Everwhere is walking distance if you have the time

[ClingingToHope]

I know Wii. I took Friday as a hopeful sign but Saturday wasn't so hopeful. I won't text her again until I need to. She knows I'm interested.

I'm keeping the Thursday night church group going in part to be around Church-32, but more so because the way it's set up we have three or four new people join in and drop out every six months. It's a great friend generator. Friday, Saturday and Sunday I hung out with people from the church group. It has soooo expanded my friend horizons.

Sad/happy note today. XW is taking the kids to her mom's because someone is coming to see the house. When it sells I'll still be sad. It's the only house the girls have ever called home, and I used to think we'd move from there to our dream home.

Happy note is I mentioned to D13 that I hope they stay within bike riding distance so we don't have to get two sets of bikes. D13 said XW doesn't plan to move out of the district, which caught me by surprise. If it's true, that's perfect. Then I'll still be able to see them every day during the school year and can continue the daily schedule as is.

Stressing a little about August trip to Canada to see my aunt. We may not be able to stay with my aunt because one of her son's and his family might be in town at the same time. If that's the case, I'll take $1,000 of the $12,500 I'm getting from XW's retirement and put it in the vacation fund. The rest I'm setting aside for my Master's.

Couple of other interesting things have popped up. One of the ladies I took to lunch last year is back on OKCupid. She'd started dating someone so I never got a second lunch. We exchanged a couple of messages. I'm toying with asking her if she's available for that second lunch.

Also, an older lady -- by two years -- called me today. I think she's interested, but I'm not. She's a bit out there. She's fun though and been through the whole divorce thing so she's good to talk to -- on a limited basis.

Final note. I picked up the third volume of Edmund Morris' biography of Theodore Roosevelt. I always admired him, but after reading his biography I admire him even more so.

Something interesting from the first of the trilogy. He was married young, but his first wife died after childbirth. He was heartbroken for nearly two years. Said he had nothing to live for. While recovering though, he systematically erased every reminder of her as possible -- other than their daughter -- and then never spoke of her again. He was despondent for 21 months before reconnecting with his childhood love.

The moral of the story is he didn't look back -- ever.