Working for the Weekend

Hello, my loves! I hope you all had another wonderful weekend!

Mine was relatively lazy. I definitely needed a couple of days to recharge my batteries. I wasn't expecting my late thirties to be my party animal phase but I've been so busy the last several weekends.

I'm planning a trip to the nearby college town next weekend. Might even be going solo but we'll get into that.

First, an update on where things stand with everybody this week.

I took today off from work as I have a periodontist appointment in the college town this afternoon. For those unaware, periodontology is a specialized field of dentistry. It specifically deals with surgery and care of the teeth, gums and jawbones.

Last year, during a routine checkup with my dentist, they did a scan and discovered a huge gap between my one molar and my jawbone. So, that needs fixed. My best guess is that when I had my wisdom teeth removed nearly 20 years ago, the one spot didn't fill back in (that tooth was impacted). It wouldn't have been discovered until now because they didn't have the proper scanning technology until then.

I had been seeing a periodontist in my hometown but he recently developed leukemia. Since he's older as well, even if he does beat it, he's planning to retire. Since he didn't have a partner, they're shutting down the practice. I would say it's annoying that I have to start from scratch with a new office but, seeing as how somebody's life is on the line, that would be pretty petty of me. Hopefully, he can beat leukemia and enjoy his retirement.

Since I'm going out that way, the plan was always to stop in and see Aerith. Well, she wasn't feeling well this past weekend. She says she's feeling better today but I also don't want to push her too hard. I'm planning to stop in for a little bit after my appointment. I put together a care package for her that includes her favorite ice tea and a picture that Willow drew for her. Shhhh. 🤫

I was hoping to see her this upcoming weekend but she has plans with her friends at a DnD competition. While I'm interested to see what that's about, I don't want to just invite myself.

I do have a habit of love bombing someone and I'm certain that's pushed people away in the past. So, I'm trying very hard not to do that this time around.

Not going to lie, I'm definitely at the point where I think about Aerith all day everyday now. While I do wish I could see her and talk to her all the time, the truth is that I don't always have anything interesting going on or to say and vice versa. 

I think it's great that she has friends with whom she can do different fun activities and I don't want her to feel like she has to include me just because I'm her partner now. A major part of my marriage breaking down was the insistence of my ex wanting to do everything with me. And I mean EVERYTHING!

Doing couples activities is fun but it's also important that both people still have a sense of individualism in the relationship. That helps decrease the chances of the relationship breaking down. So, if she wants to invite me there, I'll gladly go. If she'd prefer to hang out on her own, that's also fine. This won't be the last chance we have of seeing each other. 🙂

I still haven't heard anything from Griffin. He's continuing to post like he always does on social media: wall to wall memories of his mom. So, if he did read my post from Friday, he either didn't take it to heart or he's made his decision on continuing to wallow in his self pity.

As I said on Friday, I still consider myself his friend and I would love to salvage the friendship. However, I'm not making the first move. He owes me an apology for how he acted last Thursday and for his attitude in general since Aerith and I became serious. The ball is in his court.

Kitty and I have been wanting to do another shopping trip soon. She's been really stressed out with work and home stuff and could really use a day out. We were thinking of doing so this weekend but she actually has plans already with her daughters. I hope that helps relieve some of her stress.

So, everyone's either busy or MIA at this point. I still want to go out this weekend though (as long as the weather holds up). This means that this weekend might be my first trip out as Trixie solo.

We'll see what ends up happening. Either way, should be fun. 🙂

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