Cult of Invisible Women

In the past week I've met up with two old friends.  One was from High School and the other from my College years.  One came looking for forgiveness, the other I sought out.

Don emailed Jess a week or so ago looking to make a new connection with an old friend from his past.  He came seeking forgiveness along the way.  He got it, of course.  I don't know all of the story behind the event which brought on such malcontent, but it is in the past and now forgiven.  I can understand why Don wanted to straighten out things because I have people and situations in my past that I wish I could go back and seek the same as Don has done.  I know that this isn't possible for me - let's just say that's a dog best left lying.  Anyway...  Don and his sweet wife will be staying in contact with his newly found old friends.  It will be a long distance friendship (they live on the West Coast), but a friendship none the less. Check out his blog.

The friend from my college years is turning into another story.  I sought him out because I was scanning pictures of him.  Yes, I'm still working on the DT archive - Check it out, if you like.  So, I literally hunted him down.  I switched into computer investigator mode and tracked his ass across the internet.  I took a stab in the dark at his email address and threw a message in a bottle out into the cyber sea.  I was happy to find out that my gum shoeing turned out right - it was him, for he answered back.  He remembered me -I was flattered. I asked him for an update on his life since I hadn't talked to him in fifteen years.  He's an actor in the DC area in his free time and working for the government during the day. He did pound his chest a bit bragging on himself, but what actor doesn't do that. ;) Here's a review of one of his past shows. He asked for an update on my life in return and I was happy to oblige.  I wrote him back... updating him.  I didn't talk about the invisible factor in my life - I thought that was best left alone for now.  Apparently it came through some how... for I haven't heard from him since. 

Yes, I hear you Jess - "He's a busy guy!"  I realize this... and I try my best to keep this in mind along with other things.  I just get so excited when I connect with an old friend, especially my old theatre friends.  I feel as if they understand me more than anyone else in my past.  (You learn so much about a person when you do a show with them.)  Some days I wish I wasn't such a soft hearted person, but then I realize if I wasn't, well, I just wouldn't be me. <sigh>

So, here I am... happy about connecting with an old High School friend... and disappointed about finding someone else.  Not to mention I burnt the cookies I was going to take to game day today!!!!  (game day - a few friends from my theatre past get together and play board games)  Hopefully being with them for a few hours will lift my spirits.

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