Remember last week’s story about the classic car restorer in Dallas who was trying to sweep me off of my feet?  Well, there is another chapter (but this is definitely the final chapter).  He contacted me last Thursday and was very apologetic about coming on too strong.  And because I am extremely gullible, I agreed to continue speaking with him and said I was open to him visiting me the last weekend in August.   So everything was groovy Thursday and Friday, and we spoke several times.  But then on Saturday I started a due diligence project.  I asked him for the name of his company, and he said it was Texas Muscle Cars.  I asked him if the company was located in Carrollton, and he said no, it was Dallas.  I asked him for the web address, and he said he didn’t have a website.  That was the first warning flag – what company today doesn’t have a website?

So I got online and searched extensively and could not find Texas Muscle Cars in Dallas.  So I sent Gary a text to that effect, but he did not respond.  Later on in the afternoon I searched again for Texas Muscle Cars and this time found the company and a website in Princeton, TX which is just outside of Dallas to the north.  I read the “About Us” section of this website, and the owner as described there definitely did not sound like Gary.  So I texted Gary again, basically told him that I thought he was lying and explained how I had found Texas Muscle Cars in Princeton.  And guess what?  I have not heard back from him at all.  Man, am I stupid.  I should have done this research the second the words came out of his mouth.  So needless to say, this little fairy tale is over.  And going forward, I’m going to be extremely skeptical of any information I am given through a dating website.  Why can’t people be honest?

Friday night was the monthly writing group, and it was hosted by Anne who did a marvelous job.  I really liked the first exercise where we all had to write down one word on a piece of paper.  After we had written 3-4 words, we had to write a story incorporating all the words.  One of my words was Dracula – I thought that would make it interesting.  

Sunday was bunko hosted by Mary, and it was a back to school theme.  Everything was very cute, and the prizes were office/school supplies which was an extremely clever idea.  And yes, I did win a prize as I threw the most bunkos yesterday (only two, but it was a slow afternoon).  Thanks, Mary!   I wish I had been able to partake of more of the snacks that Mary provided, but I was recovering from a Saturday middle-of-the-night battle with food poisoning or a stomach virus.  Not fun.