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I Lived Like This All the TIme?

October 12, 2009 12:25 AM

helsadilla was out of town this weekend, so I was left to my own devices. The conclusion: I'm not really certain what I did with myself before I had a girlfriend.

One of the things that's strange about going from meeting someone to dating someone to practically living with someone is that there's this progression from that person hardly being there to that person being there all the time. It's like you wake up one day and it's strange when the person's not there. That had never happened to me--my life had always been long stretches of being by myself punctuated with flashes of hanging out. I mean, not really, but you know what I mean: I lived alone, so I spent most of my afternoons alone. Then on the weekends, I'd be by myself all morning, then hang out later in the day, then go home by myself. It wasn't as bad as that paragraph made it sound, but that's the way it was.

Then, seemingly overnight, I found myself in this situation where chelsadilla was always around. Maybe we're not actively "hanging out" all the time, but she's always around.

Chelsadilla left Wednesday night, and I was startled by how empty and dark my apartment was that night. She wasn't on my couch playing her new ukulele or at my dining-room table reading blogs or whatever, and that was strange.

Then it was Friday, so I seized the opportunity to go see a movie that she didn't particularly want to see--Zombieland. But all through it, I kept thinking about how she'd either enjoy or not enjoy certain parts. And when L-Dawg, X-tina, and I came home, I think we all missed her. And I'm sad she wasn't here to see how L-Dawg and I opened a bottle of wine without the benefit of a corkscrew (hint: it involved a power drill, a sieve, and a paper towel).

Then Saturday, everyone was busy or out of town, so I had no one to hang out with. So what did I do? I played Rise of Nations until 5:00am. I had no idea how it got so late, but it was a strange flashback to the Year of Unemployment.

This morning, I woke up, played some more video games, went back to bed, went shopping with HiRy, came home, took a nap, then played some guitar. It was a strange sort of pseudo-day.

So my point here is that I miss my girlfriend, which might be sickeningly cute, and I apologize. But more than that, I'm just shocked at how I used to live my life.

So, while it was sort of interesting not having to consider someone else for a weekend, I can't wait for her to get back tomorrow.



1 Comments


chelsadilla said:

awwwww :) i'm sad I missed the corkscrew misadventures. maybe a reenactment can be had sometime?

October 12, 2009 5:23 AM



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