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Pretty much all moved out

Yeah, I'm doing most of my posting over here now - at my other blog.  I'm getting annoyed at the ads here, and the fact that I have to pay if I don't want them.  What's THAT all about?

I'll still post over here every once in a while... simply because I have such huge problems with separation!  Plus I like the little blog community we've created over here, and I hate to lose it.

But come visit me over in Blogger Land!

Not gone

I' ve just been posting over here more.  (Why is the color like this?  How do I change it?

I don't know why I have two blogs.  I don't need to have two blogs.  I don't have that much going on in my life to write about to even entertain the thought of having two blogs.  So, I think I'm going to post here less  less....

We're leaving for Lake George tomorrow!  The kids and I are going w/J, his daughter, his friend & his two daughters.  Should be fun!!

I'll report back when I get back!

Another X-ism

I don't know why I'm amazed...but somehow I always am...

This weekend the kids and I stayed at J's apartment.  We went to two ball games - the Yankees on Saturday and the Brooklyn Cyclones in Coney Island, Brooklyn on Sunday. 

The girlfriend of a good friend of X's lives in J's building - so I bump into him nearly every time I'm there.  Which is cool.  We're friends & he's a really nice guy.  So, Saturday evening we're going out for icecream & we bump into him in the lobby.   He tells the kids:   "I'm seeing your dad in a little bit!  At a restaurant right down the street!"

So, J & I kind of joke that we should stop by... and Max is like "Yeah!  I want to see dad!"  So  tell him after we get the icecream, let's call. 

We come back, sit outside on J's stoop & enjoy the icecream & he calls.  Then hands me the phone.  X is like "Errr, so you're right there... I guess I should see the lads... it's alittle inconvenient..."  I say I'll just swing by the restaurant with them - it's a block away.  He pretty much says no & I hang up.

He calls back.  "It's just that I'm in friends mode now, you understand?  Not kids mode."

I don't answer & just hang up.  If I've learned anything in these past few post-divorce years is it makes no sense to argue.

But I still just can't believe the things he says.  I mean, if he had said "sure, bring them by - but just for aminute -- that I can see.  You have a night out, don't want the kids... but...

But somehow X has this magic ability to turn his parenting on and off!  Amazing!  And I keep telling myself I shouldn't be surprised... but you know... I am.  And Max?  Well he must have picked up some vibe when he talked to X - because he never asked &  just dropped the whole subject.

And minor league games?  They Rule!  The field was so small!  Max was able to get his ball signed & meet the ball players... Also there is even the possibilty to catch foul balls!!  So it keeps the kids more entertained too!  No more majors for me!!  Plus this is right in coney Island - we went on the Boardwalk, the beach, went to Nathan's for lunch.... cool, cool, cool!

As the Pigeon World Turns

Just looked out on balcony & saw two pigeons walking around on the other balcony.  Not sure if one is the former spouse or not.   But I SWEAR they were walking around like two prospective buyers!  Looking at this corner, that corner... Hmmmm, can we fit the sectional in over there?  Looks like this part here needs a bit of work.

I'll keep you posted if/when my new neighbors move in!

(Crazy, crazy stuff!)

Onwards, ho!

And I don't mean "ho" like the Imus way - so let's not go there!

My left eye is red.  I cam into work Wednesday & my co worker said "What's up with your eye?"  I looked.  It was red.  I went to the Dr yesterday & she said it wasn't pinkeye (no discharge.  Sorry.  Gross word:  "discharge!") but that maybe it was too soon.  She gave me the names/numbers of some eye doctors -- but said to use some visine & wait 'til Wednesday, at least, before I go.

I'm thinkin' it might be from crying.  Did a lot of it last week.  Wrote about it over there.  The other one.  As I start to wean myself from this one...  Nothing serious.  Don't worry.

The widowed pigeon is still on the other balcony.  I don't know what they do if/when a mate dies.  Do they move on?  Die?  I tell you - the pigeon poop I hate... having the pigeons here, though, has been fascinating.

We are ALL going to J's house for the weekend.  I am meeting kids in NYC after work, we will all go up to meet J (and possibly R - if she doesn't have to work) at the synagogue we like: B'nai Jeshurun.  Max is a bit put off because we're going to services -- but I told him he's never seen anything like this!  People dance in the aisles!  There is an energy and spirituality there that just amazes!  People come from all over the world to attend services there.  It's an amazing place.

Then we're meeting a friend & a group of her friends for dinner for her birthday -- although I'm a bit tentative about that... might be too much for the kids & not sure I want to inflict them on her party...

Then - tomorrow Yankees Game.

Then - Sunday Coney Island and a Brooklyn Cyclones game.

We'll deal with Monday when it comes.

Have a good one, guys!