Cards and Consequences

Wednesday, 11/5/2014

Camron held the door for me at work this morning.

He waited for me. I saw him behind me when I was driving in. I took my time at my car, collecting my stuff to carry in, but not completely with the idea of avoiding him – more with the idea of testing him. Giving him the out, to see if he would take it.

He didn’t.

I ignored him while I walked from my car to the door. It was easy. The glare from the sun was just right and I was actually, really folding two pieces of paper together to put into my purse. Seriously, I was, and would have been doing that (probably) even if he weren’t holding the door. In fact, I didn’t know he was there until I got into the shade of the building, at the stairs right before the door.

Except that I could feel him. Gazing.

So, does he pass the test, or fail it?

I think it’s a pass.

But he should still be muddy, at the curb.

We exchanged non-committal pleasantries – it’s a secret, you know. As I walked through the door in front of him I glanced down at his shoes. Beautiful. Soft, brown leather slip-ons, who-knows-what designer (he wears a lot of expensive designer clothes – no doubt gifts from his sugah momma list, which may or may not be the same as, or overlap with, his bootie call list). I love a man that can dress nicely and this guy is close – but just off. Usually, everything is good but the shirt is wrinkled, which ruins everything.

Classic rookie mistake.

But I make mistakes, too.

The night before, from home, I sent Amza an email about today’s customer meeting. “Amza, can you attend the 2:00 meeting tomorrow (either remotely or in person), and can you address the two outstanding issues the customer asked about today?”

Less than an hour later I realized I had neglected to mention a couple of other things Amza would need to be on point for in the meeting, so I found the sent mail and replied all so he would get a tack-on: “Can you also please address the list of questions we received from Frank Jamessi last week, either answering the questions or indicating when we will have the answers? Thank you!”

So after the good shoe karma reflection to Camron, I was feeling very up-beat as I fired up my computer, to find this response from Amza: “And for your third wish?”

Damn, I wasted a wish! I could have gotten all that in one wish.

I didn’t know Amza was a genie, although I have been known to call him Ah-magic in my head. But only in my head, because somebody might infer something else from that. Which is no doubt true but having not experienced it, I would not want anyone to think. Even if I *had* experienced it, I would not want anyone to think, since anything with Amza, like Camron, would have to be an on-pain-of-death type of oath thingee.

You know, like Game of Thrones or whatever.

After some thought (letting him have the last word; how far can I put my toe on the line; etc.) I sent Amza a reply:

“:)”

And he can interpret that however he would like.

So, what would I wish for, if I had one wish remaining? Would it be returned interest from Amza? Or, would it be meeting / recognizing my long-term mate today and getting started on the road to that beautiful feeling of pushing in the last piece of the puzzle?

Satisfaction.

Either way.

Can you give a genie two options and let the genie decide which wish to grant?