Rob - I'll let you know, but we'd not likely have other guests. So it might seem unusual to have one guest! But who knows, this all started only a couple of days ago.

I still would rather do it here among a small gathering of friends and family...if it happens. The good thing about my being away is that he can think about all what he said to me. He says he loves me whenever we talk, and he calls and IM's me and such.

He'd bought a chess set recently online that he thought was going to be glass...it wasn't. I found one yesterday online that was pretty, so he can take that to work and we can play chess on the other one. I should have it next week.

Whenever ex-b talks about plans, I'm included. Like the hobby that he was ready to jump into - he talked about how we could do it together. He was thinking about buying me a gun so we could shoot together. Recently there has been a lot of things that had to do with "we". And I mentioned that I'd been thinking about eventually getting a tattoo - he asked what kind, and I said that I'd love to have the character he draws. He said that the friend who is coming to town (the one he wants me to meet) is co-designer of the character with him.

I think it'd be cool.

Only 2 more full days here in DC, and then I go home Tuesday. I really, really can't wait! Not just for ex-b, but I am soooo bored and I love my family, but only in itty bitty doses. I put away a couple of pieces of clothing, my suitcase is starting to fill! And I have to come back two weeks from when I leave - but only for 3 days. Maybe that is too much!

My main goal right now is to not go backsliding. What we have now is working. We each have our own lives but spend lots of quality time together. I can't wrap myself only on him anymore. I also would love to talk with him tonight - we chatted a bit online earlier, but I'll let him call if he wants to talk. He made a big deal of it a couple of months ago when he'd not talked to me for one day. So he will call either today or tomorrow if I don't see him online.