Laurie--Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a nice break from having the headset glued to your ear, and will look forward to your return. By that time, I'll probably be ready for another session with you.
Pam and Meredith--Yes, this IS Mr. Wonderful creeping back to his normal self. I do want to state for the record that he usually is only lewd for my ears and eyes only. This was clearly a case of being in the wrong place at the right time, and he took advantage of it.
However, true to alien form, there was no contact with my sometimes human/othertimes alien H yesterday. He's leaving for CA after lunch and will probably call sometime in the next couple hours to check in. It's his M.O. but I wouldn't be surprised if he skipped it altogether either.
Now here's some leftover stuff from late Friday afternoon and through the weekend, which I didn't post earlier. Triple J was on a chat with me, so we celebrated one of the baby steps--he was kind enough to toast to my success a few times Friday night. I have to love an Irishman who can drink to someone else!
Before I left work on Friday, Mr. W. called me from cell. Again, HAPPY and full of newsy updates. Note: he did not ask me about Martha's status, even though I was prepared to answer with accuracy.
He told me we were getting back a hefty sum from the IRS and the state of CO when we file the tax return. Yes, I damn near fell out of my chair. He attributed the boon to increased withholding on his part...
I didn't want to notice that all the write offs were made possible because I have been paying the fricking mortgage for the entire year....
Anyway, instead of gritting my teeth I offered, "Well, now we don't have to worry about how we're going to pay for D10's summer camp. That will really help."
MW: "Oh, good idea."
Me: "Maybe this would be a good time to get the brakes fixed on the motor home?"
MW: "I was HOPING you'd say that! There's also some other engine work I'd like to get done if you're okay with spending some more money on it."
Me: Mind? Only if we're going to sell it as part of a D settlement. "That sounds like a wise decision."
MW: "Yeah, the last time I used it--remember, I took the girls camping on fall break last year?"
Couldn't forget. You weren't talking to me then and came back in a worse mood than when you left.
Me: "Yes."
MW: "Well, it was idling weird, so I want to get this thing working really well before we take it camping this summer."
ME: WOW! I hope the 'we' includes me! "Okay, that's a great idea."
For anyone who wonders about this damn motor home, it holds the key to connecting optimally. Camping is the ONE thing that we both LOVE to do together. Even he couldn't rewrite those times into negative ones, so he had chosen to not discuss them.
We sold our pop up 2 years ago to some friends so we could buy the motor home--it was the only way we could take D6 camping and have fun. We needed the capability to self contain ourselves and hit the deadbolt. Plus the A/C feature made things much more comfy when camping around here in the summer.
On to Saturday...
After not sleeping well, I rose early and headed to the gym. It was crowded and I found a good place to hop in and the lady next to me started chatting with me. She introduced herself and started to tell me more.
When she revealed some info that sounded familiar, I finally asked her if her last name was X; she looked shocked and said, "Yes. How did you know?"
I told her that I knew her H.... not only is he the VP of our bank, he golfs in the foundation tournament every year.
She lives up the street from me!
She ended up offering to watch the girls for me when I needed to run errands, and I thought to myself, "Well, here's an answer to my prayers." I said, "T, could you watch them for a half hour on Monday afternoon, after the sitter leaves, so I can head to the gym?"
She beamed at me and said, "I'd LOVE to."
Her face then got sober and I asked what was wrong.
She said, "Oh, nothing, but I just realized that my prayers were answered. I am now the secretary for the high school psychologist but used to be a special ed para--and I've really and truly missed the work and the kids.
With my kids grown, and with my depression, I had been praying for God to bring me a family who I can help again, and I just realized that it is you. My H is going to be thrilled to hear this, but it's going to be especially wonderful to him when he hears that person is you."
She came over to meet the girls last night, and she and D6 loved each other. And she was right. I talked to her H yesterday afternoon and he commented that although he knows it's a small world, he knew that it was too small to be coincidental.
I have a new friend and neighbor who can not only support me and my family, but be supported as well.
Okay, it's month beginning and I'm swamped. Have another post or two and then I'm off for awhile.
Hugs to all,
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."
