I’ve got a few minutes to myself while Jo is out of the room, but today has gone a bit weird! I was at the start-up as usual, and I couldn’t really wear anything too daring as I was meeting Jo at the station later. And that was all fine and we had a nice chat on the train. Then we got to the hotel and checked into our room and it’s only a double bed instead of a twin! So I’m going from hardly knowing one of the company partners to sharing a bed with her in the space of one day… We’re going out to dinner soon anyway.

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We had a pretty small dinner in a Japanese place, and Jo paid. She’s nice, but I think we both feel a bit weird about the sleeping arrangements. She’s apologised for it about a dozen times, but it’s the hotel’s fault and not hers. It’s a good job I wasn’t planning to sleep in the nude!

Jo’s in the bathroom at the moment so I took the opportunity to undress and get into bed with my laptop on my legs and… oh she’s coming out now. And I never thought I’d be live-blogging my boss walking around in her underwear. She looks pretty fit for a forty (maybe forty?) year-old.

Now she’s brushing her hair. Getting something out of her suitcase.

Hang on a sec she’s talking to me.

It was just chit-chat, but it was very distracting that she was getting undressed while she did it. And I wondered if a forty-year-old shaved her pubes and I guess the answer is yes, in this case.

She’s put on a dress now at least. I better finish here in case she sees the screen when she gets into bed.

This is going to be a busy week! We’re going to travel to the hotel on Tuesday night, after I’m at the start-up, and then the conference is all day Wednesday. Then we come back in the evening, and on Thursday I’m at the PR company. I’ll miss Kieran on Tuesday, and Pilates on Wednesday. I’m not cut out for all this high-powered stuff!

Jo swung by my desk and said it was a good job it was me going and not one of the guys as all the hotel had left was a twin room! So not only do I have to work out what to wear, but I’ll be sharing with Jo. I’m a bit nervous about that, to be honest. She’s lovely and I still have a bit of a crush on her, but she’s a bit intimidating.

It still didn’t happen! I don’t know why, but we just don’t seem to be able to get it all together. Kieran walked me back to the tube station, we had a nice kiss, and then he said he’d text me in the morning and maybe we could do something in the week. I wasn’t going to be so bold as to suggest he came back to mine, so that was it. I was extremely frustrated by the time I got home. Maybe it would be easier if we lived a bit closer to each other and could just casually linger outside one or the other’s flat before being asked in, but at the tube station it’s just all such a big deal to suggest taking a twenty minute journey together.

Also, it was nearly snowing again today, so although I went out for a bit of a run there was no way I was going out for the semi-clad walk I managed to squeeze in last Sunday. Then I saw my mum in the afternoon, so that was the end of that.

I swapped a few message with Kieran later in the afternoon and we might meet up on Tuesday.

This is just a quick entry as I’m seeing Kieran later and doubt I’ll have the energy to type anything when I get in. And I’m half hoping that I don’t come home at all… Anyway, what with the cold and all, I have fancy underwear, long socks and skirt and top all deployed. We’re only going out for something sort-of-casual (he said), but I’m really looking forward to it.

Other than that I’ve been doing chores all day. Yawn.