Oh, it's 7:30 AM and I sign on and here you all are with support. Thank you SO much!
Punk's loss and disappearance is all the harder since Pixi has been gone pretty much completely since late June. She and I love to cuddle and talk and process everything, and I am shriveling up dealing with what has been a LDR for weeks. The longest we'd ever been apart has been 10 days before this.
She got home from her music fest in upstate NY on Monday night at 10 PM, so we didn't end up having a nice dinner out for her birthday. I really lost it. She blamed rainstorms lengthening her trip, but then I found out she didn't leave her parents' place til 2 PM. It's a good 6 hour trip and she would have barely made it home in time... so I guess talking to her mom was more important than having a birthday dinner with me! That hurt, especially because she will be back at camp on MY birthday on August 6th. (And Pixi and I are going to her home area in NY for our own vacation in September and she will see her family then.)
I kind of lost it on her that night. And I went to bed without saying goodnight. She wouldn't watch the DNC with me (ever since Bernie lost, she can't stand politics), so I just told her to go talk to her (camp and NY) friends online. I watched Michelle's speech alone. Grrr.
Yesterday morning I had a terrible headache, and she was unloading her car, and I cried. Then we finally talked over breakfast for a half hour, she hugged me a little, and then she was packing and dressing and out the door by 1 PM. I told her I feel taken for granted alone here with the dog, and her being 90% incommunicado.
This week of camp was a last minute invitation. So I wasn't prepared for more time alone. She will be back Saturday July 30 and then back to camp on Aug 4 until the 15th. Then I will finally have her here except for a long weekend at Labor Day. After that we will take a vacation together.
So, no, I do not "have it all together" at the present time. I am proud of her for being so dedicated to the kids with challenges at her camp. But ugh, I miss her so much, and so does her dog, and that makes her dog cranky and barky and whiny and needy, and that just adds to my stress.
I might seem to have my shit together most of the time, but I guess it's just that I am an optimistic person, and I am older and have some experience with relationships, and I tend to look at the big picture. But this whole summer has been extremely challenging. Pixi gone, Punk grieving, the misunderstandings with Arjun. Not to mention my "female troubles." I had to have the tests postponed til Aug 22 since I just got on MassHealth and insurance won't fully cover things til Aug 1.
So... yeah. Punk is grieving. And I just bet he's off sex, and he doesn't want to let me down. Of course I wouldn't push sex on him if he's not wanting it! But he is used to women demanding he serve their needs.
(Thank god for this new thing with Steve, or I wouldn't be getting any sex. Pixi gave me some perfunctory sex last week, but I practically had to beg for it, since she was so tired. It was pretty bad sex, but better than nothing, I guess. I feel really bad for Feather who needs sex for comfort and has basically lost both her lovers at once. UGH!)
It does suck that Punk invited me to the wake and now won't even send me one line of text! I have texted him twice. After I saw his Instagram I texted to say I was glad he at least posted there so I know he is taking walks and working in his shop.
He must have made some money doing the contracting work with his friend and was able to afford the reciprocating saw. I remember he told me he couldn't use power tools much when his mom was alive as she would be bothered by the noise. So, he is enjoying his freedom to make noise.
I will wait a couple more days and text him again, specifically saying it's OK if he still needs space, but I miss him and I am here if he wants to talk. How he said he'd be in touch and I am sad he hasn't been. And that I won't pressure him for sex!
Punk's loss and disappearance is all the harder since Pixi has been gone pretty much completely since late June. She and I love to cuddle and talk and process everything, and I am shriveling up dealing with what has been a LDR for weeks. The longest we'd ever been apart has been 10 days before this.
She got home from her music fest in upstate NY on Monday night at 10 PM, so we didn't end up having a nice dinner out for her birthday. I really lost it. She blamed rainstorms lengthening her trip, but then I found out she didn't leave her parents' place til 2 PM. It's a good 6 hour trip and she would have barely made it home in time... so I guess talking to her mom was more important than having a birthday dinner with me! That hurt, especially because she will be back at camp on MY birthday on August 6th. (And Pixi and I are going to her home area in NY for our own vacation in September and she will see her family then.)
I kind of lost it on her that night. And I went to bed without saying goodnight. She wouldn't watch the DNC with me (ever since Bernie lost, she can't stand politics), so I just told her to go talk to her (camp and NY) friends online. I watched Michelle's speech alone. Grrr.
Yesterday morning I had a terrible headache, and she was unloading her car, and I cried. Then we finally talked over breakfast for a half hour, she hugged me a little, and then she was packing and dressing and out the door by 1 PM. I told her I feel taken for granted alone here with the dog, and her being 90% incommunicado.
This week of camp was a last minute invitation. So I wasn't prepared for more time alone. She will be back Saturday July 30 and then back to camp on Aug 4 until the 15th. Then I will finally have her here except for a long weekend at Labor Day. After that we will take a vacation together.
So, no, I do not "have it all together" at the present time. I am proud of her for being so dedicated to the kids with challenges at her camp. But ugh, I miss her so much, and so does her dog, and that makes her dog cranky and barky and whiny and needy, and that just adds to my stress.
I might seem to have my shit together most of the time, but I guess it's just that I am an optimistic person, and I am older and have some experience with relationships, and I tend to look at the big picture. But this whole summer has been extremely challenging. Pixi gone, Punk grieving, the misunderstandings with Arjun. Not to mention my "female troubles." I had to have the tests postponed til Aug 22 since I just got on MassHealth and insurance won't fully cover things til Aug 1.
So... yeah. Punk is grieving. And I just bet he's off sex, and he doesn't want to let me down. Of course I wouldn't push sex on him if he's not wanting it! But he is used to women demanding he serve their needs.
(Thank god for this new thing with Steve, or I wouldn't be getting any sex. Pixi gave me some perfunctory sex last week, but I practically had to beg for it, since she was so tired. It was pretty bad sex, but better than nothing, I guess. I feel really bad for Feather who needs sex for comfort and has basically lost both her lovers at once. UGH!)
It does suck that Punk invited me to the wake and now won't even send me one line of text! I have texted him twice. After I saw his Instagram I texted to say I was glad he at least posted there so I know he is taking walks and working in his shop.
He must have made some money doing the contracting work with his friend and was able to afford the reciprocating saw. I remember he told me he couldn't use power tools much when his mom was alive as she would be bothered by the noise. So, he is enjoying his freedom to make noise.
I will wait a couple more days and text him again, specifically saying it's OK if he still needs space, but I miss him and I am here if he wants to talk. How he said he'd be in touch and I am sad he hasn't been. And that I won't pressure him for sex!