You are right, Arsene, I am too clingy for my emotions and I am having a hard time breaking that. It is also difficult when you've spent 17 years sharing your life with one person and no one else.
I managed to call H once last night because I couldn't get our D on the phone. He didn't answer. D called me a few minutes later and I did talk to H after that briefly. The conversation was cordial. Started out a little cold but got a little warmer at the end. No I love yous. I was generally the one who had to initiate that anyway and didn't last night.
I resisted texting to let him know I had reached my destination, etc.
I went out to dinner with my dad last night and then to a bar with the lady I am traveling with. I hadn't been out to a bar in years and it was fun, although I won't make it a habit.
Of to a conference
M44 H57 D17 (special needs) M 18 yrs Bomb 7/2/12 Still living together