my friend gail......

ok, so i had a cup of tea with my friend gail this afternoon...at the hub...her new place of employment....and it was good to sit and chat....and it was so clear that we are both suffering from the empty nest thing.......her for real....and me because that is how it would have been had not things turned out differently.......and she is talking about getting up a book club......with the centre bookstore folks......and deedra...i am in...i told her...if for no other reason than i need to make up with deedra....and this could be a god-given opportunity........i had only a 45 minute time slot.......and i walked on back down mainstreet to train for my weekend.....did i mention that i am going to cover the bike shop for my spouse while he flies to nystate with his little sister to visit the eldest sister who is dying..?......omg.........i am not sure that i can be nice from 10-4...that is long stretch for someone that prefers the backseat........but i did ok learning the credit card machine.....for heaven's sakes i have been on the other end for so many years........may i digress?.....when i walked from the bike shop down to the hub i was waiting at the 4th and main light to cross......and richard campbell the district attorney came up beside me to wait....and i chatted a minute or too, and then asked after nancy, his wife who i used to work with at the hospital for all those years....she was tom smith's personal assistant....and he said......we have been divorced for the past year and separated the past three......omg......i am out of the loop.....i replied with words as to how sorry i was to hear this.....and walked on......ouch........but back to gail......gail is still very close to my ex partner and his boyfriend.....and i made a point of not asking about them....because we had books to discuss.......