My Friday nights are kind of nothingy. I went for a drink with Helen and Ha, and Ha said we hadn’t done anything for ages, which is true, and then I told her about the builder and I might have to take her up on the offer to stay with them if it was still available. She said it was, but with strings attached! It made Helen raise an eyebrow, and I just said I wasn’t going to do their housework for them, and Ha just said “we’ll see”.

I was at a loose end when I got home and thought I’ve probably left ENFBoyfriend long enough without replying, since it’s been nearly two weeks. That’s plenty to get the message across that I’m not trying to get into anything with him. So I just wrote a general message about how nice it must be to have a friend who understands (even if he is an ex. That would still be weird), and then I couldn’t help asking what Linda was up to now, because I can’t imagine that if she has another boyfriend then he’d be okay with her hanging around nude with an ex. That level of trust would be way off the chart.

Now I’ve got to work out what to do for dinner tomorrow with Russ and Alison. And also: what are the chances of Russ being nude in my flat? Do I even want that?

And disappointingly Mark said he can’t make anything on Sunday, but maybe next week.

Randomly today I had lunch with Mark. He said he was in the area and I felt very sneaky meeting him without telling anyone, and then I wondered if Ana knew. He told me she was out of the country at the moment and I wondered if I was doing something I shouldn’t, but then he messaged her to say we were having lunch and Ana just replied and said “Tell her to look after you”. I don’t know what that means!

He asked if I had plans for Saturday, which unfortunately I do! And I’m not sure about doing anything just with him. I don’t want to end up having an affair, or worse than that falling for a man I can’t have. But spending time with him was nice. After lunch I texted to say that it was a shame Saturday was out but I could do something Sunday if he wanted. I’m actually really tempted to cancel with Alison and Russ, and the thought of having a seedy affair with Mark has got me all kinds of turned on now.

Today was the “formal” talk with Jo, although it wasn’t mega-formal. But she said it had been noted how much work I’d taken on, and how much use I’d made of Tim and Rachel too, and everyone really recognised what I was doing. So what with Mel on Monday it seems that I’m Ms Popular!

Back at Pilates this evening I realised why skipping a week is bad. Ooof.

After a long day of accounting in the office, I headed to Mel’s… for accounting. Except this time it was accounting with my legs tied at the ankles and knees and my wrists bound together again. It really makes it hard to work efficiently, and then I start feeling turned on by it, and then it makes it even harder to concentrate. So as a consequence I didn’t finish everything and barely even caught up on the past few weeks.

Then when an hour or so had passed Mel came and chatted to me, talking about the previous Sunday and saying how proud she was of what I’d done. It made me feel so good inside! Maybe whatever she’s doing with me is working after all. But she reminded me to check against my personal objectives so I could report back next week, and I realised I need to stay on top of things to keep in her good books.

I did the chores today, all blissfully nude. I even went and put the washing out nude and tried not to look around to check if anyone saw me. I doubt if they did, but it felt nice to be outside with a bit of sun on my skin. I guess that’s my next challenge: getting nude outdoors more often. I’ll have to look up the date of the naked bike ride. Last year the holiday at the cottage with Kieran, Ha and Lily was a lot of fun and I had that canal walk and I can’t see anything similar happening this year.

At some point this afternoon, while I was ironing naked in the front room, I looked across the street and saw Russ doing exactly the same thing. It would have been weird to wave, and it was a bit weird that we just pretended to ignore each other. I couldn’t really tell from here but I’m pretty sure he didn’t have a hard-on when he started but he did by the end, so maybe I still have some effect on men, even if they won’t come and talk to me when I sit naked in a pub!

I did remember to get in contact with a builder, though. And now I’m wondering if I should take Ha up on the offer to stay at hers too.