November 15 2006 8:34pm

helenebee: hey honey

pambeesly: hey mom

helenebee: how are you?

pambeesly: fine

helenebee: big day today, right?

pambeesly: yeah, it was pretty crazy

pambeesly: one person from Stamford already quit

helenebee: wow

pambeesly: yeah, I somehow doubt they'll be the only one :-/

helenebee: how's Jim? ;-)

pambeesly: fine I guess

helenebee: he was happy to see you, right?

pambeesly: yeah, he seemed happy

helenebee: good :-)

helenebee: so, did you ask him out or anything?

pambeesly: I asked him to coffee, but he's pretty busy, moving and all

helenebee: is something wrong?

helenebee: Pam?

pambeesly: he's dating someone

pambeesly: someone else that transferred from Stamford

helenebee: what?

pambeesly: her name is Karen

pambeesly: and of course she's beautiful

helenebee: oh, sweetie

pambeesly: perfect hair and perfect skin

helenebee: so, what, did he introduce her as his girlfriend

pambeesly: not exactly

pambeesly: he stopped me in the parking lot and told me he "sort of started seeing someone"

pambeesly: I don't think he even knows that I know it's her

pambeesly: but it was obvious, I saw her rubbing his back and stuff

helenebee: do you think they're serious?

helenebee: he was only there for 6 months

helenebee: plus "sort of seeing someone" doesn't sound too serious

pambeesly: she moved here with him

pambeesly: sounds pretty serious to me

pambeesly: I should have known

helenebee: there's no way you could have known

pambeesly: he was so distant the couple times we talked

pambeesly: I should have known something was up

helenebee: it's only his first day back

helenebee: and you know how quickly things can change

helenebee: don't give up

pambeesly: okay

pambeesly: I should probably go work on my art assignment

helenebee: okay, I love you

pambeesly: love you too

helenebee: and don't give up, okay?

pambeesly: I won't