I need to keep in mind that H assigns little meaning to things besides the obvious or face-value of the action/thing (having known him as long as I have I feel comfortable saying this) so it really is fruitless for me to ponder what things might "mean" that he does or say. Honestly it wouldn't shock me if he was at ShopKo getting something else, happened to walk past the clock, and thought "hey! That's that clock! I should get it," end of story.
H e-mailed me last night about a missing disc he needed to reimage his computer, and he included a "PS - [show we used to watch together] is really interesting so far this season." I took an opportunity to experiment a little and wrote back with a question about whether he thought a certain thing would happen and I got back a whole paragraph of thoughts. I'm not attaching expectations, because I know he'd like to be friends and could just be being friendly. But, you don't get anywhere unless you start somewhere, right? I figured if I was ready to reach out a little, it couldn't hurt. Now I'll go back to being "dark," I guess, until the next logistical thing.
As for my personal goals: -I've done a couple of zentangles and will be buying the paper to be able to do more. It's something I look forward to when I need a calm, focused moment. -Still working on the car thing. Can't decide if I want to start negotiating on any which I think means I don't like any of them enough and need to wait for just the right teal hatchback -I am focusing better at work instead of on all of this, and am taking initiative to suggest some changes and new projects. I've been there almost a year now and finally feel like I'm in a position where I have enough experience to put behind my suggestions. We have a lot of opportunities to make things less complicated and more connected for students and I'm excited to see what I can bring to the department. -My couch is finally being delievered on Friday so I can actually have people over because there'll be places to sit!
Me:30 H:29, no kids T:12, M:4 (when D was final) 12/13: "Don't think I want to be M anymore" 6/14: Separated (I move) 1/15: H filed for D 5/15: D final