Sometimes, friends, the sky opens up, and a ray shines down and a voice comes and says "hey you, yeah, you, down there with the umbrella. You know what? Today's gonna be your day."
I was on the way back from the bathroom when i caught her leaving her noon class (closer to three. We have three hour classes here!), she seemed distracted, so i just said "hi," and kept on going.
Back at my desk in the dean's office, she then comes in but minutes later, asking for my boss. She had a form and she was apparently trying to get a research position with the school. My boss happened to sneak out just before we approached her, so I told her she could just leave the form with my bosses mailbox, which she seemed reluctant to do as it had personal information (SSN, etc), so i took her into my boss' office, put the form on her desk and attached a sticky note. I almost tipped my hand when i was about to write her last name (which i would have no good reason to know right now, but happened to find. She's not using her proper last name on facebook), and she also complimented me on spelling her first name correctly, and simply asked about her last name.
So we walk and talk back to my desk near the door, then she passes on to leave. Stops, then, apparently with a stray thought, turned back and asked me about one of our assignments for the class we share, and we ended up talking for another five minutes or so.
*This* is what i was looking for, precisely, with that "bus plan" i had mentioned earlier, a chance meeting, a chance to talk.
I feel much more confident now in at least asking her. Or approaching to talk again.
Monster Hunter: pissing me off since 2010.
