Thank you Russ! This is great, and calmed me down a bit. We luckily don't seem to share a social circle or the same haunts, but we do both share a very popular main street within a few blocks of each other. We met randomly while out running errands in another neighborhood but I've never run into her otherwise. I'm hoping it remains that way and that she doesn't change her patterns based on what she knows of mine.

She doesn't know very much about me- where I work, my last name, email, schedule, etc. I'm hoping that'll be enough of a boundary and I don't need to worry about her showing up at my building.

I feel so ICK over this and am trying to just chill out and not overreact, but it's not easy. Your words help!

Can I ask how/if you managed similar situations? At this point I won't be contacting her for any reason, and have already decided that if she contacts me again I'm going to flat out ask her not to, and hope that's enough.

Luckily she doesn't know my last name, have my email or Facebook contact. I actually just went through a lot of my publicly available online information and changed it. The unique spelling of my first name makes me easily searchable. Wonderful!

This is great! Thank you!

This is a great suggestion! The ironic part is that I'd likely be paying far less in rent by owning (with a roommate factored in). But I have to get to that point first- likely it'll mean not living in a way overpriced studio in a way overpriced part of town once my lease is up.

Judging by the look of your "greasy" pancake- your pan is too hot. If you turn the temperature down and let them cook longer you'll likely have better results overall.

Thanks for the mushroom! I get a little excited about fishy things sometimes.

And that is GREAT to hear! We may be going back this coming weekend. I love it there.

Oops, try this for the link http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/running-christopher-mcdougall.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&hp

Geeks Who Drink link was put to good use!

I love these! I ended up going as a dock piling. I found a headband I made last year with a stuffed pelican glued to it and wore a brown boot on the other foot. Two people got it, hah.

Just delete the ) at the end, QLand decided to combine it