I can go on my own lunch dates if I wanna

I had a very spontaneous lunch date with the woman that helped me relieve my pain back when my tumor was growing back that last time before the divorce.  I hadn’t seen her since she came over back then and it was a special kind of lovely getting back in touch with her.  I was proud of myself for how I held up my end of the conversational board and we speak to each other very easily because she’s such an awesomely laid-back person.

I say this was spontaneous because she messaged me saying she’d be in the area and asking if I wanted to go grab a bite up near Mohegan.  I was all, “sure!” and I researched what options there were for the veg-heads and found this awesome spot that had two delicious-sounding options.  I got one (a vege-burger made from peas/sweet potato/brown rice) and she got the other (a grain bowl made from brown rice, beans, lots of veggies) and we shared an order of ridiculously good sweet potato fries.  Talking to her about everything (we hadn’t seen each other since she helped me back in I think 2019?  maybe 2020, I forget when) was a lot, and she was so generous with her listening.  And she also spoke to me about how she was doing.

It was just such an impromptu get-together that I did not see coming, and it totally gave me confidence in knowing that I can just talk to somebody like a normal human being.

A good thing to have in your arsenal when you’re about to be in close personal contact with other human beings in the not-too-distant-future.

I’m so excited about my trip down to see Shannon!