This whole ankle thing has been a real gift. It has forced me to focus on myself, to literally "watch my [every] step," to look at every physical situation before I go in to make sure I can get out, to ask for help from people and accept it graciously, to do everything carefully: shower, stand, turn, transfer. And I'm doing a really good job of taking care of myself! Bf has not been available, and so I've done for myself, and I feel pretty accomplished.
And bought a new car, too!
All this and an order of fries-- not too shabby.
I registered for the spring semester at the community college where I've been going since the fall of 2001. Taking choir and an Adobe Illustrator class. The teacher of the Illustrator class is brilliant! He substituted one night last semester when our regular teacher was absent, and I learned more from him in one class than I had in the previous several weeks. The down side is that the class is from 8-10 AM MWF... 8:00 AM!?!? For you upright, law-abiding working folk that may not seem outrageous, but for this freelancer... well, I usually don't even open my eyes until 8:30 AM. This will take some getting used to! It's worth it-- this guy is so good!
After dinner at the cabin yesterday, bf and mom came over to my house. Bf lit the fireplace and we hung around for about an hour, then they upped and went home. Today he and I have talked on the phone a few times, cordial and friendly. If we keep it at the friend level, we do fine. If I expect more, it gets yukky. Right now I will have NO problem keeping it just friendly.
Question for the peanut gallery: should I have a "talk" with him and tell him that I want to consider us friends and recognize the fact that we are not lovers and thus not boyfriend/girlfriend? Or should I just follow his lead of being less available to me and keep it light when we talk on the phone, so that we sort of drift apart?
