Not really piecing and trying not to jinx it, but

[Freckle6]

Got a dose of reality in keeping expectations low for V day. Last week H was pretty quiet. If we texted, it was only a few back and forths. In his defense, he's been trying to shake a cold/sinus infection that he got from when son has pneumonia and I had bronchitis.

Friday he was much chattier though and he discovered a problem with the summer camping reservation we had made the weekend before. We watched the opening ceremony for the Olympics "together" and he told me to look into a trip to Canada for us sometime before our camping trip in July. When he dropped S off Saturday afternoon he came in and we fixed the reservation and got a better/more private site like we had wanted. He went home and crashed because he was still feeling like crap so he didn't spend the night like he's been doing. I put together a big pan of unbaked lasagna for him as his valentine's "present" because he's mentioned how much he misses my lasagna.

Of course Sunday was Valentine's. He and S hid some stuff on Saturday when he was here and Sunday morning I had a treasure hunt. A silly card and some candy. Gifts definitely aren't my LL, so that all was fine. I didn't hear from him all day though and started getting antsy by evening. I had to keep talking myself down by reminding myself of the summer plans we had just made the day before and all that.

I broke down and texted him that night to say thanks. I didn't want him to think I was being rude. He texted me right back and we "talked" for a bit (pushed out the idea that he was with someone else--I tell you, I was going crazy). He said he was starting to feel better finally. I was pretty disappointed though that I didn't actually see him that day.

He texted me pretty early last night (we do lots of texting because he only has his cell phone and has limited talk minutes) and was much more himself. Flirted, said we'd have fun cooking together more often, etc. and all that brought me down from the ledge a bit.

The lesson? Keep expectations low--especially for crap that gets all built up like Valentine's day! And wow, this "piecing" has been going on since early November--3 months now! This is by far longer than any of his other touch and gos all these years.

I got him a card to go with the lasagna and since I haven't seen him, I'm undecided if I should give it to him. I thought it was funny, but might be too much R "talk". It says, "I don't need a normal relationship" and inside it says, "I like ours just fine"--something like that. It was one of the few that fits!