Spent the night with bro and family Friday night...watched a movie and the kids played with their cousin. Next day, went to watch the parade and met BFF and her BF there. Saw lots of familiar faces...ate lunch and supported a friend of ours cause for the Arthritis Foundation. She is hispanic and made burritos, chicken mole and rice...yummmy!!!
Ran into another good friend and her sis there and chatter with her for awhile!!! This friend I haven't seen since the bomb and she was full of advice (keep in mind she has never been married and is currently living with a guy from Canada whom she met on the internet) that I need to find someone to date to make H jealous...she is just SURE that he would come running back if I did that....
Went back to bro's to finish watching the NE fb game and played with great niece and nephew!!! Then, back to BFF's and visited with her parents, Her Dad is 87 now and her Mom is in the early stages of alzhimers so was good to see them! Then, back to BFF's house where she had a roast in the crockpot for french dip sandwiches...yummy! Ate and went down to the festivities! Kids rode carnival rides while we talked with old classmates, former co-workers etc. Got kids settled at home and went to the local bar for a couple of beers. Saw an old crush...I have to say he has not aged well...eww! In the meantime, the carnival had shut down and most of the midway was already gone when we walked out of the bar...that was weird! All day and night I got lots of compliments from people saying how good I looked and how young I looked! Yeay!!! The last time some of these people saw me I was 40bls heavier!
The next morning, BFF made breakfast burritos (she loves to cook and is suffering empty nest...I think I gained 5bls while I was there!) Our other friend (the one with the advice) came over and we ate and talked and laughed until tears rolled about old times etc...had to be careful since my kids were around! Both my friends complained of their significant others and I came to the realization that if H and I were still together...I would have joined in on that convo!
THIS ^ made me realize that I while I do miss H very much in many ways, there are so many things that I do NOT miss about him. My friend was saying that H and I made her sick when we were first dating/married and how we were always "all over" each other and I seriously do not remember that! Sad. How long has it been since we were that way that I can't even remember it?
Anyway, this was really the only talk of H there whole weekend and it was initiated by someone other than myself. Thoughts of him did not pop into my mind at all! So, even though as you read this, you will maybe think "boring" I view the weekend as a HUGE success in that it kept H out of my mind and I enjoyed good company and lots of laughs! The kids had fun too!
So, depending on what we judge our weekends on, I may not have won the battle this time in the category of "fun" although I did have a great time...but, if we base it on totally forgetting about our sitches for a couple of days, I might have won that battle!
Today is my last day of vacation so need to get busy! Hope to get caught up with the rest of you too! Everyone have a great day!!!
M48 H53 M16 T18 S16 D13 SS30 H drops bomb PA/8-30-09 H leaves 12-30-09 D filed by H 2-10 H asks to come home 4-11 Piecing
