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#1110578 added March 13, 2026 at 3:47pm
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Not a Date



031326. This journal is fiction. The voice you’re reading is a character, not the author.


Friday the 13th Planning for a not-date.

Some people think that date carries bad luck. Tonight it just feels like another quiet evening, though I did smile to myself when I realized what day it was.

Yesterday ended up being busier than I expected. Between getting my hair done, having my nails manicured, and spending far longer shopping than I ever planned, I suppose I accomplished quite a bit of quiet “preparation” for my very unofficial, definitely-not-a-date brunch with Paul on Sunday.

At least that is what I keep telling myself.

This evening I actually laid out the outfit I plan to wear. The new jeans, the ones I bought yesterday that somehow fit perfectly. The soft baby pink sweater that felt cheerful the moment I saw it in the store. And my blue jean jacket to wear over it if the morning air is still cool. And the to-die-for stiletto pink heels that almost perfectly match the sweater and my nail polish.

Seeing everything together on the bed made me pause for a moment.

It looks like the kind of outfit someone chooses when they are looking forward to being somewhere.

That realization made me laugh a little at myself.

I cannot remember the last time I thought this carefully about what I was going to wear to meet someone. For a long time my clothes were simply practical things to get through the day without drawing attention.

Now here I am planning an outfit for brunch.

Maybe it is not really about the clothes.

Maybe it is about the feeling behind them. A small spark of anticipation. The quiet awareness that I am stepping a little farther back into the world than I have been in quite some time.

Sunday is still two days away.

But tonight, looking at those folded clothes, I realized something simple.

I am actually looking forward to it.
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