Cheap gift

My job interview went very well.  I haven’t heard anything yet, but it’s only been a few days.  The woman interviewing me seemed impressed with my background and education and seemed to imply she would hire me on the spot if she could.  Of course, she just might say that to everyone.  I walked out of there feeling good, but I’m not getting my hopes up or anything.  I know there are a lot of unemployed people out there, which just increases the competition for a job like this.

Making small talk at the start of the interview we discovered that the woman interviewing me actually used to know Megan back in high school days.  It was more of a friend-of-a-friend type thing, but I guess it’s good that there is some sort of connection.  She asked me what Meg is up to these days and I hesitated.  Should I saw that she is working in "adult film?"  Part of me is embarrassed to admit that to people.  I suppose I shouldn’t be, because I know Megan is not embarrassed to admit it to anyone.

I asked Cindy on her birthday is there is something she wanted to do to celebrate, and she she suggested we go to the beach together just the two of us.  That’s not something we can normally do on her birthday since it’s in mid-April, but this year the weather has been so strangely warm we actually pulled it off.  We left early today and drove down to Horseneck Beach.  

She’s 8 months pregnant so I figured it wouldn’t be a long day.  We packed two folding chairs and some books and we spent a few hours in the sun. Often days like this are all about bonding for us, and I find Cindy will inevitably make some sort of shocking revelation to me when we have time alone to just talk.  But nothing like that happened today.  We just sat and read and enjoyed the nice weather.  She did tell me she wanted to get her tubes tied after the pregnancy and I told her that was a pretty dramatic decision to make at age 19.  

We had lunch at a seafood place near the beach that we like, although neither of us ate seafood.  She’s not eating seafood because she’s pregnant (although I’ve been reading that seafood isn’t really bad while pregnant, just sushi is) and I don’t eat it because I’m vegetarian.  I’ve been considering whether or not I want to remain a strict vegetarian anymore.  I’ve always had a healthy diet, even when I ate meat, and I wonder if having all these rules about what I will and won’t eat really serve any benefit.

That was our day together.  All it cost me was lunch, so it ended up being a cheap birthday gift.  I remember a few years ago Cindy’s birthday gift to me was that she wouldn’t smoke the whole evening when we went out together.  So she still holds the record for cheapest gift  Although I do still remember feeling some satisfaction from seeing her tormented by cravings that night.

We bought a sleeper sofa for the vacant bedroom.  That way we can use it for things other than a bedroom, but it will still be a place for a guest to sleep if necessary.  A compromise. It’s going to be delivered tonight between 8PM and midnight.  Weird hours.