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thepnutgalleryI went to bed right after Tim left, I thought I slept okay, but it was a struggle to get out of bed in the morning. And I was really tempted to try to nap on my lunch break. I was really just a zombie all day. I also covered the phones for Will while the admins had their meeting. It wasn't terrible, even though I got several crazy people calling. I even managed to get some claims done while I was there.
I nearly passed out when I got home, and set an alarm in case I did. But I got up in time, frosted the cake, put it in the freezer for a few minutes while I did the dishes, and headed to IKEA. Traffic wasn't bad, other than the merge, and I was one of the first ones there. I learned that my friend Kel has Stage 4 cancer, which has metastasized, he's just been very quiet about it. Fuck. He's a little manic, but always been such a sweet man. And I recognize, from his perspective, that he's probably trying to spare people from dealing with it. But it's going to be that much worse when they do find out.
We were a few minutes into chatting there when Julian messaged me "I miss you" and the world started to drip and warp. I shouldn't have responded at all, because I was there for Tim, but after wrestling down the jumble in my head wrote back "I'm sure we'll see each other again." That wasn't what he wanted to hear, so he was right back to being Julian, and he flat out blamed me for his drinking.
The dinner was just a little over 2 hrs, but it seemed much longer. I feel terrible that I wasn't a better guest. Stopped by the store on the way back because Lady Miss Friday was almost out of food, said hi to Dimitri at home, then laid down to sleep but had a hard time getting there. And I didn't go to the gym, or even work out in my office.
I nearly passed out when I got home, and set an alarm in case I did. But I got up in time, frosted the cake, put it in the freezer for a few minutes while I did the dishes, and headed to IKEA. Traffic wasn't bad, other than the merge, and I was one of the first ones there. I learned that my friend Kel has Stage 4 cancer, which has metastasized, he's just been very quiet about it. Fuck. He's a little manic, but always been such a sweet man. And I recognize, from his perspective, that he's probably trying to spare people from dealing with it. But it's going to be that much worse when they do find out.
We were a few minutes into chatting there when Julian messaged me "I miss you" and the world started to drip and warp. I shouldn't have responded at all, because I was there for Tim, but after wrestling down the jumble in my head wrote back "I'm sure we'll see each other again." That wasn't what he wanted to hear, so he was right back to being Julian, and he flat out blamed me for his drinking.
The dinner was just a little over 2 hrs, but it seemed much longer. I feel terrible that I wasn't a better guest. Stopped by the store on the way back because Lady Miss Friday was almost out of food, said hi to Dimitri at home, then laid down to sleep but had a hard time getting there. And I didn't go to the gym, or even work out in my office.
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