Not to keep anyone in suspense...it is now 3 hours later. Here's a brief recap, and also what happened today.

- This past Tuesday, she asked me to back off a bit, told me I was "smothering" her
- She said she didn't want to get together this weekend, that we should take a break, since we are very busy with her birthday next weekend
- She still feels things are moving too fast, that we should slow down on the reconciliation, romance, etc...not my style, but I'm not behind the wheel, so I'm trying my best!
- Out of the blue, she called this morning, wanting to come over and wash her car
- She came over, we both washed her car, chit-chatted the whole time, ZERO R talk, I stayed light and cheerful
- I refilled her coolant for her, then she grabbed her purse and started walking to the apartment with me...I assumed she'd leave after the car wash
- She said "why am I walking up with you?" I said "well it's lunch time, can I make you a bite to eat before you go?"
- She said "why don't we try that new sushi place down the road?"
- I went upstairs, got my wallet, we went to the sushi place, had a fabulous lunch, R never came up once, we simply had a nice lunch, like old times.
- We went to our cars, she said "give me a kiss and say bye", to which I happily complied.
- We drove away in separate cars.

Analysis:
Despite making plans not to see me, she did want to touch base after all. She did not want R talk...neither did I...none happened. In recent weeks, we have talked of where we would like to live once we're together again. She brought it up today at lunch; she is still wanting to do it. That's good...it's future-oriented. The sun was shining, and I said "looks like winter is over". She smiled and said "yeah, the winter from hell". I said, "no, it's been good for both of us, so not from hell". She said, "well, maybe not from hell, but from some otherworldly place!" We laughed.

So, it was just a nice, no-stress 2 hours together. That is good for us, I think...she won't feel I'm going to jump on her about the future every time we see each other, and it takes the pressure off of me as well.

So, back to "one hour, one day, one week at a time".