Katie is leaving?!?!?

I got to work at about 8:30am yesterday, still somewhat mentally exhausted from the previous day's list. I was looking forward to a day in the office, kinda like having played most of the game and you finally get a rest on the bench.

Anyway, I was doing some work when I overheard that really young girl-ish voice of Katie's friend. Damn she sounds like a cartoon character. I reckon she could be the voice for a children's cartoon.

She was talking to Paul, and this bit caught my attention: "Libby's going, Katie's going..."

Katie's going?!?!?!

It sounded like she was voicing some concern about being lonely, but...what the hell? What was that supposed to mean? Where is Katie going??

That numbed my mind for a while, but when I saw Katie sign onto the online roster I cheered up. Just seeing that green status made me happy. I didn't even need to see her, I was just glad she was around.

Around lunchtime, I was reading my brief when I heard some soft knocks. I thought one of the admin ladies outside my room had just placed a cup on their desk or something, but when it repeated I turned around and saw Karinna there.

I smiled and she came in, and I noticed that after the initial eye contact, she looked away, then back at me. I know I've done that to people before. Did it mean she thought I was attractive?

I asked her how her sev appeal went, and she said that they decided to let an agent do it since she had never done one before. She looked disappointed. She asked me how my list went and I told her. I was appreciative that she came over for a chat. I've been meaning to get on good terms with her seeing that we're both in the same team under Alanna.

After the chat she said she was going out for a bite and left. She has this shyness that makes you want to hug her and take care of her. Quite cute.

Since the end of Thursday I had been meaning to go have a chat with Emma about her day at The Druitt, but didn't seem to get around to it. As luck would have it, when I went out to lunch I bumped into her at the lifts and we talked a bit about our day at The Druitt. She's from a really really big corporate law firm, wonder why she gave up all that money to come to a government job. I noticed she was more attractive than I first thought.

We parted ways when she went into the food court nearby, and I went to Market City for lunch. I had a laksa which was ok, and then had a bit of a walk around the shops before going back to the office.

I felt good about having so many girls at work. I've never been in a situation like this. It made me feel good about my decision about Ele, but funnily enough, it also made me angrier (whereas before this job started I wasn't really angry, but content).

At the end of the day I went down to see Carmelo to give him my half of the files. I think I acted like I kinda backed off our friendship a bit. I just felt that I had maybe said too much the day before. But he emailed me later about a file, and we seemed to end on a good note.

I stayed till 6pm. At first it was because I was meeting Rom Rom and Hayley in the city for drinks, but then I actually really got close to finishing a file and I made myself finish it before I left. Wendy came by and said "young [insert name here], you know you're allowed to go home". I like how she calls me "young [insert name here]" lol.

Anyway, I went to the place beneath CW's office, and was a bit annoyed that I was the first one to get there, because Rom Rom had organised it and Hayley worked just above it.

I felt a bit awkward as a I sat there by myself, sipping my coke and looking at the menu of $18 calamaries. I bet their coke cost like $5.

A short while later, Hayley and Rom Rom arrived. We hugged and said our hellos, and sat down for our drinks. We did a bit of catching up about the sentences our guys got, my new job and Hayley's new job. Hayley kept talking about how she couldn't understand why her boss disliked her but then said things like how she had another firm's client go to her office (duh!) and about dissenting with the views of her boss. Ummm...are you serious you don't know why?

CW came down and joined us for a bit. He was still the old CW, funny as ever and cracking all sorts of jokes. He knew that I was in the CDDP, and made a few jokes about that. He didn't stay for long, as he was meeting someone else.

After a while we moved to another table outside and continued talking. It felt a bit more at ease now, as we talked about our feelings of how heavy the sentences were.

Later, they talked about going to a gig where Rom Rom's friend was playing, and I took the chance to say no, because I wanted the rest of Friday night to myself.

CW came by again, this time with a lady. He introduced her to us briefly before going into the bar. Then it struck me. That lady was Gretel Killeen!!! Fuck, I had just met a celebrity.

Malcolm arrived soon and I thought they'd leave as soon as he arrived, but he sat down for a chat. At first it was interesting, but then I just sat there thinking "can I go now?"

I guess we had to all wait for that break (because Rom Rom and Hayley were talking amongst themselves) where someone could suggest moving on. Finally Rom Rom did, and we went in to say goodbye to CW.

I parted ways with them and caught the bus home. I had been wanting to go out for a bit of 'fun', and that was still my plan, so I got the car and drove out looking for this particular place at Potts Point.

Because of the traffic, it took me a while to find it, and when I did, there was no parking available anyway, so I decided to move on. I then got the spontaneous idea to go north, remembering a place I had been to ages ago.

I spent a considerable amount of time trying to find it, and after a while, I remembered I had the internet on my phone, so I looked up their address and number, and ended up calling them asking about their rates and then decided I'd rather go to that massage place near my suburb.

So I drove all the way back and went to that place, met a few girls who didn't really strike my fancy. I guess I was looking for that half German girl I saw there once. Hmmm.

I left and went to my usual massage place. By now it was like 1:15am. The place was fully packed. They had nowhere for me to wait so they got out a chair and placed it right in the middle of the lobby area for me to sit. God it was so embarassing.

It got worse when a guy finished and waited right in front of me for his friend to finish.

I was just waiting to see someone I knew.

Please god no, please god no.

There was a bit of relief when he left, but then another guy arrived and they sat him right in front of me! By now I just thought it was kinda hilarious. Now I had done everything. This guy wasn't bad looking either. Somewhat similar to me I thought - short, Asian, think, had that boy-ish look which you'd never suspect about going to these type of places.

I was also curious to see how they worked the place. But seeing the girls give every customer the GFE (girlfriend experience) really put a damper on it. I guess guys who go out hold out this false hope that she only treats me this way, but the reality was right there in front of me - they treat everyone the same.

Both me and the slim Asian guy chose to wait instead of seeing that older girl, who I felt sorry for. I ended up with a girl called Chanel, who wasn't exactly young on closer inspection. I just wanted to get it over and done with anyway. I actually didn't enjoy it that much. Everytime I looked at her I thought about Katie. God what was happening to me?

Got home afterwards and was so tired I went to bed straight away. Hadn't even had dinner yet.