Strange Weekend

This has been a very strange and different weekend.

Friday night I had no plans so I was able to mold the chocolate chess pieces for Natalie's birthday cake.  It really took all evening -- I only have one mold for the chess pieces which all have to be done twice to make both halves of the piece which is then glued together with more chocolate.  In addition, the mold only has space for 4 pawn halves and there are 8 pawns on each side -- so the pawns required additional molding time even when all the other pieces were done.  I was totally engrossed and distracted and at one point looked at the clock, realized it was late, and wondered when David was getting home.  Quickly realized he wasn't.  Why do these strange thoughts pop up when I  am not thinking?

Yesterday, Saturday, was Jacob's second birthday party.  He had turned two last Wednesday.  The strange part about the day was that David and a lot of his family were there and this is the first time I have seen them (the family, not David) since he left.  His sister Susan, brother-in-law Joe, brother Peter, sister-in-law Elaine, brother Richard, Richard's girlfriend Verna, Susan's son Joey, his wife Rosanne, Joey's Jacob and Matt were all very nice to me -- came over to say hello and ask how I was doing -- although no one has contacted me up to now (guess 46 years means very little).  Peter's daughters Sonya and Diane did not come; Jackie said hi but little else; Carolyn ignored me until the last minute - actually walked past me several time and looked the other way.  Holy shit bitch!  He left me -- not the other way around!

At the party Daniel mentioned that since Caroline and Natalie are away he was planning to go to the movies by himself at around 8 or 9 after the party to see the new Sandra Bullock and George Clooney movie "Gravity".  It sounded like an interesting movie  and I had no plans so I asked if I could join him.  And I did.  So for a complete non-movie person I am now inviting myself along to go to movies with my children.

Today was the long awaited Meet and Greet at Agudath Israel in Caldwell.  Man was I disappointed.  The crowd was not my sort of crowd at all  -- holy moly, even the young ones looked old!  I spent most of the time talking to Cyndee whom I met Monday.  I've asked if she wants to join me for dinner on a day we are not doing something, send her possible dates, and she keeps on saying she will look into it.  Distinct possibility that I won't see her again either.  They say you've got to kiss a lot of frogs.  I think you've got to try a ton of different meetups before you find one that fits. Or try something else.