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