Seeing less of my old shark image

[Underdog]

Hiya Mom! (I'm actually finding myself comfortable calling you this now... )

Well, MC has an enormous draw for both of us. Think of MC as Houston. I, of course, am the project manager in this miserable Apollo 13-like program. I used to be pissed that the entire mission went awry, but I'm solution focused now and I have my best engineers working on the solution. Hee hee. That's all of you!

So Mr. Wonderful has made his turn around the moon, and has had a really rocky trip out there in space. He's had lots of things happen that he didn't anticipate, and it turns out that he actually has stated to me that he doesn't want to stay in outer space.

The way I see it, that offers 2 options: Letting Houston and his PM give up on him and let him die in peace out in space, or trusting them to guide him back to earth.

In order for that to happen, this PM needs Houston's help. Houston has to explicitly describe the landing procedures and give both of us hope that the landing can happen successfully and without injury.

BTW, Mr. Wonderful is a rocket scientist, so this is a really appropriate analogy in our lives.

Our MC is a SBT--that is, he's a solution-oriented, certified marriage counselor who is PRO-MARRIAGE. His expertise and knowledge is going to be pivotal in getting the landing module back to earth without burning up on reentry.

We both trust him and like him.

I'm sure we would both benefit from Retrouvaille, but right now that's not on the table. Maybe later (I'm Catholic, he is not).

I know why Mr. Wonderful left and what his feelings have been. And he knows what issues I had as well. We've already discussed what we resented and which details needed defining--all this came out in the 5 months before, so it wasn't for nothing. In fact, I happened to see that Mr. W. kept his notes in a notebook, which he left on the dining room table one night...

Now, all of you Houston engineers, you ready to stand by your consoles and prepare to advise? It's standby time for now, because first solo C session for me is April 15th. I'll have lots to discuss when I make it to Seattle the following afternoon!

Sans spandex...