What is it about an attractive woman that makes me lose my nerve and ability to speak? Let me set the scenario for you:
I'm trying to set up a lunch date with a woman at work. It's been harder than you might think because as the human resources person, she's in meetings, interviews or on conference calls most of the day. Plus, I'm at my desk immersed in my own stuff. It doesn't help that her office is in the opposite end of the floor, in another part of the building from where I sit.
Early last week, I looked at her schedule and mine and decided it would be easier to break the ice by sending her an email proposing we get together for lunch. It took her a few days to respond but she eventually did saying that she rarely finds time for lunch, often eating right at her desk. She suggested that we might get together for lunch in the downstairs cafeteria sometime but didn't say when. I replied, acknowledging that her schedule was set more than mine and that whatever worked for her was fine with me.
A few days more with no response and I decided to compare her schedule with mine and propose a time myself, which is this Friday at 12:00. When I left today she hadn't responded back so the time is still tentative.
Before I left this afternoon, I checked her schedule and saw that she had gotten out of a meeting at 4 and would probably be in her office. When I left a little after 4:30, I decided I'd swing by her office to say hi and sure enough she was there sitting at her computer.
But I couldn't even manage
that! I just did a round about, passed by her door and went home.
So again I ask you (a rhetorical question): What is it about an attractive woman that makes me lose my nerve and ability to speak?
As of 4:30 this afternoon, lunch is on for Friday! This is good. Real good.=========
17's are wild in Boston tonight. On the 17
th of June, the Celtics will win their franchise and NBA record 17
th championship.
Twelve minutes to go and Championship basketball will be back in the Hub for the first time in 22 years. And this will actually be the first championship won
in Boston in those same 22 years. {The Red Sox won their championships in St. Louis and Denver and the championships the Patriots won were played on neutral fields as they always are.}
The Celtics are on the verge of winning the NBA Championship tonight, blowing out the Lakers by 30 heading into the start of the fourth quarter.
Six minutes left and I have not seen such a dominant performance in a professional basketball game since the days of a guy named Jordan who ruled Chicago in the 1990's. In fact, this may be one of the most lopsided Finals games in NBA history.
Final score:
at Boston Celtics 131, Los Angeles Lakers 92Your Finals MVP is Paul Pierce, the longest tenured Celtics player and ironically, a Los Angeles native who grew up hating the Celtics. After 10 seasons wearing the green and white, playing on a lot of bad teams, no one is more deserving than The Truth. Ray Allen would also be a good choice if Pierce doesn't win it.
Labels: basketball, championships, tongue-tied, women
