Maria?

Walked to work today and saw her at that pedestrian crossing just before the large storage warehouse. I looked at her crossing and she looked up at me then looked away. HAHA!

I felt like I was ready to work, just really wanted to get through things and get things done. I kept thinking about the Chris Rock videos I had watched the night before and couldn't stop laughing. Like how he says he defends rap music, but finds it hard to do so these days - "bitch move out of the way, bitch move out of the way...so you see, there's a bitch, in his way, and he needs her to move" - haha.

I was making pretty good progress with work, preparing for matters on Wednesday. My plan was to get something for Maria in the afternoon, maybe around 3ish, something green tea-ish. But when I went out to lunch, I decided to get it for her then because I didn't want to leave the office in the afternoon.

I bumped into Ogre at the lifts as I was going out. And she was like "so have you proposed to your friend yet?" I think she meant Maria. I was like "you mean you?" She was like, no your friend. I said she was my friend. She said "your special friend", and I said "you are special", playing around with her.

I thought maybe Maria would be out at lunch, but I could just leave whatever on her desk. I went to Market City to look for things, and couldn't find anything green tea-ish. Instead, I went to Chinatown and bought some custard puffs. I needed to get lunch for myself as well, and thought I could drop it off in her room and then come back out to get some chicken, but nah, too many trips. Instead, I risked getting the puffs cold and went to get my chicken. Somewhat ironically, I saw Lewis as I crossed the road.

"Hey man, I'm just gonna go hit on the girl you like, ok?"

I went up to level 10 and thought about how weird this was, taking my lunch to a floor I didn't work on. I went through the sliding doors, and as usual, didn't really recognise any of the names I saw. Even the lady in Wendy's room wasn't Wendy. God, what the hell happened to this floor?

I saw Maria's door was partly shut and looked through the glass. She had her back to the door, and it looked like she was eating. I knocked on the door and she kinda clumsily turned around. She asked me how I was, and I said "good, you?" but I think I said it in a kinda rushed, cut off tone. Maybe it was my nervousness.

I asked if she wanted my chicken and she kinda reached out for it but knew it was weird. I said I was joking and gave her the puffs. She said thanks without even looking into it. Hmmm. She asked me how my week was, and then corrected herself and asked how my weekend was. I said it was ok, I played bball on Sunday as I play in a comp. She said she saw me running in the streets once during lunch with my "body suit" on, lol. I laughed and said yeah I go running sometimes, not wanting to correct her and say it's not a body suit.

I asked her how her weekend was and she said she went to "gum fook" in Chatty, as it was Mother's Day and her grandfather's birthday so they went there and had lobster for lunch, and how it was very filling for a lunchtime meal.

I asked if what she was eating was made from home, she said yes, it was her mom's cooking.

I told her about the present I got for my mother and how she complained that it was small.

I noticed she was kinda cute, and wore make up, most notably around her eye lids. Overall she seemed friendly, and maybe had an attitude that expressed interest, or at least accepted my interest.

I said I'd leave her to eat before her lunch got cold, and she said same to me, then I left.

As I ate my lunch at my desk, I wondered if she'd send me a message thanking me for the puffs.

Nah. Don't expect it, and when it doesn't come, you won't be disappointed.


She actually did, saying thanks and how it was good. I said I hoped it didn't get too cold, but she didn't say anything back.

When Nunjo left, she said goodbye and I said it back. I had the door at the corner of my eye. She stopped after she opened the door and paused. I wondered if she was looking at me. Nah, she was probably just checking her phone or her handbag.

At the end of the day, Genie and I were the last ones. She seemed like she wanted to leave with me, and I felt like going for a wander anyway, so I walked with her to the shopping centre and then went for a walk. I wandered around the block a bit. I thought about the casino but didn't want to use up more mileage on my shoes. I thought about going to the massage shop, that was a tempting thought, but I didn't want to 'ruin' the day in case Maria turns out to be the one.

Instead, I went back to Coles, got some chocolate, went back to the office to change and went to the gym. My left shoulder hurts, I think I must've copped a hit during yesterday's game, so only did rowing and abs.