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"Oh, Jester, not another post about the new girlfriend?"
No, it isn't. I am flying off to see a lovely woman, who I love dearly, but it's not my new girlfriend. Furthermore, it's a woman my new girlfriend knows about, has no problem with, and actually wants me to go see.
No, we're not swingers. The woman I'm flying off to see is my niece, Dragon. My favorite niece, if you will. Practically my daughter, as some of you may remember. So naturally the new girlfriend is totally fine with it. If she wasn't, she'd be the new EX-girlfriend.
In any case, Friday is Dragon's 22nd birthday. It seems like just yesterday that she was graduating high school and we were jumping out of an airplane together. (In fact, it was June of 2012.) Dragon didn't really have much of a 21st birthday, since she was involved with a complete dirtbag criminal druggie asshole, and was doing stuff she isn't proud of, and has been trying to rebuild her life ever since. She's had some bumps in the road along the way--I've lit into her a couple times, and scolded her a bit tonight on what it means to be an adult, especially with so many people trying to help her get back on her feet--but I think she's progressing, even if it's slower than I'd prefer.
In any case, I decided she deserved a real 21st birthday, and so I am flying off to Texas to surprise her for her birthday, and take her out for some good craft beer, which she likes. Hopefully she will also see what hard work can garner you, since she can't do for herself what I'm gonna do for her: take her into Houston (she lives out in the sticks beyond Houston), take her to a real craft beer bar, and put the two of us up in a nice hotel for the evening so we don't have to drive all the way back to the sticks that night. And she is smart enough and knows she's smart enough to do far more with her life than I've done so far with mine.
In any case, it's a mini vacation to go see a woman I love dearly, and to have my first legal drink with my Mija. I just hope she's REALLY surprised when I show up tomorrow.
No, it isn't. I am flying off to see a lovely woman, who I love dearly, but it's not my new girlfriend. Furthermore, it's a woman my new girlfriend knows about, has no problem with, and actually wants me to go see.
No, we're not swingers. The woman I'm flying off to see is my niece, Dragon. My favorite niece, if you will. Practically my daughter, as some of you may remember. So naturally the new girlfriend is totally fine with it. If she wasn't, she'd be the new EX-girlfriend.
In any case, Friday is Dragon's 22nd birthday. It seems like just yesterday that she was graduating high school and we were jumping out of an airplane together. (In fact, it was June of 2012.) Dragon didn't really have much of a 21st birthday, since she was involved with a complete dirtbag criminal druggie asshole, and was doing stuff she isn't proud of, and has been trying to rebuild her life ever since. She's had some bumps in the road along the way--I've lit into her a couple times, and scolded her a bit tonight on what it means to be an adult, especially with so many people trying to help her get back on her feet--but I think she's progressing, even if it's slower than I'd prefer.
In any case, I decided she deserved a real 21st birthday, and so I am flying off to Texas to surprise her for her birthday, and take her out for some good craft beer, which she likes. Hopefully she will also see what hard work can garner you, since she can't do for herself what I'm gonna do for her: take her into Houston (she lives out in the sticks beyond Houston), take her to a real craft beer bar, and put the two of us up in a nice hotel for the evening so we don't have to drive all the way back to the sticks that night. And she is smart enough and knows she's smart enough to do far more with her life than I've done so far with mine.
In any case, it's a mini vacation to go see a woman I love dearly, and to have my first legal drink with my Mija. I just hope she's REALLY surprised when I show up tomorrow.
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