{"id":1396,"date":"2006-03-30T18:02:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-30T18:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog2\/2006\/03\/picking-up-the-pieces\/"},"modified":"2006-03-30T18:02:00","modified_gmt":"2006-03-30T18:02:00","slug":"picking-up-the-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susansenator.com\/blog\/2006\/03\/picking-up-the-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"Picking Up the Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have been having a horrible day, one of my worst in a while. Still having trouble with one particular friend (INF) and I still care too much merely to let it go. But I think I have done everything I can to make things better in that regard, and now it is up to INF to figure out how to make things work. I have kind of drawn a line in the sand. I had to, to protect myself. I kept getting hurt.<\/p>\n

I had posted a blog entry that read “Top Ten Reasons My Life Sucks” but I have since taken it down. My life doesn’t suck; some things about today did.<\/p>\n

Through all this, this horrible, cruelly beautiful day (68 degrees and sunny), Ned has been in touch with me — in his quiet way. Through I.M: “I Love You,” he wrote at one point. Then, on the phone, 6p.m: “Coming home. We going out?We going to have fun?”
“I’ll try,” I said. We had decided to go out to dinner once we realized we did not have to attend a certain school function.<\/p>\n

So now, I’m going to put some chicken nuggets up for the boys and put on some makeup and cover up these damned puffy eyes. I’m going to get dressed up and go out with my first love, still with me after almost 25 years, and remember to thank God for this life, as bumpy and crushing as it gets.
Here we are at a happier moment, the Green Room at the Today Show
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