Looking Glass

He's back! The x is in the area. He landed at the Portland airport a couple of nights ago, closer to "her" than Seattle. Guess he left his truck and camper in AZ to fly back to our little area for the holidays. Crap! In viewing his calendar, he only has one booking in Eastern WA in mid January. Nothing else booked at this time other than his webinars which he presents while sitting on his butt in his camper. So lord knows how long he'll be around. I am concerned we may cross paths at some point as my friend (and his) invited me to a "Box Lunch" the day after Christmas. It is a party where everyone attending brings their Christmas dinner leftovers, and a buffet of the odds and ends is laid out. Of course, it is BYOB and it looks like fun. My friend has hosted these before, but the x never wanted to attend, so we didn't. He will likely take every opportunity to brag about his travels of OR, CA, and AZ. He still claims on his bios, that he is an internati...

It's a typical, rainy Sunday here. Of course, the rain wets my thoughts as it does the outdoors. My spirit is not dampened though, despite my real estate friend/agent, needing to cancel our first day of house searching due to sickness. The day has been close to dark since waking up this morning. There are mudslides and roads flooding in the region. I am on call for my company and have had a dozen or more pages with caregivers and clients needing supervisor's assistance. But, my spirit is still not dampened. I intend to go to a local restaurant at 6pm this evening to listen to some friends perform their music. It will be relaxing and enjoyable, whether anyone from Toastmaster's shows up or not. I am okay attending gigs and functions on my own. One of my more enjoyable days this summer was spent by myself attending a couple of parties and that garage sale of a friends'. Last weekend I volunteered at the little community center where I had been secretary for 2 1/2 years....