The Other Side of the Mountain

[hopefloats7]

So I'm sitting here this evening, wine, movie, and wondering what WAH is up to.
My cell rings, and it's H. I answered. (When Sassy finds out, this will cost me one beating from her whip)

He's driving to the store to get meds (he has a bad cold). He asked me how I am doing, how are things at home, etc. Wow, I'm thinking...lots of small talk tonight. This is a change. He actually seems interested.
I returned the favor, asked him how he's doing. He said, "Well, other than having this cold, I'm doing good!" [Hope feels knife in heart]
I said, "Well, I'm glad."
He said, "Yeah, I'm doing good! How are you doing?"
And I told him I am doing as well as can be expected. He replied something like, "Yeah. I guess you are...yeah." like he knows this isn't easy for me.

Next, he tells me his plans for tomorrow. Weird; he never offers info. but guess what? He's having lunch tomorrow with a friend of ours...in the same area that I am meeting Sassy for brunch. Oh great. So now I may run into H. tomorrow with Sassy. This ought to be delightful. I did not tell him I was going to be in the same area, because I knew he would ask me where we were eating, and he might just turn up there. So he doesn't know, and I hope that we don't see him.

So, he says to me that he did have some acct. info. for me but that he wasn't just calling for that reason; he wanted to call and say hi first, etc. He actually pointed this out---that he wasn't just calling for a financial reason. {is he reading my posts or my mind??} I thanked him and said that it was nice of him to call.

He gave me the info., and said he would give me a call later. (later is always open to many different definitions)

I guess it was a pretty positive phone call, with the exception of his "I'm doing good!" remark. So I guess life without me is turning out well after all.

And now I have another stomach ache.