Well, the social gathering was a bit lame, not surprisingly. But it was redeemed by an old friend of mine showing up. He's a real character who I worked with mostly before I was married, and who's always been kind to me over the years. I hadn't seen him in a while so it was great to have a few laughs. He had some kinds words to say about me professionally, and that felt nice too. He knows my H so it came up that we were separated, but it felt good to say "but that's too boring to talk about". Because really, it's such a boring story. Much more interesting to talk about the rare orchid that my friend found that was featured on the cover of "Orchid Digest" . He said he would invite me over with the kids, which would be fun.
My totally uncharacteristic outing didn't seem to phase H one bit. I came home and there he was tapping away at his laptop on the couch, as if he had never left. Fortunately, the bedtime went well so there wasn't any blowback from that. There's a faint possibility that he knows where I went because an acquaintance of his was there last night. It will probably come up at some point.
Anyway, that's my GAL report for the day.
me: 42 | STBXH: 41 | T: 18 | M: 10 | separation: Jan 3, 2010 | they deserve better: S7 & D4 current thread: http://tinyurl.com/3y8sxcp .: first breathe, then heal, then start LIVING :.
. He said he would invite me over with the kids, which would be fun. 
