Tried to make this update a couple of times yesterday, but WordPress and my phone don’t seem to get along well.
OLB texted me while I was out with AFF waiter on Tuesday night:
01/20/2009 10:20PM – On for friday nite still?
I didn’t respond, because I was out with someone else. Yesterday was a hellaciously busy day at work, so I also didn’t respond during the day, but I’d planned to give him a call when I left the office. However, I then received this text:
01/21/2009 5:02PM – Hey you…..
I was in a meeting, so I didn’t respond to that one immediately, either, which led to this voicemail:
01/21/2009 5:21PM – Hey hot stuff, ah, it’s [OLB], ah I’m callin to make sure we’re on for Friday, I haven’t heard from you, I hope everything’s ok, um, I haven’t heard from you since you got back from your trip- I THINK. Anyway, catch you soon. [gives his phone number]
So, during a period of less than 20 minutes, he calls AND texts (I was still in my meeting when I received the voicemail, by the way) after not having received a response from his previous message. At the time, it seemed somewhat pushy and obnoxious, but I was in a pissy mood to beat all others at the time, so I decided to sleep on it before making a decision as to whether I’d burn that bridge completely.
This morning, after a moderate but still inadequate amount of sleep, I’m on the fence. It’s very possible that I overreacted completely, but K and J had varying impressions when I talked to both of them yesterday. Correct me if I misinterpret, ladies, but here’s the gist as I recall it:
K – You don’t have to like him; that’s not what it’s about. Go ahead with Friday, because it is a new and exciting experience that you might not otherwise have. You can always ditch him afterwards.
J – What the hell? The guy is just a booty call; he has to realize that the boundaries of this situation are not the same as they might be if you were taking starlit beach walks and talking about each other’s feelings. Ditch the dude, and other opportunities will come along. Anyway, I like AFF Waiter as a prospect much more.
In these two cases, I paraphrase.
I’ll post when I’ve decided exactly what I’m going to do. I think my horomonal levels are off or something, because I am nowhere near as whorishly aggressive this week as I had been for the past month or so. Then again, it could also be the combination of work stress and sleep deprivation. More when I figure out what I’ll do…