Sorry for the absence- I was babysitting on Thursday and then out last night with a friend. I'm going out with Austin and her gay friend (the sperm donor one!) tonight and then have my football group tomorrow. GAL overdrive!
So, Wednesday night was good. I had a really good time, and so did Austin and her H. We met at my office. Austin picked H and her H up from reception and introduced H as Lisa's H. She said that he looked fine with that. H then came to my office while Austin showed her H her office. That's when I gave H the score. He looked pleased and said that he could practise it and then play it to me. He gave me a kiss on the cheek to thank me (cheek but quite close to the lips). Then he showed me the music and explained the tricky bits to me. I could have validated him excellent trombone skills at this point but I forgot to.
We then went over to a pub and stood together talking. H was looking at me a lot during the conversation- really gazing at me. Austin and I were laughing and joking about my office and how inappropriate it is, so we were all laughing a lot. H volunteered some stories himself. Then we walked to a restaurant. H and I talked about the football last weekend. At the restaurant more talking and laughing. H was looking at me a reasonable amount, so that was good. It was pretty coupley, which was interesting. At one point Austin asked H about his house-mate, so he knew she knew we're separated. he didn't seem to react badly to it and talked easily. I also mentioned his holiday next week and Austin asked him more about it. He was a bit cagey about it from what I could tell.
After the meal we went back to the tube station. I said I was getting off at a certain stop and Austin asked H where he was getting off. He looked a bit unsure and then said another stop. not sure if he was unsure about whether he was coming home with me, or about why Austin was asking. Anyway, I got off the tube and made my own way home. I felt pretty sad on the way back; I love hanging out with H like that, and the night was so much like when we were together. It was pretty hard. Still, it was good that he looked at me so much.
On Thursday I e-mailed him to say I'd enjoyed the evening and it was nice to see him. he replied quickly saying the same and that he was busy at work. I wrote back briefly but got nothing back from him (although i didn't invite a response- just sent banter). I probably won't see him or hear from him for the next week at least (if not longer) as he's not in his office and doesn't usually call/initiate texts these days. I'm sure I'll miss him. When I see him he tugs at my heart. I guess this is just taking so long, and I don't see him making much progress beyond the little baby steps he sometimes takes. I should start to do the compliments and initiating contact thing again; that was a better DB strategy than backing off seems to me. I think I will when he's back from his hols.
OK, that was the post on H. Coming up- CEO interactions.
