Got to play right as it was about to begin. As I thought, they had me seated with W and D7. That's OK. D7 was really excited.
Play went well. W and I mostly avoided each other's eyes. There were a couple of smiles.
One awkward moment. D7 at intermission went exploring for a while. Then we headed back into the theater. We went all the way to the front so she could sit on the stage.
W came back and sat down. D7 ran over to her and then ran back. W was smiling. Then D7 wanted to play messenger. She wanted me to give W a message. So I said tell her the costumes look great.
D7 ran over there and delivered the message and W said thanks.
D7 wanted another message, she said, "daddy, say I love you." Oh, well, how about "thanks for sitting with me."
She delivered it and got another thanks.
Again, she said, "daddy, say I love you."
No. I told her. That's probably not the right thing to say right now. How aout "you're pretty" she asked.
Finally, she settled on "nice sweater" and I said OK.
This time I glanced over and W didn't even look up. She stared at her program and said thanks.
The second half of the play was a little more awkward.
After, I walked D7 around for a bit, waiting for D11. D11 finally came up, I took a couple of pictures. We talked for a minute. D11 did not cry, which is good. She's an emotional type like me.
Then it was already 9:30 p.m. so W said they had to get going. Of course, if I still lived at home, I would have gathered D7 up right away and got her to bed. But this is W's night so she had to get them and get home.
D7 gave me a kiss and I was gone. I listened to George Harrison's "Here Comes The Sun" over and over again in the car.
I'm not sure what the vibe is in the theater troup. Everyone says Hi to me. W is so closed off and reserved that I'm not sure if she's said much of anything to anyone other than that we are separated.
It's D11 who keeps talking about our D. So I'm sure everyone knows, just not why.
Of course, I don't really know why either. I have my theories, but I'll never really know.
Me: 47, Ds 17-13, D final 6-11 http://tinyurl.com/yk4e2tz http://tiny.cc/thread2 http://tinyurl.com/ydtphqu http://tinyurl.com/thread4 http://tinyurl.com/3sm78k6 http://tinyurl.com/thread6
