Put your hands up; it's a wild ride

[someguy1233]

So W has been casually emailing with me again today. She took the day off since she didn’t get any sleep with S being restless last night.

Her last email included, “I miss you <sad face>.” I haven’t responded yet as I’ve been super busy at work.

She called my desk a bit later. My phone has a broken screen so I can’t always see the number clearly. So I always answer the phone professionally, even if I think I know what the number is.

So I cheerfully answered, “<company name>, this is <my name>.”
She said, “What, don’t you recognize my number?”
I jokingly said, “Who is this… is this Suzie?” (we don’t even know a Suzie. I was just trying to be funny)
W started talking in a silly higher-pitched voice, “Yeah! This is Suzie.”
I said, “Hey girrrrl. How you doin? Haven’t seen you in a while.”
W laughed and said, “It would be a Suzie. Some frickin cheerleader girl with b-cups!”… I almost picked up on some jealousy in her comments. It was a funny light conversation.

It turns out the point of her call was regarding her job search. She said that she talked with my sister about serving part-time at the restaurant she works at. She also spoke with some friends about watching their kids a couple days a week. She’s again looking at ways to quit her job and stay home with S.

I told her those two things combined sound like a great plan and that it sounds like she’s had a busy day.

She ended the call with, “Well…. I just wanted to call and make sure it was ok that I was talking to them about this stuff.”
I said, “Sure, why wouldn’t that be ok?”
She said, “Well.. I just wasn’t sure how things are going with ‘Suzie’ and stuff… I just wanted to make sure.”

I may be mindreading… but it seems like she was checking in to see if I was still interested in trying to make this work, or if I’ve checked out. In order for her to work only part time jobs, we would HAVE to try on our relationship. She couldn’t afford it otherwise.