inevitable
we went out mid-afternoon to run a few errands. one of these was to stop by the restoration hardware in pv to pick up a hook to match one we already have on a living room wall and to find two other similar hooks for my mom's bedroom.
while cam was paying for the three hooks, i heard the sales associate say to him that they went to school together. i was standing sort of behind cam so i couldn't see the guy's face when i looked away from paul (i was carrying him), but then cam moved just in time for me to see the guy say his name. i went to school with him, too, obviously, and not only did i go to school with him (junior high), i used to ride the bus home with him and even used to carry on a sort of friendship via notes passed back and forth on the bus. an epistolary friendship, if you will. i sort of had a minor crush on him, but it quickly turned to just friendship because really, it had just been a crush of circumstance since we rode the same bus. i actually thought he was gay, but, in retrospect, i see he must have just been an early metrosexual. BUT STILL.
oh my god. of course i was dressed like a suburban mom with my hair tied back and my glasses askew.
i immediately zipped off to the side and busied myself with paul. but then i heard cam say my name and that we were married and then he -- how could he? -- called over to me. i turned around, smiled and said hi. luckily at that point paul wanted to go up the stairs, so off we went.
after he finished up at the counter, cam came up the stairs and i let him know i was not happy about what he had done. argh. i knew i should have at least put on my damn contacts.