URNotAlone

Catching Up

August 22nd, 2007 12:17 am MDT

I haven't written anything in a long time - partly because I've been so busy I haven't had much Jessica time - but a couple things happend recently I wanted to share.

The first one was simple but meant a lot. I did get one day off work that I got to get out and play, and part of the day was the trip down to the salon to get my back and brows waxed. As I walked in, one of the girls I've talked to was up front, screamed for joy, ran up, and gave me a great big hug. Jessica has never gotten an "I'm happy to see you" welcome, and this simple gesture just meant the world to me. We just chatted for a few minutes until my appointment started, and she ran off before I got done, but I will remember that moment for a long time. The next time I came in she asked me why I hadn't called; she and a couple friends want to take me out for drinks! I'm really excited I might have found my first girlfriends!

The second one just floored me. I was showing some of my pictures to the same girl I mentioned above one day. A couple of her other clients took a look while we were talking, and it turns out one of them is a wanna-be photographer. She asked if I'd be willing to model for her sometime. I told her I'd love to and we made plans to hook up at lunch to get to know each other. Unfortunately she had to cancel, and then we both got busy, so a month went by and I decided to give her a call and find out if she still wanted to do it. She apologized over and over for not getting back to me, and said she absolutely wants to, but has some personal stuff going on that will keep it from happening right away (which is okay with me; I'm busy anyway). What absolutely floored me is that she said she was afraid that I'd find somebody else to model for and she wouldn't get a chance to shoot me. I wanted to say "who, me?" but I just took it in as one of the nicest compliements anybody has ever given me. We ended up talking for about 15 minutes as two girlfriends. Between the compliment and the connection I was walking around all day with a hop in my step and a smile on my face that I hadn't had in a long time.

Just little stuff, but these little things are meaning the world to me. I'm looking so forward to having Jessica be a bigger part of my life.