What the heck is this?

[2Times2Many]

Well, day one with the assistant at the office was uneventful. I just stayed in my office and kept to myself, but H was in and out of my office too many times to count today.

I actually got to check off two baby steps today. H complimented me (twice) on my outfit and he brought back a couple of little gifts for me that he bought while on his dive trip. I can't remember the last time he did either one and it was especially nice to know he was thinking about me while on his "vacation."

He also said he was wrong to not give me a detailed itinerary of his trip. (I had told him a week or so ago that I had no problem if he took trips but it bugged me that I didn't really know where he was. I said that if something happened and I got a message that he was severely injured or worse, I had no idea where to go to help him.) He said he was wrong not to keep me updated on things like that and would make sure I had a detailed itinerary from now on. I stressed that it was not my intention to pry into his life, but it would bring me peace of mind to know where he was if either of us had a major emergency. He agreed.

He wanted to go to dinner at a nice restaurant next week, but I narrowed down the choices that I was available to basically two nights (I really do have things to do). Sad part is that assistant will be with us. However, he mentioned that dinner would be for three instead of two and said it in a way that sounded like he was disappointed. I didn't let on that I would prefer she wasn't there.

He also wanted to go to a movie this weekend. I agreed to that. He wanted to see a movie I've already seen and I told him I had no problem seeing it again. I was surprised he didn't take me up on my offer because it's a movie I know he really wants to see, but he chose one neither of us has seen (we buy tickets in advance on the web). Unfortunately, assistant will be in tow. But I don't really have to interact at a movie, so it's cool.

I have always felt (as does my IC) that I am "home base." It will be very interesting to see how the lack of "personal" time affects the dynamics. If nothing else, I hope I can avoid the "speech" (his usual speech about how he wants his freedom) and the D word. That is my main goal this go around. At least there is something positive about assistant being here. Having her under foot makes it difficult for him to give his "speech."


The most important thing is that I am doing great. I think I've got this. There were a couple of moments when I had to bite my tongue, but I just kept saying to myself, "I'm standing still."

Here's to a good day two!