I figured I should at least catch up, since the firemen's football party was this past Sunday.
It went well, and I met some very lovely people. The single fireman was nice - his name was Dean - and I meant to chat more with him than I did. But I met a woman who rocked my world. (No, not like that!) Actually, I wound up conversing with 2 of them most of the day. The rocking woman is a single mom who lost her Navy fighter pilot hubby to suicide 8 years ago. (He refused all help offered to him by the Navy and other professionals.) Then I chatted at length with her best friend from HS, who is a fireman who also retired from the Aurora PD and is friends with one of my dearest friends (who is a retired Aurora cop, along with her hubby); this friend's D19 is one of my D19's best friends. It's a very small world.
Then I got into a very deep conversation with the fire chief and the hostess's BF (also a fireman). It turned respectfully political and was all in all a good evening. If nothing else, I realized that I do need to make more of an effort to socialize more when I don't have D16. Plus, the food was amazing. AND my friend is also going to be my POC for D16's transition to guardianship and adult services, starting next March when she turns 17.
You might not be surprised, but the 2 women with whom I was entrenched in conversation have experienced the same things we have here - stuff like text messages with photos of junk, nasty text messages, breaking up via text, yadda yadda yadda. So we're not alone in this fight.
Nothing else much to report here. I'm going over to dinner to my above mentioned retired cop's house Saturday for dinner with D16. That should be fun. We're going to stream D19's volleyball match, if her team makes it to the 3rd round of the NCAA championships. On paper, it looks entirely possible. She and her team are definitely on a roll.
BA, I'll text Merrick tonight to see if he's okay with everything. He's not leaving for NYC until Thursday morning, so I'll convince him to pack beforehand. I'll buzz you in the alt after I touch base with him. For the record, my surprise is almost becoming painful. My folks offered to fly me out when they found out that D16 and Mr. Wonderful are heading to MT for TG and were horribly bummed when I told them no. LOL. I wound up telling D19 because she heard about their offer and thought I was being a jerk. THEN my sister and BIL booked their flights and I'm suddenly the one person who is missing from all this excitement. Ha ha. It should be worthwhile, though.
I guess I should get back to work. Especially since I lost almost 3 work days without phones or internet. It's just so nice outside that I don't feel like working. I already took a nice walk to Subway for lunch, but that apparently isn't enough for me. UGH. It's almost 70 degrees here today - which I realize is something to cherish right now, because it won't last.
TTFN,
Betsey
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
