Well, and interesting discussion on my thread, and maybe even some controversy. How exciting- have we ever had that before (here)?!
I'm not entirely sure what to say- it's correct that he is my boss and therefore having a conversation would be difficult. The more so because he would need to initiate it- he is an uber-alpha male- he has to be in charge or it'd be a non-starter for him. Secondly, it's not as simple as me just getting a new job- I'd have to work a three month notice period, it'd be difficult to get a new job (recession), and if I leave there will be essentially no-one to run the projects (seeing as it's just me and CEO now). So, it's not a simple situation......
I do agree with you, Al, that no-one gets to the end and thinks of the great job they did. If it wasn't for the difficult job climate I probably would leave and see what happened with him- actually hate the situation and am finding it pretty difficult. However, from a practical point of view being a member of the long-term unemployed might be worse! Actually today I did suggest to him that I was thinking of leaving. It didn't go down well- he took it as a threat, whereas I was just making a statement of unhappiness at our new office conditions.
I've had a pretty busy week so far. On Monday I went to yoga and I managed to do the Crow, which was very exciting, even though I only managed to hold it for about 3 seconds. I'm practising it like mad now that I've had a taste of success!
On Tuesday it was choir and I got asked out by one of the tenors. I turned him down....although I'm sure it took some courage on his part to ask me, he was so completely not a possibility (and I did consider the sperm angle from a purely mercenary point of view) that I was a bit shocked he could have thought it was. Either I'm sending out 'come here weak guys' vibes, or he had no grasp of reality!
Yesterday CEO and I started moving our office. It's been really interesting because when H and I were moving house H would just leave me to do everything and I'd end up lugging things about all over the place and lifting boxes etc. In contrast CEO wouldn't let me lift a thing- he carried everything and wanted to organise it all. I didn't realise until yesterday what a difference it makes to have a man around who wants to be manly, if that makes sense. Anyway, it was nice- I liked it a lot.
After that we went to meet some collaborators for some drinks and dinner here. It was sunny and warm in London yesterday, and the collaborators were late so CEO and I sat in the sun on deck-chairs drinking cocktails until they arrived. It was such a good time that I don't think I can do that kind of thing with him any more- too seductive. Even the people we were with commented on the high level of affection between us and that it wasn't surprising people thought we were married (CEO told them that everyone thinks we're seeing each other/married). As an aside, on the flirting more note, at one point yesterday I illustrated a story by rubbing CEOs leg from knee to thigh. I'm not sure how much further I could go without moving to the groin area, but that might be slightly inappropriate. (BTW, his leg felt very very very......manly!)
Anyway, I'm working on a getting space from CEO plan from now on. Being in a new office should help- we're now miles away from each other. That man is my nemesis!
In H news.... there is no news. He ought to have received the initial paperwork by now but I haven't heard anything from him about it- I guess he needs some time to think about it, and since there's no rush I guess that's OK for now.
I think that's about it for now. This weekend I'm visiting some friends on Saturday and moving the remainder of our office on Sunday. It's also the London marathon on Sunday, so after the office is done I might head down to watch a bit of that.
