Remind me, because I'm not entirely familiar with it, I guess. But, please, do not apologize. You've got a pretty full plate yourself. Any tips you care to give are more more than appreciated, but I don't want you to think you have to help me. Take care of yourself first, man, we are all learning a ton just from watching you.
In the meantime, here's the update: The common interests refered to earlier involve a sporting event happening in Europe right now. I caught the final wrap up for the day and, on a whim, sent the high points to her in a text message (I knew she would want to know, but would not be able to get the info until much later). No response, my buddy came over, we're watching a movie to kill time until we were going to head over to the party. Out of nowhere, W calls and says she and the boy are at a nearby bookstore and he needs to potty, wants to know if it's okay to come by. I said sure, asked my buddy if he would be comfortable with it. He's a great guy and a true friend, but he went through this with his folks and had to beg off.
She showed up, the boy did his business, they hung out for a little while (we had a picnic with his toy food). She didn't seem real comfortable, but made numerous references to him coming back to stay with me (we've been trying to keep to the Monday-Tuesday plan, with limited results). In light of Friday's tensions, I took this as a possible good sign, but then I just can't afford to trust anything she says, so who knows?
I told her I had to go meet back up with my buddy (who she realized she had run off, but I really tried to downplay that), and that she and the boy were more than welcome to stay at the house for the evening, as I would not be back until late. She declined, but I'm not sure why (Though I can certainly guess).
Good night call: Brief and to the point, I think she could tell I was at the party. Don't know if she cared.
The party: Had a great time, went swimming, linked back up with friends I had really lost touch with. No drinking, no drugging, even though opportunities abounded. Even met a girl, though I seriously doubt it could go anywhere, even if I was sure I wanted it to. She was nice to talk with, though.
I did smoke several cigarettes, and I have not been doing very well on that front recently, but I'm at home, I have exactly 1 smoke left (which I will have before bed), and then it's back to the gum tomorrow. Wish me luck.
Overall, I don't have a clue what's going on. But I can hope, right?
