Thanks all. I'm not sure if he was served or not. I haven't heard from my L and of course, nothing from X.
We are quite Covid-safe now, so the social calendar is in full steam.
It was my birthday on Friday. I took the day off to get a massage and haircut, then dropped S2 off at my parents' place so I could meet a friend for dinner. We have known each other for ten years and she has been overseas for the last couple of years, so we had a lot to catch up on. I forgot how fun it is to get together with another single girlfriend and talk about boys over a couple of drinks.
My birthday/divorce party went well. I spent the last couple of weeks sprucing up my outdoor space with a firepit, Adirondack chairs, new dining setting, and many strings of of fairy lights. It was a lovely cold evening around the fire playing board games and chatting with old and new friends. We ordered pizza and had drinks until everyone headed home around 11pm.
Unfortunately S2 came down with a fever in the afternoon so I kept running into his room to sponge him down and cuddle him in bed, but he was fine the next morning. It was X's day with him so I went back to bed as soon as S2 left. X was 15 minutes late for pickup and not only did he notify me, he actually apologised! Stranger things have happened...
To round out my birthday weekend, I went on a first date with this new guy. He took out me for coffee and ordered us a dessert grazing platter to celebrate my birthday - pancakes, waffles, fruit, toasted marshmallows with melted dipping chocolate. He was goofy and awkward, kinda nervous, but very sweet, and we chatted about our kids and exchanged numbers. I'm cautiously excited.
