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February 19, 2000 |
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[What on earth is that noise?]
Stirring from slumber… It's not the alarm. It's not the phone. It's
not the pager. Is it my cell phone. Uhmm… No. Oh, it's the doorbell.
I fumble out of bed and make my way to the door. Open. No one. Although
I do see the post man just walking away. So there I am in fifty degree
weather in nothing but shorts, tapping on the mailman's shoulder,
"Uhmm… where you looking for me? I live right there" I point to my
door. He confirms and gives a paper to sign.
It's a package from my friend Lino. I
wander back inside and open the box. There are three items. First is a
beautiful shirt with a dragon embroidered. The other two items were from
the Hard Rock Café, Hong Kong… a very cool shirt and a cap.
[Thank you, Lino…] I'm very thankful, but I'm also very
sleepy. I go back to bed.
I wake up a few hours later, and I head to the gym. Today it is supposed to be my short routine. Well, technically the long run, but no weights today. I cut the run short today. I know… I'm a slacker.
I still had Pam in my mind from yesterday's wonderful date. I called her to tell her that she was on my mind. Just a short call and a few words. No second guessing the way I feel anymore.
I have plans today. I have dinner and movie plans with Nancy. We're supposed to meet at 5pm. I had showered and gotten dressed. I wore one of the shirts I got from Lino. I was also running a couple of minutes late. I bolted out the door, got in my car, and headed off to meet her. On the way there, my pager goes off. [Damn!] I figured that it was probably Nancy, and I just wait until I get there before checking my messages.
I arrived at 5:02pm. I picked her up and we headed off. We decided to check the movie times and decide on where to eat on the way to the theater. They were playing The Tigger Movie, which is what we originally talked about seeing. We then go to Best Wok for dinner. As you might guess from the name, it is a Chinese restaurant. I had the orange beef. They know me by name here. Not so much because I'm notorious, but because they have seen my tattoo, which has my Chinese name. Dinner was good as usual, we end up taking the food home.
We decided to skip the movie and go to Bellevue Square instead. She's not a big movie person and she'd rather do something where we get to hang out and chat. That's cool. Pretty recently, we had established that we were just friends. So we were really just hanging out. Yes, I know how hypocritical that sounds in light of my rant on Valentine's.
I felt a bit guilty. Most of the time I was spending with Nancy, I was thinking about Pam. Is this wrong?
We shopped around for a bit. She collects special versions of Monopoly games and bought another one tonight among some other things. What did I get? I get more silk boxers, a Tigger water bottle holder, and another Eeyore for my friend Lisa. We do end up walking around quite a bit. She's certainly nice to talk to.
I suppose that it's just that she never talks about what's important to her. She seems to be drifting through life like so many of us. Much like I was… not so long ago. Maybe I'm a little afraid to drift back into emotional hibernation.
Damn! I still can't get Pam off my mind. You know what? I don't want to.
February 19, 2000