Tampa Trish. YMMV but same old same old so far
After seeing the report that indicated she might have turned over a new leaf, I thought I would attempt to try her out again since I was in her neighborhood running some errands. I had given up about a month ago after making contact with her and asking if she was able to do early mornings. She said yes, so every time I had an opportunity to try to see her I would text the night before to confirm that I would be trying the next morning and she would answer ok, but the next morning I would never get a response back from my texts or calls. This went on for several weeks so after about 20 calls I gave up and moved onto my other regulars.
Fast forward to today. She didn't respond to my text after about an hour so I called her number which had a recording that said it was no longer valid. My bad. I hadn't bothered to check to see if she had a new number. I searched for her on LC and called the number and she answered right away. That was a good sign. She said she had just gotten up and would need about 10 minutes to get ready. I told her I would check my GPS and see how long it would take me to get to her new location and call her back. No answer on callback and her voicemail hadn't been setup so I left a text saying I was about 10 minutes away so I would head her way and send her a text when I got there. Upon arrival I sent her a text letting her know I had gotten there and told her to send me a message when she was ready for me. It was approximately 30 minutes from the time I made that initial voice contact. She then sent me a message asking what I was doing there because she had told me she needed time to get ready and the last thing I had told her was that was going to call her back to tell her what I was going to do and that I needed to leave. I texted back ok, sorry for the misunderstanding and immediately left. I kept checking my phone to see if she would respond back and salvage the date but it was radio silence.
I monger about 3 times a week so I am always on the lookout for some new menu choices but it's clear this option isn't a viable one as despite wanting to change her reputation as an unreliable provider she hasn't changed my mind about her.