Saturday, December 23, 2017

December 23rd, 2017

I had another dizzy spell again today. It was just after lunch, when I was letting Chelsea out for her lunch break. I almost tripped and fell into her, but caught myself by grabbing the desk. Chelsea helped me take a seat and wouldn't leave till I said okay. Which was kind of her, but then she went and told Hal. Not that I mean to keep anything from him, but the last time I'd had a dizzy spell at work Hal had to drive me home. Which was when they'd tried to dig the tree up. The last time I'd had a dizzy spell was at his place after the earthquake. So I understand that he's making those connections, but nothing like that happened today. Still, Hal came directly to me to make sure everything was okay, and then at dinner he was really worried about any news of things happening today.

There's no connection, which I don't expect there would be, but Hal's convinced there is. So while we didn't find anything today, he's convinced something might turn up that we'll learn about later. Never mind all the other dizzy spells I've had with no similar connection.

I'm skipping around a bit. After work was dinner of course, and Max was able to make it. We talked about their finals, both of them were feeling good for the most part though Max was worried she'd only barely pass her statistics class. Hal brought up my attack today and used it to ask if Max had ever made any connections with the weird stuff she'd always find. Max was like me though, mostly unconcerned. She said most of the stuff she had ever found was always stuff she enjoyed debunking, not things she believed to be real.

Hal didn't want to let it go, but eventually had to once both Max and I told him to knock it off. Max flat out told him that until we could find some solid connection, this was something that I'd lived with for years without finding any connections. We were both over it, it was time he got over it too.

When we were finally able to move on, I brought up the article about missing items not being turned in to lost and found at DIA. We all agreed it was strange, but there hadn't been any follow up and we didn't have much to go on, so it was shrugged off and set aside.

The interview with Melia though, they both found it interesting. Max brought up the security video from the DIA incident and we compared it to the paramedic, Ace, who Melia was interviewing. They did look similar, but the security video wasn't clear enough for us to comfortably say it was the same guy.

Max didn't have anything for us, she'd spent the last two weeks either studying for finals or helping Robert study.

Which left Hal, who had also spent a good deal of time studying. But he did realize something interesting and had done some checking this morning out of curiosity. He noticed that since the earthquake, there hadn't been any further reports of the howling winds up in the mountains. It was almost as if they'd been forgotten, which would be one thing. But if they were still happening, there would still be reports. They'd just get set aside in favor of the earthquake news. There wasn't even any reports. It was an interesting point, but like the lost and not found items at DIA, there wasn't much we could do about it.

So we spent the rest of the night mostly celebrating the end of their semester. I didn't want to be a downer, but I did mention that eating out every week was getting to be a bit expensive for me. Hal of course offered to cover me, but I declined saying it'd be nice if we could just do dinner ourselves for a change. Max also echo'd the expense and thought it'd be a great idea, and that it'd be a bit more private as well. But she'd be moving back in with her parents over the break.

So Hal offered his place. He's got a kitchen and a small living room we could talk in. His roommate was moving out now that the semester was over. But he might get another roommate and had no control over that. And once the next semester started he would get a roommate. So at least for now, that might work for us. We're not so worried about Hal having a roommate, but his roommate might not appreciate our company every Saturday night.

After Max left though, Hal mentioned that was another reason he was looking forward to getting a place of his own. He asked if I'd done any thinking about it, and I said that my biggest concern was my parents knowing I'd be moving in with my boyfriend. I know it's a much more common thing these days, but he doesn't understand my father. Mom would be all for it, but Dad, not so much. I told him I'd talk to them about it, just to test the waters. Since he still doesn't have a place, this is all hypothetical anyway.

Hal was happy with that answer, and I don't blame him. It would be nice to just stay with him at night rather than have to have him drive me home before it gets too late. I just worry about what happens if things between us go sour. I've watched Max get in and out of relationships, and some of her breakups were pretty bad. She's always been glad that she has her own place even when she spends all her time at theirs.

As much as I would like a place of my own, and moving in with Hal is tempting for that reason. Max's experiences make me worried about what I'd do if Hal and I were to break up. If I move in with him, where do I go? I think I need that answered before I'm ready to commit.


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