Date Posted:17:38:03 10/24/01 Wed Author:fi Author Host/IP: haymaker.leeds.wwwcache.ja.net / 194.82.103.73 Subject: the travelling saga continues...
don't know if any of you remember my mad phase of random travelling a couple of years ago, following random bloke across europe, ending up in new orleans, etc etc... well, if you do, and even if you don't, i have news. getting itchy feet again...
well this time it started on new years eve, when i met the man of my dreams. not just some random cool bloke i could have fun with, but someone that makes me so happy i know i want to grow old with him (god that looks really scary written down!) so, yeah, nearly ten months now, but it's all fuct up because his visa runs out this week and he has to go home to new zealand. being the sad impulsive romantic that I am, i scoured every clearance agency for three weeks (back in august, when the flights were ALREADY booked up) and managed to get a flight to auckland for a grand (i'm now officially financially crippled).
So anyway, i'm going over there on the 7th Dec and coming back on the 10th jan. I'm gonna spend about 2 weeks travelling on my own before i make my way to his place, and then spend xmas and new year with him. So here's the thing: he doesn't know yet. I just put off telling him for a couple of days (back in august), and it became this big secret, and now i'm at the stage where i don't know how to tell him.
Here are my thoughts so far:
1.big romantic meal, tell him over dinner, share in his joy, take him home and shag him senseless
1a. variation on a theme: give him his 'leaving present' over dinner, an envelope with a photocopy of my ticket, and then go and 'powder my nose' fo a few minutes, come back, share in his joy, etc.
2. send him a postcard from auckland saying 'see you in a couple of weeks'
The obvious advantage of no.1 is that (selfishly) i can share in his happiness rather than having to imagine it, and that it'll soften the blow of his leaving. no.2 is just soooo much more romantic, but i run the risk of him having signed a nasty work contract for the xmas period and not being able to see him. aaaaaaargh! so what shall i do?
oh the other restrictions are as follows: I can't tell him at the airport because I've agreed to let his best mates go to the airport with him so they can say goodbye, and I can't just turn up (cool as that would be) because his work means that he could be anywhere in new zealand.
so what you you all think?
any crazy suggestions welcome (this means you caff!)
but time is running out, our last weekend alone together before he leaves will be nov 3rd/4th.
the travelling saga continues...