Smelling the flowers

We had a busy weekend with the mystery dinner on Saturday night, followed by hosting a dinner party Sunday. Last night was a triad date night. B marinated boneless chicken thighs in chimichurri, and made a yummy salad, and brought them over. Bond grilled and we ate on the patio. Thankfully by that time of day the heat was letting up and it was pleasant on the patio with a fan blowing to move the mosquitoes off. After dinner we went to our favorite dive bar for a cocktail, and then stopped by our friends' house so Bond could do cat chores he volunteered for while they're in Hawaii, and then it was back to our place for sexy times. The triad is feeling super connected these days and it all feels wonderful. Surprisingly, B has mentioned staying over twice in the past week, which is a huge thing for her. She didn't end up staying over either time for various reasons, but she is starting to want to and that's big.

We're jam packed busy with plans for the next week or so, maybe the rest of summer. Tonight Bond and I are going to a pool party hangout - which will be bliss considering the heat index they're calling for today. Oh, we are getting his boys starting today through Saturday morning due to the heat. Their mother had opted out of having AC a couple of years ago, but with our weather being so extreme the past few seasons she is rethinking that decision and plans on having AC by next summer. In the meantime, the boys will be coming back sooner than agreed upon due to the miserable weather.

Saturday afternoon we have a birthday party, Sunday we are helping friends move in the morning, in the afternoon someone who purchased a diptych from me is hosting an art appreciation for me (so fucking embarrassing and I'd like to tell them to cancel it!), and then that night I think we may have a thing. The next day we're heading to a campground with the kids for two nights. I'm looking forward to three days off of work.

This morning Bond and I got ready earlier than normal and took our coffee over to B's and hung out before work. It was super fun and connecting. And surprisingly, I made it to work on time. I wasn't sure because I didn't know how bad the beltline traffic would be, but it was moving along well and the timing was perfect.
 
Our glamping went well. It's hard to call what we did camping. Due to a mix up in scheduling, they put us in the manager's residence (formerly occupied by the manager) for the price of the yurt we were trying to rent. As I suspected, S2 had aged out of the activities there. B wants to think the older boys will still enjoy one more year of it, but I seriously doubt it.

The most discouraging thing was that my grandson was not able to join us, because he is providing childcare for his younger sister and brother and despite the fact that I asked in April for him to be able to join us, they failed to establish alternative childcare for three days. I even offered to bring him home so he could be there Tuesday which was the main problem day, but his stepmother quit responding to my texts. I don't know if she just became too overwhelmed or what, but it was pretty sad to not have him with us. I hope he wasn't even aware that we were there without him.

We returned home around noon yesterday and the boys went to their mother's a couple of hours later. She's keeping them until next Tuesday/Wednesday. I'm pretty excited about the break. I'm also excited that I only have a two-day workweek this week. Woot.

My granddaughter had tubes put in her ears this morning. Everything went smoothly. I guess she may have an adjustment period of getting used to hearing better and noises will seem abnormally loud to her.

My youngest son may go with us to celebrate the grandbaby's 2nd b-day in mid-August. My older son asked me to ask him and I believe he said he wants to go. When I told him our departure and return dates he didn't respond, so I'm not 100% certain, but it appears he's going with us.
 
I heard back from my youngest today and he has a wedding that weekend. He actually bought his GF a plane ticket for her birthday so she could get back for this wedding. I take it that he has a lot of things all occurring on the same weekend, as he said he also committed himself to a fishing trip to Canada that he has to back out of or he'll risk his GF's wrath.

Check out this amazing property he shared with me: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/N4235-River-Dr-Wallace-MI-49893/113567850_zpid/

He and I both love watching real estate listings. :) This one is kind of wacky, but it would make a good rental as an short-term rental due to the novelty.

I'm so tickled that it's Friday already. Love two day workweeks. LOL
 
We had a super wonderful weekend. Friday night we went to PC and then out to dinner. When we were at PC, a friend of B's from way back came in and it turns out she has an artist studio in the same building. She invited us to see her set up and whoa, this lady has been on a TV competition show for body painting. Amazing work.

Saturday morning Bond, B, me, and her two children went to the Farmer's Market. We picked up a bouquet of flowers for our new neighbors (the immigration lawyer and her gf), and did some shopping after dropping B and company back at home. Saturday night B had plans with The Therapist and Bond and I watched a hella lot of TV. Sunday B came over for coffee in the morning, we dropped off the flowers at the new neighbors (they weren't home the day before), got a quick tour of their condo, and then we went to The House on the Rock. Damn, that place is never ending. Towards the end I really didn't care anymore and just wanted to reach the end.

House on the Rock carousel horse

We stopped in a small town for a drink on the way back to Madison and then at a petty zoo, where I stupidly let a baby goat suck on my finger. I know better, but it was a tiny pygmy goat and I thought that maybe he didn't have his teeth in yet, but no. He did have teeth and he pushed my finger over to the side with his tongue and chomped down, cutting my finger. Not badly, but it cut the skin and I had to wrap it in a tissue to catch the blood.

Finger chomping baby pygmy goat.

It feels like there has been a strengthening of our triad cohesion. I believe it started with my request for more time with B, my looking for properties where we could live either together or side-by-side, opening up dialog about what she would need in our current home to feel like it would work for her to live with us - that one is probably a few years out when the kids are either out of the house or we only have the two younger ones still at home. But, all of these things seem to have created a situation where B is feeling more connected and she's allowing herself to let down some walls. Bond is so happy. This is what he has always wanted.

All of this brings me to this past weekend when B said that we should buy a bigger bed, and then on Sunday she decided to sleep over. Bond moved a twin bed next to the king bed in the guest room and we all slept in one room that night. It was fun, but we would probably need something better if this were to become a regular thing, or new living arrangement.

The funny thing about this bed discussion is that we went over to our friends' home (the one with the pool) Sunday night and low and behold, they have two queen-sized beds joined together. They built a special platform and they have found a source for custom sheets. Originally they sewed two sets together, but now they order the custom-made ones.

This has set me on a course of researching custom beds and sheets, and people, these things are out there. With a hefty price tag, but they're out there. I found the measurements I had taken of our bedroom wall with the windows and we could orient the wide bed that way, but we could also fit a queen + twin width on the same wall we currently have our bed on, so two options for mega bed! If we place it on the window wall, then we'd need to take over the adjoining bedroom that S3 currently is using. We could move him to the large guest room in the basement, which is an upgrade really. We'd need that room for our dresser. The long plan has always been to convert that room into a dressing room, but this would move the timeline up.

I've been designing layout options for our master bathroom remodel/update, taking B's love for baths and our love for showers into consideration. All the while, I've also wondered if we would need to add another bathroom, or expand the existing one, in the lower level for B, as the one we have down there is pretty basic and small. But now it may be that we'll all three share the master bedroom and en suite. Whoa! :) I love that idea. This living arrangement presents as more unified, so no feeling lesser or like an add-on. It may be limiting for B, though, thinking along the line of future relationships. Maybe this means she's thinking we are her future and that she doesn't need to find a primary partner. Maybe we're it. :) Once the kids reach adulthood we'll have spare bedrooms for sleepovers, so it doesn't have to mean no room at the inn. S2 is a junior this coming school year and he plans on moving out for college after high school. Thank goodness! B's oldest will be a sophomore, so he's just one year behind him, even though there is only 5 weeks difference in age between them.

Lots of possibilities!
 
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What I didn't convey well is that up until now we were under the impression that B wanted her own room and other spaces. Like, her own entry and living room, maybe a kitchenette. We were basing this off of comments she had made, so it didn't occur to us that she may want to be in the same bed/room with Bond and me. I think this shows how far the needle has moved. :D
 
Sounds like things are going pretty well, Petunia!
 
I asked B if things have shifted for her, and that now she'd welcome sharing a room with us. She said that she feels we have gotten closer, but she's not ready to commit to that amount of togetherness yet. So, she's not as committed as I was thinking, but the needle has definitely moved.

Yesterday I took a dozen paintings to a store in Madison. The owner will hang them and post signs/prices. Friday night she's have a reception and I need to be on-hand to answer questions. She's providing snacks and drinks. Pretty cool, huh?

Bond and his ex, and their oldest son, S1, had a new student/parents' full day (done around 9 pm) orientation yesterday at UW-Madison. Today they finish up and should be done around 2:00 pm. Very thorough. Bond says that it's been very well done. Themes of tolerance, caution on drinking excessively (Wisconsin, enough said), and a few more things that are slipping my mind at the moment.

For some reason, Bond had the long day and the short day turned around. Tuesday we were talking about his upcoming schedule and B said she and I should do something tonight. Well, now Bond has proposed the idea that maybe he can join us tonight. Hmm, I'm not sure I want to open it for that. I need to see how B feels about it.
 
We decided to be generous bitches and grant Bond the pleasure of joining us last night for dinner and drinks. :D It was a lot of fun. The two of them met me downtown. I walked over to the restaurant directly from work and arrived maybe 10 minutes ahead of them. By the time they walked up to the table the cocktails I ordered were sitting there waiting for them, and within minutes our appetizer was delivered. This is how it goes when you get there at the early bird hour, I guess. This place usually gets slammed and we rarely get there early enough to sit in the garden, usually we are seated on the balcony above the garden, but last night we had a prime location and service was whiplash-fast. My thoughts are that they are used to a fast pace, so when they aren't super busy their efficiency really stands out. The weather was spectacular, too.

After dinner we relocated to the bar where we usually have Polycocktails. The back patio pergola is covered with grape vines and I was so surprised by how much the grapes had grown and changed from green to mostly deep purple in two week's time.

B spent the night and we slept in the guest room again. We're starting to get used to the arrangement. Today Bond had to move the twin bed back to a normal place in the room, so the Anderson windows tech could get up to the windows to measure. We'll be sliding it back next to the king bed for sure. :)

Speaking of windows, installation will be towards the end of September, early October. We have to take down all drapery and clear space for 3'. Suddenly I'm in a rush to figure out new drapery as this would be the perfect timing to update the 90's drapery that has been in the house since it was built. I need to check what kind of traverse rods we have in the dining room, front room, and master bedroom. If memory serves me, the front room has the kind that one can use for ribbonfold drapery, and it's possible that is also the case in the master bedroom. I'm worried about the cost, but at the same time I'm also terribly excited as this will update the look so much.

Tonight is the artist reception for me at store. Getting nervous.
 
Petunia, do you mind if I ask you some off topic stuff? You seem to be really good with home design, etc. Is there software you use or where do you get your ideas?

My house badly needs renovations but I just have no idea where to start and I'm not good at visualizing things so I have no idea if the things I am thinking will work well or what the consequences will be. I don't even really know what I want to do.

Sounds pretty ridiculous, huh? I want my house to be more functional and look nice but no idea what that means. I just thought maybe you could point me in the direction of some good resources?
 
Vicki82 said:
Petunia, do you mind if I ask you some off topic stuff? You seem to be really good with home design, etc. Is there software you use or where do you get your ideas?

My house badly needs renovations but I just have no idea where to start and I'm not good at visualizing things so I have no idea if the things I am thinking will work well or what the consequences will be. I don't even really know what I want to do.

Sounds pretty ridiculous, huh? I want my house to be more functional and look nice but no idea what that means. I just thought maybe you could point me in the direction of some good resources?
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Oh, wow! Thank you.

Most of my ideas, especially for our kitchen remodel, have been from https://www.gardenweb.com/. I really love this forum. They have many discussion areas, like home decorating, bathrooms, kitchens, gardening, etc. Some of the members are actual professionals, and others are regular joes who have spent their time learning all things "whatever topic" and are better than some of the pros. When we remodeled our kitchen I knew more about a functional kitchen layout due to that forum than the professional we were working with.

Another good resource is Pinterest.

For planning/layout purposes I simply use a spreadsheet, like Excel or Google. I move the grid lines so that they are 20 x 20, and use a scale of each each square being 3". It's pretty rudimentary, but it works for me. There are (free and paid) layout software tools out there, but I haven't explored them.

I recently created floor plan layouts for furniture planning, so it's not just for remodeling jobs. :)

Good luck, and if I can help you more, let me know and I'll try to do what I can.
 
I've been lax in updating here. Let's see...yesterday I went to my hometown and took my mother to a luncheon and talk at the historical museum that my sister manages. I needed to get up there to pick up the Pikler Triangle my BIL made for my granddaughter. My mother invited a friend along, which ended up meaning I had to make two trips from my parents' place to the museum and back again because there wasn't room in my car for three and the Pikler triangle. So I left my mom and her friend there to listen to the speaker while I delivered the climber to my parents' place. I brought my father along to pick up the ladies as he was feeling a bit left out and it gave us more time together. I had forgotten my BIL was making this for me to give to my GD, and I bought her a slew of other imaginative and learning toys, including a kitchen. She's getting far too many things for a birthday. I told my son that he could give her some of the things from him as his hours at work have been cut.

Last week I asked my son where the party was going to be held and he didn't know due to the lack of funds issue. I suggested that we have it at my brother and sister-in-law's place. They are crazy over his daughter and they have a pool now, so it's a ton of fun for him to take her there. My SIL was totally on board with hosting the party. The big surprise for me was that she invited my parents, so I was caught off guard when they told me and started asking when Bond and I were going down to KY and such. In the end I offered for them to ride with us (OMG, this is going to be so painful if my father starts up his favorite conspiracy and other ridiculous topics!). Bond is so damn supportive to be understanding about this. I'm so fucking lucky! The plan now is for my parents to drive down to our place on Thursday and spend the night so we can leave Friday morning. My parents live 3.5 hours north of us, and Bowling Green is about 9 hours south not counting stops, and we'll have to deliver my parents to Franklin before heading back to BG to our hotel.

What I forgot until this morning is that Bond's work is having a social mixer that we've all been looking forward to on Thursday night from 5:30-7:30. My parents are expected to arrive at 6:00 pm. I will probably take them out to eat and Bond and B will go to the mixer.

Franki's mother is declining rapidly. Saturday she fell at the rehab center and sustained a mild compression fracture in her upper lumbar. It's likely she'll have to be moved to a nursing home. :(

While Franki was waiting for her mother to arrive by ambulance at the ER we were arriving at a music concert held at someone's home in the country. It was so lovely out and the three member band was great. One of the members is actually someone I no doubt wrote about in this blog years ago. He and his GF were really hopeful I'd become a plaything for them at one point, and I did have a threesome with them as a payback to the GF because Thad wanted a threesome between her and us and she did it on that condition. They've always been the edge of my circle and I find them very comfortable to be around. Recently the guy has shown interest in B, but it seems to be fizzling out the romantic side, but the friendship is growing.

I have two consults scheduled for the drapes this week. The first one is tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully the consult will be wrapped up before our triad date time. The second appointment is Thursday morning. I hope that by the end of the week we're ready to move forward with one or the other. Bond is so difficult to get to make a decision and close options, so wish me luck!

Tonight we're heading to Polycocktails, tomorrow afternoon, drapes, then date night, Wednesday night we better get ready for the trip including grocery shopping, cooking, and laundry, Thursday night my parents arrive, so dinner out, and maybe the kids will go to their mother's or she'll pick them up Friday AM from our house. Friday we drive to KY. Saturday we celebrate my granddaughter's second birthday, Sunday we'll hang out or do a touristy thing, and Monday we'll drive back. My parents will either spend the night again, or drive home. The following Saturday we're going to the renaissance faire. Busy life.
 
We arrived back in Wisconsin last night around 7:30 pm. I really like getting home from a trip no later than that, so that was great. The trip was wonderful. My parents were great and it was very nice to see my son and granddaughter, his GF and baby, and my brother and SIL. My grandbaby is a sweetie pie. We're so lucky that she warms up quickly to new people.

It's kind of a bummer to have to work today, but I'm just listening to online training lectures, so not a huge mental strain.

Tonight is date night. My guess is that we'll go out to eat. B said she is spending the night. Yay! We really missed her when we were gone, but it wasn't as bad as most times. I think it was better because this time she wasn't being passive aggressive. The feels were better all the way around. Another interesting thing was Thursday night when I took my parents to dinner and she and Bond went to his work social mixer she had a light bulb moment over seriously missing having me with them, and realizing that is how we feel when we do things without her.

She was surprised when I brought my parents upstairs to the mixer after we ate to join them for a few minutes at the social before heading back to the house. I swear she hears half of what anyone says. My mother cannot stand around for long before she is tired and they had already had a big day by that point. We weren't home long before she and Bond were back and we all sat in the sunroom and visited. I'm not sure what my parents think of her, and the three of us, but it really doesn't matter. They don't interfere in my life and they have always pretty much accepted whatever I wanted to do, so this is no different.

My SIL went to a funeral in Georgia Saturday and returned shortly after noon on Sunday. We moved the birthday party to Sunday to accommodate her absence, but still hung out at my brother's on Saturday. My son's GF had to work Saturday, so it was just him, us, my parents and my brother. Bond, my brother and I made a grocery run and while we were out my brother, who had had a few cocktails by then confessed to some infidelity that nearly broke his marriage up two years ago. Several years back his wife ended all sexual relations with him - she is no longer interested whatsoever. Coincidentally, she also became rather religious around the same time. He loves her to death and says she is his soul mate, but says that he still needs a sexual outlet. He found a couple on Craigslist and had a two year affair which ended when his wife found out, and still to this day he can feel the ramifications on his marriage. We've all heard this scenario before and it makes me sad that he chose to cheat rather than create an open relationship, but I really don't think my SIL would be open to that configuration. He has always struggled with monogamy and I've always wished for his sake that our cultural norm was polyamory as it has brought him so much grief. The only surprising thing to me about his confession was that he has had MMF relationships. I'm not sure if this means he is bisexual, or if he and the other men don't interact, but I'm not ruling it out by any means. I don't need to know the details and it really doesn't matter.
 
I spoke to my brother this morning. He is concerned that our father is showing signs of dementia. I noticed his lack of retaining information when I took my parents out to dinner the first night they were down before we went to Kentucky. My dad asked me many times what restaurant we were at and didn't remember the name even after reading it on the menu - which I pointed out to him one of the times hoping that by reading it that it would stick. I talked to my mother about it and she said that it's happening quite a lot. Yesterday my dad called my brother to talk to him about a large tree limb that came down in their backyard when they were on our trip to KY. My brother said that it was the third call about it in as many days, and that our dad denied that he had called about it before; absolutely no memory of having discussed it with my brother already. My brother talked to my sister via texts about it, and called me today. We're all in agreement that he needs to see his primary doctor and then we'll go from there. It may not be so easy to get him to agree to this. I may have to assist my mother in getting his cooperation.

Tonight Franki and I are going to a music thing at a small bistro in her town. It's been so long since we've seen one another. It's going to be great to have this time with her. She's been under a lot of strain with her mother. She started packing up her mother's apartment yesterday.

Saturday we are going to a Ren faire. Wil is arriving tonight and will leave Sunday after brunch. Speaking of which, we're having a brunch at our house for a new couple to polyamory. She reached out and would like to hang out and discuss polyamory. We thought she was a lot of fun and we seemed to click with her at the last Polycoctails. I hope it goes well. We're keeping the food/drinks easy peasy. We may be a bit tired following a day with kids at the ren faire.
 
Friday night with Franki was really enjoyable. When we first got to the place they didn't have power, but we were able to get drinks and a charcuterie plate, and we found a table on the patio at the river's edge. The two man band couldn't really get going without electricity, but the singer had an acoustic guitar, so he played and sang until the power came back on and then the two of them were able to play/sing together. Franki went to the grade school with the singer. He shouted out a hello to her when he saw her. The weather is rapidly cooling off here, and light jackets still left us a bit chilled. There was a gas fire ring, so we moved our chairs near it and enjoyed the music. Franki asked me if I felt like we were dating, and I had to admit that no, it didn't feel like dating. She doesn't feel like we are dating either. It doesn't really change anything though. We'll still kiss and hold hands. That's mainly what she wanted and I don't feel we need to shut that part of our friendship off.

Saturday we went to the renaissance faire. The weather was spectacular and we had so much fun. We're definitely doing it again next year.

The couple that was coming for brunch canceled on us, but we went ahead with fajitas. Bond bought marinated skirt steak from Costco. It's so damn delicious! It was just us, B, Wil, and the kids, both Bond's and B's. Wil was going to go home afterwards, but when we decided to go to the lake and hang out he decided he would stick around, so he left this morning instead. My friend Ruby and her daughter joined us for a bit there, and another acquaintance from PC who lives near the park saw pictures that Bond put on Facebook, so he walked over and hung out for a bit with us, too. Our weather apps started to post about rain starting in a short time, so we disbanded around 5 pm. B mentioned that we should go to World Buffet and S3 heard that and really wanted to do that. We suggested Indian take-out and he quickly switched to that idea. :) OMG, it was so delicious.

After dinner we took a long walk and then watched a number of episodes of Letterkenny on Hulu. I am so addicted to that show. I have ear worms from it all the time! Pitter Patter! Bond has a coworker from Canada that lives next to the farm the show is filmed at. He sent us pictures he took from his place showing the house and vegetable stand and the sheds. Sometimes we can see his house in the background across the field if the camera pans that way and the vegetable stand isn't blocking it.

It was a perfect weekend and yesterday I kept thinking that I didn't want to have to be back at work today, but then today arrived all dark and rainy and it made it easier to be inside.
 
Lentroxy said:
This shooting in Denver... sick, so many are dead because of one crazy bastard . Imagine sitting at the cinema watching a movie and suddenly somebody starts to shoot. Its like the perfect trap.
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Hello, this was a strange thing to post on my blog as it is totally unrelated. Care to elaborate why you would post this here?
 
Labor Day weekend 2019 is in the books, and for that matter, Summer 2019 is also in the books. Our temperature is making a sharp downward drop to the 60's starting tomorrow, and although it's highly likely that we may have small streak of summer-like temperatures between now and winter, overall we'll have fall weather for the most part.

I went into the weekend feeling like our weekend was wide open, but reality was that we had one to two things planned for each day.

Friday night B had some friends over and we ate yummy food, drank beverages, and sat by the fire.

Saturday Bond and I went to the Farmer's Market, and then to Jo-Ann Fabrics to get burlap to cover the cat climbing post in the living room, which lead to a trip to Menard's to get a staple gun that could handle longer staples. We went to a photography that a friend was having that afternoon, and then out that night to listen to Karl - Michelle's husband's band. I drank way too much and felt bad Sunday about how things went sideways Saturday night. Ugh. I wasn't disgustingly drunk, but I was lubricated and I don't deal with hurt as well as I'd like once I'm drunk.

I was having a blast dancing and Bond came out to dance with me. Towards the end of the second dance he told me that this was the last dance. I thought he meant that we were going and I was disappointed, but okay. The next thing I know he's setting three drinks down, one for each of us. I was so confused. I said that I thought he said we were leaving and he said that no, he said last dance. I was instantly mad and hurt. I went back onto the dance floor and joined a couple of ladies that I had been dancing with earlier. When I came back to the table, I decided that I had enough and fuck him. I went to the bar, paid my tab and left. I sat in the car for a few minutes and then decided I didn't want to sit, so I started walking home. We live two miles from this bar and the weather was fantastic, so not a crazy decision. Bond came out of the bar and caught up to me. He was pissed because I left without saying anything. (To which I told him he could track me with his phone.) I was pissed and hurt. Here's the thing; if B doesn't like something (like the music the band was playing) she doesn't participate - like she'd never, ever dance to this band - and she holds so much sway that we follow her lead almost all the damn time. Bond declaring last dance felt like it was B-motivated more than anything else. It also felt like he gave me two token dances and he was not going to be forced into more. Good grief! All I had done was ask him if he'd like to dance. I was having a ball and being silly, and there was absolutely no pressure being applied or expectations. I hadn't even considered him dancing more. My thought process hadn't gone that far ahead and besides it's not my nature to apply any pressure whatsoever about doing something if they say they don't want to. I am very good at consent.

In our triad there is this vibe that exists, but more so with Bond than me, of kowtowing to B's wishes and it felt like he felt the need to get his ass back in the chair next to her - which by the way had been my chair until I went to the bathroom and he moved over to that side of the table and sat in my spot. I didn't complain, or care, goodness if he wants to sit by her, then by all means do so. I was having too much fun to give a hoot and besides whenever we're out the two of them tend to buddy up and I'm the odd man out. It's not a problem as I am more social and I tend to wander off if I spot someone I know. It's our norm. But then to have my fun shut down because he was worried about appeasing her, well that felt like shit.

If he'd have said nothing until I actually asked him to dance again, I'd have instantly accepted if he declined. It was the way he announced it that rubbed me wrong and hurt my feelings. It was like a slap and like he'd done me a favor and was making sure I knew it and not to expect more. Token two dances for the one girlfriend and now he could get back to other one that he was more worried about offending.

We talked/yelled some and then softened things and returned to the bar. I finished my drink and we left. B went home as soon as we got back and Bond and I went to bed, which lead into more discussion/tears. He kept trying to make love to me and I kept redirecting him. I did not want that. He's asked me several times in the past two days if I'm okay. I am and I'm not. After writing about this, I think we need to talk some more.

Sunday we went to a state park and it was so fucking packed. That night we ordered wings from BW3 and hung out at her place and then took a walk in the dark.

Monday was slow paced. We drugged the cat so we could clip out some fur balls - that was pretty funny. It's amazing how many treats a stoned cat will eat. :D We ran to the grocery store and made a salad and then went to a cookout at B's ex-husband's. We opted out of going to the Union after dinner, but instead walked to an ice cream shop, and then B and the kids and Bond and I left there and dropped the kids off at her place and then went to a pool party. That was a surprise to walk into, because most of the people were in states of nakedness. LOL. Whoohoo! I kept my clothes on. LOL

So, today it's back to work and for most kids in our area it's the first day of school.
 
Today is Window Day, Day 1 of 4. I'm so excited. They're starting with our bedroom and bathroom. I can't wait to see how they look tonight. Yesterday my interior designer friend came over for a consult and she told me that we picked the best choice for the windows (dark bronze), because our brains will accept it as an outline, but dismiss it whereas black would draw a person's eye and become a thing. Good to know. :)

She took measurements and is going to graph the front room and help me decide the correct sectional size and offer some other ideas. She said she'll probably have something for me in 10 days or so.

Pinch me.
 
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