First off, I’m running a round of Exquisite Corpse here. Go play already!
Saturday I worked one client, and rescheduled another. I feel like I have to build my stamina back up still. It’s almost as if going on the AIDS/Lifecycle was getting a really bad case of the flu – I was still feeling weak and tired.
I was supposed to have had a dinner date with a guy – our second date, but I figured out that maybe part of my tiredness was trying to figure out how to tell him that I didn’t really want to go out with him again. Darwin advised me to just tell him straight out, which I knew already, but sometimes you need to hear it from someone else, too. So, I called him up and told him that I didn’t think we should go out again. He was grateful that I told him early on.
As it happened, Darwin was in town working at a senior center, so he asked me if I’d have dinner with him, and I accepted. There was still one question I had to ask him to get my last bit of peace of mind, and over dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe, I asked him.
As we left the restaurant, the crescent moon and Venus were close to each other, creating a beautiful scene over Fisherman’s Wharf. The sky was clear and the weather warm, and I felt more at peace with Darwin than I had in a long time. I didn’t have to hold out any more false hope in my head, and I could just enjoy his presence.
He dropped me off back at UGH and I went to bed and had a deep dreamless sleep.
Sunday morning came and I arose feeling good. The screening of “Bears” at the Castro Theater as part of film festival was the only thing on my agenda, and I was meeting a buddy there who I had met on the ALC. We sat together and watched the film. From there, a bunch of guys (bigjohnsf, tardis, urso, dhpbear, keanubear, the delightful neil heather, chuck, scott, my buddy and i) dined at Firewood on 18th.
It was a good day.
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