Is there a glimmer of hope for I'mstillhopeful ?

[I'mstillhopeful]

Thanks for looking in to my thread hoosiermama. In my original thread the info about the circumstances about H leaving for graduate school were actually the 5th post.

Well, we didn't meet for dinner last night after all. It turned out to be a good thing. (I wonder whether it was fate for us to have to cancel?)

Last week the ghosts were in the machines around here. I had to get the lawn tractor into the back of my pick-up truck to take it to my local mechanic. A job that would have taken the H and me one half hour took me more like 4. Doing it alone entailed ramps, an electric winch, tow straps, and a battery. Then, the chipper/shredder refused to start even though I had used it the day before and it had been running beautifully. Back to my friendly (really he is) neighborhood mechanic. A piston had snapped so the engine needs a rebuild, parts on order, won't be ready until next week. I'm doing all this to clear a spot so I can have 10 cords of wood delivered and then I can start working on my heating supply for next winter. It's going to take a whole lot longer to do it myself so I can't procrastinate. Back home after learning the fate of the chipper/shredder, I tried mowing the lawn, lawn tractor ran into a hummock, got stuck, I pulled it off with my truck and then it would not go forward or backward.

At that point, I made an appointment for an authorized service man to make a house call since I just couldn't face winching the thing back up into the truck. The guy was supposed to come to the house yesterday. So, when it got to be 4 p.m. and he hadn't shown up I called H to notify him of the situation. (The service guy had called and said he would be later than he thought and, that he definitely would be making the service call on Saturday.)

H had made reservations at a restaurant which we both like a great deal. Not the one which he has started frequenting with the OW but one that is quite a distance from his present location. He had even checked to make sure that our favorite waiter would be on duty. He didn't want to cancel the reservation until 5 and wanted to take a nap. He asked me to telephone him at 5 to give him an update. I did and since the service man had not arrived we decided to cancel our reservation.

Later, I received an e-mail from him (first one since obtaining internet at his apartment) saying that he was sorry that it hadn't worked out for Saturday night. He also sent a link for a particularly funny clip on YouTube.

So, all in all it wasn't a negative thing, except that I'm a real case again since he is supposed to call to arrange a meet up for today.

Yesterday he gave me a list of things that he would like me to take to him when I next see him. He wants me to bring some Sunscreen! This is a guy who is taking OW to expensive restaurants, who bought $3000 worth of furniture last month who appears to be shopping almost daily at clothing stores, craft stores, home furnishings stores, yard sales and drug stores. He wants me to bring sunscreen? If this isn't MLC what is it?