the next chapter

Well, PB did end up calling. Actually he texted me Sunday night. The first text said, "what's up?" I missed it, as I was busy cooking with my friend. Later when I saw it, I told him I was busy with dinner with my friend...it was pretty late, maybe 8:45 p.m. or so. About 45 minutes later he writes, "Enjoy. I"m getting an early night. If there's a day this week when you'd be able to get to (place) after work to hang out let me know. Sweet dreams!" That was nice. I texted him the next morning because my friend didn't leave until later. I wrote him at 10 a.m. "good morning. I hope you had a nice night. I'm busy Mon and Tues, but the rest of the week is free. What works for you?" And what did I get back from him? Nada! Finally on Tuesday, I IM him to see if he got the text. He said yes and Wednesday would work better than Thursday. What was he waiting for then? Really, seriously? Any way, it took until today, me picking a time and place and telling him to meet me there to finalize it. I'm not sure why I've decided he is worth my effort. But, at this point, I figure I only answer his emails/texts and am NOT going to make much other effort to get things going. He's a grown up with a grown up job and is quite capable of making plans and figuring things out...at least he seems that way. Any way, we'll see how it goes tonight.

On the other hand, I broke down and texted PJ. Yeah, it was quite mean to start off with. One of the last times we had written, I had mentioned that we weren't texting regularly (more like sporadically) and he disagreed. So yesterday, I texted him the definitions of sporadic and regular. He responded back with some math mumbo jumbo telling me how the two are identical based on my definitions (and yes, his logic was flawed and I pointed that out). Then we wrote back a bit.

Finally I wrote, "So really, why have you been "too busy" to bother with me?"

He wrote, "it's not a question of busy. although I have been kind of busy."

I wrote back, "Yes, I know it isn't a question of busy. Therefore it is a question of why that I'd like answered."

He wrote back, "Because sometimes I just like to be by myself." I started to respond but decided to wait.

Four minutes later, I receive, "Actually *most* of the time I like to be by myself. You, however, are an exception to the general rule, but even so, sometimes I prefer to be by myself."

I responded, "Ok. That is good to know. As long as that is all and you aren't upset with me."

He wrote, "Of course not. Why would I be?"

I wrote, "You are male and even more of an enigma than most. Therefore logic plays no part in understanding you behavior or intentions."

He wrote, "No, I guess not."

I wrote, "Any way, I'm never sure when I'm bugging you, so I try to leave you be."

His last message was, "oh"

I'm not sure what to do with all this. I'll probably just bury it in the back of my skull because really there is nothing more I can do with it. He still pisses me off.