Dark Side of the Moon

[LearningPatience]

Well, my GAL was off the charts this weekend. There were 10 of us that went to Milwaukee Friday for a bachelor party (3 more showed up Saturday) and there was a lot of partying going on both nights.

Friday night we went to a bunch of bars in the touristy/younger area of the city. I rode a mechanical bull and started hanging out with a bachelorette party going on.

Saturday morning I ran for 5 1/2 miles along the lakeshore, went better than I thought it would for how much we drank the night before.

That day the group of us went on a distillery tour (I bought some absinthe) and went out to a different part of town with an older, professional crowd. In a complete 180 for me, I went and talked to some attractive women (I usually sit back and watch, kinda shy). I'm sure the liquid courage helped. Hung out with them, one of them bought me a drink and our groups all went to a dance club. Had a great time there (I normally don't dance either), talked to lots of lovely ladies and left a little earlier than the rest of our group (yes, by myself).

Got a little lost walking back to the hotel so I had plenty of time to think as I slowly sobered up. For some odd reason, I was thinking about my first W and whether I should get back together with her. We've been really close lately. I think I need to be careful here.

Yesterday (Sunday) was my SDs 20th birthday, so I texted her from the airport. Sent her a card earlier in the week and she thanked me for it. When I got back home I had an IM conversation with SIL. She brought up W and didn't realize I went dark on her. At one point she told me

"I know it's not easy but you need to watch out for yourself and not allow her to hurt you any more. You deserve someone who treats you right and doesn't take you for granted. I love my sister but she wants to act like a 21 year old and she's nearly 40 and that's just a shame because she let a good relationship slip away. SD isn't the most mature person in the world because she's still young, but in many ways she's more mature than W is."

Have I ever mentioned that I love my ILs?

Three weeks of NC whatever with W. Missed her a lot last night but hardly thought of her at all during the trip. I'm sure W will hear about the trip, and there's plenty of pics of me and the ladies we met, but that's ok. Might show her I'm going to have fun with or without her.