Chugging Along

Things aren’t la-la-la happy-happy everything-is-perfect with Jen.  I’m far too cynical for that, and we’ve had our issues.  But, we’re chugging along and we’re happy.  This past weekend, I had the opportunity to spend a little time roaming around Manhattan with her.  She experienced my habit of making up stories about people as they walk by; I experienced her borderline road rage.  I find myself imagining spending a warm summer day with her, roaming around New York City.  I can’t wait! 

One little thing for which I am enlisting her aid: I want to attend an audition for an actual real-live Broadway play.  I won’t get the part (and if I do, I would have to decline it, as I’m not prepared to move to New York and they won’t pay enough for me to quit my job), but at least I could say that I auditioned on Broadway.  In the end, I’m only doing this to annoy my older son!

Speaking of my older son, Jen has wanted to avoid meeting my kids.  She feels, rightly so, that the kids have gone through too many difficult women in my life.  But, we were at a fundraiser on Saturday night, and my older son was there!  She had no choice but to meet him.  He can be charismatic, and the two chatted a little.  She hasn’t met my younger son yet, but I am predicting April or May.  In April, she will be coming down to see me perform in “Shakespeare in the Trailer Park”, and my kids will likely be there as well.  If they manage to miss each other then, in May all three of us will be in “42^nd Street”.  She WILL meet my younger son then! 

The topic of her moving in has come up on occasion, and every time it’s for her to emphasize that she is not planning on leaving New York soon, or ever!  Not to mention, my home is so disorganized that it would drive her insane.  Two amusing things did come up, however.  She once remarked that she would love to audition for a show with me.  I mentioned that she does have her summers free (she works in the public school system, so has summer vacations off).  Another time, my older son bragged about getting a part on Broadway.  I said “That would be great!  That would mean you’ll move out!”  Somehow, this topic shifted a touch, and we started joking about sending him to live with Jen!  He would drive Jen crazy within an hour!