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August 13, 2008

1656: Unsupervised

With Pete being out of town on business for a few days now, I feel like my weirdness has gone totally unchecked save for time spent in the office where I simply don't have the luxury of letting the weirdness take hold of me completely. It's not that I mind being alone -- in fact, as Jon pointed out this afternoon, I really kind of crave solitude. (A Quantum of Solace Solitude, peut-être?) But as with my passion for refined sugar, maybe my love of being alone isn't necessarily good for me -- no matter how much I enjoy it.

Without Pete around to influence me in the positive ways of the properly socialized, I just get all... I don't know. I can't really describe it, but I know it when I feel it and some of you know it when you see it. When he saw the weirdness overtaking me, Jon used to dutifully grip my shoulders and shake me back into the closest thing to normalcy I've ever managed to demonstrate. It was very helpful; I could have used a shake today but we work in different offices these days and I don't really know any of my coworkers well enough yet to step into their office and delicately inquire, "Say, would you mind shaking me vigorously for about 10 seconds?" A good shake is all an Ashley needs to get her back on the right track; it shakes out the nervousness which otherwise threatens to complete my transformation into Crispin Glover.

In addition to getting all excitable and wacky in the absence of my better half, I eat like an unsupervised elementary school child. I've been feeding the rabbit perfectly, but I can't figure out how to feed myself properly. You know what I'm like. I know many people I know in certain capacities would consider me to be one of the most responsible people they've ever met, but I think I JUST HAD WATER FOR DINNER BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND ANY CANDY TO EAT.

And this guy has been hanging around the apartment a lot...

T-minus 2 hours before Pete comes back to fix the mess I make of my life without him around.

Posted by ashley at August 13, 2008 07:56 PM

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