I’ve got a girlfriend…I’ve got a girlfriend!…I’ve got a girlfriend!!!

The title isn’t a boast…just the thought that crossed my mind right now and spread like the smile across my face.

Ain’t life strange? Yes it is, is the answer you are looking for. Somebody new comes in to your life and suddenly all the troubles in the world that you may have had just lift themselves off your shoulders and disappear in to the night. Of course new problems arise like how the heck can you get to see this new person more often but then they aren’t really problems are they? No, is the answer you are looking for. There are just teeny weeny obstacles to overcome. Much as a toddler might find that sticklebricks hinder their path to new delights until they discover that they can just crawl straight over them or put them in their mouth for safe-keeping. The path to love is not arduous but merely sticklebricked now and then.

A friend of mine said that they had never seen me looking so relaxed as they did yesterday. I wasn’t aware of any great change in my manner or attitude but I guess it’s there on show for everyone else to see. I know that internally I feel…peaceful…happy…smiley…silly…love. How can somebody consume so much of your attention when they are not around?

Barely a minute goes by without my mind wandering to what she is doing, where she is, is she happy, does she miss me. I have to fight the urge to text her every few minutes telling her how I feel about her. Wishing she was here and not there. Curled in my arms and not being jostled around busy streets. Warm and content, not cold and stressed by people.

I thought of having a snoozy morning snuggled up in bed but then I didn’t have her to snuggle up with, waffle inanely to, or just hold tenderly, so instead I went for a walk in the cold crystallised air and smiled at everyone I passed, said good morning to the men delivering early supplies to the shops and gazed at a very chilled cat who looked at me like he knew what I was feeling. Like he knew I was in love…and head over heels in love too.

The sunlight looks clearer today…more pristine…sharper. Maybe it’s just my eyes that are seeing things anew lately.