Archive for November 30th, 2010
A Case of the Irrationals
(Or proof that I am, after all, a girl)
Since I’ve come back from Thanksgiving break, Leone has seemed extra affectionate towards me, something which he’s never been lacking of in the first place. I chock it up to our not having seen each other for 4 days, which is probably the longest time we’ve been apart since he came back in August. Oh, and a few days ago we had an anniversary of sorts, really the first one we’ve actually acknowledged/been able to identify: that day one year ago was the first time he started talking to me online (I remember because he greeted me with the date in the message). It was right after I returned from last year’s Thanksgiving, and since then hardly a day’s gone by when we didn’t
talk. Not counting, of course, when I was out in the middle of the ocean faced with $6/minute phone rates, or when our schedules didn’t match up/we didn’t have calling cards while Leone was in Europe—because who could blame us then?
Anyway, last night after Leone left the apartment after hanging out and watching TV here for a few hours, he called me to tell me a piece of news, and added that he’d like to drive out during my 1.5 hour break to have lunch. He’s going to his grandma’s later today to celebrate his birthday and won’t be home until the evening, and even though we usually don’t see each other on Tuesdays/Thursdays until the evenings and had made plans for him to come over when he got home, it would be nice to hang out for a little before then. That is, if he’s able to wake up in time. Since he graduated in May, and until he finds a job/goes to grad school Leone has been sleeping in until noon-1ish every day, a life that I would lead if I didn’t have to drag myself to class, and a life that I, as a night-owl, envy very much. I knew that it was unlikely that he would wake up in time to make the narrow window and I teased him a little about not getting my hopes up, but he implied that he would make the effort.
