Adulting Like an Adult
Dear diary. Today I woke up, went to work, and came home.
Okay, in the middle of that there was a fair bit of button pushing and serum making and attempting to contact aliens and – for the life of me – brainwashing people into changing their clothes. I’ll never understand that, but … <shrug> … it’s on the current list of tests to run. I’ll continue doing stupid tests as long as they keep handing over the simoleons.
Because simoleons means …. renovations!
I absolutely love my new kitchen.
It looks all grown-up and stuff.
A real living room space that doesn’t look like the corner of a college dorm.
A larger bedroom as well, although I’ll admit that most of it is taken up with…
… my lab equipment. Eh…, at least it’s out of the living room.
It’s starting to look like a real house. I’m quite proud, and quite broke once it was all completed.
Still, I felt great. I tried calling Aiden, to see what yesterday was all about, but he’d already started work. It might be tricky making this work if he starts his job at the same time that I finish mine.
Well! Only one thing to do then.
Let’s get this over with.
At least he didn’t run when he saw me come in. I sat where he couldn’t ignore me, ordered wine, and asked him WHAT THE HELL.
It worked. We had a good talk, and I feel loads better. And … worse.
As it turns out, he was really looking forward to meeting me yesterday, wandering the park in the sunshine. But, he’s also kind of shy, and apparently I make him nervous. ME. I make him nervous!
You know that moment when someone thinks you’re all successful and competent, a successful adult who’s apparently adulting like an adult, and you’re still trying to figure out where your arms go and how to cook something other than grilled cheese? It was certainly a hell of an eye opener for me. I also discovered that I’m nearly 10 years older than him.
But what about yesterday? Well, he explained that when he got near the park he thought I’d be alone. Instead, I was surrounded by my girlfriends, laughing and having a great time, and he froze up. He panicked, and spotting one of his friends’ kids, ran to the playground instead.
Jeez, I felt like a complete schmuck.
“Oh Aiden, I’m so sorry. That hadn’t occurred to me at all.” He shrugged slightly.
“It’s okay…”
“No… no it’s not. I should have been actually thinking for once. Please forgive me? Give me another chance?”
“Give you another chance? I was hoping you’d give me another chance!”
He smiled. I smiled. The woman at the end of the bar smiled. We all agreed to give it another try.
Now I just have to wait until the weekend again. Maybe I’ll need to find him a better job…