Thanks T. You know what they say, give a thousand monkeys a thousand typewriters and a thousand years... lol
Yesterday W and I had more interaction than we've had in quite a while. We went out for lunch together, (not unusual) and talked quite a bit, which is unusual. She went to a work party the night before, and told me all about it, and showed me a couple of pics on her iPad. She joked about how one of the ladies recently had her belly button pierced, and how it was such a MLC thing! (her words!)
She was planning to go to a 50th birthday party for one of the ladies she works with later that night. The party was going to be at J's house, a gay male in his late forties. W has worked with him for 20 years and they get along well. He has a very nice home (I've been there) and sometimes rents out a room to help cover his bills. Anyway, W was telling me about the new roommate he has, a married man from the next state over who stays the week for work, and then goes home to his W and kids on the weekends. I asked how much J charges him for rent, and she told me and explained what all is included. She said it was a really good deal, and then joked that maybe J would take her in! We both laughed.
My buddy came over and I helped him with an assignment he's working on for school, and then we practiced our martial arts forms. When W came home from the party, we talked some more. Very open and lighthearted as she told me about her night out. Then she showered and went to "her" bed.
As I write she is in the kitchen making us breakfast. Later, we will visit her Dad and see how he's doing, probably stop out afterwards for a errand or two, and lunch. Gosh I love my girl.
M: A really long time. Crisis: 5 years. She's still worth it.
Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. -Viktor Frankl
