Alone and a little bored on a 21st century night
February 27, 2008
Well, I caved and came out tonight. I had made a decision that I wasn’t going to drink for a few nights just to give my body some time to hopefully remetabolize (hell, is that even a word?) my body to deal with some of the calories I’ve ingested in the last week, and also, well…to give my body a break. I wouldn’t go so far as to say I ingested too much alcohol the other night, but I didn’t practice procedure and went to bed without drinking any water. Duh. I was pretty disconnected on Tuesday, and after my run I just drank water and soda until I went to bed.
However, I pretty much have no food in my house. No, really! Soup and pasta are pretty much the extent of what I have access to without thawing out some lasagna I froze after making it a few weeks ago. So my choices were go out and not drink beer, go out and drink beer, and get take out and go home. Well option three is what I did last night, and since I don’t like just eating by myself I thought instead I would go out and drink a little more responsibly. Without my lovely girlfriend to bring my water bottle or a glass of water, well, I tend to forget those things.
It’s been awfully quiet around the apartment without Hanne. It’s been a long time since we’ve spent this much time apart. Sure, there have been a night or two in which she stayed at her place before we moved, but I think it’s been more than a year since we’ve spent this much time apart. I’d forgotten how lonely it can get. I mean, it’s not like I’m sitting at home weeping, but without someone to talk to, someone to sleep next to, someone who smiles at me…well, it’s just different. She’ll be back on Sunday, but that still leaves four more nights without her. I’m definitely looking forward to her being back, though. I genuinely miss her.
So, here I am. Sitting in a McMenamins with my laptop (as I already read today’s Willamette Week) so that I’m not sitting here “alone,” doing pretty much what I didn’t want to do. I had the idea to buy myself a cigar tomorrow and sit on the front porch after dinner and smoke the cigar and drink a bottle of fine imperial porter, but I’m thinking I might skip that for now. I plan on running tomorrow after work, and I think since I went ahead my better judgment tonight, perhaps I’ll just have a repeat of last night and have water and soda after my run.
But different food. I’ve had Thai twice in the last week already. Greek, perhaps?
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