Could I have one more of these, please

This has been an absolutely delightful day! What better can one ask for than every once in while to enjoy a day in which [nothing] has gone wrong.

The AA meeting at noon was a First Step meeting as we found that a newcomer was present, and going through the first step suited us all prefectly well. Fueled with strength I went to the job interview which was carried through brilliantly. I think the biggest difference between this interview and the previous one was that I was very much more focused this time.

This I shared on Facebook afterwards and wrote that I now was going to spend the next hour in a well known shopping mall (as waiting for Conny to end his workday). Emma, a friend from AA, reminded me that she workes in a store in the mall but unfortunatly for me she was off today. I replied, not to worry – I will take this opportunity to walk in there and make an outrageous scene whilst making sure her colleagues understand that I’m one of Emma’s friends.

So I purchased a cute little gift and then visited Emma’s store. There I introducted myself to one of her co-workers and asked her to give Emma the gift tomorrow, hoping it would cheer her up. And then asked them to tell her about this tall woman with chunky framed glasses who went completely bezerk in the store and basically scared off all customers. Well, I gave them free hands to liberally share this incident-that-never-happened and I’m sure that I will find out tomorrow if they managed to pull off the scam.

Emma’s gift

By the way, when I saw that charming little bag it gave me an idea. Fact is that I have a small supply of hearts carved out of stone. I always carry a stone with me and over the last couple of years I’ve given away quite a few of these hearts.
Whenever I encounter and connect with someone who is in need of a little comfort, they will receive a hug from me and a heart. I have also given hearts to friends that matter. I don’t hand out these hearts frequently mind you, but when it truly matters. I hope that when they remember the heart that they also remember that they are loved and not alone.

I think I shall buy some fabric in various colours and cute little ribbons to create tiny bags. In which I will enclose a heart in each of them. I could attach a card too and write something comforting on it. Then it would be a little bit more of a gift when I share them with fellow beings. A project for this weekend I think!

Anywho, later I met up with Conny and we went to the same restaurant which I visited a while ago with Gabriel. While eating and chatting it occured to me that I had never straight out told Conny that I’m an alcoholic. I have no clue why… but it felt strange having a friend who didn’t know such a great part about oneself. In fact he is one of two friends I yet haven’t told.

Grilled sirloin of beef, french fries and bearnaise sauce – delicious!

So I intentionally steered the conversation towards that subject and then told him. He just looked at me and said: -”Well duh! I figured that one out long time ago.” Hahaa well what do you know, the man is much more clever than I had given him credit for. It felt good to have that thing out of the way and that I from now could speak completely freely. And we did actually speak much more than we normally do. He even shared some of his own private issues and that made me very much happy and proud, that he could find trust in me.

And so we strolled to the cinema and burried our bodies in plus sized and comfortable chairs to watch the Sherlock Holmes movie. Spoiler alert! Jump to next paragraph if you haven’t seen the movie. To my delight there was a nude shock!! Stephen Fry, this ravishing middleaged man appeared completely nude in all his glory! And I couldn’t help but thinking that I found his body to look beautiful. I love bodies which illustrates what most of us in real life look like. I just love Fry even more now, he is a remarkable man I think.

Well time is now 11:15 pm, I shall head out on a blog walk to see what others have shared, before jumping into bed.

Note to self: Attend an AA meeting prior to the next interview and then focus for best performance!