Good Morning, Taylor.

There’s a lot of stuff going on this week, even while there’s nothing going on this weekend.

Ragdoll quit her job this weekend so she could have a week to get to things that she needed to do before her new job starts. She also wanted me to have some extended time out. So we’re getting a half day all week and two weekends.

For the first time in a long time, I was able to have my own breakfast. Since the time change, it was too dark to have breakfast, so I let Ragdoll do it. Today was the first time I had morning coffee in a long time. I like my morning coffee. 🙂

I’m the housekeeper, so I’m using my time to clean house and get things finally straightened up from before I came here. Today I plan to work on the office, which is a disaster. But the rest of the house is at least put up. I took time away from her at the same time the old job did, so the least I can do is work on the thing I took her away from. If I can clean her office, then I can put up boxes, and then all the major housework is done.

I find a little joy in cleaning house. Knowing I’m helping her while she snoozes and her surprise and thanks when she notices makes me happy. She’s giving me a lot more freedom now, too. We’re slowly finding out how to live together.

Next week is where I worry. We don’t have a plan for it, because we don’t know how it will look. There’s a long commute involved, and while she’s willing to let me drive there and back, there’s a person who will be very involved in our new schedule amd commute. And she wasn’t really receptive to me when I first came out. I don’t think that has changed. While Ragdoll is willing to switch it so I have three days out instead of two, this other person may ask her to spend the evening, which means it could happen on my night. They’re family, and I don’t want to get in the way of that. But at the same time, I like being out. She says we’ll measure the next week and try to make good arrangements for us both. I trust her. We’re a team. But she also tends to give up her happiness for others, and I don’t want her to do that, either.

After our talk last night, I was thinking about Didi. We both haven’t heard from her in a long time, and I worry that she’s gone. You have taught me so much about being my own person and living here. But she was the one who opened the door to me coming back. So you both have a special place in my heart. But I worry that Didi has gone away and won’t be coming back. I hope she’s okay. And I hope you’re okay without her or Tay Tay, too. I can go back to the Backwoods anytime I like. You can’t without them. I know Didi used to read our Discord chats, so I hope if she sees this, she knows I miss her.

I should get working on the office. It’s going to be a chore. But once it’s done, it’s done.

Take care, Taylor. I think about you a lot these days.

–Andrea