So William isn't moving to Kentucky after all. Predictably, his relationship didn't work out. Honestly I'm just so relieved it ended before he moved. Of course this aborted relocation doesn't change the fact that he and Scott have to move. The house they were renting is being sold. Originally the landlord was giving them till the beginning of the summer, but after all the stuff with William likely moving to Kentucky, and Scott and Luke deciding to move in together everything was pushed up and they now have to be out by Wednesday.

Of course this kinda sucked for William because he still ended up without anywhere to live and he's dealing with the break up, AND he's being sued because of a car accident he was involved in last year. So rough times for him...except as I believe I've mentioned before the boy is resilient as hell. He's completely irrepressible. I swear he makes me seem like a chronic sad-sack. So he's pretty much already bounced back. He's back out there going out and having fun and staying open to new relationships, and he's already found someone to represent him in the legal case. He's also found a new place to live which he moves into Sunday. In the meantime he's staying with his parents. I have to hand it to him, the guy's got coping mechanisms like I've never seen before!

Unfortunately things with he and Scott aren't really fixed...of course William doesn't know that because Scott won't talk to him about it. He thinks everything's fine, but Scott's pretty much planning, or at least expecting, to lose touch with him.

These last five days have been insane! After work Thursday Scott and I went to a group we belong to, then a bunch of us went to dinner, then we all went club-hopping. Friday was Luke's birthday, so after work Friday was spent doing the fancy dinner thing. Then we all went to check out the new loft he and Scott are moving into, then a few of us stayed behind and played games.

Saturday he was having his actual 'party' which was a paintball party. Have you guys ever done that? It's fun, you run around obstacle courses on two separate teams shooting each other with paintball guns. It does hurt a bit though and I ended up with quite a few very nasty bruises. One shot actually tore a hole in my shirt! I bruise very easily, but I also heal pretty quickly, so they're already looking much better, despite the fact that the activities of Saturday evening, all day Sunday, and most of today could only have made them worse.

See, as I said Scott and Luke are moving, so after the paintball party (which Scott predictably wouldn't play in - he's not really the type so he just watched) we went and helped Scott move the majority of his stuff to the new place. Of course most of this fell on me because I'm the only with a truck and also the strongest and fittest. I also had to drive about 20 miles out of town to where Luke currently lives to help him move his bed and a few other essentials because he wanted to start staying in the new place right away.

Sunday evening we had our usual church affairs, then lunch, plus another organization we belong to, then we resumed moving the rest of Scott's stuff and going shopping with Luke for a few new things (which of course we then had to unload ).

Today I actually got to sleep in, which was awesome because with all the other activities I wasn't getting much sleep. Then I had to go to court for a couple of tickets I got a couple months ago. I got one for a burned out headlight and another for not having proof of insurance with me. I did have insurance, but I'd forgotten to put the new papers in my truck so all I had were the expired ones. Anyway it all worked out rather well. I got to court and there was an INSANE line, but I made good use of it by catching up and chatting with a bunch of people on the phone, and texting quite a few others. So by the time it was actually my turn I felt like the hour and a half (which I suppose isn't that bad in the first place given the 8 hours I spent at the DPS last year) had actually been quite productive and fun. It all turned out well too, since I was able to show the correct papers for my insurance and a receipt for a new headlight both tickets were dismissed and all I had to do was pay ten dollars in court cost

Anyway, then I had to go and meet William, and help him move a few of his larger items to my place where he's keeping them until he moves Sunday. He'd moved the smaller things to his parents already, and gotten rid of quite a few things, but some stuff he couldn't get in his car and didn't want to take all the way out to his parents (they live a good 45min to an hour out of town) just to have to move back in a week. So yeah, he's keeping them at my place. Which is fine really, I have enough space that with some rearranging it's not too cramped and it's only for a week. Also, moving with William was so much easier than moving for Scott and Luke. See Scott is tiny, short and very smally built. He's also asthmatic. Luke's pretty sturdy but he's not in the best shape and he gets tired quickly. His new boyfriend 'John' ('Luke', 'William', and 'Scott' aren't their real names either, just names I've assigned them. I don't feel quite right about posting about them using their real names without their consent), was a great help, but also not quite as strong and very sore from the paintball party (poor thing, he looked like he was in pain just walking even without carrying anything). So as I said, most of the heavily lifting fell to me.

With William it was completely different. He's a really skinny guy, but he's very strong, and very aggressive about such things, more traditionally 'masculine' than the others I suppose. So he actually insisted on doing all the heavily lifting. He also did all the arranging and organizing to make stuff fit (which was also my previous responsibility). So all I had to do was carry a few things, and grab the other end of a few more. Not bad at all.

I'm still so attracted to William. I can't really help it. I know he'd be all wrong for me. I know we don't have enough of the important things in common, and in general I just can't imagine it working out, but I still think he's hot. Being alone with him all hot and sweaty in an empty house I really had to fight the urge kiss him. After all the stuff he's been through I really want to look after him too. The fact that he doesn't need me to look after him makes it all the more appealing. But, I shan't go down that road. He's a good friend and I have absolutely no doubt that we'd make better friends than lovers.

In other news, I'm really liking John! As a friend of course. It was so much fun having him around, and even though we didn't know each other that well prior to Friday, considering that we spent most of our waking hours together Friday night, and all day Saturday, and Sunday, and doing 'camaraderie/bonding' type things, I really feel like he's now one of my close friends. He feels the same way considering that he sent me a text this morning saying as much. So yay for that! I got a new good friend. Which is so convenient considering he's Luke's boyfriend. I mean let's face it it's always easier to like your friends S.O's, and of course since they are seeing each other I expect it'll be very easy to see a lot of him. He's really as sweet as icing and pure as ivory. I mean this is one seriously nice guy. He's also deeply religious (attends daily masses), but not like all preachy/fundamentalist about it (in fact he didn't talk about it at all except for when we went to church on Sunday, which of course was appropriate), nor is he F-d up about his sexuality.

He also happens to be the ex of one of my ex's the one who's possibly still in love with me(?). I guess that has the potential to be awkward, but it's not at all. I never actually saw them together, so again it's just like this fact that I know. Plus I'm both completely over the guy AND I still really like and care about him. So it's all good.

Saturday night Scott was discussing William and he said, "the severs have been tied". I said, "huh?", and he casually repeated it. Eventually I pointed out to him that what he meant was "the ties have been severed", and he pointed out that he was tired and that I should leave him alone, LOL.

It makes me very sad that he's severed ties with William, but I'm hopeful that William simply won't let it happen. I also know that I have absolutely no intention of losing touch with William despite what he and Luke may think, so he'll have to deal with it.

Speaking of severs being tied I also spent a good portion of Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with 'former friend'. As I said, we run in the same circles. In fact he gave me one of my bruises at the paintball party, and I gave him a very nasty welt on his chest. I wonder if the fact that we shot each other is significant? It could be, but probably not, we were all shooting each other, and we played quite a few rounds. I was just as often on his team as not (and we didn't shoot each other when we were on the same team ). Anyway, as I long ago said I'm fine with him being around. He was the one who couldn't stand to be around me. Considering that he did it four days in a row (granted he had social obligations but still) I'm a bit sanguine that perhaps our own 'severs' might be 'tied'. Of course at this point they're probably tied with something akin to wet spaghetti, but nevertheless it's a start. And I have to admit despite everything that's happened I still enjoyed his company. So I really don't want a close friendship with him again, but I'd like a more comfortable, casual acquaintanceship with him.

The five of us, me, former friend, Luke, John, and Scott are going to some beach house of one of Luke's business associates this coming weekend (which means depending on when I get back Sunday, William may not be able to get his stuff till next Monday, but he's okay with that). So I'm hopeful that spending even more time together will be good for us. I'm actually kind of concerned about him though. Originally his best friend and the guy's boyfriend were also supposed to come and that would have provided him with a nice buffer, but now they probably won't. Whereas my two closest friends (Scott and Luke) will be there, and so will John who as I said I'm starting to be close with. So it kinda sucks for him and I don't want him to feel left out. I've noticed he has a tendency to shrink into the background when I'm around anyway. Probably because I'm louder and more social and he just doesn't want to get involved directly in the same conversations if he can help it. Still, Luke, Scott, and John are all good friends of his too so I suppose he'll be fine, and if it all works out perhaps the severs will be tied.