With the exception that I sleep on my back, I often look as spent as this woman does as I wake up each morning. And if I didn't have something to take care of today, I would have stayed in bed and rested....
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My docket was filled with one task - driving FH and her dog to the vet. This meant one thing, I had to get to her place on time, so that the dog could make it to the vet's on time. However, FH asked that I arrive at her place a little bit early so that she could stop at the drug store beforehand. So I didn't have the time I needed to find the Valentine's Day card I had lost in the clutter on my desk. I figured that I could pick up a V-Day box of Torrone (Italian Nougat Candy) at the local deli - and they had run out. AARGH! Now I had nothing to bring with me, and I knew I'd have to lie a little, saying that I left everything at home.
Most of the way down to Long Island was uneventful, save for a traffic jam near the Whitestone Bridge. I skirted around that jam on local roads, and made it to FH's house ar 2:45. After our stop at the drug store, we drove to the Vet's office in Richmond Hill where we dropped the dog off for a while. 30 minutes later, it was back on the road, and off to another drug store to pick up her friend's syringes. And finally, we returned to Forest Hills. FH brought her friend's syringes up to her friend's apartment, and she was concerned about how bad her friend's place was. (It makes me wonder what she'd think of my place.) They talked for 15 minutes or so, and then she came back to the car (where her dog was finally resting nicely on my arm.) Now it was time to drop the dog back at FH's place, and then go out to dinner.
Along the way to Herricks, FH brought up the topic of Gender Preference vs. Gender Identity and Gender Presentation. She still thinks that I am interested in males as partners - and that's the furthest thing from reality. But I understand the views of people who don't understand what being transgender is all about. She's living with a misconception that many people have. And that's one of many reasons I don't think it will work out between us. We first looked into an Italian restaurant my dad used to like, and it was too crowded for FH's taste. Then we went next door to the Korean/Japanese restaurant where we had a nice meal. At the end of the meal, she was chatting with the waitress about "Chinese" new year, not realizing that many Asian cultures celebrate Lunar new year, and that to the waitress it was Korean new year.
There are many things might get to me if I felt that I'd end up with FH. But for now, she's a nice person to hang out with....
