Peaceful Easy Feeling

I had forgotten about this weekend when intending to participate in Nablopomo, so while the daily postings may be a bust, a sincere concentration to this page will still be accomplished – which ultimately was the desired effect for me.

I’ve mentioned there’s someone new in my life, I’ll call him Kerouac to protect him from the embarrassment of being part of my public postings.   And although it’s been a few short weeks, there’s definitely a sense that we’ve been friends for a long time… a level of comfort that makes expression feel easy and free – yet certainly a relationship new enough to still be exciting and scary.  We talked a little bit about the question of when does a relationship move from two people “seeing” eachother to two people “being in a relationship”.  I’m not sure we actually came up with a concrete answer but it feels that we have moved rapidly but almost seamlessly to the latter.  That feels right to me.

Friday night I met Kerouac’s sister – the first time I’ve met a member of his family and I was nervous – but she had a pleasant and casual demeanor that allowed me to relax a little.  I have no idea if she bothered to form an opinion of me in any way, as I’m sure the meeting had far more significance for me than it did for her.  But I had a good time – they are a family with whom I share many of the same interests and taste and so there were easy topics of conversation to cover and the time flew by painlessly.  Plus she has a beautifully demented puppy who’s hard to handle but easy to love.

Saturday I had a road gig - finally a good paying gig but 225 miles away.  Mr. W. and I drove together with easy conversation – played our gig and drove back in the middle in the night rather than take up our host’s offer to stay overnight.   The gig itself was pretty easy – the people were friendly, the food was good, the band played well.  But I doubt I’d do it again.

Finally got home at 4:15 this morning. 

I’ve noticed I used the word “easy” a few times in this post.  This has been a rare weekend when I’ve been constantly busy but have been relaxed the whole time.  I am tired though so I’m gonna cut this short and take a nap so I can be well rested for my monthly gig at Sally O’s.

Til tomorrow, my friends.