Why don't you come to your senses?

[2Times2Many]

Bright, so glad you found the lyrics. It is interesting how much you can find in songs now that you never really paid attentions to before.

Easter dinner with the in-laws was very nice. It seemed a little odd being there without H, but I enjoyed it and the meal was awesome. HaWho, if I had known that Christmas music was now appropriate for Easter, I would have insisted they put some on. Next year!

I saw the Greek Wedding movie this weekend. It was about what you'd expect, but uplifting and entertaining. One of those happily ever after movies. I was a little amused at the couple sitting next to me. I realized they were there on a date and the guy was clearly not into it. I think he dozed off at one point. I recall thinking that I hoped this wasn't the beginning of the R because it really wasn't a good idea for her to drag the guy to a chick-flick if it was. LOL.

And you guys will probably get a chuckle out of this one. It seems that the MLCer isn't the only one who can do whacky things. I was working on a jigsaw puzzle of ice cream labels this weekend and put together the bottom right corner. When I got it done, it didn't look like the picture on the box. I thought, great, I got a screwed up puzzle and who knows what else is wrong. After looking back and forth a few times, I finally realized the the "Made in USA" emblem was not part of the ice cream label in the puzzle, but was stamped on the box over the picture of the puzzle. Duh!

So, on to the serious stuff ...

H called in this morning and his happy mask apparently wasn't on. He was somewhat subdued compared to his usual self (which I think is a put on anyway).

He asked if I had gone to his parents for dinner and asked in way that made me feel like he didn't think I'd go without him (probably because I rarely do). Anyway, he wanted to know what we ate (said he was sorry he missed that meal), how long was I there, how did it go, did I enjoy myself? I answered everything honestly.

Then he asked about my sister (who is home from the hospital as of today but still needs to work on the eating thing) which surprised me.

He asked what else I had done over the weekend, so I offered up a little more. I told him I went to see a chick-flick. He actually remembered something ... and it was something rather insignificant! He said he thought I saw that last weekend and I told him I had the release date wrong and had seen something else instead.

As I said, he sounded very subdued. The conversation waned a bit and he acted like he wanted to keep talking but didn't know what else to talk about. So I bit the bullet and asked him what he did over the weekend. I don't usually ask because, quite frankly, I want to stay as far away from his stuff as possible. I also don't want to give him space to lie and then find out about it later. It doesn't sit well with me (as I suppose most of you have noticed ), but I suppose if I just accept that everything is a lie, I can deal with it and won't be so disappointed when the truth comes to light or be pleasantly surprised when I find out he's been honest.

He said he'd gone for a ride on his bike (motorcycle, of course), ran a few errands, did some things around his apt, and then perked up when telling me about going to a bar (I assume) with some friends to watch a sports game. After a little small talk about the game, I wrapped things up and passed him over to BIL.

I don't quite know how he's taking my Easter dinner with his parents. I had a tough time with that decision because I know that they are at the root of his problem and I didn't want him to feel like I was "choosing" them over him. For that reason, I have pretty much politely declined invites from them. But it was an opportunity to show him that life goes on here whether he's here or not. And going was a 180 because, as I said, I really haven't done that since all this came about. Most of all, I'm tired of coming up with ways to spend holidays without H (and my kids are otherwise occupied) when I know I'm welcome to join his family. We shall see how this one pans out.