How to be Naked in the City Without Being Noticed (day 36)

Day 36     Is there anybody out there?

 

    Doug has been away on business for two weeks, he’s due back tomorrow.  Now, I have to make this clear, I’ve never been alone for a long period of time in my life.  I have always had my family, or a roommate.  So, the fact that I’m depressingly lonely should not be assumed to be the direct result of my feelings for Doug.

    I thought that it would be a positive of him living here, that his schedule away would afford me plenty of time alone if I was getting annoyed with him.  So, now I get to experience that most clichéd situation, being alone in the city of ten million.  I have friends over to share the couch during a movie, but no one is there in the morning.  I was used to being woken up by his running shower, it’s nicer than an alarm clock.  I liked that the lights were on when I came home after work.  And, well, I miss Doug, he’s a good guy, I’ve had too many brilliantly snide comments go silent for lack of audience.