I've been GAL-ing and it is a blast. I meet a group of artists every Wednesday. From there I made some new friends and went on a day-long road trip with them. I took a life-drawing class with another old friend last Sunday (female friend).
Monday night my W (after spending one night elsewhere), finally got around to unpacking the bags I packed for her. (She's home, as I mentioned, and has only spent one night away this week. Also, she seems depressed, so my hopes are up that there's trouble in fantasy-land.) I think she only then realized how much I had packed. It resulted in a tantrum and screaming. She broke some stuff and claimed I broke them when I packed. I refused to engage her in the fight. (I had hopped out of the shower to see what the commotion was, and then went right back in.) I went out for an hour and came back home to find all MY stuff thrown into my new "bedroom." Instead of cleaning it up, I thought I'd do something unexpected and I stuck it all out on the balcony. I figured if she wanted to throw it over the railing or something, I'd at least be helpful.
...I got a kick out of it, anyway. :P
Since last Thursday, when I moved to the floor, we've said maybe one word to each other each day. It has been really hard! Two nights ago I found that my female friend (the one who took the drawing class with me) was heading to Chicago for a week. I'm now "housesitting" to get away. It's really helping. I guess I'm "dark" now. Darker, anyway. W hasn't asked where I'm staying. In fact, hasn't asked anything at all. I'm sorta sad that I'll have to go back to my floor after Sunday.
I stopped by home last night before the weekly artist thing to get some stuff. I ventured a friendly "How was your day?" Which got me my requisite one-word-per-day: "OK." Anyway, I'm not planning on going home unless I have to. Not until my friend comes back.
My plan is to give her space and alone-time, and then pray that she comes to some realizations. Maybe someone or something will open her heart a bit. In the meantime, GAL-ing is f@#$ing fun!! Quote me on that! A new pal and I are hosting a huge event in a couple weeks. Me! The host of a party at a bar!
