[BrightFuture]

Thank you HaWho and Irish. I really didn’t want sell my old car to my mutual friends, because I just don’t know how long it will run and if there would be any major repairs needed in the nearest future. I will feel bad if it breaks down in the next few months. But my mutual friends were so adamant about wanting this car… I told them about all little things that are no longer “new” in this car, but they still wanted it. So, I hope that the car will last for a few more years without any major issue. After all, their daily drive is nothing compared to mine. They don’t need to drive on the freeway with speeds of 70-80 mph and drive around a big city.

They wanted it because they only have one car right now, a van that is very old and keeps breaking down. My male friend wanted my old car for his wife, so she would be independent in terms of driving and not relying on him taking her places. Not sure if she is really into this idea though, LOL. I think she likes him taking care of her. But, sometimes she really needs to have her own transportation. I think she will like it.

So, the other friend, the neighbor from the vacation home came over today to pick up the car. She was late… She was supposed to be at my house no later than 9:30. She finally showed up at 11. She said that there were some “issues” in the morning. Her daughter (who was supposed to drive her here) was feeding her baby (7 month old) and they had to deal with some kind of bank issues. I was a bit upset at first, but I let it go. I was working from home and there were no meetings at work, so I was fine. She apologized a million times. There was another woman who was going to the vacation home place and who lives in my city. They drove to the airport to pick up my H. My neighbor was reporting (texting) the status (got to the airport, picked up H…) to me, which I think was nice of her.

The interesting part in this “car” story was that H kept checking with me if our neighbor contacted me, if she was coming to pick the car, if she picked up the car yet (this morning)… etc… He arranged this with her first place, so why he was checking with me when he could check with her… I guess, I’m a more reliable person, hahaha! Or just because… he could…

So, enough about my car. It is gone! I’m going to see it at the vacation home thought. Kind of weird.

Irish, I so appreciate the opinion from a male about the lipstick and the case, LOL. I only had one from my sister’s H, who also said that lipstick is a very personal gift. I don’t know if I was not clear about the other part of it, the lipstick case. Lipstick case was handed to me by my BIL (H’s brother) with some comments, which I don’t remember. My other BIL (sister’s H) also thought that it would be very weird for H’s brother to gift me a lipstick case. So, he concluded that it was also from H. And this is what I need to find out. But… it gets weirder from here… LOL

My BIL (H’s brother) texted me last week asking if I would want to do a happy hour sometimes. I texted back saying that my GF was still with me and we would see if we could make it. We didn’t. So, I texted BIL today asking him if there are any happy hour plans for this week (as I really want to find out about the lipstick case…) He replied back saying that he is not sure when and where, but his sister and her son (BIL’s nephew) are in town and he would like to meet with them. I texted back “OK, maybe next week then”. What I’ve got in response was not what I expected… He asked me if I wanted to meet with his sister and nephew…

WHAT?! This is new. I know the sister was in town multiple times, visiting my BIL, since BD. Most of the times I didn’t even know she was here. Not that I was “invited” to join them or see her (mind you my BIL lives in the same neighborhood.) I have very mixed feelings about this. H told me at BD that his sister was surprised “that we were still together” at that time. In a sense, she encouraged H to split with me. She has very troubled relationship history herself (3 times divorced with multiple boyfriends in the wings all the time.., daughter trying to commit a suicide in high school over a broken R with a boyfriends.., son, declaring that he doesn’t want kids and doing vasectomy at the age before 30…), so I’m not surprised. And after she learnt about our split, she completely erased me from her life. I never heard from her or received anything from her (compared to holiday cards from H’s older brother and my BIL.)

I so wanted to tell my BIL that “no, I don’t want to meet up with your sister, but I would like to see your nephew”. But, I didn’t. So, I texted back “Ok, let me know where”. I can always come up with an excuse to not go. I have until Friday to think about it. I’m not so sure I want to do it. Part of me doesn’t want to open the can of warms, and part of me is very curious and devilish, LOL. I would not hesitate to throw the truth darts, which would be different from the past, when I was just listening and tolerating “the sister”.

Sorry for the long post again…