Oh man, I'm so tired right now. Worked all day ... it was an okay day ... can't complain. I dodged a bunch of weird calls, must remember to thank my lucky stars for that one.
I sort of want to crawl into bed and have a nap but there is a DVD sitting here begging to be watched. Well, it's not actually begging ... but I do want to see Weeds Season 2 (disc 2) and that would be worth staying up for.
I did have coffee with my old friend. It was nice to see him again. It was a nightmare trying to get a hold of him though. On my lunch break I phoned only to realise that it's a long distance call. No shit Sherlock ... what was I thinking? I have a long distance code at work but didn't want to use it for a personal call. So I decided that on my next break I would go out into the lobby of the building and just use the payphone out there. I grabbed my credit card just to find out that it is an old fashioned payphone and I needed change. Went back into the office, dug around for some loonies and toonies and headed back out to the lobby. Then I found out that that phone is really old and only accepts quarters, etc. Back to the office I go, dig around for more change and head out again. The first coin gets stuck in the slot ... I deposit another one hoping it would force the first coin down ... nope. I asked the fellow at security if he had something to push the coins in with ... my security pass was too thick. He had nothing. I headed back into the office, grabbed a plastic fork and headed back to the lobby. I got my change back along with some random dimes and had to get back to my desk ... my break was over.
After work I drove to Southcentre Mall to use the payphones there. I was relieved to see a credit card type payphone ... but the first phone didn't recognize my card. I was just about to scream. Tired one more phone (it was going to be the last try) and it did work ... thank God.
That trying to phone him saga was stressful but the actual visit wasn't. As I drove across town I was wondering if it would be easy to recognize him or visa versa. But as I walked up to the Starbucks I spotted him walking towards Starbucks. I didn't recognize him as much as I recognized his walk. I mentioned it and he said something like, "you think I walk funny?" Awkward. So I spent the next minute or two saying his walk was distinct, not unusual, or funny ... I just recognized it. Not exactly how I would have imagined our first few words. Mind you, what I thought we were going to say is beyond me. I just didn't believe I would be defending the first words out of my mouth.
But with that being said, it was good to see him again. In the last email I read from him he had mentioned that he had just gotten a haircut and seemed unhappy about it. Well it looked just great to me. He's like Jonathan in that regard ... why can't they just be happy to have tons of hair? So many men would just about give anything to still have hair like that. I don't get it.
The visit was short because he had to get back to his friend's house to make supper. I made the return (Jacob's shirt) at H & M which was hassle free and headed home.
I've got to watch Weeds now. I can barely keep my eyes open but that show makes me laugh.
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