How much longer in Separated?

[jon2911]

My company's owner was back in the office this week, and I didn't get a chance to talk to him about the promotion, but I'm planning to send him an e-mail today. The client love my work on the web site, though he was very demanding and we went back and forth on some things all week. Great experience though, and I have something I can be very proud of to show to the owner.

It was a stressful week, but good weekend. Got a much-needed project done installing a fan in my attic, and the house is much cooler already. Also got some recording done for a project I'm working on and made some money playing at a church today. Tired, so a nap is about to happen.

My boss shot out an e-mail that we're having a company party on Friday, going bowling. My first thought was that W asked to be penciled in that weekend, but then I thought she might come. She was OK coming to my band's show, so maybe this could be an important step? No one at work knows anything except my buddy who got me the job, and he and his wife have been wanting to see her for a while.

My iPhone was stolen from the gym Friday night, which is really frustrating and bad timing. Haven't been able to talk to W since then. My friend found me an old AT&T phone and I should have it by Tuesday. We IM'ed a little bit Friday night, but she was busy with family stuff all day yesterday.

I'm a bit stressed about the weekend and how to bring it up, but hopefully it will happen naturally like the last time. Any ideas are appreciated.

One cool story from the week. Wednesday night, W called raving about this new Brazilian hair treatment she tried. It's kept her. Hair amazingly straight for a few days, even after washing. She said "I know you aren't interested in this, but my Aunt and SIL are on vacation so I have no one else to tell." I realized I hadn't sounded interested, and took the time to really listen. A friend at recovery group mentioned how "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone", and in his M he never appreciated his W sharing her life with him. There was no problem to fix, so it felt like a waste of time. Now he realizes how essential that is and takes time to listen. I realized that W and I have gotten back in the swing of these "how was your day" talks, and how much progress that is.

Now for that nap. I'm hoping the world looks a lot brighter afterwards, as it should.