Bend me, shape me...

While out on Monday evening with G and M, M shared that he's been doing Pilates recently. I offered up that I'd been doing yoga and we swapped stories of our successes.

Then M dropped the bombshell that his Pilates instructor was none other than MMBF. While I think G and MMBF have met before, we told G that MMBF was an attractive woman.

"She's fond of figure-hugging dresses." I explained. G was still none the wiser.

"You accused me of chatting her up at M's wedding?"

M cut in.

"You chatted her up at my wedding?"

"Well, I made a half-arsed attempt at the end of the night, but I was chatting to her on and off all day long with no real intent."

The subject got back to MMBF and Pilates.

"I bet it's great watch her bend over in front of you in yoga pants."

M laughed and nodded.

"She does it online, I'll send you a link."

I thought nothing more of it until 5 minutes ago when a link popped into my inbox. I have until the weekend to sign up for a free trial. Hmmm...

Blast from the past.

Yesterday, Facebook reminded me of a night I was out with DSC, many years ago, to celebrate her birthday. It wasn't anywhere I was used to going, in fact it was out of town, closer to where DSC lived. It was me and about half a dozen of her (female) friends, though not CF. I think that friendship had already gone by that stage.

But the weird thing that I remembered, and I'm not sure if I ever blogged about it was that I was convinced that DSC wanted to push boundaries that night. I can't remember the details, but there was definitely a tone to some things she said... and her friends were making comments, too.

I was never physically attracted to DSC, though she did ask me out and I told her I just saw her as a friend. And if I recall correctly, she was dating her on-again-off-again boyfriend at this time anyway, so any attraction would have been moot.

And I'm also pretty sure that I'd been very vocal about wanting to bed CF, too.

Yup.

Just back from watching Deadpool and Wolverine with Nerdy Girl who was drooling when Hugh Jackman's shirt came off and he was ripped af. I was, as usual, disappointed in the lack of screen time for Morena Baccarin, though the appearance of Lady Deadpool did cause a stir Ruuude's nether regions somewhat.

The film's excellent. I'd thoroughly recommend it if you've seen, and enjoyed, the first two.

Weather or not.

I've been swapping messages with KfW2 while she's on holiday. She's reported that it's thirty-five degrees Centigrade where she is. I'm useless at twenty-five degrees. Thirty-five would kill me. The most I had to deal with was on holiday with FP a few years ago where it was around thirty degrees and very, very humid.

I'd take that now, you know, just for a chance to see the sun and get a few hours to chill in my garden. It's been unused space so far this year.

Look here.

The weather was nice, the bar was busier than usual for a Sunday night and this tall, thin, attractive woman who looked my age seemed to be looking my way. Was she looking at me, or G? I think it was me, but then again, she seemed happy enough with her drinking buddies who were half her age, so who knows?

I kinda got a Near Miss vibe off her. Near Miss was also tall, thin, attractive and wearing a sun dress. Actually, I dunno how tall the woman from last night was as she was wearing heels. Big heels.

But, in a surprising move, G suggested heading out again tonight as he's in town until tomorrow. That's a decent week for me, socially. G on Sunday and Monday (and potentially M as well). Nerdy Girl for a trip to the cinema tomorrow and out with Quiet Girl to a work event on Friday.

Where did you go?

I've just spent the past half an hour scouring my photos folder on my PC. I, inexplicably, had this desire to see some pictures that I'd scanned of a New Year's Eve party from many, many years ago. It was simultaneously the first night I met QC1 (and kissed her), and one of the last nights I saw SJ (a huge crush of mine from my later school years - I've posted about her before).

I don't know why the desire kicked in, but I can't find any of the photos. I know that I shared them with USHW back in the day, so I will be able to find them in my email, but not having the originals is disappointing.

Early.

G has been in touch to arrange meeting for drinks tonight. It's surprisingly early. He usually only texts late afternoon. But we're running out of time, and tonight's probably the last time we can meet this weekend.

The weather's nice, so it should be a pleasant evening in the pub.

Plans

I have a rough date pencilled in with E to do something (pool, food, drinks, though this can change) in a few weeks. It's further away than I'd like, but she's got family stuff to do and I have work commitments that are eating up my availability. But we're pretty much meeting as soon as we can.

G's home this weekend, though we've not agreed on when we'll meet. I want it to be tomorrow night rather than our usual Sunday, but I'll take anything.

And early next week, I'm meeting Nerdy Girl to go see the new Deadpool film in the cinema. I can't remember the last time I've been to the cinema. Possibly the last John Wick film with FP? That's a while ago.

Chatty.

Thursdays tend to be office days, and that was the case today. Work is super busy at the moment, so I was glued to my keyboard for most of it. However, I did end up talking to SSCW for a bit. We're both a little pessimistic about the ongoing internal restructuring, so the conversation wasn't exactly a barrel of laughs, but it was nice, at least, to catch up with her.

Out of the blue.

I was chatting to Ideas Girl today for the first time in ages. Thankfully, I think her crush has faded. It's been years since I got rude texts about turning down her advances. We got talking about work and work-related socialising through the work social club. There's an event at the end of next week that I'm attending with Quiet Girl, so we chatted about that.

I'm meeting Nerdy Girl later for a walk, so let's see how my foot feels afterwards. it doesn't feel like it's getting any better, but thankfully, it doesn't seem to get getting any worse.

Let's go.

E has already replied to my message. She's tentatively suggested lunch this coming Friday, but I'm not sure that I can. I might be able to swing an early dinner nearby, but I'll have to look at what the rest of the week has planned, both personally and professionally. I should be busy over the next few weeks.

She suggested that lunch was just a small meeting with a view to doing something later, so I offered a full usual day out for us - play pool, have drinks, go for food then hit a bar. I hope she goes for it, but she does have young(ish) kids with her.

One of those reasons is that G's home this weekend, so we'll meet for drinks, but things have changed and where he was only available for one night for a short period of time, his availability should be more. Whether that translates into more time with G remains to be seen though.