I was born and raised in Florida, and have lived mostly in California for the last twelve years. I have three adult kids; number four is 15. We have one Shih Tzu, three cats, a mini-macaw, and a very noisy Umbrella Cockatoo. Let's not forget the aquarium! Eventually, I'd like to move back to San Francisco and rent a small place. I work in the healthcare field.

I am a year into a master's program online.

You'll find me to be an interesting mix of introvert, silly, neat, organized, efficient, always thinking, but trying not to take myself so seriously. I am very much looking forward to a trip to Thailand I have been invited on this summer, an educational exchange. As I am about done with child-rearing, I hope this is the beginning of many fascinating trips.

So I have had many struggles, most of which I created in one way or another. I believe that I have been given the gift of serenity and self-awareness, and that helps me to work on myself, which means, just being, realizing that everything is OK just as it is at this very moment. I start each day with a random gratitude list, and have learned that even being bored is a luxury.

I have quite a few tattoos, and I consider them beautiful, wearable works of art I have a few piercings too. My current tattoo project is a big back piece, a dragon. I'd say my style is a cross between goth, metal, rocker hippie, and geek.....sorry if this is all over the place. I love loud music, and the last show I went to was the Outbreak Tour in San Francisco. We are planning on going to the Van's Warped Tour this summer.

I am not a financial wizard, but make a great living. I spend my money living, and intend to travel more. I'd rather own less and travel more. I have learned quite alot in my fifty years. Hm. I think you just need to get to know me. I like to think that I am bright, funny and very young at heart. I seem really outgoing, as I am friendly and interested in people, but I can be very shy and introverted until I get to know you. Relationships matter most, and ones with family especially. I have been married and divorced four times, and I am not ashamed to admit it. I deserve an E for effort! I spent many years searching for love, thinking I had to find the perfect man. It took all my life experiences to find out that I have to be a complete person first. And I am very happy on my own now, and know that if I am alone I can be happy and content. I am a busy woman, never bored, and not desperately seeking romance. Romance would be nice, and yet a friend, a soul to experience now with......I don't rush into relationships anymore. I am committed to getting to know a man slowly. Well, that's about it with the summary thing!

I am sober, and over the last year have completely changed my diet. I have lost 86 pounds, and the way I've done it is to eat a very healthy, weighed and measured diet. No sugar and no grains. I don't expect that my partner eat as I do, but you would need to understand that I am no longer a foodie, and when we go out, I am most likely to have tea or coffee with you, and you need to be OK with me being OK with you eating and me preparing my meals and bringing them with. This is a way of life for me, and I intend to eat this way for life (one day at a time, get it!).

Health professional working on graduate degree. Exploring Zen Buddhism, but am Catholic, go figure! I have a dog, three cats, two parrots, and an aquarium! I have three adult kids who live away. Last read the Fifty Shades of Grey series, and thought it was pretty trashy but fun.

Good at my job! Getting better at living in the moment! I am great at telling very bad jokes. There is humor in most everything, and life is about now, not yesterday or tomorrow.

That I look much younger than fifty one.

The Voice, Duck Dynasty, Hannibal, True Blood, NY Med, Interview with the Vampire, love my Kindle, Sponge-Bob! I guess my favorite music is loud rock, but my tastes are fairly eclectic. I really enjoy metalcore and dubstep. I can get into just about anything. I'm just not too typically fifty-ish.

I am currently reading Eat, Pray, Love, The Zen of Recovery, Buddhism for Dummies, a Dean Koontz novel, and Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah. Stephen King and Dean Koontz are my favorite authors. I read the Sookie Stackhouse series, and the Twilight books, all fluff and enjoyment. I tend to read either for self-improvement or entertainment. I like lots of music genres, but metal is my favorite, as I said.

My Galaxy SII, iPad, laptops, my tattoo artist, my kids, my pets, my friends!

Being present and aware. Thinking before I speak. Gratitude. Travel. I don't like to be categorized, and I notice that quite a few great guys here have a long list of what they will not tolerate in a mate. I find that it is best to be inquisitive and tolerant. People are fascinating. I like an awake mind, someone who can be contemplative, who takes responsibility for his actions. I lean to the left politically, but cannot debate politics with you. I don't like a closed mind too much, but am willing to listen.

While I am obviously here because I'd like to meet someone, I don't move fast, and tend to be shy at first. I want to be friends first, and let it go from there, kind of like when you meet someone in person. No push, no shove.

Home with my daughter, and usually her friends. Watching movies or on my laptop. Doing school work.

I am not your typical 50 year old.

You are a kind, funny man who has worked out some of his past issues, and is self-aware. I want a good, strong friendship. I mean, good lord, what do you say here? If you think that someone who has three cats, a Shih Tzu, two bird and some fish is cool. I have tattoos and piercings, and they make me happy! If you are nearly done raising your kids, I am the one for you. If you have little ones, I have to pass, as I am so over raising kids. Nothing personal!