need to relax

On the ride home from work this morning, the sun was in my eyes for the first time in days. It was a nice change of pace. Once again color had been restored to the world.

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I almost felt as though I had to steal Nicole away from someone else just so that I could say hello to her this morning. The two of them were sitting talking and I was going to walk away, but then decided to join them. I mean she did see me and waved.

In keeping with my theory she was subdued when I sat down and I don't think it was because I interrupted something important either. Of course I could be wrong, but neither of them said anything.

I still don't know what happened to change things between Nicole and I, but it really is bothering me. Plus I am getting the feeling that things will not go back to the way that they were before. Maybe I changed and I don't know it. She doesn't say anything and I am left wondering why. I just want an answer, but I'm old enough to realize that many times an answer is never given.

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Nine thirty in the morning. I've been home for an hour, eaten some food and downloaded some information on Jane Monheit and a song of hers. In half an hour a Cary Grant film that I have never seen will start and hopefully I'll stay awake long enough to see the end. So far this has been a good Sunday.

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Six hours later after the best sleep that I have had in days. The sun has yet to set, but it will soon. Clouds have appeared since I last looked out the window. The cool blue of the morning is a memory now and from what I read the forecast for the rest of the week is cloudy more often than not.

I almost made it to the end of My Favorite Wife, but the lure of sleep was too strong. Gone were any more thoughts about why Nicole seems to avoid me. I still wish that I had an answer though.

Alias is two and a half hours away and I need to eat what for me would be breakfast.

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Looking back a year ago in the journal, I can see that my move into a place that I owned was the focus of my life. It seems hard to believe that a year has passed, but it was probably one of the best decisions that I made last year. I still love my place and need to make it more personal than I have. It was Jen with her comments that made me realize that it still has elements of a sterile box to it and that is not the image that I want to project. I'm not shooting for Xanadu, but at the same time I want something that is a reflection of me.

 
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