From time to time people ask me for relationship advice. I sort of find this insane usually. I mean my last relationship sort of crashed and burned to the ground and that makes me feel VERY unqualified to give any sort of advice on relationships. People should be giving me advice, in my opinion. Then they bring up the point that my last relationship, even as bad as it was at times, made it to six and a half years and my current one just passed the one year mark so I must be doing something right.

I got to thinking about that. Is it really me doing something right? I don’t know. There are some things that I make sure to do especially in this new relationship to try to keep things fresh and the romance alive. It’s just what works for me. I think everyone has to find what works best in their own situation. In any case, I bring you this list of my favorite relationship advice.

1. Take all relationship advice with a grain of salt. This sort of echoes what I wrote above, but it bears repeating. What might work perfectly for one couple may turn weird and awkward in your own. I enjoy reading relationship articles and I would say about 85% of the time I find the advice to be complete crap. Especially if that advice is found in Redbook. (For instance, I recently read an article on sweet little things you can do to show your significant other that you care. One of the tips was sneak onto “his” computer and change “his” screen saver to a picture of you. That might be sweet to someone, but in most cases I think it would be taken as creepy, narcissistic and it lacks respect for the others privacy.)

2. Do the little things that show you care. Last night I had to pick Kasey up at work at 9:00 pm. She seemed stressed and tired when I talked to her on the phone earlier so I wanted to something special for her. So I called her favorite restaurant an hour before she was done working and ordered her BBQ wings to go. I had to drive a half hour to pick them up and a half hour back, but when I told her I had gotten her dinner she seemed so touched it was supremely worth it. It cost about $10 for the wings and fries and $5 for the gas, but meant so much to her. It’s hard to remember to do something everyday, but I think doing something nice at least 3 times a week is a great start.

3. Be an individual and have your own interests. Sure Kasey thinks me making 1000 paper cranes is insane, but she enjoys telling people I’m into origami and talking to me about it. Would she ever eat eel? Probably not. However, she is always more than willing to pick me up some sushi and she loves that I am adventurous with foods. I could also go into rants about feminism and how I hate it when women walk all over rights other women fought for and she’ll nod and listen. On the other hand I find it really sexy how much she loves music and how she plays the drums and the piano. We don’t like the same movies all the time, but few things are cuter than her telling me all about some trailer she saw for some new action movie. Oh and the reading. How hot is a butch that can read for hours? I love that! I don’t want to be with someone just like me and I don’t think anyone would.

4. Have sex. Sex is one of those topics I am unbelievably open about conversationally, but I keep it to a whisper here. I’m not unlike a gay man with my sexual desires so I try to keep that to myself online as much as possible. In any case, I think it’s very important to the well being of a relationship to have consistent sex. I’m currently not sure myself how consistent that should be. I guess it’s something you should figure out for yourself, but in any relationship I think you shouldn’t let anymore than two months pass without having sex with each other. It helps keep that bond alive and makes you feel closer. Even better is if you can agree on new sexual situations that you both want to explore. That will make the bond even deeper. (Though exploring something your not comfortable with will have the adverse effects.) I have been trying to keep the love alive so to speak about twice a week, but I’m not sure if this is too much or not. Personally, I’m one of those people who thinks it could never be too much. (TMI?)

5. Speak up for yourself. This is probably the one I am worst at. Sometimes it is hard to be assertive and tell the other one when you are ticked off. To keep a relationship functioning properly it’s really important to bring it up when something is ticking you off. Do it in a productive way, though. Don’t just freak out about something and start yelling. Bring it up calmly and tell them what is bothering you.

6. Be uplifting. Maybe your partner has big dreams. Whats wrong with a little ambition? As long as they aren’t letting it rule their lives they will feel really good about you supporting them. It’s also important to compliment their good points. Did they wash the dishes, clean up after the pets, remember to call you? Let them know how much you appreciate that. What about their appearance? New haircut? Wearing a nice outfit? Tell them! Everyone likes getting complimented, your partner included.

7. Don’t try to get them to be someone their not. If the person you are with drinks a lot of beer and watches sports daily don’t get committed to them thinking they will change. Maybe they will, but more then likely that is just part of who they are. If you can’t deal with that then they probably aren’t for you. This brings me to my next point…

8. Know when to call it quits. This is a big one. It’s also hard. Sometimes it just isn’t working out and as hard as you try it’s just not going to work. You can drag it out and both be miserable or you can go your separate ways and find someone who is better for you. This might make you miserable for a while to, but no one should compromise themselves or who they are for someone else.

9. Be comfortable around the other person. You know that commercial where the woman promises never to wear a flannel nightgown? I hate that commercial. If you can’t handle the thought of your future partner in a flannel nightgown you can’t handle marriage. I will certainly be sleeping in comfortable pajamas. I will walk around the house in sweatpants. You know what? It certainly makes them take notice when the sexy lingerie comes out. You should be able to be yourself around your spouse. Myself wears sweats at home and talks about how much my vagina hurts when I have my period.

10. Touch is important. I read once that the average American couple only touches twice a day including sex. That really surprised me. I think touch is so important. It is comforting and will bring you and your partner closer. Add in little bits of touch to your day. Perhaps a massage before bed? Stroking their face? Rubbing their head? It all makes a big difference in how close the two of you feel.

11. Does your face light up? Sometimes Oprah may seem full of crap, but some of her advice has really impacted my life. She was once talking about how it’s important when looking at children for your face to light up when you see them or when they walk in the room. It shows that you love them, care about them and are happy to see them. It’s great advice that I think has a huge impact. I think it’s great to use it with your significant other too. Does your face show them how happy you are to see them?

12. A kiss goodbye and a friendly greeting make all the difference. It takes so little time to kiss your partner goodbye, but many times it’s overlooked. It’s a little thing that really means a lot. Also when reuniting after a day apart take a little time to reconnect. How was your day? It’s so lovely to see you. Again the little things that mean a lot. I hear you. I see you. I love you.

13. Find new things to experience with each other. Whether it’s going to a new town together, trying a new restaurant or taking a class together to learn something new it’s fun and exciting to try something new with your partner. It gives you more to talk about and maybe you both love it and maybe you don’t, but it’s important to switch up the routine sometimes.

I think that’s all I have for now. Perhaps I’ll update when I think of more.

What do you guys think? What is some of your best relationship advice?

There is a very specific area on my body where if you touch it regardless of if I was in the mood before you touched there I would definitely be in the mood after.

Kasey and I have a friend named Allison and there is an on going joke about her “romantic area”. I even got that term from this ongoing joke. She isn’t really a touchy feely person and probably would not like it if say someone came over and started rubbing her shoulders. I guess someone she roomed with used to do this and it drove her nuts. Then one day she yelled, “Don’t touch my romantic area!” Which on Allison is described as from her neck to her knees. That is a lot of area and every time I think about it I crack up.

So there have been times when we have all been out and someone has touched her shoulder, or something and another one of our friends has yelled out, “Don’t touch Allison in her romantic area!”.

There is also something about a danger zone, but I’m not going there.

My romantic area is quite small. It’s the space on my hips right over my pelvis. I think this is the best possible place for this to be because no one would ever be able to touch me there unless we were having naked time. And I only have naked time with Kasey!

It would be quite unfortunate to have a spot like that say on the top of your head. So that every time someone touched your head you would be instantly in the mood. Whoops!

It didn’t go as badly as I thought it would and I didn’t pass out. The teacher did mention that I looked very nervous though. My partner was BOMR who has turned into BOML as some bitch took my seat in between him and SALG (who still seems angry, btw). BUT! Get this people, she carries a fake Chanel bag! What’s up with that? Sullen + Angry + Rude (does NOT!) = Chanel.

So he was nice and said very sweet things after reading my paper, but then again who would read the paper and be able to be mean? I’m having someone else who I think could still offer changes read it over just to be sure.

Today I was going to go to the Post Office to pick up mail for work and instead I went home for a quickie. People! It was great. What a fine way to break up the work day. I felt a little like a hooker afterwards though as we both had to redress quickly and she drove me back to work. Still! It was nice. We also had sex twice yesterday so I am in a really good mood. If you know anything about my sex drive it has been often said to be the same of a guy so the more the better!

What else? Oh! (While I am uncommonly writing about sex anyway) I used to not give a damn about my breasts because they weren’t very sensitive and them being touched didn’t really feel good. So if the person I was sleeping with wanted to touch them, fine. If not, great. Now, I don’t know if this is something that changes with age or what, but lately my breasts have felt FANTASTIC! I want them to be touched all the time! If these are the types of changes I have to look forward to with the beginnings of age keep them coming!

So in my putting things off (which I mentioned last post) I only today heard from my downline and she let me know that my kit is with another one of my downline. Crap. So I got a hold of her and now after work I am halling ass to pick that up in Stroudsburg then I am picking up Ariana and then we are heading over to the party. Ehh. I’m tired just thinking about it.

My car is still about 1,000 miles over the point when it should have gotten an oil change and I need to put gas in it and buy new tires and I am just not in the mood. I hate spending money on cars.

Besides the actual jewelry I am all set for the party tonight. I have a gift for the hostess and two gifts for games. I am playing a right/left game and Ringo which is like bingo only with our rings. So that part will be good. I am also really looking forward to the party in general. I have a lot more fun doing Lia Sophia parties than Body Shop parties. I don’t feel as stressed out and unsure of myself.

After the party I am going out with Ariana for sushi. Yum! It’s also kind of funny because I went for sushi last night with The Mrs. Is there a limit on how much raw fish you can eat? I am going to get the same thing tonight as last night. It is called a Fantastic Roll and it really is fantastic. The only sushi I have ever had that we better was at a four star restaurant and it costs a whole lot more. This place is in a strip mall and it is a combo chinese/japanese restaurant. Anyway the Fantastic Roll is shrimp tempura with spicy yellowtail, salmon and tuna on the top. I tried to take a picture of it, but my camera has been utterly sucktastic. I wanted this camera because it’s the updated version of my older camera and I like things simple, but it’s bumming me out. I think it might have been the batteries dying so we’ll see how it does tonight.

Have you guys heard of Paperbackswap.com? It’s awesome! The whole thing is you post books you have that you no longer want, people choose your books, you mail the book at your cost ($1.59) and when they receive it you get a credit for a book of your choice. So really you can get any book you want for $1.59. You also get 3 credits when you join and list 9 books. I used my credits right away and got The Red Tent by Anita Diamant, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver and A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. Hmm…I just realised I bought one bible based fiction, one with bible in the title and one with prayer in the title without me realizing it. I am giving myself subliminal messages!

Speaking of subliminal messages from the lord I had sex. again. last night! Madness. No really! It is crazy! I think with sex the more you do it the more that you want to do it. That has to be the case because we have gone about 2 months without sex in the past and I’m all whatever about it. We have sex 5 times in one week and I can’t stop wondering when we will be able to do it again. We also even discussed getting a local hotel room for the night. What are we 16 again? Don’t think I am complaining either because I’m not. I am more confused at what brought all this on. I would go into more details, but I think I will spare you because I tend to just rehash everything and that will only embarass me later.

The Mrs. gets the 500 points from yesterdays post. She didn’t guess it right, but she researched it for over a half an hour to try and figure out how racism fit into my post. Hint: Don’t think too much into it. The lyric was part of a song in the CD she burned me from The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Perhaps I will make this some sort of real competition where the point mean something and you could win Lia Sophia or something. What do you guys think?

I forgot to tell you guys my sad story from Wednesday! Okay. So Kalani and I are driving to New Jersey. We are talking and it’s all good. I am randomly bringing up the cuteness of puppies** and she is wondering how the hell we go from talking sculpture and art to the adorable factor of certain animals. The we see a huge truck in front of us and there seems to be movement in the back and some feathers flying out. It’s ducks! Adorable big white ducks all stuffed on top of each other in this horrible truck. So we get bummed and we go to pass it so we don’t have to look at the ducks all caged anymore. We are passing the truck and it looks like there is a chunk of material blowing in the wind and when we are passing it we realise that it is a dead duck. Guys! It was the head and neck of a dead duck flapping in the wind as this truck of horrors plowed down the highway. Kalani drove really fast so we could pass it and I almost started crying because it made me feel so sad. Luckily Kalani was able to calm me down, but it still makes me feel all shaken up. Poor ducks.

Since I told you a sad story I will leave you with a kind of funny picture of me at the laundry mat that makes me laugh everytime.

*Are you tired of my starring things? I hope not since it is one of my favorite things to do. This lyric is from my favorite song of all time. Can you guess which version I like best?

**See I was already in a cute state of mind too with the puppies and I think we were also discussing what would happen if a bunny and a guinea pig feel asleep next to each other because it would be too cute to handle. Then I had to see the duck situation and it was awful.

I am numbering this because for the most part one paragraph has nothing to do with other.

1. This week is going a little rough for me. I feel like there isn’t enough time to get things done. I have orders to deliver to about 45 minutes away in one direction and my kit to pick up 20 minutes in another direction. I haven’t been preparing for my upcoming parties and bridal shows at all. I’m just really stressed out. I also have a horrible way of dealing with stress which tends to be to ignore the situation as long as humanly possible. Then I have a much bigger problem to deal with. I am trying not to do that this time, but I can’t find the hostesses cell phone number. I have what I guess is her work number and when I call some guy picks up the phone, I ask if she’s there and he say, “I don’t think so.” And hangs up! It is very frustrating.

2. In happier news I have been having a lot of sex lately. Tuesday night was awesome, last night was not very good** and this morning was awesome. It’s putting me in a very good mood.

In addition to the actual having of the sex there has been the eternal wanting of the sex which is different for me because while I greatly enjoy sex it’s not something I think about. Lately though I can not get enough.

3. Yesterday my wonderful friend Kalani picked my up from work and we went out to dinner in New Jersey to TGI Fridays. It’s interesting to me that I will drive an hour away to Allentown just to go to bookstores and the mall, but I never go to New Jersey which is even closer. I guess just the thought of going out of state makes it seem so much farther. The Mrs. was at work and called to say she wasn’t feeling well so we weren’t sure if we were going to do tacos, but by time 8:00 p.m. rolled around she was feeling better so we went.

It was a little lackluster anyway. Kalani forgot it was taco night and ate too much dinner so she wasn’t hungry for tacos and her tummy was also bothering her so she didn’t really want to drink. I was a little bummed the she and The Mrs. didn’t want anything because Kalani bought me dinner and I wanted to repay the favor by buying her drinks. That didn’t work out, but I think a better idea would be to pick up the bill next time we go out to dinner anyway.

4. Tonight I am going to see The Women of Distinction Awards at The Mrs.’s college. She usually wins one so it will be nice to see her get it. Then we may go out with our fantastic friend Ariana for sushi. Yay! Ariana called this morning to say she wasn’t feeling well so she may not make it. We’ll see what happens. Hopefully she will be feeling better because I have a bunch of stuff to give her.

5. I was in Washington, DC on vacation in February of 1999. There was a mall in the hotel we were staying at for the first three floors. I was shopping at a bookstore and I saw a book in the new releases called The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. I realize that it is fairly popular now, but I had heard nothing about it at that point. Something about that book drew me to it and I bought it right away. I spent most of my time in DC reading that book while listening to The Cranberries on my CD player. It was the most influential book I had read up to that point because something in the story resonated so deeply with me. I just knew exactly how he felt. I used to talk about how much I would love to make my own CD of the songs he puts on the mix tape for Patrick. I had a copy of the book that had been read, reread and highlighted so much it was falling apart. I lent it to someone and they never returned it. I wish I still had that copy. I have bought the book about 5 times and I still don’t have a copy because I kept giving it away. Whenever I listen to that CD by The Cranberries I still remember what I was reading when I listened to it and how the story made me feel. Three years later The Mrs. burned me the mix tape on CD and gave it to me for my birthday. It is still one of the best presents I have ever gotten. I recently put that CD on my iTunes. I felt compelled to listen to it today and all those memories started flooding back. I have to buy another copy of the book sometime.

6. Have you heard about the Honest Photography group on Flickr? It’s an interesting group where we all embarrass ourselves by posting less than perfect pictures of ourselves and our homes. The conciliation prize is knowing that you’re not the only one who works in an office where it looks like someone threw a grenade on your desk. You’re not the only one who doesn’t constantly have a nice glowing smile and you’re not the only one who looks that crap at the end of the day. So for that the embarrassment is sort of worth it. I say sort of because of the pictures I put up there.

See what I mean?

7. I have a lot on my mind right now about topics I want to discuss so perhaps I will curl up with Microsoft Word a bit today and sort that out.

*Yeah, I went back to naming all my posts after song titles and lyrics. Remember the game for bored people? You get 500 points if you know why I choose this particular lyric.

**So I sort of drank a lot last night (Sorry Mom!) I didn’t realize it at the time, but I had 3 Cosmos (top shelf, no less), 1 Fuzzy Navel and 1/2 a double Malibu Bay Breeze. Being semi-drunk does not lead to good sex! I am talking for you or the other person. It is clumsy and a little heavy on the friction if you catch my drift. It’s also hard to have a serious argument when you’re a little sauced. I’m kind of glad it did go down like that because I am on my new 1 alcoholic drink maximum whilst out. This will also be beneficial to my bank account. So yeah, last night…not so good.

I think it is time that we talk about sex. You may have noticed my little categories over on the side there. You may also have noticed that one of them is Sex. Have you ever clicked on that? Well if you did you might have also noticed that there are only two entries for that category. Yup, only two. If you went on to read those two measly entries you will see that one has a paragraph about sex in the morning and the other has a paragraph where I sort of hit on whoever is reading because I guess I was in the mood that day.

Some of you used to read my site back when I had a Xanga. I spoke about things a lot more freely then. Particularly because I felt more secure there somehow and also I wasn’t worried what other people would think about me. I do worry about those things here. I know some of my family members read this site and with my slight idiocy in choosing a domain name that is so closely tied to me I wouldn’t be surprised if more of them found it. I also don’t have many regular readers right now. I went through a lot of changes in the past year and I think it really changed my dynamic with my readers. I don’t look at this so much as just a place to empty my head it has become more important to me somehow.

Back on my old site (which has since been closed down and partial entries are now being hosted on diary land) I used to get much more into this topic. I used to post pictures of items I bought at online sex toy stores. I don’t know if it is me making a conscious effort not to, but I think it might be.

I don’t read many other blogs by people in the gay community. Really most of what I currently read is women with children. I didn’t make a conscious effort to find those blogs. I just link around a lot and those are the one who have appealed to me the most. I’m also not one to read and comment and stick around without any response. I take that as a sign that I am unwelcome. So if I comment a lot on a particular site and they never give me or my site the time of day I move on. (I do make exceptions for more popular blogs because I realize they either get a lot of comments from crazy people, don’t allow comments or they just have too many comments.) Anyway, I think I worry about scaring people off. That they won’t be able to handle some of the things I talk about. I’m not saying that I plan on writing erotica here, but I shy away from writing about any of it and I am really not the type of person to censor. You know Samantha Jones from Sex and the City? Yeah. I have a tendency to talk more like her when I am with friends no matter where I am. I think I have been told I am a little more racy than her sometimes, but of course I am happily coupled and not on the dating scene.

Okay. So what I am trying to say to you all is that I am thinking about bringing sex back on to my website. So, uhh…yeah I guess you could say I’m trying to bring sexy back.

Loralee does an entry each month called the Sexy Sixth. I have been thinking about participating in that also. What do you guys think? How do you feel about reading about sex here and on other sites? I would really appreciate your feedback.

The whole thing about sex is that lately I really haven’t been able to do it that much. Which is completely based on me as The Mrs. is always ready to do it. I don’t know if it is how long we have been together or what. I think it’s more that by time we are in bed and ready I am completely exhausted and going to sleep just sounds so good and I am willing to give up sex for some shut eye. I do have some other reasons for not getting down with the same frequency I used to, but perhaps that is better saved for another entry.

Really though I am hoping to get laid either tonight or tomorrow night, because I am pretty sure that we won’t be doing so in Boston. While I am writing about sex anyway, I realized the other night that The Mrs. and I have never had sex in any other state but Pennsylvania. Not even on our weeklong vacation to Florida last year. So perhaps we should fuck in Boston. We could add Massachusetts to our list!

Today I came into the office and checked my e-mail and I had an order waiting for me. I can’t tell you how excited that made me. The order was made by the wonderful Beth. So I sent in her order today and I also added a free gift and some samples. Thank you Beth! That made my day for shizzle. I’m getting closer to my goal. You can check my progress here. I still have two catalog parties going on and I am going to remain hopeful. Every order counts at this point. My fingers are so crossed.

The Mrs. gets home at 7:30 tonight! Last night was rough. She got home at 10:35 and then we had dinner and spent time together and we didn’t go to sleep until midnight. I woke up at 7:30 and I decided to wake The Mrs. up myself so that she wouldn’t have to wake up to the sound of an alarm clock. Well it sort of back fired because we ended up having sex and then we had to rush through the morning. So today for the second day in a row I was late to work because of sex. That has to stop! Nice, though. Morning sex is much better than night sex because for me at least I am much more awake.

I am starting to feel sick. It is my own fault. Yesterday I said “I am not getting sick.” This morning I woke up feeling worse. Damn. I am still not taking medicine though. Today it has been all Echinacea tea. I also have some sort of free trial herbal throat lozenge which I want to try. It came in my tea. It is called Throat Coat Herbal Pastilles Oral Pain Reliever. “Not just an ordinary lozenge!” It seems to be made with organic peppermint oil and I am supposed to let it dissolve in my throat. It is brown and squishy like a gummy. It’s strong! I sensed a bit of licorice and checked the ingredients. Yup it’s in there. I let it go for about a minute and then I spit it out. Ugg. Gross! I do not recommend this lozenge. My throat does feel a little better even though I did not finish it, but at what cost? Now I feel a bit nauseous. I am chewing a piece of gum to get rid of the taste.

Am I seriously entering into my 3rd day in a ridiculously upbeat mood? What is wrong with me? Has someone been slipping me anti-depressants? I hope so because this is great!

I got in some of the new products from The Body Shop yesterday. I think a lot of people are going to like the Satsuma Body Butter. It has a sweet authentic scent. I don’t really like it because I don’t really like citrus scents. I’ll have to get an opinion from The Mrs. she loves the other Satsuma products.

Next is the Cassis Rose Perfume Oil. (The Cassis line is not available to the public yet, but when it is I’ll let you guys know.) I have to be honest with you, I don’t really know how to use perfume oil so I am going to have to get that information before I actually show this product. As it is now I just sort of put it on my wrists and then pat them together. As far as the smell goes, I love it! It is very pretty, feminine and romantic. It’s a scent I would where on dates. I also think it would be a nice wedding day fragrance. I don’t usually like rose fragrances because they are so strong, but this really isn’t like that. Wonderful.

Then I got the White Musk bath & shower gel. That scent is light and more elegant. I think that one would be better for daily use.

The last product I got is the Whipped Water Shadow in Toffee. I love this stuff. It’s like a mousse texture, but it dries to a powder and it doesn’t crease after you have been wearing it for a while. I am going to be getting some of these to keep in stock for myself since it is limited edition.

The Body Shop is also launching a new line of face care products called Moisture White. (I’m not sure if this is confidential or not…) The other companies who use it are Shiseido, Estee Lauder and Lancome so that is really cool. The company’s prices for the product run from $29 - $100 and ours will run from $25 - $38. That is a really big difference. These products are supposed to encourage brighter, smoother and more luminous skin. I am interested to try them, but they are going to be our most expensive products so far so I don’t know if they are going to sell very well where I live. People don’t really like to spend money on skin care products in my town. Soap and shampoo! Good enough! I’m so glad that even though I am the 4th generation of my family born in this town that the members of my family are not hicks. We joke about it because technically we are, but remove the hot sauce and my father’s tendency to listen to country music and you can’t tell.

The Mrs. and I got the new Harry Potter movie and we are going to be watching that tonight. (She is going to get home at 5:00 p.m.!) We haven’t seen it yet so I am interested in how it is going to be. I hope it is good, but everyone says it is so I am not that worried. I loved the first books when they came out a few years ago, but I stopped reading after the 4th book because I got tired of waiting for them to come out. When the 7th book comes out I am going to go back and read them all again. I am surprised that I don’t own any of the movies, but I guess there are other movies that I like a lot more that I would rather purchase. The mother-in-law bought the latest one so that is why we have it at the house.

I am in the mood to post a bunch of pictures, but of course I forgot my camera at home again. I keep doing that. I still didn’t get a good winter picture of where I live. I am sure I will have more opportunities for that around here. It stays winter until the end of April.

I am in the mood for some sweet sweet loving. I think you know what I am talking about and if you lived around here I just might ask you to spend about an hour with me so that we can get to know each other better. If you are a guy who is into other guys don’t think that we have nothing to offer each other. I have a strap-on with your name on it and I am no stranger to getting a greeting at the back door, if you know what I mean.

I am going to go now because I can’t believe I just typed that and I can’t believe I am not going to delete it. See you at your place! I think I should cut my coffee intake down to one cup a day, don’t you?