Is she is or is she ain't (my baby)?

[sleeper]

Tonight was interesting....

Took kids to X's for the "traditional" Halloween party/trick or treat/yearly get together we once threw as a couple and she now continues to throw.

OM was there at first but left, came back, left and came back again right at the end. I wonder if he was doing two parties. X and OM were both dressed as superheroes (fits their maturity level to a "t"). One kid asked OM if he was Superman and he replied, "No, I'm "_______". X broke up with Superman and she's dating me now." Would you believe at one point I thought about going as Superman but chose another costume? I almost asked OM if he was Chicken Man but I bit my tongue.

While OM was gone X asked someone to take a group picture of the kids that were there in costume. She stood behind the kids and then asked me to join her. While standing behind the kids and beside her I reached over and pinched her on her almost exposed bottom as the costume she was wearing hardly covered her butt. She jumped a little but made no further response.

A few moments later I apologized for "my indescretion." X replied, "No, it's OK, it made for an interesting moment."

X is having a hard time. She is broke, sick, overworked, stressed out, tired, etc. A mutual female friend at the party mentioned how bad off she is and asked me if I knew what was going on. I told her I believe X and OM are breaking up. Mutual friend said she had just mentioned to X she should dump OM and get back together with me in about six months. She went on to say all of our mutual friends feel the same.

A family picture X had taken down was back up on the wall in the living room.

I fixed something that has been broken on her car for a few weeks while I was there.

Today at work a female co-worker opened her blazer to show me the Halloween message on the t-shirt she was wearing beneath. That left a mental image I'm having a hard time shaking off.

Tonight I wore a shirt I purchased from Fredericks of Hollywood ten years ago that fits again and got several looks and a couple of outright compliments from some of the ladies present.

It was a good Hallowen.

Definately treat.

[SirPrizeMe]

like I said, very intriguing.

[sleeper]

On a side note........

I recieved a letter from my atorney this week. I haven't recieved any correspondence from her for several months. It sent a cold shiver up my spine and a feeling of dread as such usually contains bad news.

I didn't open it that night as it was late and I didn't want anything disrupting my sleep. I planned on opening it the next morning but forgot and had to wait until I got home from work to open it.

When I finally open the letter IT WAS A FORM LETTER FROM MY ATTORNEY TO ALL HER CLIENTS REQUESTING WE VOTE FOR A CANDIDATE SHE SUPPORTS IN THEIR CAMPAIGN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.

Attorneys should not do such things, at least not to clients who have litigation pending. Neither should County Coroners, Public Health Units, The IRS, or any other individual or organization of which the return address alone is enough to scare the cr@p out of someone.

My X got a letter from Bagdad, Iraq right after 9/11 during the Anthrax scare. No kidding. Turned out it was just some Iraqi trying to make money on a scam. Guess he didn't have a computer. Was exciting reading the return address nonetheless.

[Andabelle]

She's def coming around. You are a DB genius.

[sleeper]

Coming around? Possibly.

DB genius? Definately not.

More like Idiot Savant.

[sleeper]

One more thing that pops up from time to time......

At the Halloween party she mentioned to me there are a couple of houses for rent near hers again.

[forward]

Sleeper, I would just take that as the MLC cake-eating comment it is. You're doing well--life will do what it needs to here.

[Andabelle]

Hey, whatever works!

[sleeper]

So last night she asks if I will pick up the kids from school and keep them one night this week so she can go to a "new women's bible study group." She assured me she "won't go anywhere else." (A few weeks ago I got really p*ssed when she went womewhere "else" to have a drink with OM while I had the kids as it was her week and I was doing her a favor then by keeping them so she could go to a meeting). I agreed to this request because I feel her exposure to this group of women may be of benefit to her.

Is this a "baby step"?

Now I feel like I'm training a puppy.

I was never good at training puppies.

[sleeper]

Today was fun.

It began with X calling me FOUR times this AM to wake me up to go vote. I tried to ignore the phone as I was off today but gave up. Last night DD verbalized her observation that X and I agree on a lot, especially our politics and wondered aloud why we were divorced if we agree on so much. I told her that was one of the things that brought us together and our agreement on politics hasn't changed.

Later in the day X asked me if I could drop off something for her. Because I was running errands and only a few blocks away I agreed. I'm really glad I did. I had just pulled up in the driveway and was walking in when OM drove up. It's so rich that all of us; X, OM, me and kids were off today. I had parked in the driveway forcing OM to park on the street. I went inside and climbed into bed beside my kids in the master bedroom. OM came to the bedroom door a few minutes later and said "hi" to DS but no one else (X was in the bathrub). I stared straight at him and he never made eye contact with me or acknowledged my presence. He looked uncomfortable and out of place (maybe because he is?).

When X came out of the bathroom she couldn't find what she wanted me to drop off. I made the comment that since OM was there he could drop it off for her. She got upset kids and I were in her bed (they were in it when I arrived) and had "messed it up." I got kids out of the room, for their sake, kissed them goodbye and left.

She called my cell before I could get home and began to fuss at me. She said it was uncalled for when I said OM could run the errand for her and asked why I "ran off." She also fussed a little about me and kids being in her bed when she came out of the bathroom undressed (she was wearing a robe) and made a comment about me having people to help me while she doesn't.

Today was a good day.

One thing I noticed that was different was that she cooled off very quickly.

She called me four times later but I had my phone off and missed her calls.

We had a very passionate courtship.

The next time I see a sparkle in her eyes (any) I'm gonna take her in my arms and plant one on her.

"No guts, no glory." (I don'tknow who said that but he obviously survived the "guts" part and recieved some "glory")