More news on the gift & a moody boyfriend

On the phone with boyfriend last night, we had yet another slow conversation. I called him while I was walking to the library (a five minute walk), and we couldn't even sustain the conversation for that long.

I ended up asking him "So, what did you do this weekend?"

He didn't provide much of a response, so I clarified, "I just realized I wasn't sure what you have been up to lately."

Then I broke the rule I had made for myself and asked about the gift. "I really don't want to be a nag, but I was wondering how it's going with the... thing. Y'know, the gift."

He again told me, "It's hard to tell you what's going on without giving it away."

Not wanting to irritate him, I said "I just hadn't heard you talk about it in a while, so I wasn't sure if maybe you forgot."

He told me that he actually had been working on it (for three hours that day alone), but for some reason the program he had been using to make it wasn't working on his new computer.

I asked him if he thought it was possible to figure it out or if he should just give up. He agreed with my comment that "It would be awful to give up after all this work, huh?"

So... that's still up in the air, but I feel better knowing that he at least hasn't completely forgotten about it.

Still, after the phone call I was bothered by the way he had sounded on the phone. I had asked him if he was feeling okay and everything was all right, and he said yes. But he sounded almost pissed off, for no reason that I could tell. Maybe from fiddling unsuccessfully with the computer for three hours, but it still bothered me. I got online and we talked for a minute or two, and he again sounded irritated.

I said: "Have you seen Stranger Than Fiction?"

Him: "No, why?"

Me: "I really want to see it."

Him: "Then you should go see it."

Great, thanks.

Anyway, I have better things to do than worry about boyfriend's bad moods. Like go see my dad and the pets for Thanksgiving break! I will post pictures of these adorable babies!