I had lunch yesterday, without asking for permission, and without announcing that I was going, with a guy who was interested in the lunch club. It was just one person, sure, but that is a start, and I hope for > 1 when I am back in December.

In the Questions and Complaints department:
for the guys here: what is reasonable to expect from life? How often do friends check on you or say hello? I feel lonely a lot - are we simply supposed to grin and bear it? Do we just live from hope to hope, looking forward to the next planned amusement, and ignoring the rest? Right now it isn't much fun.

Stopping my fear of my W - is it just a rational thing, telling myself that she is not an ex-commando, that her weapons are just (admittedly painful) words, at worst?

Tonight is playing music with guy friends.

I hear via d15 that we are having a Russian-themed Christmas party. We had neighbors over last night for enchiladas. Luke

M58, xW54
S22, D18
M 1984, D 2016
Living a new life.