Blink. Blink.

Fascinating evening. I spent almost all of yesterday evening out in the living room, with both a laptop (which is dying, but that's ok) and a guitar (Ruby) within reach. Sang "Quiet Victories" three or four times, as various people came in who hadn't heard it, while Colleen tossed boxes of Kleenex around the room. Also "The River" and "Bigger on the Inside". Had a couple of good conversations, short but more intense than usual. I'm relearning the skill. Or learning it; I'm not sure I ever had it to begin with.

Sang QV both with and without the extra verse I wrote yesterday; I get the feeling that I'm going to be writing the occasional extra verse and singing them for whoever I know is in the audience. I'd originally thought it might be a good set-closer, but everyone else disagreed with me when I mentioned it. That may take some thinking.

The flower_cat and I went to bed -- or at least moved into the bedroom -- at about 11-something and stayed up talking until well after 2am. Which means I've had about 4 hours' sleep, but that's ok; it was worth it. At one point, around 12:30 I guess, we decided that the conversation was better than sex and went straight for the happy snuggling that comes after it. It was a fairly wide-ranging conversation for us, but almost all about other people: friends, kids...

The one thing we didn't have to talk about much was our relationship; that's more solid than ever. A little bit about how our kids view it (which is positively: they know that we fight a little, and why; they also know that we fight a lot less and more constructively than the parents of some of their friends, and that we're solidly together). Can one have something like NRE with ones' spouse of 31 years? I guess, considering my recent changes, one can.

One can definitely have NRE with a song. Fortunately the Cat doesn't seem to get jealous of a song the way she does of what she calls my Silicon Mistress (yes, there will be a post on that one soon). Guess she's a lot more understanding when she knows that it's only a temporary fling until the next one comes along. Plus she gets to share the fun.