2024-09-01 “Looking To Clear Skies” by Merritt

The weather is clearer hour by hour. So, there’s your “Clear Skies.”

On the other hand, let me just say that I’m feeling very lost. The guys in college always joked about women being impossible to understand. I’m feeling that.

Addison is coming to camp out tonight. She sent me a Snap, that you can see in yet-another picture of me looking at girls on my iPhone.


“Hey handsome… You excited to see me tonight?”

How do I answer that? Honestly? Politely? Since I don’t know what the honest answer is, I went with polite.

When Emma said we ought to not just give in to the fact that we’ve been thrust together, that in light of all the unknowns, we should be intentional about any sort of relationship rather than just going with the circumstances, I guess it made sense.

A little while ago when Devon went to the bathhouse, she sat down and said she wished she’d never said that. I thought, maybe, she was saying she had feelings for me, but about that moment, Hannah came out of the tent where she’d been napping.

On the other hand, Emma doesn’t seem to be off-put by any of Devon’s obvious interest. So, what should I think?

Hannah is far from subtle about her interest. And, she’s a cool girl, for sure. And then, there’s Addison, who I barely know, but who seems to have put me onto the short list for something.

I guess any regular guy would be happy to end up with any one of the girls. But, I’ve been (going with a flying metaphor) in a holding pattern since Emma’s “we aren’t just a cow and bull in a pen” comment. I've been just playing a wait-and-see sort of scenario.

But watching Emma and Devon and the growing connection I think I see there… I don’t know… 

Maybe I should (to go with my flying metaphor) contact the tower and request clearance to land. After all, the weather can’t stay cloudy forever, right?

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