Assertiveness

Caterina Maria is my girlfriend. My girlfriend. Anyone that bothers her, chases her, insults her, annoys her or makes any passes at her will have to answer to me.

Was that clear? Good.

Caterina, the song bird

Congratulations to the beautiful Caterina Maria for an outstanding performance. :) I am very proud of you and to be honest, I was quite surprised at your hidden talents. You must promise to sing for me more often, privately. My own little song bird, how lucky am I? The Stockers are indeed a very gifted breed, in more ways than one.

Thinking

I miss my girlfriend desperately. I'm going to spend this weekend with Caterina Maria. Being rather exhausted from all the work, coming home to an empty room, eating dinner alone on the table... that ought to drive anyone out of their wits. Yes, I do paint a rather pathetic picture. It's either that or we buy a fish, at least. That's even more pathetic. I need to relax, enjoy my girlfriend more, and concentrate on working in Austria for the time being. Though my mum already complaining she hardly sees me. I'll make sure I video conference. Oh that was crude. It made me laugh.

Oh, Michelangelo cut his hair. He looks actually pretty good, very different to what I'm used to, so I didn't recognize him. He looks even more mature though he's still a pretty boy. Sorry, bloke. It's true.

Hm. I'm craving chocolate chip cookies.

Decisions

Caterina Maria and I are making arrangements to live together soon. Yes, it seems fast but to me, it seems reasonable. Having a long distance relationship is horrible. It makes you ache all the time and quite frankly, I don't think my pocket can take more private jets flying to Vienna on a day-to-day basis. Going on dates, spending the night in each other's arms, eating out, eating in, watching a movie... these are all things that I can't have if she lives far from me. So it's not completely unreasonable to want to be near her. She is my girlfriend.

It still feels rather funny to say that. I've never had such a fun, upbeat and completely unpredictable girlfriend. Though I'm a bit apprehensive. I don't want to be under the honeymoon effect for too long because it is unrealistic to find so many wonderful things in one person. But she is very giving, she knows how to cook, she smiles all the time, she has entertaining mood swings, she can dance, she makes me feel incredibly light when I'm with her... and makes me act incredibly unlike me. I am not the type of person who boasts and brags about their girlfriend though I can hardly contain myself. She makes me feel very light.

... :)

Tomorrow life begins to take over us. I go back to my work and the bemusing social functions that do not feel right if my Caterina isn't with me.

Perhaps I do need to calm a bit down as Henry says. Then again, Henry sleeps around like a dog and doesn't care about how feel, he just hates that I complain to him. Such good friends I have. I will now call Caterina.

Girlfriend

Caterina Maria is my fresh, discreet and enchanting new girlfriend. It happened last night, quite unexpected by own decisive action. Though I must say, I'm quite pleased with my choice considering it's been a few months since I broke up with Philippa. I shouldn't feel bad; Philippa looks quite happy with George either way. Caterina is a lovely person and I've grown quite fond of her throughout this whirlwind. I'm currently in Vienna and I'll see her in a matter of minutes, which brings me a wonderful sense of peace... much needed in my life.