A visit with the ex
Feb. 24th, 2008 10:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
billeylerYesterday, we made arrangements to visit with Jim Bailey and his partner Joseph, mostly to meet their recently adopted Schnoodle, coincidentally named "Bailey." A very sweet-tempered dog...not hyperactive, not intrusive, not barky.
Jim's lived in Santa Fe since 1999; he's been commuting to Los Alamos for work all that time (3 days a week) and plans to retire when he hits 60 on his birthday in September. It was a nice visit, with a walk with the dog up a rather moist, chilly arroyo near their condo near old Santa Fe. Danny hadn't really got to chat much with Joseph, who is a professional musician as well as an intake counsellor for drug rehab (what a mix!)
I returned to Jim the lucite top to his turntable that he had had left in the original box stuffed in our "attic" when we moved into this house in '92, as well as a ceramic soap dish his brother had given us as a housewarming gift.
What struck me about the visit is that we've now been apart almost as long as we were together, about 14 1/2 years (Jan 1979 - Oct 1993). Time does move on, and all the memories of a bad and often angry breakup have faded into the peace of nothingness.
Jim's lived in Santa Fe since 1999; he's been commuting to Los Alamos for work all that time (3 days a week) and plans to retire when he hits 60 on his birthday in September. It was a nice visit, with a walk with the dog up a rather moist, chilly arroyo near their condo near old Santa Fe. Danny hadn't really got to chat much with Joseph, who is a professional musician as well as an intake counsellor for drug rehab (what a mix!)
I returned to Jim the lucite top to his turntable that he had had left in the original box stuffed in our "attic" when we moved into this house in '92, as well as a ceramic soap dish his brother had given us as a housewarming gift.
What struck me about the visit is that we've now been apart almost as long as we were together, about 14 1/2 years (Jan 1979 - Oct 1993). Time does move on, and all the memories of a bad and often angry breakup have faded into the peace of nothingness.
