And are you okay?
I would very happily be your plus-one next Sunday
I have a plus-one question for you: work summer drinks – I don’t want to go for long but I would LOVE to go and take someone for an hour to show Sammy (the blind date setter-upper) and Dougie (the blind date no-shower) that I am NOT the biggest loser they have ever met
And on the subject of Dougie OMG
I’ve had a message from him via Sammy via my friend Marisa (or the other way round, not sure which way that should be written) and HONESTLY
He totally WOULD have shown up (he says) BUT he hooked up with someone else that afternoon and was ‘too busy having sex’ to remember to message me to let me know he wouldn’t be showing up and also he didn’t think it would be ‘tactful’ to the woman he was having sex with to message another one even if just to pre-date dump her. WHAT A LOVELY MAN
I’m laughing as I type my reply.
Yep, I also had a caffeine no-sleep issue, which internet tips were no help with whatsoever; decaf next time I have four cups after midnight. I’m actually okay, thank you. And thank you so much about the barbecue next Sunday. I’ll send details. Absolutely about your summer drinks – what’s the date, though? If I’m busy I’m sure I can switch things round so that we can pop in for an hour. And Dougie – what a tit. No other word.
I see the beginnings of another stream of consciousness, which I already know I’m going to love.
Glad you’re okay
Thank you about the drinks!!
They’re this Thursday, 6p.m. until late
Er, I have to warn you that there’s a theme
Although actually as an anonymous plus-one I’m sure you don’t have to stick to it
And then maybe I won’t either
I wait but that’s it. Now I’m intrigued. I have to ask.
What is that theme?
Well.
My boss is a big cartoon fan (kids films only, any era)
And so
We – all adults, mainly over thirty – have to dress up as a cartoon character, with a penalty if we go boring
I’m laughing again.
I can do any time Thursday from about seven onwards and I do have to admit that I own a Tom (as in Jerry) costume.
Thank you thank you thank you about Thursday
On the costume: without being rude I think Michael (boss) would classify Tom and Jerry as boring. His example of the MOST well known we’re allowed to go is Hades from Hercules
Sorry WHO? Very hard work to find?? Let’s go very unambitious on the costume and you can blame me. What if we say we’re going on somewhere smart afterwards?
Perfect – you’re a genius
I stumble through the rest of Sunday tired and kind of morose about Lola (I despise myself for how often I check for messages from her and, obviously, find nothing), but really not as miserable as I might have been, for which I have to thank my old friends (I go for a pint with a couple of my best friends) but also my new Waterloo friends. Nadia, obviously, and also the others; Bea and Ruth send some follow-up messages about their wedding – they’re planning to set a date tomorrow once venue offices are open – and Carole messages to thank us all for our support and to confirm that she’s booted Roger out, and it’s genuinely nice to hear from them.
It’s a busy week for me at work – I’m a deputy head in a big comprehensive, which involves very few dull days – which makes it easier for me not to think about Lola and her no-showtoomuch (okay, if I’m honest I do think about it more than I would like but I do manage to obsess less as the week goes on, helped by busyness and some excellent motivational messages from Nadia, which just make me laugh).
Before I know it, we’ve arrived at Thursday.
