An Update

As the song goes:

Oh the weather outside is frightful

                           But the fire is so delightful
                        And since we've no place to go
                     Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

It's pretty bad out there, by all accounts, but we are at Cas and Liz's, all warm and cosy. Not exactly bumping into each other, as their home is 4800 square feet (446 square metres for you folks in the EU). We will make it to our home near Concord, NH next week I guess. Then in the Spring it will be that time again when we make plans for our trips to Europe and the UK.

I guess life is much the same for you. Weekday working, lunch with your girl friends and then that drive north as you do most weekends. After 8 years you must be tired of it. But then I sort of knew you wouldn't settle, and now it's a little late. I'm glad I found someone who wanted just that to marry and settle. The offer was there for you once. 

Now you are within about 2 weeks of your 60th. How time has flown. You were in your late 40's back then. Has your life changed, I wonder.... Mine has and how! Since you made your mistake all you have been able to do is alternate between insults, albeit indirectly, and envy. The latter supported by your allegations of flaunting. I agree with your accusation - I have flaunted mainly for your benefit. Last word is questionable as there has been no benefit for you, just a reinforcement of the mistake you made 8 years ago.

In some ways I am saddened that I left you behind to tread a mundane road in life and have to work into your sixties. Life has been, pretty much, very good to me. Not so with you. I still find it difficult to understand how you suffer his soccer culture 7 days a week. It would drive me crazy and other women I know. Guess you have no alternative though...not now.

Funny at one stage I thought we were on a road to spending life together, but it seemed you weren't ready if the evidence of your fleeting affairs was anything to go by. A case of short term pleasures exchanged for longer term love, security and a great life style. That love is still there although the flame is dimmed somewhat. Funny thing isn't it. Try as hard as one might it never quite goes away. In some small corner of my heart...

I thought I would flaunt just a little more and provide a degree of proof of our travels as shown in the picture below. You will probably be able to make most of it out. SIN by the way is the airport code for Singapore. I guess you will figure the rest out.

You always disbelieved me after we parted, but you are so very wrong. Part, I suspect, of your defense mechanism. If you deny it then it hasn't happened...except it has.

Final piece of news - we now have four grandchildren - Brad's wife gave birth to a son, recently. So, that's two boys and two girls between us. Life is very good....