Second Day

Darn - I fell asleep before midnight and missed standing next to the tree!!!

Since I've recently realized the 'rules' we all agreed to live by are changing (Thanks Donald Trump!), I would do best to live by the rules of the universe.  They came to me fairly quickly:

Be Connected, Be Creative, Be Kind, Be You.

Those are my new rules to live by!

Those words reminded me that I'd like to visit LJB.  

I spent the day at his house installing Roku Express (honestly, a very frustrating experience) so he can watch movies in the living room instead of the office. JE was there for a while in the morning and took care of JLB's phone setup.

Although it was a long day and by the time I left at 6:30 pm I wanted to be home very much, I appreciated the opportunity to talk one on one to JLB. We talked about what happens after this life (JLB considers it his next great adventure - and he likes adventures...:) ) and how we're all connected (the hand analogy - He's on board with my ideas...:)).  

We also talked about our relationship. Lately, JLB has expressed regret that he broke up with me. I wanted him to know that he shouldn't regret it because we were together when we needed to be - I supported his condo purchase and bike riding, and he supported my reentry into Bellevue life.  

He said back then he thought he didn't have too many more years left and wanted to travel - which he did.  I didn't know he had that in mind - I always thought he'd live to be in his 80's. In fact, I'm still working on Plan 2049.  

I'm glad he took the opportunity to travel when he did.  He recognizes now that his body wasn't quite up to it, but who knows if his tumor would have been here whether he left or not.  

For JLB the restlessness has been the most difficult thing for him to reconcile in his life. It always frustrated him.  He would have been happy with another restless person, and he never found that.   

At home, I read another chapter, and I watched HBO's rerun of Carrie Fisher's "Wishful Drinking".

I fell asleep during the last third.  

I find I no longer care if I fall asleep during a show. About 1/2 the time I'll rewatch what I missed, but the other 1/2 I don't care much.