Today was a busy day for me. It was the last 8 hour day at the census. It was a short visit with the folks from my Thursday night gaming sessions. And it was dinner with Vicki. By the time I got home, I was totally exhausted and unable to pay any attention to a book I was trying to read, or to the TV on in the background.
Starting off the day, I woke up before the alarm clock and proceeded to get ready for work. This would be the last day I officially had to be on site by 7:00 am, and I knew I'd be exhausted all day. As usual, I arrived at the office a few minutes late (don't tell my boss), and proceeded to surf the web all day.
After a quick attempt at napping, I drove to Yonkers to see my game night friends for what be my only chance to see them until next spring. The visit was way too short, and if I didn't have dinner scheduled with Vicki, I'd have stayed until the sun went down. But 6:00 came way too soon, and dinner was scheduled for 7:30 in Mahopac.
Picking Vicki up around 7:00, we got to dinner on time. However, it was a blessing that the restaurant wouldn't allow us to open the bottle of wine Vicki brought with her. We chatted about many things over dinner, not discussing the elephant in the room: What do I do with FH and FL? How do I sort things out? So, on the ride home, we finally chatted about that.
When we got to Vicki's house, we chatted about relationships, and I learned something about her and about myself. Vicki has strong feelings about my ex-girlfriend, and tends to get into a lecturing session if the ex comes up. I only wanted to reference her in context of the other two ladies, and it triggered something in Vicki. But Vicki mentioned something in passing about someone we once knew - the fellow who introduced us said I was cheap, and the ex mentioned that in her "nastygram" to me on my birthday.
Am I cheap? Frugal yes, but I don't think excessively cheap. I only wish I had a person who knew me well enough to give me honest and objective feedback.
