Nov. 8 - Everything On Fire! in These Foolish Things

Ugh. Today has been one of those work days where every. little. thing. is ON FIRE! And it started with frantic texting last night, which meant I knew today was going to be one of those days, but little did I know that everything was going to blow up at once!

So much bullshit today coming at me from ALL SIDES and then…

A cute guy I know from my former city was in town for a conference and started giving me the “I wish I could see you before I have to leave” spiel, and it was before my phone started really blowing up with additional emergencies, so I asked him to meet me for coffee during my lunch break.

I first met this guy four years ago, almost to the day. It was the Saturday after the 2020 election when they finally called it for Joe Biden, and I was out celebrating with my downtown friends…I mean, really playing it up. We were drinking bottle after bottle of champagne and riding all over downtown on my neighbor’s golf cart. We decided to drive over to City Hall to see what was happening over there. Lo and behold, there was a HOT reporter on the sidelines of the action, and we rolled up next to him and started chatting. I caught some vibes and before I knew it, we’d exchanged IG accounts and were following each other.

BOY, WERE THOSE DAYS DIFFERENT FROM THESE DAYS! Politically speaking, of course.

We still message each other and comment on stories fairly frequently. It’s clear (because he’s come right out and said so) that he has feelings for me. And I have tingles for him too - he’s super smart and incredibly eloquent and freaking FUNNY.

This guy is so cute, y’all. But he has issues. And he’s separated from his wife, but it’s complicated, and neither one of us would EVER go there. It’s still nice for someone to have a crush on me. It feels good.

But it’s weird and he gets a little shy and goofy when we get together (I’ve met him out a couple of times). It becomes something so different from his TV persona.

Anyway, we met for a coffee and a dog walk. It was brief and kind of awkward, but it was nice to be hanging out during lunchtime with another human being for a brief moment - especially one who thinks I’m sexy.

But my phone was blowing up all over the place: calls, messages, Slack, smoke signals. All hell broke loose and I had to bid him adieu because he needed to drive his ass back home to his kids (his mostly-estranged wife lives in another state with another woman).

And back to the shit here at my apartment/WFH office.

But I got things back on track, I think, for the most part.

And I’m ready to have a weekend. Do y’all have Monday off for Veteran’s Day? My long weekend plans are (in this order):

• Meet Diane at the faraway farmers market for kombucha and those amazing aeroponic cucumbers and kale
• Dog walk
• Christmas decorating
• Find new JOB (ugh…yes, I’m seriously on the hunt again)

I can’t even figure out what the days are are who I am lately.

xo,
GS