Everwhere is walking distance if you have the time

[ClingingToHope]

It's been a very strange weekend.

I got in touch with the ex-wife of a co-worker who also dated a friend of mine for four or five months. On Facebook, I asked how she was doing since I hadn't seen her she broke up with my friend.

She invited me to be a part of her trivia team for a fundraiser. So I went to that on Friday and our team won. I contributed about 12 answers.

After we went with some of her friends to celebrate. She's the executive director of the symphony here and her friends are highly intelligent and I had a great, great time.

Saturday, I got some fitness equipment and put that together and am pretty excited about how I'm feeling. Summer is coming up.

Then the birthday party. XW did a great job with it. 25 kids showed up and D13 just had a blast.

My job was to provide the pizza and take pictures.

XW's two friends didn't show -- which is typical, they've always been the kind of friends that reach out when they need help but aren't really around when you need them.

Also, XW's boyfriend didn't come. I didn't think he would, but I did have a bit of a panic attack when I wondered if he would.

That is a day I'm not looking forward to.

Anyway, it was just me, XW and her mom. And it felt very, very weird. These always do. I sit and think, this is what a family should do, be together, share these moments. But when it's over she goes her way and I go mine and ...

I was a little sad sitting upstairs watching the party. But then I thought "what would Jesus do in this situation?"

He'd be grateful he was asked. He would help when asked. And he would be thankful that D13 is turning out so well.

I felt better.

Still, I had to get a drink after. So I met a friend, who also is divorced, and we went out and I had one of the longer nights I've had in a long time.

I paid for it this morning. I'd already volunteered to play basketball because a couple of guys from a team were out of town.

So I skipped church -- splitting headache -- and dragged myself to the gym.

We won. I did OK and I actually felt better after.

Then I took a shower and went to a co-worker's fundraiser. His infant son had been in and out of the hospital several times with a rare condition. I contributed $20 to the cause.

Now I'm waiting for friends to meet me to go a hockey game.

I'd gotten tickets for this game back in January and the original plan was to take DHU-41, her son and her nephew. This was to be my official "meeting of the family."

Instead, I'm going with a few friends.

Life is just a roller coaster, really all the time.