Sat 2015-04-26

Natural Science 

(Day 9) Laburnum

Weights this afternoon at half speed, listening to tech podcasts

Took myself to Laburnum, but the bar was too loud. I left after one beer (pictured) at ~9pm

Bar Nearby in box hill is only a 9 min walk. I stopped halfway for about 10 min or so for a breather — still unsure whether T would come out

When i arrived the staff were friendly. I ordered a red wine, pinot noir. I sat outside on a 4-person table with 2 middle-aged ladies. I could overhear that one was talking about soon leaving her husband of 17 years. Before long they involved me in their conversation ("Are you James?")

They were both quite tipsy and very chatty. We talked about being middle aged. They were surprised i was divorced (and straight). We laughed a lot — even though we were discussing some serious life events. They said i looked like a (gay) rockstar. But that may have been a joke

T finally joined us. That was fun. What must he have thought when he saw me chatting intensely with an older looking, plainly dressed woman & a young looking, well-dressed asian woman. Mostly i can talk to anyone in a bar setting 

Then we went to Foragers Drop in mitcham. I was happy there women didn't come with us. The asian woman was very flirty, loud, quite drunk on gin

I left suddenly after my final drink, feeling quite inebriated. As the uber pulled up i called N because we were at the time messaging back and forth — and taking seemed so much easier. We chatted until i got home which i enjoyed ~15 min