Friday, August 12, 2005

TGIF

I'm supposed to be getting ready to meet Doc out in Wrigleyville right now but I'm really not in the mood. It's been a while since I've seen her but I already know that I'll have some catching up to do, which usually means I never will get to the point where I have as much fun as they do. I had been waiting for her call for about 2 hours now and I had almost given up hope. I know we had plans but I've lost the excitement I had when I was leaving work. I'm now home, I've eaten and my energy levels are dropping. I'm trying to improve things by having some caffeine, but it doesn't seem to be working. I'll still be going out, I'm just not going to rush to get anywhere, especially since they're at a bar I've never enjoyed going to. Hopefully they will want to go somewhere else once I get out.

This morning was very interesting for me. As I arrived at my CTA station, Ernesto made a point of walking me up to the platform, talking baseball the whole time. Unfortunately for me, he made me miss the train that was there so I had to wait for the next one - which was packed! So while I'm waiting, he's trying to flirt, talking about the Cubs and Sox and trying to see if I'd talk football - which is not my thing. I don't mind chatting with him, but I've tried to make him understand that I'm not interested in anything more. But I don't think he's getting the hint. As I was about to get on the next train, he hands me his phone number and says we can talk baseball. Yeah, right. That's exactly what he wants to do. I already had to turn down Festa last night since he sent me an email asking me out, and now I have to figure out how to let Ernesto down too.

Then to top it off, I had a guy on the train trying to get my eye across a crowded car. He was cute enough, but what was I supposed to do? There were about 10 people between us and I'm not really looking for someone else to date right now. So I go back to my paper and forget that he was there. As we get to Fullerton the train stops in a bad way and all I can see is this guy starting to fall out of the corner of my eye. As I turn my head I see him trying to hold on so he doesn't fall on top of the people sitting around him and the only way he can stop himself is by falling into the window. And the next thing you know the glass has shattered from the force of his shoulder. It was amazing to see because it didn't seem like he hit it that hard. And he was fine, not hurt at all. He leaves the train, some seats open up at the front and we're on our way again. When I get to my building, I realize that the guy trying to get my attention on the train works in my building - actually, he works for my client, and we end up sharing the elevator. The only thing that saved me was that Marvin was there too so he and I chatted, with the other guy trying to get involved in the conversation too. Thankfully, I was the first one off so there was no chance of getting asked out again today. Wait - that sounds so bad. Shouldn't I want all the attention??

And now I have to get ready to meet up with Doc who just called to say they're changing bars!

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