Mystery solved

It’s been a really slow month! There hasn’t been much to report lately, except for something I discovered recently. Generally I’m happy to find out anything new about him. I don’t care what it is. Even if I found out he had IBS, I would be happy just because it was something new and personal about my boy. This is SO. MUCH. BETTER!!

I have always wondered where he goes for lunch every day. On the rare occasion we leave for lunch at the same time, I’ve seen him drive off into the same direction each time and he’s always gone for at least an hour. Being such an optimistic person (right!), my first thought is having an afternoon delight with some whore at lunch. What else could he possibly be doing each day that would require this behavior?? Maybe his wife works nearby. But I have a very strong intuition that tells me she probably gets to stay home with their kid, so that’s low on my list of possibilities. While following him might have crossed my mind, I never did. :) I had given in to the idea that I would never know what he did during his lunches. Sigh…

One day, which will always, always be known to me as THE day, I was on my way to grab a bite to eat, when I’m sitting at a stop sign about to turn onto a busy freeway. I notice coming towards me and about to turn onto my street is an SUV that looks just like his. I’m thinking to myself, “Oh how sweet that would be if I were to actually see him outside of work!”, but completely doubted that it would be him. Holy crap! It WAS him! What are the odds? He had on his Cool Guy sunglasses and looked better than he usually does for some reason. Yum!

There was a little flutter in my tummy and a panic about how to handle the situation. Do I smile at him and wave? Oh no, not me. I’m totally predictable. I’ll just stare at him like a deer in the headlights while he turns onto my street and not do a freaking thing. What a moron.

Well, I did do one psycho thing. I sat at the stop sign watching him in my rear view mirror after he passed me. Just as I was about to drive off, what do I see? Is he turning? Yes. He’s turning into the parking lot of the business center right next to me. I HAVE to know what he’s doing, so I sit a bit longer. Thank goodness there weren’t any cars behind me because my ass wasn’t going anywhere! I watch him park then I speed off because I’m starting to feel the crazy coming on. Thirty seconds doesn’t make you a stalker, but anything after that is creepy.

As I’m driving off, I feel this sense of great satisfaction. Is that weird? Now all I can think about it getting my food and rushing back to the office, driving by the parking area naturally! He was still there, so I did the I-don’t-see-you move again. Once back at work, I quickly reveal my finding to my friend. And the next day I “happen” to go the same way and he’s there again. She thinks I’m bordering on loony, I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot! I know what he does for lunch!!

At first I actually thought it was odd that he sat in a parking lot every day eating his lunch, but then I really can’t blame him. I don’t want to be at my GD job any more than I have to and unless you have things to do at lunch, what else is there to do? I have seen him a few more times there since then. When I see him I have this fantasy of driving over and having lunch with him. Or whatever else my mind can conjure up. It’s not hard.

Before you go thinking I’m getting too wacko, I do actually take that route a couple of times a week anyway. I was starting to think of myself as being nuts for going by there more than once, but then I realized I’ve been going that way for a really long time now and just never noticed he was there. So just because I keep going that way….it’s ok, I’m cool! :)

Ok, I feel like I’ve spent too much time on this post explaining how I’m NOT being a stalker. Thou doth protest too much? Nah.