I'd requested ahead of time for Joe to walk across with me. Joe and I linked up for our first date at the bridge April 28. It became clear within nanoseconds that we were both single and exchanged names. The conversation moved right along though. I wished that I wasn't so sweaty, had shaved my legs, and was wearing a more attractive T-shirt and shorts. He explained he owned his own small construction company, lived nearby, and often stopped by the park on Sunday afternoons. When he reached me, I queried if he was on the job. So this mystery man on the bridge peaked my interest. Running errands, even in airports, I smiled as beguilingly as I could at all candidates. At events, I approached any man in my age range I considered appealing. I dropped a few bucks on new bras and kept my eyes wide open. With no major deadlines for over a month, I was determined to use all my energy to look for love. I had completed a big writing project and had another due to start the beginning of May. Nearing a half-century old, I wasn't in the mood to mope. 5 of this year, the day before our tenth anniversary, Jeff confessed he wanted the relationship to end and moved out in March. After a couple of lonely years, I met Jeff. The briefest of histories: I was married for sixteen years divorced in 1991. I noticed that he was over 40 and cute.Īt the time, I was smack dab in the middle of my six-week hunt to find a man before I turned 50. Maybe he was a foreman for the project and I could ask him when the bridge would be done. I was weighing if I had the gumption to cross, when I noticed a guy on one of the beams coming my way. All that was in place were the two main beams, over a foot wide, with thin wire stretched along the guide rails waist high on either side. Sunday, April 18, on a warm and windy afternoon, I jogged over to check out the progress on the pedestrian bridge the city was building at Caesar's Park (near Humboldt and North) about a mile from my flat.
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