So, you may have noticed that I haven’t updated the secret garden lately. This is because, well, quite frankly, I have lost all interest in boys. The ones I meet are too time-consuming and ultimately add nothing to my life that I cannot get elsewhere.

Last night I agreed to spend some time hanging out today with this guy I know. I’m not attracted to him in the least, but he is quite funny and intelligent enough that I am not internally rolling my eyes at everything he says.

But as soon as I said, “Sure, that sounds like fun,” to his proposition of hanging out today, I panicked. WHY DID I SAY OKAY? I went home at night and fretted (?) over agreeing to spend time with him. I have TOO MUCH STUFF TO DO TODAY. And the PRESSURE of getting to know someone new? Too much. Sorry. Not in the mood.

So why did I say okay in the first place? I thought it would be a good idea to actually, you know, be social. Except, I don’t like to be social. I would much rather sit at home and work on the three-inch-thick Emergency Response Manual for a local hospital that I need to have rewritten by Friday. AND YES I AM SERIOUS.

I would rather do that than spend time hanging out with someone. What is wrong with me?

Anyway, the time he was supposed to call came and went, and I can’t tell you how relieved I was. He called just now, three hours late, and left a message (I didn’t answer) saying that he overslept and he was gonna cancel on today’s hanging-out.

YES! What a reprieve. I am going to go work on my syncing strategy between my new laptop and my desktop now.