Don’t call it a comeback

I am not too sure about this place yet.  I have questions. I’m wondering how many of my old favorites are here but I don’t know how to search them.  Help me friends!  I probably wouldn’t have ever realized OD was back in existence if not for a text I received yesterday on my way to the gym. So..thanks for the heads up D!

We are going to Reno for four days over Superbowl weekend.  Six of us.  We are going to some private party at The Peppermill. I’m going to try to control myself on the gambling but I must confess that after I hit $2200 on a $20 bet in Vegas a year ago, I have spent at least that trying to repeat.

Kyle is coming for lunch tomorrow. Kyle is my 29 year old son. TwentyNINE!  That seems so impossible when I say it out loud.  I would’ve had ten kids if they could’ve all been like Kyle.  He is adorable, funny, responsible, generous, humble, successful and kind.  He works for CAL FIRE so I don’t see much of him during Fire season.  Especially this year.  This was the first year that he wasn’t with me for Thanksgiving, his birthday or Christmas and it was kind of sad.  He’s single with no steady girlfriend at the moment so although I am technically old enough to be a grandmother, I am not one yet. Although, my Boyfriend’s son and his wife are expecting so I guess I will kind of be one by proxy next Summer.

My “boyfriend”, sounds so funny to say. His name is Manny and we’ve known one another for 35 years!  We dated when I was 16 and he was 19 and he broke my heart but we always stayed close. In fact, he introduced me to Kyle’s Dad so technically there would be no Kyle without Manny.   Funny how life works.  We would get together once or twice a year for lunch or dinner and there may or may not have been innocent flirting but it was always very platonic.  Then, in Nov 2012, we met for dinner, had a fantastic time and when I drove away, I couldn’t stop thinking about him.  Turns out the feeling was mutual and that was it.  I have never been happier or more in love.  People always assume we are married and we may get married one day. We discuss it but I don’t feel an urgency.  It’s perfect right now.   If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.