This is from early 2007. In between the AMF and getting together with the soldier, I had a couple “dates” with a man I called, “Coffee Date”. They were not really dates because when he asked me to go out with him I told him that I was fresh from a break-up and didn’t think I could manage.
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Uh oh. Got my *coffee-date too. He was talking to me in the gym. I was on the crosstrainer and I can’t remember what he said but I answered him…

“I’m surprised.”

“You are? That’s the second time you said that to me. I guess you can’t figure me out,” he said smugly.

“Yes I can. I can figure you out. I have figured you out,” I said, smiling haughtily.
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We went back to the gym two days later with the same plan and no expectation of trouble. The soldier was going to work out with some weights and then swim. I still had reduced energy and we still were going to stay about an hour but had no set time. The soldier told me he’d stop by my cross trainer on his way to the pool so we’d have an idea who was where so we could finish up at roughly the same time same as prior. Once in the gym we took off in opposite direction and again we didn’t touch each other.

I don’t think the soldier and I would be mistaken as brother and sister but he could definitely be a cousin and if I were in the gym guessing, this would be my guess. I would assume he was some kind of visiting family simply because I have gone to this gym for 10 years and never ever with a man but anyway, the first problem was Coffee Date, remember him? I explored the idea of dating him after I broke up with the AMF. I was pretty distraught at the time and told him so but he said we could just go for coffee so we did.

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My coffee date was going to the desert last week, for work. He was going to Sedona, specifically. There is an astrology conference there at the end of March, if you didn’t know. It’s called “The Blast”. But anyway, since I am from desert, he asked what he could expect.

“Sedona? Well I can’t tell you much. I’ve only been there once. I was on a blind date in a plane, if you can believe that. Yeah. Some guy took me on a blind date in a plane and we stopped there for lunch. We just landed, ate lunch and left to go fly around the Grand Canyon, which was cool. They don’t let you do that anymore. No more flying around in a plane in the Canyon!”

“You had a blind date in a plane?” Continue reading Jupiter in Sagittarius - A Plane Story About Sedona, Arizona - Home of The Blast Astrology Conference

Regarding my coffee date, that first time we met, we discussed some of the regulars in the gym. I wouldn’t call it gossip, since neither of us are the type. It was more a sharing and comparing of our impressions of people which was really enjoyable to me because he’s observant but very different from me.

Like our writing. I write (true) stories and this blog. He writes lyrical poetry. He writes some other things but primarily he writes songs that record his emotions (Pisces Moon). I do the same, but in my own way. Continue reading Jupiter As Antidote For Saturn Depression: Storytelling and Change of Perspective

I met my coffee date from the gym for dinner last night. He’s a poet and a songwriter and I had this idea we could meet for dinner, each bringing the other something to read.

I really like this guy because he is “shrunk”. I like him for other reasons too, but he told me he was shrunk by his mother the “shrink” and it is apparent and it makes him really nice to be around. Continue reading Jupiter in Sagittarius: Control Freaks, Psychology, Art and Creative Exchange

I was telling my coffee date about the Asian women in the gym (18 - 80 years old) who have fascinated me for years. They travel in a pack, coming in early in the morning. They don’t workout that I know of. They just use the steam room.

“I am fascinated with them and have been for a long time,” I said. “And now I finally have the time… I just started having the opportunity to use the steam room and they are just incredible. It’s a real education.” Continue reading Jupiter in Sagittarius - The Asian Women in The Gym

Speaking of Libra (known for their manners), I was talking to a friend last night about a man she’s been seeing.

“He asked me why I didn’t come in (to his house) and I told him I wasn’t invited. If I’m dropping someone off, I don’t just walk into their house.”

“Me neither,” I said.

“I just wouldn’t do that. I’m not going to just assume, and follow someone into their house, unless it’s been discussed or I’ve been invited…” Continue reading Astrology and Etiquette In the 21st Century: Libra Man Collides With My Mars Mercury Conjunction in Libra

From my coffee date. He’s a Libra (polite) with a Pisces Moon (intuitive). His mother is a shrink. That’s his word, not mine.

“Yeah, I’ve been watching you for awhile. And one day I was standing with this other guy and you were walking… you were headed for the locker room and you were walking all straight, with your head up.” He straitened out his posture. I listened.

“But then you saw us. And as soon as you did, your body language changed. You closed in like this,” he said, rounding his shoulder to his center. Continue reading Body Language: Watching People Be Themselves

I just had coffee with someone from the gym who told me that the Salesman has been running telling everyone I was “his”. Can you believe that? I can. Jerk! And he got away with it too, because now he’s gone. The worm has left the building.

“I couldn’t figure it out,” my coffee friend said with a grin. He has a Libra Sun with Neptune conjunct and Pisces Moon and Mars, so of course he’d be confused. “I thought, hmm. If this is her man, I think she needs an upgrade.”

Do you know someone who needs an upgrade?