At Long Last

Met yesterday and talked for the first time since the e-mail mid-August which heralded the break-up letter a few weeks later. (Well, 2/3 of us have talked, but 'twas the main bits of our portion of the V. All 3 of us eventually may talk as well, but this needed to happen first.)

The restaurant where we met happened to be playing as background music a selection of classic soul/S&B, which is to say, nada but songs 'bout love 'n' heartbreak. Heh. The (in)appropriateness of it made me - and him - smile and shake our heads at various points during the 90 minutes we epent there.

I am so glad this happened. We exchanged perspectives - and apologies for how things went down - and I came out of it w/a far-lightened heart. In fact, as the day progressed and I took care of certain things 'n' stuff around the Hive that's been building up but I've just not had the energy/willpower/oomph to do for ages now, I realized how much of a huge weight has lifted. Getting that stuff done yesterday afternoon felt oh-so-good, as did returning to Sapphire Hotel (one of my fave local hangouts) for a Happy Hour visit, and then finally taking a good walk up Mt Tabor and doing the trad'l 96 stairs up (no stopping) before returning home once again.

Closure's not the issue. Moving on w/my life is. And I am. And it feels really good to be here, in this state. PHEW!

Happy St P Day

And now to dress warmly, don my work-gloves, snag my big looppers, and head to Forest Park to join up w/various folks taking part in today's Forest Park Conservancy Day of Stewardship. Time once again to rip out 'n' cut up invasive English ivy. Hmm, looks like it'll be another chilly morning, much like the last time I did this a few months back.

After that, I'll shower, nap, make Jameson's salmon pate, then head out for a St P Day party and meet s'more new peeps...whee!

EDIT: Here're some pics from today's work party. We got lots done and it only rained on us lightly for about 5 minutes. I also saw my first trillium of the year (and then another dozen or so ;-)