Y2 D48

I think it's finally over. I haven't heard from LO since Saturday. I don't like being just dropped like a sack of potatoes, but at the same time I knew this time would come. I am not sure how I feel. Relief? Sadness? Don't know. Ironically I did hear from one of her friends yesterday. He randomly texted me to say hello. How odd is that? It was cool to be thought of, but it was just weird that right at the time she stops, he started. Maybe that was her way of letting it die? I don't know.

Went off to the new client yesterday while the kid and her friend went to the movies. They went off to see Despicable Me. They seemed to enjoy it, but not like bounce up and down enjoyment. More "meh, it was good, but not great". I will see it eventually but don't know if I would pay to see it in the theaters.

Got a ton of emails last night between 10 - 12 regarding the new client. I am supposed to officially start tomorrow, yet the emails are indicating that they may not be ready for me. We will see how much of a day I have with them once I am onsite. Luckily they are less than 3 miles from my house. If I really wanted to I could walk there. Depending on the weather, I might just do that a couple of times for the fun of it.

Went to Ikea last night too to pick up some new shelves for the bathroom. I had one of those cabinet things over the toilet but it finally gave up and broke. I decided to not replace it and instead put up some shelves with some style. Looks much better now. I did some short baby blue shelves with red mounting fixtures. Adds a little color to the bathroom. I am all about the color in the house right now. I don't know what it is, but for the last year I have wanted color. Between the white couch and the red rug, I like the brightness it brings. Maybe that's what it is. I am trying to bring some kind of light and brightness into my dark world. I am tired of the whole Pottery Barn dark east coast look. Just because one is an "adult" it doesn't mean everything has to be made out of dark wood. Lighten things up. Hell, I am even thinking about sanding and re-painting my bed frame because it is too dark. Maybe a light blue.

I also think I may have the trip thing figured out. I asked the kid for some alternate destinations and one of her choices is where a client is located. I floated the idea of me being in town to the IT guy that I would be working with if I was out there and he was excited at the prospect of me being available for a few days. I just need now to call his boss in a couple of hours to see if he agrees to it. If he does, then that means they will cover my flight and part of the hotel. If we left on the Friday, then that gives us Fri, Sat, Sun, and Mon to explore and run around the area together, I go onsite Tues-Fri, then we fly back out Sat or Sun. She gets a few days to explore by herself, I get half the hotel covered plus the flight, bing bang boom. Cross your fingers that this will work. I just need his boss to sign a PO and send it to my boss in the next couple of days to make arrangements.

Had another weird set of dreams last night too. The upside is I am sleeping. The downside is the dreams are getting weirder and weirder. Last night I had ones about my grandmother who has been gone for 15 years, going scuba diving to an underwater community where there was a headshop, and then one where  I managed to figure out how to manipulate DNA and reset my body to 10 years younger. Some of those are easy to interpret, the underwater one? Not so much.

Taking the kids to a high tea this afternoon. Looking forward to that.