Wow, roll call 75....

I haven't been on in a while. My life has been really great. I recently got in a relationship, and I love him very much. The one issue is that he is 43 years older than me, so a lot of people are not understanding. We've got some weird glances from servers when we go to restaurants and hold hands across the table...but I love touching him, and I don't care who judges. I surprised him with a passionate kiss in the parking lot one day; he loved it. He was my mentor in college, then my best friend after I graduated. We were attracted to each other for a long time, but didn't act on it until now because of the age issue. But I'm so glad we decided that that doesn't matter!

I'm drinking an iced mocha from Einsteins. Yum.

I ran into a homeless man who asked me for money today. Usually I try to give a little here and there, but today I felt sick (I have a severe cold) and I didn't feel like stopping. So I told him that I was sorry and maybe another time. He followed me several paces and shouted at me, asking me how much money I make. I want to be helpful and I think that it is a terrible thing that homelessness is a thing in a wealthy nation like the US, but I was deeply offended by that interaction. I don't know why he assumed that I am so rich and privileged. The shirt I am wearing today even has some holes in it...Then, after I got my lunch from the bagel shop, I saw someone walking behind me while I was going home. It looked like it could have been him! :O So I'm a little nervous...The one thing that I think may have happened is that I can't talk very loudly due to my cold. So maybe when I said "I'm sorry, sir, not today" he thought I was calling him the n-word or something...I don't know why else he would have pursued it to the degree that he did.