As you may or may not know, I have a VERY active imagination. This is often the reason I tend to eat pavement hard when I’m running. Instead of focusing on the ground, possible curb or even a minor crack in the sidewalk, I’m dreaming about what I’ll wear on my non-existent book tour. FACE PLANT! Before my trip to Australia, I often found myself daydreaming about becoming a world-class surfer while visiting (literally I trip over NOTHING on flat GROUND, yeah, all right...surfing will be the ONE sport I’m likely good at), having a tan, muscled, blue-eyed, accented hunk of meat fall...

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This story takes place on the eve of Christmas Eve. I had the next day off work, so I choose to meet up with some friends at a local watering hole. It was your typical Thursday night: drinks, laughter ... and possibly nudity. Afterward, one of my partners in crime agreed to chaperone me to the nearest late-night bar. We cozied up to the bar and instantly were enthralled with Jurassic Park playing on the TV, my concentration broken only when I heard someone exclaim, “Leigh!” I turned around and realized the guy who screamed my name was talking to some other guy at the bar. “Hey!” I yelled...

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I’m a proud cat owner. I only have one, so I’m not yet in the “Creepy Cat Lady” category. Although I have been shopping for a house on a hill, been taking knitting lessons and plan to stop wearing a bra completely soon enough. And if I could somehow bottle and sell the Cat Urine scent for candles, potpourri and other household items, I could really get a move on this spinster title once and for all!

Anywho, I started dating someone who, unfortunately, was allergic to cats, which I did not know. I’m not one of those proud animal owners who has her cat’s face as a screensaver...

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One of my good friends who is a teacher not only is beautiful but also the sweetest, nicest person you’ll ever meet. People are constantly trying to set her up with men. Unfortunately, she doesn’t like “dating.” I mean, I really can’t understand what she is talking about. Who doesn’t love telling the same tired stories over and over? Who doesn’t love being all appropriate, polite and dignified? Who doesn’t love hiding their obsession with small people and facial hair? Oh. Too soon? After much persistence by his mother, she finally agreed to be set up with the son of her school’s...

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Yes, these people truly exist and are not fictional characters in a sci-fi novel or something. By now you’ve probably figured out that I like to eat. A lot. Especially anything that involves cheese. Fast forward to another date with a guy who was actually quite normal. We had a lot of similar interests and he was very much...

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It was last Labor Day weekend, and I had a friend in town visiting. She was at a BBQ during the day in the suburbs, so I decided to take the opportunity to go to a bar with some other friends and start drinking martinis at 4 p.m. I’m sure you already can recognize that this did not end well. By the time my friend came back into the city...

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