Two years in limbo, it's a fine place

[adinva]

I agree Bklyn but I think for H it is sustainable. It's been a long slow slide to this point, and I think his superficial relationships are all he wants from now on. I know him better than his own mother does, I lived with him longer than anyone on earth. He closes doors that he will not reopen. He shrugs and takes it as the way it has to be. This is a guy who memorized a license plate of a car he thought took a parking spot his mom was waiting for, remembered it for several years, waiting and planning, and then egged the guys car, years later, pleased with himself about the fact that the guy would have no idea why his car got egged. We're not dealing with a regular guy. I almost broke up with him over that incident, and wish I had. Somehow I thought I'd be on the inside of his circle and the venom would only be directed outside, but that didn't turn out to be the case.

Thanks to those who are still writing here. Almost like Christmas when I come and find my sorry old thread on page 1. I think more and more I don't belong in Newcomers but I like it here.

So, my amusing post of the day. S15 informed me when I got home yesterday that he bought a machete. Joking? No, he bought a machete. He was sitting at the computer and found an unused Walmart gift card for $15 so he went online and ordered himself a machete.

I absolutely love raising boys. They are so strange and exotic.

I told him he can try it out on the wisteria that's threatening to take over my side yard.

I got Wild and it's great. I had no idea what it was about, but it reminds me a little bit of the other book Into the Wild, which I also loved. Any parent of a high-spirited boy should read that. This is like the girl's version, at least so far. Now I'm going out on the AT.

I also did more GAL this week. I renewed a friendship and made a date to play tennis, as well as another to meet her friend with her for dinner. I called my too-busy best friend and nailed her down to take a walk with me so we met up yesterday for a little work break and caught up. I made a new recipe for artichokes. And the piece de resistance, I'm going by myself to meet up with a group of people I've met once before, to tailgate before the Jimmy Buffet concert. My sister's arriving later. My H agreed to babysit the house for me so I'm taking care of some things that would bug him, like the days of dishes and the Christmas tree lights that got pushed in a corner. I got my guitar out two days for two, to practice a couple of songs before Sunday's meetup.

Always feels like there's more to do, but I'm getting better at shoving some things off and not worrying about them. My too-busy friend is more busy and stressed than I am, from taking vacations and buying a beach house and listening to her sibling's problems. I have some things that stress me out but I'll take care of them when I get around to them and first I want to read and hike and play guitar. It'll all get done.

Two of the new fish in my tank have ich, bummer.

That's the news from Lake Wobegone.