Well the big “date” night was a bit anti-climactic. H was late because he had taken his mother to her weekly hair appointment this afternoon (there a mix-up with her senior citizens shuttle ride reservation) and was dropping her off at her new apartment. She moved to her senior citizens apartment 1 1 /2 weeks ago and has had several episodes in which she demanded to move home to her old house.
H arrived in blue jeans (we had not discussed where we would have dinner. I had told him to surprise me.) I looked great! H looked at me a bit surprised when I opened the door and said “You look great!” Me (smiling): “Thank you. It’s my birthday! I decided to dress up.”
H was distracted and cranky for the first 30-40 minutes of the evening because he had a work glitch and needed to find a solution before 5am tomorrow morning (he is the president of a small business). It took about 45-60 minutes to begin loosening him up.
I listed positives and negatives from this evening below. I was surprised after looking at the list that the positives probably outweighed the negatives.
Negatives: • H was pretty distracted….on the phone initially (I suggested the solution that solved one of the management problems he arrived with.) • H had to call an early end to the evening to drive 2 hours tonight to deliver a set of truck keys to one of his employees.
Positives: • H could have cancelled dinner with me but didn’t • H spent 3 hours with me. • He spent $110 on dinner and didn’t complain about it. • H and I DID share several laughs. • H said he paid too much for the house he bought in May, so life is not as rosy as he thought it would be.
Thanks for checking in. Stay tuned for more tomorrow.
