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Fifty-fifty on which house to choose, or 50/50 on whether to choose one of them at all? That is a big decision, but you'll make the right one. Just get very still, breathe, and listen to what your gut is telling you to do.

It's always difficult getting back to reality after the weekend. It was so fun as always and a pleasure catching up with everyone. Thanks to @azdr0710 for organizing the hikes and the outing to Sunnylands, to @Oliver for hosting the lovely Sunday pool party, and to @David-SF for hosting the kickoff pool party on Friday.

Communication with Colby has been excellent. I'm getting a great vibe. He's easy to talk to. Spending time with him soon.

Did you end up meeting Colby? I am intrigued by his profile too.

Thanks, everyone. I'm moving on.

I'm seeking feedback and, I guess, confirmation that I should follow my gut. I reached out to a provider via text inquiring about availability and rate. It was a provider who was well reviewed here. I was excited at the prospect of meeting him. But he took 3 days to respond, and when he did, this was his ambiguously worded response: "Hey. I might not want to take any more work in xxx, but...". He then goes on to give me his rate structure. What am I to even make of that? It seems a half-hearted response at best. My gut tells me plenty of other fish in the sea and to just move on. What say you all? Has this happened to anyone?

Hello all. Does anyone have any experience with this provider: https://rentmen.eu/OneLuckyAce/

Thanks, crazyivan. I would not send a photo either.

Good afternoon, everyone. Does anyone have any experience with this stud in Palm Springs? https://rentmen.eu/Jayson_Parker

I just messaged Marcus on RM yesterday, and sadly, he said he had no immediate plans to be in Palm Springs.

Any possibility of persuading him to come to the PS weekend? He is a major WOOF!!

You will be missed 😞

Azdr, we are very much like minds in our approaches to grammar and sentence construction. I often wish I had made my living as a professional proofreader/editor. I still might...never too late, right? I agree with all three of your observations. That use of "however" is clunky and interrupts the flow of the sentence.

All the Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr; Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides; The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne; A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara; The Lowland - Jhumpa Lahiri; The Overstory - Richard Power

For me, it's making scrapbooks of my travels and/or reading. I love just sitting for hours reading a good novel, or a play (I have close to 800 in my collection), or my New Yorker magazine.