I got a pleasant surprise from Mike. First of all, I got a text message from him. Not that this is a surprise, mind you. He sends me a text message at least two times a week, any more. He finds it more convenient than email. I can't imagine how, though. It takes way too much work to enter in any message of any length. But he manages to do it somehow. But like I said, that's not the surprising part of the email. The surprising part was part of the content.
He asked me what I was doing 2 October. He suggested that it would be a good day to get together if I was available. The only thing I was worried about is that my sister is planning a small birthday party for her oldest child and our father that weekend. So naturally, I had to make a frantic call home to find out when the party was. My luck turned out good, because she's planning the party for Friday night. So I'm free on Saturday. I was glad to hear this, because if she planned the party on Saturday. I was going to have a quandary. Gosh darn it, it's not every day that Mike messages me out of the blue and asks if I can get together with him on a certain day. And saying no on one of the few occasions he did would've just about killed me.
That's what really surprised me. It's been almost a month since I've asked him when we're going to be able to get together. Usually, I feel like I have to hound him and pester him to get an answer. And naturally, that leaves me feeling upset. After all, it's disheartening to feel like you have to pester your own boyfriend just to get time with him. So when he pretty much found a date and brought it up pretty much "out of the blue," it really lifted my spirits. It was good to get the feeling like he was putting in the effort to find some "us time."
Of course, in fairness, he probably puts in that effort a lot of times. Just I'm usually such a go-getter that I tend to start asking about it quite quickly. So most of it is probably just perceptual on my part. But it's nice to have this one instance. It really helps me to relax and soothe the insecurities.
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