Better... better... better...

First off, they've extended my contract until the end of December. And that means not only will I have a nice Christmas for the first time in years, I can get stuck into my job and make it interesting and challenging for me. They are really piling on the variety. Now it looks like I'm going to be cleaning up their database. Grotty job, needs a lot of concentration, understanding of the system (which I don't have too much yet) and when it's done I'll be the star of the show because nobody else would do it.

F. my Persian date carried on being georgous. We had a really nice meal in the Persian restaurant. He didn't hold back with his affections. It was a very romantic meal. Afterwards there was nowhere really to go so he offered to drive me back to my house. I made him promise a cup of coffee and no more. Needless to say, his affections got the better of me and I thought what's the point in playing hard to get when I want to be got. If that means he doesn't respect me afterwards then maybe I'll learn the hard way.

Trouble is, he went home quite abruptly afterwards and didn't contact me even after I emailed him twice. Serves me right, I thought. Got to learn somehow. It was fun.

So I went back on the dating sites and corresponded with a few interesting fellows. One turned out to be some kind of freak who I cut off straight away. You can never tell from the profiles. One I contacted who was rather georgous but his replies to me were curt and felt a bit like game playing. He wanted an intelligent woman who would speak her mind. I did. He wrote back rather more conciliatory and I wrote in a similar tone. Still waiting to hear from him but I'm not particularly comfortable with him.

I think I'm getting the hang of this now.

Then came along a very nice fellow who is actually going out with someone but wanted to write anyway. We've been exchanging longer and longer emails and it's so easy to write to him as if we speak the same language. So no pressure either way. What's nice about this guy is I'm not feeling amorous about someone I've never met. That must be a healthy sign. Perhaps I'm starting to focus on the person instead of my own needs for a physical relationship.

Then on Tuesday F. sent me a text to say his network had broken down which is why he couldn't email me. But why didn't he text me earlier? That was confusing. We've arranged to meet up again tomorrow. I wonder how it'll be. He seems keen enough again. Will I still be keen though?