Coincidence.

In a semi-coincidence, one of the girls mentioned in this post posted a few photographs on Facebook from our school days. Some faces I can barely remember, but an old crush of mine features quite a lot, so that prompted some fond memories.

Bah.

I'm not gonna lie. I had hoped/expected that G would be in touch today, even if it was just to meet for a coffee. I'm assuming he was on an early flight and is already back in London, though.

No.

G's just messaged to say he can't make it. I have beer, so I'm sorta good, but I could have done with the company and some people watching, too.

No?

At this stage, I don't think G's going to be in touch about meeting for drinks. I've always said that I don't care what the outcome is - yes or no - to social engagements, but to let me know as soon as possible.

So I kinda hoped that I'd at least know one way or the other by now. Still, I've already had a few beers, and I'm showered and ready to go if he does want to meet, but it feels like if I've not heard anything in ten minutes that I won't be going out tonight.

Yes.

My gut was right and G's just be in touch to say he's potentially free tomorrow evening. His plans have changed slightly, so it's not certain that we'll meet, but if we do, it'll be tomorrow night.

Sigh.

Still nothing from G about him being home this weekend, which is surprising, even if he never actually nailed down any dates.

I sent CC a message, just to let her know I was thinking of her.

And more family stuff has reared its head, which means I will be cracking open a beer in a few minutes... and there will be more after that.

Let's party?

The rumours in work are that we've got a big night out coming up a week before Christmas. Our Christmas party was cancelled before it even became a thing for reasons unknown. This rumour suggests that the firm are still going to do something, but less formal.

I'm kinda glad cos I wasn't going to go to the Christmas party, but I'd definitely be up for something more casual.

Sad face.

So it seems like 2024 is going to mirror 2023 in that the first time I see KfW2 is at a funeral, then we'll see each other again socially soon after.

In 2023, it was FP's funeral in August and we finally went out for lunch and drinks a few weeks later. This time, it's going to be CC's dad. It's going to be incredibly tough on CC who only lost her mother at the start of the summer. The funeral's on Tuesday and KfW2 has already agreed to pick me up.

While I still can't put my finger on whether or not I regard CC as being a friend, my heart goes out to her.

Boots.

I had a dream about FBS last night. It involved sex. it wasn't a memory per se, or at least the circumstances of the dream never happened, though the individual events did.

In it, FBS and I were at a bar, she was wearing a black jumper, blue jeans and black OTK boots. We got drunk, went back to hers and ended up having sex.

These things all happened, just not all at once, even though I do love OTK boots. She did wear them while we were out socially, and I'm pretty sure she wore an outfit not unlike the one I describe above.

And there was a night out, that was just the two of us. And there was sex.

But, yeah, boots. I love boots.

Time out.

I took the first steps in booking out my remaining time off for the year and it paints a pretty picture. I'm am off work on every Monday and Friday in December, plus the entire Christmas week. That's a three-day week for three weeks, then ten days off until 2025.

I think this year has finally caught up with me. Or more realistically, I'm seeing what's in store for next year and I'm not feeling too positive, so I need a break and four-day weekends sound about right.

And I still need to squeeze in another four days of holidays somewhere. I'm hoping that gives me more wiggle room in trying to get something arranged with KfW2. Last year, we went out on a Sunday. Maybe we can do the same thing this year?

Here we go.

Mrs FC has messaged the group suggesting we all meet up. Apparently her sister wants to come out with us. Mrs FC's sister is lovely and good fun. So I replied and said that I was interested, but pushed the logistics and organisation back to Mrs FC, so the ball's in her court.

I'm also expecting G to be home next weekend. On his last visit, he suggested that he'd be back "around the middle of November", which to me is next weekend.

So two possible things to look forward to, hopefully sooner rather than later.