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Who'll stop the rain?...
So goes an old song title by John Fogerty. It applies very much to the Northeast this June. This the is third week in a row that some rain has fallen nearly every day, and the temperatures have been anything but Spring-like. I was lucky yesterday to have a few hours of moderately sunny and pleasant weather while showing a visiting gal the sights of Boston, but by the end of the day we had to retreat to an indoor mall to dodge the raindrops; and then take a cab back to the hotel. I hope the remainder of the summer makes up for the first part by giving us some heat and sun. If it does, you can be sure that I'll be back on here complaining about how hot and dry it is. :o) At least I'll be in hot and dry (up to now at least) Denver next weekend to see Bev. If it rains there and is dry in the Northeast, then we'll all know who is responsible for this weather.
Happy Father's Day guys...
Today is not only Father's Day but the first day of summer, which seems fitting. If any season could be described as a dad's season, it is summer. Unfortunately, the weather today up here in New England, as it's been for much of the past and the foreseeable future is not summery at all. It seems like a shame that the day with the longest period of sun won't have any sunshine. At least I have a day all to myself and will get to be with family later to honor our own gone but not forgotten dad along with my 90 year old mom. Jack: This link is for you. No explanation required. http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/06/einstein_photo.html
An update: Baby steps
I saw the gal I wrote about in the last post again. It was just a social visit, especially as her 8 year old daughter came along. (The baby sitter couldn't make it.) We all had brunch and then poked around a nearby arts and crafts show. I bought her daughter some opal earrings there. She is a very smart and gifted young gal. Still a lot of issues to discuss, but sometimes it takes some baby steps to get started. The only thing that spoiled it is at the end, she asked if she could have some money and I had to say no. To be continued.
Contrition
There's an escort I've known for about twenty years, more on than off, despite her living out of state for a few years lately, though she is back now. We have been close to the point where I've met her family and friends, and we would do a lot of overnights and even vacations of several days duration. She was always prone to do some dumb things, and about two months ago she did some things so incredibly dumb that involved me, that I told her to not contact me any more. The specifics would take too long to tell in this forum and are not that relavant to my point, but suffice it to say that alcohol abuse is the key ingredient. During these last two months she periodically called my cell phone. I was so angry that she called that I erased most of the messages without even listening to them. On the rare occasion that I did listen to the message it was full of self-pity and demands for my assistance with nary an apology. About a week ago I returned her call but she was still "on it" so to speak, making demands on me and acting as if the whole thing was no big deal. I told her I was busy and got off the phone. Yesterday she called again and I took the call. This time she was entriely different. She was apologizing profusely, taking responsibility, thanking me for my friendship, not asking for anything and showing signs of awareness of her foibles, for want of a more dramatic term. So, I told her I would meet to talk and maybe have some dinner. I'm not yet comfortable with having a professional relationship with her. Twenty years is a long time. Has anyone else been in this situation? How did you handle it? How did it work out? (She is UTR, by the way. She doesn't even have a computer.)
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