A New Decade - Part 2

[MsMelancoly]

It seems this phone plague which also is in cahoots with the other plague here - known as the fog plague, may have subdided a bit for my xh.

I found out this morning at work that our new Exec Director needs some help moving & will pay family & friends. So I decided to call my xh to see if he wanted some extra cash. Surprise, surprise he answered his phone!! I mention about this little 4 hr job, but my xh will be visiting his mum & family this weekend. I also mentioned about maybe doing some work on my house. Which he will consider. I also joked that he could be my butler (you know have dinner & a drink waiting for me when I get home). We had a very nice chat & joked a bit. It seems the new boss doesn't like the owners son (who is my xh BF) - so my xh thinks this may have cost him his job. Hhhhhmmmm, wonder who, who told him this, oh, 2 years ago (not to mix work & personal life)??? Yep, that's right - me. My xh admitted that I was right & we joked about it a bit. He also said that his former place of employment had been making him angry & depressed for sometime & in some ways he was glad to be gone from there. His other friend/landlord told him if they ask you back to work - don't take it. I told my xh, you have to take it or your unemployment gets nixed. He thanked me for telling him & for telling him about the new Cobra health law. My xh a pretty devoted republican, actually said he was glad the democrats were in power. I joked - who am I talking to???? I probably shouldn't have - but said to him that maybe in these past years he has learned some lessons. I said that I had & even though I didn't like all the lessons - that I hoped I would grow from them. Damn - why did I say that - oh well the convo moved on.

He then starting joking about having to go into his retirement plan early. You see, his retirement plan - my idea - was that he would have to be a stripper (cuz - he really has no retirement $$). I told him maybe he should do some research on it - no - he said I should do some research on it. Hhhmmm - now that's an idea. Anyway the convo went to him talking about a MF of mine/ours that he didn't like, was annoyed by - just pre-bomb. Now my xh, says he kinda misses this MF & if I see him to tell him hello. Ok, this is Totally our of character for my xh - to connect with my/our friends. My xh also made some sort of comment about me not inviting him & other friends over. (Now, i've been thrown for loop #2)!

Hhhhmmm ..... maybe this loss of job - has led him to evaluate all aspects of his life. One can only hope.