The Long and Winding Road...

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Well I ended up calling her Friday to see how she was doing. She had a friend over so we didn't talk long. I did take a chance and asked her to hang out on Saturday. I had some things to return at the mall and I offered to take her to dinner. She said that she might be busy with a couple other things but that she would let me know later. She called back Saturday morning still not knowing what she wanted to do. Then she called me back an hour later wanting to go.

She asked if we could go to a few thrift stores too so we ended up spending quite a bit of time together. No complaints here. She felt bad that she didn't get me much for Christmas, so she bought me a sweater that I liked while we were at the mall. Dinner was good and we had fun hanging out. She told me several times that she had fun.

She came in for a few minutes when we got back to the house. She wanted to see the dogs. We both petted them for a while and the one dog who is really sensitive was acting a little weird towards her. She got upset because he was always her favorite. This started off a bit of a chain reaction. She said that she had been missing us a lot lately and I said that we missed her too. I told her that she is always welcome here. She seemed pretty down and was saying that she wasn't a good person. I assured her that I thought that she was and that I understood what she was going through. I told her that I loved her and got and ILY2 in return. She left soon afterward.

I was really happy at the way that the day had went. We spent over 6 hours together which is the most continuous time we've had yet. I was feeling great and dancing around with the dogs when she called about 10 minutes after she left. I answered with a "Hey" and the first thing that she said was "I Love You.". YEA!!! That was pretty much the only thing she was calling about. It's made the past couple days great. There's still a long road to travel but I feel like there is some progress.

We talked a little on and off yesterday. I asked her if I could stop by her place today (New Years Eve) on my way to my friends house. We agreed that I would give her a call first since neither one of us knew when we were doing things. We'll see how it goes.

I hope that this is a sign that 2008 is going to be a better year.