Update....the Flame is a Dud!

In May and June, I posted about a man for whom I had a huge kindergarden crush. He moved his office into my office building in June. He is a real charmer and schmoozer. Update: he has been in the office maybe 5 or 6 times since then. He still has not unpacked the boxes in his office and has not hung up the pictures sitting on the floor. The office has the feel of a frat house. I still do not know what kind of "monkey business" is going on in there but I would sure like to know.

Oh well, it was nice to have a crush on someone for a minute or two...to see that it is still possible.

However, the Flame is totally extinguished......it was fun while it lasted.

Proceeding with Caution

In an impulse of paranoia and soul searching, I have removed all but one of my Flame posts for the time being. I have witnessed the downside of posting heartfelt information when a talented blogger had her blog compromised by a total dweeb. Moreover, I am seeing the downside of the Flame....although a schmoozer, he is somewhat flighty and in my opinion, a player. Once again, I am guarded....back to the mold of Cougar.

We are scheduled for happy hour tomorrow so I will post with updates.

Tomorrow night is the Pat Benatar concert with CIT, her husband and our friend E. Details to follow.

Happy Hour with the Flame

Good things come to those who wait. The Flame finally appeared at the office today and stopped by to see if I was having a happy hour. Ofcourse I gladly obliged. I served my favorite, Norton Malbec, with sesame flax seed chips and spinach artichoke dip. We have so many things in common and the conversation flowed smoothly.

He is in the midst of the busiest few days in his industry and had to get back to the office. As I walked him to the front door of the office, he gave me a hug and held my hand. I am definitely smitten. Let's see what happens next.

The Pilot Light Still Burns, Kindergarten Crushes and I Finally Have Something Fun to Write About!!

The other night I was doing sit ups in my basement to maintain my flat abs, one of my best features, and smelled gas. The gas company arrived at 10:30 and told me I had a small leak and to call the plumber to fix it. They turned off the pilot light on my hot water heater and turned off the gas. The plumber arrived the next morning and discovered that the leak was coming from the gas company's line into my meter and it was fairly significant. In essence, Georgia Natural Gas tried to pass the buck when it was their problem. The gas company came out, fixed the leak and the plumber had to reignite the pilot light. It was a metaphor for my place in life. Okay Cougar, do you finally have something juicy to share you may ask?

For those of you who read this blog, you know that I bought a new office loft last year. It was like giving birth...the first space I designed from the ground up and I love it. But the economy changed and heaven had the potential of becoming hell in a hand basket....the jury is still out on that one. But in the interim, the developer has brought many people through the project and through our offices. Many months ago, they brought through a business owner who really resonated with me...we shared alot of things in common....both attorneys but not practicing law, business owners in the service industry but his business is alot more glamourous. We chatted for quite a while and I thought, wow, he is really hot and really nice and even complimented what I was wearing. You know that is music to a fashionista's ear.

Fade to black. A few months later, his business partner negotiated a lease with an option to purchase for the space across the hall. The man who set my heart aflutter never reappeared and I never really thought about him.

The other day when I was out of the office, he showed up at my office with his intern. They are starting to move in. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmn...........I need to think of a name for him. Okay, let's call him the Flame. I am not going to say what business he is in because with the way my luck is going, he will find my blog and if he does, I would be mortified! He stopped by yesterday to tell me they were getting ready to move in full time and it was because of me that he moved the business there. The Flame was hotter than I recalled and so nice. His personality is magnetic. Maybe a bit too slick.....he may be a player......typical of a man I like. I have a major kindergarten crush on the Flame. I have not felt this way in so so long. I told the Flame

that we have happy hour fairly often and he expressed in interest in participating.

Tonight I ran into Flame as he was moving in. He called me over and told me that he is divorced with kids. He wanted to know my status. Single and available to jump his bones! No, I didn't say that and tried to keep my cool. He wanted to know if we were having happy hour tonight. I said no as I actually had a date(didn't tell). I told Flame that we might have happy hour tomorrow. He was interested.As am I! I have not experienced the emotion of having a crush/ interest in someone in so long. I am happy to discover that the pilot light is still lit!

I will continue to post about Flame. Let's hope for good things! As Jim Morrison sang " Come on baby light my fire". Bring it on!!