I’m not feeling it at work this morning. I’ve had a week. Prepping for the Chinese, working with the Chinese, entertaining the Chinese all week. So WTF did I do when I told Alfred (Chinese factory owner) that I’d be HAPPY to show him the downtown area while he’s staying in town over the weekend? It’s fine. The dude does super nice things for me when I’m in his city (Shanghai), so I really am happy to take him around, it’s just that I’ve gotten so used to being alone on the weekends, that I’m not sure I can handle hanging with another human, let alone a Chinese human. It’s sometimes a lot of effort to decipher what he’s saying.
Still, he’s such a nice man, and one good deed deserves another. Besides, I don’t even know if he’ll contact me. He may want to be alone himself! I’m like that a lot when I’m traveling in China. I want my alone time when I can get it, and I really like exploring cities on my own and discovering things by myself. We’ll see if he calls.
In other invitation news, O. (from last week’s Rate-A-Date) invited me to a gallery opening on Saturday night. It’s at a gallery I’m quite familiar with. The owner is actually very good friends with the Bulldog, and I got chills when I got the invitation. I texted [A] to ask her what she thought, because as much as I’d like to go to an art opening with a well-known artist, I just don’t know how I’d deal with (1) running into the Bulldog and/or (2) just talking with the owner - who, by the way, is a wonderful, wonderful person and, according to the Bulldog, sung my praises.
[A]’s answer was a question: do you think you’re ready to see the BD yet? My answer was no, so there was my true answer.
I responded to O. via text very honestly and told him that I wasn’t sure how I’d handle seeing a certain someone if we ran into this person, and O. responded with a question: was this someone I was involved with? I told him that I used to be. O. was understanding and told me that he had a great time with me last week and that he’d like to see me soon.
Then Bachelor Party Marty sent me a text asking me what I was up to for the weekend. I am starting to understand that this is how guys in in their early 30s ask girls out. They want to find free hang time, I guess. He’s clearly busy with his little chick magnet puppy. I’m actually surprised that he’s still texting me. If I can get through Mother’s Day unscathed and back to town relatively early, then we might take our dogs for a walk. But again, wait and see…
Tonight, I’m going to a Friday evening wedding. Now. I do like the idea of Friday weddings, but I’ve never been to one. Unless you take the day off of work, they are starting to feel very stressful. I need to work a full day in this dress on a Friday when I normally dress down, and I’ve already gotten coffee and lip gloss and ink pen stains on my dress! I need to leave the office and drive an hour to the venue location during rush hour. UGH. I am so excited for this wedding (my super good friend M’s daughter), but I’m just exhausted from the week and tired from thinking about driving there and then driving the hour plus home tonight after the wedding. I have a babysitter for the dog and everything. I’m just feeling clumsy and weary and need to be careful tonight.
Two nights of entertaining and I’m not used to this. Two splits of Champagne each night with dinner and I realize that once I start drinking, I’m done for the rest of the day. Both nights I’ve shamefully neglected taking the dog out for her “long” walk. And really, that walk is as much for me as it is for her, so I’m also neglecting myself!
OK. Need to get ready for my morning meetings. I have recaps of the vendor meetings, plus working on all new color palettes and fabric development for all of 2017! That’s the fun stuff that energizes me, but it’s also the stuff that drains me because I pour so much into it.
Love you guys - have a wonderful Friday!
GS
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