Saw Mark on Friday night.. patently clear that he is striking out to be his own person.. so no more bumping into each other, grabbing a kebab and then him falling into bed at my place. I didn't hang round him or take much notice of him. I only mentioned that it would be a shame if we treated each other like strangers, to which he replied that he really cared for me and of course it wouldn't come to that. So I said about meeting up for dinner one night.. despite a phone message and text - no reply.. so that's that. This week with a dripping cold anyway, I feel as sexy as a slug in suspenders.
Simon has ended up being Mr Elusive again.. so it's a case of 'watch this space'
And so what else is happening?
Received a Facebook message from a friend - Timee.
I've known him for about 10 years. Our first meeting was him cracking on to me when I lived in Honduras. We were chatting one night and he asked if I wanted to have drinks on his yacht. I politely declined and we have maintained our friendship since. We have mutual friends and when I was with my ex we used to meet up in London and he stayed with us when we lived in Costa Rica. We bumped into him quite coincidentally in St Andreas (a little Colombian island off of Nicaragua) which was quite a coincidence. I last met him with some friends in London about 2 years ago.
So a message from him saying he was thinking of coming to Australia had me naturally inviting him to stay here if he was passing.
Next message "I''ve booked the flight I will be with you from 18th to 17th"
Now even with my bad maths I was stil having to write for clarification.. so is that 18th October to 17th November?
Yep.. the response was in the affirmative!
Now, I don't have a big house - in fact 'compact' would be an estate agents description.
Throughout this time I am renting out the downstairs bedroom, so it means that we will be living in the upstairs area only. I have clearly stated that he is on the settee (no bed sharing) and after worrying about the length of time grasped the bull by the horns and wrote to him:
Timmy.. It's fine. I am concerned that initially I was thinking of 1 week-10 days. 1 month is a long time. I don't have a big apartment so my fear is obviously one of getting under one another's feet. I would have made sure the spare room was available with a bit more notice, but the majority of the time you are staying the other room is booked out. That's 3 people living in a small 2 bed unit. Of course it would be lovely to see you and I am pleased to be able to put you up... just don't want to jeopardise our friendship. We can see how it goes... but also mainly thinking from your part it might be a bit to claustrophobic also.
His reply:
No worries, I'll be in and out of there.
And
I'll be sure to not be a bother. Just point me to a couple of spots
around town where I can take the laptop and get some writing done, I'll
be a happy camper.
So don't get the feeling of addressing the situation...
Already I have offered to pick him up.. lost $100 for half a days work that day and costing me $25 in fuel... Am I being mean?.. but when people stay, I end up buying food, using the car, which of course, I don't mind.. but a month........
Right I'm going to take the two red 'night' cold tablets and go to bed....
