Lovely Saturday

Yesterday was quite a perfect Saturday and the type of Saturday night I’d like to have with a primary romantic partner, if I had one. 

There was the right amount or balance (for me) of independent activities and togetherness. 

At lunch time, I went for a long trail run on my own and then made plans for the later afternoon and evening with one of my closest climbing buddies, who’s actually a close friend now, I’d dare say, since we hang out together almost every weekend. 

We met up to go climbing together and then we went out for dinner last night. 

I like how it was all so easy and spontaneous. I also loved the fact that we exercised together and then we went out for Saturday night together, enjoying a nice dinner out, a lovely conversation and a relaxed walk afterwards: I really liked the fact that I didn’t have to choose between exercising and socializing — I could do both with this person I like, as we often do together. Last but not least, I loved the mixture of togetherness and independence in our plans, even simply the fact that we each took our own means of transportation to the places where we spent time together, which allowed me to ride my motorcycle — which to me means that I was able to “be” an important part of myself. 

Maybe what feels really nice here — and is something that I haven’t had in a long time — is the fact that there is this person I like in special ways with whom I can be myself so easily and spontaneously in so many facets of my identity (albeit not all)…