Thanks Meera, it's nice to be missed. I'm fine.
I've kind of given up on dating so I have nothing of import to relate in actual poly goings on. The one nice guy (I called him Big Guy) I had a couple nice dates with, got married and went on his honeymoon. We chatted a couple times a week. He even messaged me from his honeymoon lol. I haven't heard from him much since he's been back this past week or so. I'm not surprised, since he and his new wife have 5 kids between them, who were left behind with their other parents, while they were on their trip... So they are doubtless catching up with them, getting them started back to school, etc.
Plus Big Guy is a sub... and our first sex was awkward... not terrible, not great. I appreciate he finds me interesting, and he's a nice guy. But he has 5 kids, a wife, a gf he admits to being in NRE with. Too busy for a real relationship with me, to be honest. Not really what I'm looking for. I'm just not feeling too motivated. He hasn't asked to get together since he's been back, but I haven't suggested it either.
I'm just really into Pixi right now. Maybe I'm just over trying to get with new men. It's so much work and so little in return lately. I do miss great sex and orgasms and kink with men. I'd like a nice smart cute youngish, poly, maybe queer or non binary guy. Not finding any lately on the dating sites. I only check for messages sporadically.
That Exec guy hasn't been in touch since his truck accident. He was too far away, too busy anyway. So I'm just sort of chilling. It's weird that I'd had 75 messages over the first half of this year when I was seeing Kahlo and not checking OKC. But out of all those messages, and dates with 4 guys, nothing really developed into anything! Ridiculous.
However, in other news, life has been nice now that summer is winding down. Pixi got done with her job at camp. She was extremely successful there and so happy. So. She came home, spent one day sleeping and eating, one day with her bf, and then she and I went back to her camp so she could finish up a little organizing there. But we made it a 5 day mini vacation! We had the whole entire camp practically to ourselves. One year round caretaker was there a bit. We only saw her once. She lives off site. Another colleague of Pixi's was there for 3 days, also to clean and organize. Great, femmey gay guy, hilarious. So we spent some time with him, went out for seafood one night, had a hike, saw a beaver dam and lodge, had a cook fire. He and I had archery lessons from Pixi, which was awesome! Oh and we found a huge edible mushroom called chicken of the woods on our hike. We cooked it in aluminum foil over the fire with garlic and butter and it was delicious. We also baked corn on the cob and potatoes in the coal, and cooked veggie shish kabob and hot dogs and hamburgers on the grill.
There were many beaver and wiener jokes that day!!!
Camp has a couple dozen fire pits all over the place. They were used back in the day by boy scouts, back when there was less fire safety worries. This camp has been used continuously for nearly 100 years. Nowadays Pixi's camp only uses one fire pit. But we were on our own and could do what we wanted! We used one fire pit right next to the lake beach for our fires all nights but one, when we used the official fire pit. What a spot for a fire, by the lake, what a view! Peaceful water, stars... the moon was in a dark phase so the stars were incredible. The thrilling sort of mournful yet beautiful songs of the loons in our ears. It brought back memories of all the camping my family did when I was a kid and teenager.
The weather was good mostly. We swam on the hottest day. Just the 2 of us at the camp for most of the time. 50+ acres to ourselves! We had fires every night and cooked dinner over the fire twice. Once with Pixi's colleague, who was super nice, funny, enthusiastic, caring. And Pixi's bf came for 24 hours. We cooked over the fire when he was there too.
I don't often get to hang out with Pixi's bf, but he's a sweet guy so it was a treat to get to know him better! He's been to one of T's parties with Pixi and me, and he was here to help Pixi cope with putting her dog down. Otherwise I've barely met him. So that was fun.
Pixi and I got to use the fanciest cabin at camp to sleep, shower, make coffee. It is usually reserved for VIPs. It was extremely cute and comfy. Only 3 years old. Pine paneled walls and ceilings. Perfect pine floor. Kitchen with sink and microwave and fridge. Full bathroom. Ceiling fans and even an AC in the bedroom window! We spent time on the porch a couple nights after sitting at the fire. Sat up til 3 am one night. Drinking, talking, looking at thousands of stars we can't see at home. We saw a huge comet with a tail! Listened to owls and loons. Drunkenly hooted back at the owls. So awesome.
The night Pixi's bf spent at camp, I let him sleep with Pixi in the fancy cabin and I slept alone in a nearby old but fixed up cabin under and on top of lots of sleeping bags on a cot. Wouldn't you know that was the coldest night! And that cabin wasn't insulated. And the windows were just screens. It went down to 47 degrees. And summer has been so hot. It was weird. Luckily there was a space heater. And the dining hall basement has tons of extra sleeping bags kids have left behind. They are washed and clean; so we took a couple for me to use that night. Plus I had the blankets we brought. It was an adventure.
It was a trip for Pixi to be at camp just to enjoy, and not be working with kids!
As usual, like in previous summers, there was tons of food left in the dining hall kitchen fridge and freezer and pantries that would have been dumped if we didn't take it. We got snacks (goldfish crackers, potato and tortilla chips, cookies) and veggies, fruit and chicken tenders, milk and half and half, cheeses, ice cream sandwiches, cereal, yogurt, 7 quarts of chocolate chips (!), french toast, sunflower butter, strawberry jam, sriracha, mustard, OJ, and a 10 lb beef brisket! Our fridge and freezer are packed.
The day after we got home from camp, we smoked the brisket out on our deck. We didn't have room for it on our freezer. We invited 10 people, mostly other camp workers, plus a few other friends. Invited my son too, but unfortunately he was sick. He was so bummed not to be able to come help cook and eat the brisket. We had a real fun party. 7 guests showed up including my ex Punk and our friends K and T. I love Pixi's coworkers. Being counselors at camp, they have great social skills, empathy, senses of humor, energy, etc. One in particular I'd only met briefly before so it was great to get to know him better. I kind of have a crush on him and so does Pixi! lol
We offered chocolate chips to our guests and 2 or 3 people took a quart. We really didn't need 7 quarts. lol
We spent a lot of time riding around camp in the super golf cart that's been customized for the hilly terrain there. So fun. Of course, all the jouncing wore my poor back out. I did great at camp though in general, given my bad back. So glad I've been exercising at the gym. Our last vacation was less strenuous but my back herniated. This time it didn't! And I was hiking and everything. That said, I am 63 and so I needed this past week to recover from all the activity.
The pool at my gym was closed for 2 weeks to be cleaned. But I swam once each of those weeks, at my son's lake and at camp. But now the gym pool is open again and I attended my water exercise classes Friday and yesterday. Great to be back.