tenuous~hold
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haven't been here in awhile.... it's sometimes hard to keep up with.
since i didn't go to school where i exist now, i don't have a huge number of local friends.
so when i try to think of someone who might want to go camping or something, the sphere of people is quite small.
i am one of the "older folks" so those who are a lot younger & have a wider social circle can't really compare to this situation.
anyway, a friend (who i knew from the old days when i was married - he used to play in a band with my ex back in the late 80's) had gone camping with me quite a few times over the past 2-3 years. it wasn't a dating situation at all, but he was fun to camp with. even tho we'd had our share of trouble, he always said "life's too short" to explain how he felt about either one of us having hard feelings.
he'd already been talking about a first camping trip coming up in april...
well, now he's dead. it's a long story that i don't need to go into, but it was pretty unexpected.
besides losing a friend to bounce stuff off of at times, i've also lost one of my (almost non-existent) local camping buddies.
i can't believe the luck i have. i know that might sound strange when it comes to this situation, but it just seems that i've often been kicked when i'm down, or have had to face really crappy things when i'm already struggling.
& now i feel much less comfortable/hopeful about the upcoming season, which is the only thing i really ever look forward to.
since i didn't go to school where i exist now, i don't have a huge number of local friends.
so when i try to think of someone who might want to go camping or something, the sphere of people is quite small.
i am one of the "older folks" so those who are a lot younger & have a wider social circle can't really compare to this situation.
anyway, a friend (who i knew from the old days when i was married - he used to play in a band with my ex back in the late 80's) had gone camping with me quite a few times over the past 2-3 years. it wasn't a dating situation at all, but he was fun to camp with. even tho we'd had our share of trouble, he always said "life's too short" to explain how he felt about either one of us having hard feelings.
he'd already been talking about a first camping trip coming up in april...
well, now he's dead. it's a long story that i don't need to go into, but it was pretty unexpected.
besides losing a friend to bounce stuff off of at times, i've also lost one of my (almost non-existent) local camping buddies.
i can't believe the luck i have. i know that might sound strange when it comes to this situation, but it just seems that i've often been kicked when i'm down, or have had to face really crappy things when i'm already struggling.
& now i feel much less comfortable/hopeful about the upcoming season, which is the only thing i really ever look forward to.
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