> Looking forward to hearing about the dinner with your ex-wife!
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The dinner was interesting. When Holly called and asked if we could get together, I told her no, that I didn’t think it was necessary. She talked me into it, and I must admit, I’m glad she did. I think that one thing that made it easier for me to agree to dinner was something that Holly did that showed me that she was beginning her process of healing. In the middle of our conversation, right in the middle in fact — it came from out of the blue, Holly apologized to me. She said, “Andy, I’m sorry.” I said, “What?” and she repeated it. “What for?,” I asked. And she replied, “I didn’t handle it very well with you,” and I knew that she was aplogizing for many things in those words, everything from the marriage to the breakup to the divorce, and more. I accepted her apology, and then told her that I’d forgiven her a long time ago and that I didn’t need to hear those words from her, but understood and supported her need to say them to me. I didn’t say it in a bitter way, but just as someone who’d moved on, sorta like if an adult came to you and apologized to you for breaking your favorite toy when you were 5 years old — it’s nice, but it just doesn’t affect you anymore.
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Hi Allison!), and one of Allison’s friends met for dinner at Daniel’s Pub. Loverly time had by all. Just about 8:00, I was fixing to stroll up to Sudsy’s when in walks Dug of Snoop Duggy Dug fame. Chatted with him for a moment, off I went while they all sat a shot the sh*t. I wandered up to Sudsy’s where I met Ric and chatted with him for a few minutes (I’d offered to work the door for him). Got settled in. Drank some beer, chatted with Kerry (the sound guy, and a neighbor) when he arrived. Sooner or later, everyone started arriving. Mike Helm opened and did a great job, just him and his guitar (and a wonderful song called “This is my Pop Song” (which, sadly, does not appear on the CD I bought)). After a proper interval, Monk takes the stage and blows us all away.
