One Down

Another coming up in a few weeks. South Texas has been nice; only part of the country was encased in ice the last few weeks from what it seems. Snow in Charleston for two years in a row. Wow. Gotta love the global warming. 😂

The easy flight canceled so they are routing you through… New Jersey. 🤷‍♂️ Better than the alternative but wow, yeah. Flame is snowed in in Columbia because South Carolinians don’t understand driving when snowflakes are in the air. You have enough experience driving in it to be alright, but it’s always better to let a Yankee do the driving through it if possible.

You didn’t get nearly as torn up as you were afraid you would, and 2 1/2 weeks with three weeks off will probably still put you into good condition for going to Drumheller next month.

Lots of paperwork because Alberta can’t secede fast enough, lolz. 😂 They just need be careful because the US Federal Government treats state admission like a roach motel. Try to leave and self-righteous Yankees burn down everything you have, say you deserved it, and one day act like they get to be “sanctuaries” for breaking your laws agreed to in good faith and *they* get to get away with it. Skip the hundred years of economic devastation. Meh. 

Europe has plenty of countries with only 4 to 5,000,000 people; no reason why this continent can’t other than good old Manifest Destiny. 

Meh. You’re trying to keep your opinions out of this stuff. Trying to watch the news less. Get angry less. Worry about this world less, when the next one is the one that matters. Tough though. So many people just need to be punched in the face repeatedly by reality. Sometimes you’re one of them, but *never* after a few of hardhat work. 😊

Finished reading Song of Songs w/Flame. The book of erotic love poetry most Baptists forget is in the Bible, lolz. She wants to read Romans next, which is a good one. One you’ve read before recently. Ought to be good.

Been advising the other guys about Alberta weather. The obvious elephant in the room is obvious. You think about Crow pretty often. Every Sunday for sure; praying for her. That she be drawn closer to God. Have a good week. Be well in all things. Be happy; just ‘always being in a state of okay’ was never good enough. 

Severing finally was sadly needed. Not just for Flame, but it seemed to get to the point where Crow just saw you negatively, and that meant you were adding negativity to her life. Was for the best. Won’t be able to avoid thinking of her in Drumheller anyway, but being with Flame and reading the Bible with her every night (even just on a screen) will definitely be good for you.

So many more thoughts on the issue, but now isn’t the time. The past is the past, and outside of the occasional irony like Flame, that’s where it stays. Her health seems to be doing better. Seems she’s working on making things to sell and enjoying it. Has talked about being interested in driving again. All three good signs that she wants to move forward. She really loves you. Being with the wrong person for so long is enervating. But that’s all you want to encourage thinking about re: that. Still having your own things there to get past too.

Journey today will be long, inefficient, but hopefully end safely and in the month of January with all three bags.