I will still use my diary at OD, but will occasionally contribute here as well. If OD does go down, which seems to be the general consensus, I'll switch over. Which of course means I'll have to download everything from OD in order to save it. Guess I'll work on that later....
Because I'm on vacation again this week. Second week now. In MN, visiting family and friends and generally having a jolly good time. Have seen so many old friends and family members this trip, and have traveled between FOUR different homes to stay overnight as well. Not a problem, I'm good with an overnight bag.
I'm also good with lots of family and friend connections, being the extreme extrovert that I am. So it's been a blast having reunions and lunches, dinners and drinks, sleep overs and such.....lots of new memories created with people I've known most of my life.
My current place of residence is Scottsdale, AZ. I will be returning there this coming Sat. Returning to work on Mon., Aug. 15 after not being at work since Wed., July 24. That's a long time. Oh, don't get me wrong - I've done work while on vacation, this trip included. There's no possible way to be out of the clinic I manage for more than two weeks and NOT do some work. I have even more to do, what with a 2014 budget deadline looming this Friday. I figure I'll spend some time tomorrow or Thurs. getting those spreadsheets done, as I brought along my zip drive (never really go anywhere without it).
Today is my new friend Charlie's birthday. I put the word in asterik quotes because we've actually known each other 39 years. That's a long time. Ago. We knew each other briefly the summer of '74, which was when I graduated from h.s., was legal, and spent a lot of time hanging out at nightclubs in the area with friends and friends of friends, and brothers of friends, etc. Charlie was in that category. He was handsome, and older...having graduated in 1969.
Fast forward to last year and a "friends you many know" list on Facebook brought us together. I remembered him, especially the time that we sat till the wee hours of the morning at a picnic table in a park near White Bear Lake, talking and kissing, and generally flirting with each other. I don't believe I saw him again after that. And I don't believe I gave it much of a thought at the time, because although I sort of had a crush on him that summer, he wasn't the only guy I was flirting with. So when I went away to college the following year, my h.s. crushes went poof.
After Facebook brought us back together, as it has reunited so many old acquaintenances and friends, he started responding to things I'd post. I visited his wall one time and noticed he was "in a relationship." Okay, divorced like me, no surprise there! So when he started responding to my posts, and then started sending me little messages, my interest was once again piqued. He remembered me from that summer as well. He wanted to chat. He asked for my phone number, so I gave it to him. He called me the following Fri. night, which was the first week in February, and for the past 6 months we have talked almost daily (sometimes multiple times a day), developing quite a strong friendship. It's been fun and thought provoking, all at once.
Coming to MN for a long vacation this summer of course meant that Charlie and I would be able to finally reconnect physically, in the flesh, face to face. He joined me and my daughter, husband, husband's parents who are best friends of mine, and another friend, for dinner the night I flew in. We spent hours chatting, laughing, walked around the park, hugged and had a nice kiss before he went home.
We've had a few "dates" since then, not really formal dates, because I've been busy with others and he's been busy with his sailing business, and sailing in regatta races. Tonight we're going to the casino for his birthday. I bought a cute little Happy Birthday cupcake for him earlier today, so it will be fun to give him that.
Is this a new relationship in the making? Seems so. Hard to really put a label on it at this point, because I live in Scottsdale and he lives in White Bear Lake, and I have no intention of moving back up here and because he's a sailor he really can't move to Arizona. Kind of a quandary, huh? Seems as such. Time will tell.
I'm good with that - Time. Time always tells, and eventually all things make sense. I will continue to go with the flow on this, as with most everything else. I'll make plans where necessary, otherwise I'll take it as it comes.....
And one of the things that must come, I believe, is that when I get back to Arizona I have to seriously start looking for a new job. I've reached this point a lot the past six months, so it's time. Time to really look.
That's all for now. Glad to be here.....must get ready for the evening out!
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