Phase out

[miss_eagle_eye]

Two years ago, the pandemic started for me in Hawaii. Like Joan Didion's essay about staying at the Royal Hawaiian to repair her marriage right before a tsunami grounded in the 1970s, fifty years later, I was staying at the same pink hotel in the shadow of a disaster--except this time listening to news reports about the virus on the mainland,

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[lele]

*infinity emoji hearts*

[miss_eagle_eye]

(What did we do before emojis?!)

[terrajen]

Do I get the credit for suggesting T in the first place? Or did Lele think of him before I did? In any case, I'm so glad it's working out!

[miss_eagle_eye]

Lol, I actually remember the exact conversation bc it took place at your boat. We were all sitting in the sun and talking about single friends we might know and everyone insisted we knew nobody. Then out of the ether you were like, “How about… Tom?” And everyone got this really weird look on their faces and considered it for what felt like a long time. “Tom? Uh… I don’t think Tom counts,” somebody said. In my head, I was thinking, “why did everyone have to pause so long to think about it? What’s wrong with him?” Hahaha. Anyway, after that first BBQ where we met and I ended up passing out in the front yard and waking up in Atlas’s bunkbed (and you apparently barfed off the boat), I thought “hey, I tried.” The rest is history ;)
(You totally get credit. xo)

[lele]

I thought it was when we were walking Seward Park and Wanda and I said, "Tom lives around here" & you were like "Who's Tom? How come you don't introduce me to your friends???"

[miss_eagle_eye]

Haa! You’re right, there was that time too!! And I recall it ending similarly with, “Tom? Oh yeah, he probably doesn’t really count.” Awwww!!! (For the longest time, I seriously wondered!)

[ext_5428236]

Curiously, I met Craig when I was 42 and it was the first time in my life that I was able to actually see what (who) was in front of me. Magic number, 42.

Wishing you ALL the good things with T.

Also, children are monsters. You made the right call there. ^_^

[miss_eagle_eye]

Awww, I forgot you met Craig at 42!!!!!!!! It’s a charmed age for us nihilists apparently. I’m hoping this one lasts and is as good as what you two have bc T is a total catch (plus, we both have “T” names which is all I ever wanted in my life).

As for kids, I love them bc I don’t have them. Childcare is not my thing (neither are teenagers). Nanny or not, I’d end up with so much resentment probably. There are too many other things I want to do in life (plus, having one right now in our current apocalypse would just be MEAN and would probably break my heart) ;)