But Did He Notice my Hair?

So Sexy Guy blew into town and what do you know? Your mother is right...quit chasing men and they will chase you. Or at least they will text you, unprompted, and ask if you wanna hang out. Do I? Do I have to wear clothes? How can I lose 10 lbs in 2 hours? It better not rain and make my hair frizzy. I'd better not step in a puddle and have the hem of my too-long jeans soak up water to my knees.

So I show up an hour early and have to lurk about (no butterflies here!!). Hair co-operates beautifully though. Sexy Guy smells absolutely gorgeous, makes an x-rated comment about my extra weight and tells me to go for another 5 lbs...........ya know, I'll never understand men. And what if that additional 5 lbs goes straight to my ankles?

3 Things I learned This Week

1. When traveling, if one insists on using a butane curling iron, carry a spare canister. That way, when one side of hair is beautifully curled, you can also curl the other side...
2. Cats get cross when you absently-mindedly pour peanuts into their bowls...
3. If you go to an Anime convention at my age, expect people to look at you like YOU are the weird one....

It's not a Tattoo?

So Mr. H., returning from parts of the world I can only dream about, left a pile of little pressies on my desk. I did wonder about the one in the heart-shaped tin (yes,he missed me!) until I realised it came from office junior who is trying to get my job. Mr. H. left me my favourite sweets. Four large bags of them. Good job they are non-fattening as am since still not convinced I have lost post-Christmas weight (yes, I know it is August). And an odd-looking object which I seized upon and exclaimed "A tattoo!" Thus inadvertently revealing an inner fantasy of mine. "No," explains Mr. H. patiently, "it is a stamp and this is how it works....." At least he stood close to me while he showed me how to ink the darn thing.