In the beginning. . .

I am a 25 and a half year old single woman living in a community where being single at my age is not the norm. It is getting to that time in my life where people have started to offer to set me up with all of their single friends or relatives. They do this out of love of course and maybe a little out of fear that perhaps I have given up;

To all my family and friends:
I Have Not Given Up!!!

So I decided to start this blog and invite my family and friends into this time of my life where I am dedicated to meeting new people and taking risks in relationships. I am committing myself to taking a risk a week and recording it on this blog for all of you to follow me on this strange journey.

I took my risk for this week on Monday after I had received a message from an acquaintance that I had not spoken to for a long time. He wanted to know more about my trip to Kenya and so I asked him if he wanted to go out for coffee with me. Now if anyone is reading this who doesn't know me, you are probably thinking, "What's the big deal? That is not much of a risk." But for those of you who do know me you are probably gasping in shock that I would be so bold. The people who know me laugh at me when I say that I am shy but the truth is that in certain situations I am VERY shy and VERY easily embarrassed. Especially when it comes to attractive members of the male species. I get red if an attractive guy looks at me, I can't stop staring, and my tongue gets tied in knots. So if an attractive guy asks me for my name it takes me at least a minute to remember my name and then about five minutes to actually spit it out. (Turns out that when I panic or I get to excited I severely trip over my words-kind of like stutter!) All that said, this was a big deal for me to ask a guy out for coffee! I still haven't gotten a reply from him, which is OK because at least I jumped out and took the risk.

For those of you who are thinking, "Why don't you just join eharmony?" I would like to inform you that. . .
I already did.

Turns out that I am really good at getting the African men from countries I have never heard of with names that I could never pronounce. And although I have nothing against Africans, I am not sure that my talents are best served by living in a village in Africa where no one has ever heard of Opera. I might be a little much for them. So eharmony aside, I am forging my own way through the dating world and challenging myself to take risks. For those of you who are getting excited and printing of my picture and resume to send down to countries like Paraguay, Bolivia and Belize, I am asking you, no begging you to PUT THE PICTURES DOWN!!! Instead, follow me along as I try to take risks here in Canada first and if I am not dating anyone by the time that I am 50, you are free to mail those pictures.

So here we go, the single experiment is now underway. . .