Textin'

A bit of a hiatus, clearly.

Well, things are rolling along uneventfully and painlessly enough. We had lunch once, I think, I told her about the various information which had come my way regarding Tracey and The Libertines. Then she took some time off sick with what she's described to me as "a nervous breakdown" - text message 5 Dec in response to 'get well soon' enquiry "I am very ill an not coping well at all! I am bored at home, but cant come in to the office in the state that im in. Hope u r well an not misin me 2 much!"

On the day of her return, she managed to secure another job (thankfully after I gave her a bit of help with the app form) so she'll be leaving the office soon. Probably a good thing; I trust we'll be able to continue meeting occasionally and it'll remove the fear of discovery and that whole boss-worker thing which was making me kind of uncomfortable.

She's apparently on some sort of prescription drugs for whatever her condition is which have led her to put on quite a lot of weight in quite a short space of time. She seems chirpy enough, although maybe this is a cultural thing - keeping feelings hidden and all that.

Anyway, we're in the middle of our Christmas-and-New-Year break now. The day we left she sent me a text reading "Didnt get a chance 2 give u a xmas kiss or hug! Never mind, have a great chrstmas and a good new year. Luv Indira" to which I replied I'd take a raincheck. Yesterday I texted suggesting we meet for lunch over the holidays, to which she replied: "My daugter has burnt her feet so i am busy goin to an fro frm hosptl an carin 4 her. So meetin up wld be diffcult, althoug i cld do with adult company !"

Not bad, as excuses go.

I also sent Roxana (is that what I've called her here?) a greeting text on Christmas day to which she replied "Happy christmas sweetie, we have to catch up in the new year honey. x x x". Which is nice. I've also just had a call from Mrs K's tease of a sister asking me for a small favour; I've obliged and I'm shortly due to call her back. I'll ask her if she wants to come shopping and pick out a (small) Christmas present for me to buy her. Only giving that a 10% chance of success though.