The worst thing about dating someone is that it's bad for the anatomy. Take today, for example. My normal routine would be to get up early, eat a couple of protein bars, and either go for a run or play tennis. But last night, Jed slept over for the first time, neither of us slept well, we got up late, had fish and chips for brunch, and I'm way too tired to go running.

Not that I'm complaining mind you :) Even now, when I think back to early this morning when I woke up and saw him lying next to me in bed, I feel a thrill of remembered passion. He left to return to Stanford not long after brunch, and now I have a lovely, lazy Sunday to snooze through. It's another in a long line of beautiful days here. Fog is cutting through the bay, keeping the temperatures down, while downtown is still in the sunny zone. I can take the time to enjoy all this today. Poor Jed, on the other hand, has to get back to his studies. He's in the third year of his PhD in Economics, and it's a long, long road - both ahead, and behind.

Well, apart from talking at length about new-born babies, there are probably few less interesting things than hearing someone go on at length about the guy they're dating, so I'll save you all from it :) I will, howewer, answer an obvious question I've been asked a few times. Yes, Jed does know about the website, and yes, he gave me his permission to write about him. In fact, I didn't even have to go through the mental turmoil of "when should I tell him?" - since I inadvertenly forgot to delete the signature from an early email I sent him, a signature that advertises this site..

Jed and I were just saying to each other the other day that you only really get to know someone when you go through adversity together, just as, I think, you probably only discover your own real inner strength the same way. I'm thinking now of one of my best friends who has recently been diagnosed with cancer and is showing such strength. The adversity I faced yesterday does not in any way compare to what my friend is going through with cancer, but it could have been very nasty indeed. Jed and I were driving through Nob Hill on our way to a party in Marin yesterday afternoon. We were waiting at the traffic light opposite Grace Cathedral, and when it turned green for us to go, the cab on our left sped through ahead of us, and we took off too. Next second, there was an enormous bang, and a car was side-on to my front bumper. They must have run the red-light - very late. Their passenger door was ruined and I saw, with mounting anxiety, that there was a woman in the passenger seat with a young child. It could have been very nasty.

Nobody was hurt, thank God. The other driver was flaming mad, however, claiming that we'd run the light. At this point, this major intersection was blocked by our cars, with a crowd of onlookers watching it all. Nobody had seen the accident happen, yet despite this, one busy-body woman kept insisting that we must have run the light because the other guy said his light was flashing orange. I realized that without independent witnesses, this was going to get very sticky. Suddenly, a woman pushed through the crowd - she'd been passing in a car, and had seen everything - including the red light the other car had gone through. I could have kissed her!

My car wasn't too badly damaged - as far as I can see, the only damage is to the bumper - they certainly make Jeep Wranglers strong! So we returned to my place, swapped into Jed's car, and went off to the party, just a little shaken. The happy consequence of Jed driving was that I could now drink at the party! It was a Hawaiian pool party hosted by Joy, the high-energy lesbian from my office, and her new girlfriend Tooty (I'm guessing at spelling here :) Other friends from work were there, as well as Brett, and it was the first time Jed had met any of my friends. Brett is very, very hard to dislike, and he and Jed were soon talking at length about the new loves in Brett's life - his new baby chickens. I was a tiny little bit nervous, I suppose, at introducing my best friend to Jed - I didn't know whether I wanted more Brett to like Jed, or the other way round!

Tomorrow I'm flying to our headquarters in the south for training - my first business trip in six months, I believe. Roll on those frequent-flyer miles! I'll be back late Wednesday, and then I'm flying off again on Friday to visit my old friend John-Paul in Southern California for a long weekend. So not much office-time this week, thankfully!