[BrightFuture]

Hi Coly, thanks for stopping by. There was no option for people to bring a dish to the New Year’s dinner, as I invited them for Russian-style New Year celebration. So, I had to cook all the food. And I did! Everybody liked the food and had a great time! I did too! I’m glad the holidays are over though…

Got a text from H on the New Year’s eve while having a dinner party at my house. He wished me a happy New Year. I totally didn’t expect it, as I thought that he would be spending it with his friends at the town he is from. I replied with Happy New Year too. The reason I thought H was with his high school friends was that I saw the charges through our joint bank account online (his account, but linked to still our joint accounts). Apparently he drove there one day before the New Years. But… then my mutual friends told me that he was with them on the New Years and with the same crowd we had Christmas dinner with. So… he came back to the vacation home after one day in his home town. Interesting… I sounds like he was kind of bouncing around, trying to decide where he wanted to be… Also, I guess he didn’t go with his other crowd (with this crazy woman, her H, etc…) It is kind of significant that he spent New Year’s with the same people he spent the Christmas with… Another evening with more “reasonable”, settled people…

Maybe he is coming back to his senses, LOL. But I feel like I’m drifting further and further apart from him though. Now the Christmas dinner in the same company feels like a dream. And the reality is that I’m still moving on with my life. I’m not even sure I can reconcile with him at this point, if he would come back. I feel like I’m not willing to tolerate some of his “principals” any more. Maybe it is just a “hangover” from the holidays…

My foot is healing. I’m out of the boot and walking. Slow… with some hesitation… but walking without a boot. And I’m back to work in the office… It was nice to work from home for a while. I missed seeing some people at work, but I liked my time at home with a lot less stress.

Have a great week, everyone!