there’s more to work than work
So somewhere in the past week I seem to have got myself a crush on someone at work. A lawyer! It became a bit of a running joke for us that I had been chasing a contract from him for several weeks, and after last week’s Friday drinks where we were properly introduced (still haven’t met everyone after 2 months?!) we had a bit of banter about how I’d come knocking on his door daily if he didn’t get me that contract. On Tuesday we back and forth emailed and we were funny and witty, but then on Wednesday he actually did bring the contract and that was that. I thought of emailing him some general chit chat, but then thought it was weird, and mostly forgot about it (okay, except for this time). And then this afternoon when a couple of us were faffing and avoiding work, a girl in my team said that I should date him (I’d said nothing!) and started spurting on about how smart he is, how down-to-earth and funny he is, what a nice guy he is, how he’s an environmentalist and is on the board of a carbon neutral company and was one of Al Gore’s ambassadors. Okay, he sounds kind of out of my league, but it’s fun to have a crush again. I haven’t had a crush since James, not even on the guys I dated after him.
Anyways, then I think of the logistics of dating, and then what happens in October when I’m going on holiday, and then the fact that if I’m in love I’ll end up coming back and giving it all up again, and stuff that! It’s only 8 months until I go anyway, and I’m far too busy.
But still.
February 7th, 2010 at 7:34 am
Eek! You stress me out with all your talk of the future that’s EIGHT MONTHS away. Enjoy the crush, enjoy if he asks you out! Enjoy the dating – there is nothing that says you can’t be inlove and move to canada for a little bit without your boy! (yes it’d be hard. but it might be worth it too!).
February 7th, 2010 at 9:57 am
@Deidre: D, I can guarantee you if I am involved with someone at the time, I won’t go. I’ve done it two and a half times already! I’m someone who drops everything for the guy I’m with at the expense of my misery.
Having said that, if someone completely sweeps me off my feet… well, whatever happens happens.
Anyways, doesn’t everyone think I’m just a little too boy-crazy? Maybe a year on my own is for the best? Hmm.
February 9th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
But does it matter where you are as long as you’re happy? How would you know how things will pan out?
You two may very well go along so well that he might suggest to you sometime that he’d like to move there too?
I just think you never really know ..
February 9th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
@Justin: If I stay in Perth, I will be unhappy and unfulfilled, no matter if I’m involved with someone. I figure it needs to work both ways – why should I stay here because I’m in love; why wouldn’t they follow me if they were in love?