The BFF is Here

Hello, my friends. Sorry for falling off the radar. My BFF is here. That, coupled with really long days trying to get settled in, has left little time for writing.

I have apparently way overdone it recently, to the point of having to take sick leave yesterday. I spent a great deal of the day in bed because my body flat-out refused to do anything else. I hadn’t had a day of doing nothing since long before I left Colorado.

If you don’t rest, eventually your body will make you rest. The ultimate FAFO.

This morning I’m feeling much better and fairly well-rested, which is good because, after a half day of work, we have plans to visit the 127 Yard Sale. For those who don’t know what that is, it is the world’s longest yard sale, 690 miles stretching from Michigan to Alabama, and it goes through our downtown. Hundreds of vendors are set up and I’ve got a wish list that is pretty big.  

My BFF and I are the only ones going though; the fiancé is “been there, done that, no thanks.” Apparently, many locals absolutely hate it, but I love yard sales, so I am excited.

The BFF and fiancé are getting along and I’m relieved. I can’t stand my BFF’s husband and I know that’s hard on her. I wish I liked him, but 20 years of despising someone is hard to overcome overnight. I know it would make her happier if I got along with him.

My issue is how he treats her, which has supposedly improved over the years. I start to believe her when she says he’s better, then she shares some current assholery and I go right back to despising him.

I’ll be honest I worried that karma might bite me in the butt, but I’ve been lucky. Two of the three most important women in my life are getting along nicely.

As for the third most important woman in my life, my mom, she seems to be doing okay without me. We talk or text almost every day. She’s had a hiccup or two but nothing major and I am really glad. Of course, she is a member of the silent generation so she might not tell me if she’s struggling, but I’d like to think we’ve grown past that.

Anyway, all is well on the relationships front, so now all that’s needed is for the work Issue to fix itself and life will be right as rain. Of course, rain can destroy just as easily as it is life-giving so that is not saying much.

That’s pretty dark–not sure why I’m having trouble not seeing the dark right now. Maybe it’s the cloudy rainy start to this day. Hopefully, it will clear up–literally and figuratively.