the guys that I feel have more potential to add more to my life than just an orgasm usually get me more often. That being said, there are exceptions to the rule who will get that orgasm more frequently without the promise of anything more. Still figuring it out. When I do I'll let you know how the balance works.

Right now I'm just excited to have so many balls in the air. ;)