K__ came to pick up I__ this morning and wished me a happy anniversary. It was vaguely on my radar over the weekend, but not being the sort of person to keep track of the date outside of business hours, I wasn’t fully aware it fell on Monday.
I managed a half-hearted smile.
On her way out, she said it again like I’d not heard it the first time. “Happy anniversary,” I grumbled back. A strained exchange, but, you know, whatever.
I’m going on vacation later this week, and offered to take I__ an extra day this weekend since I won’t see him for a week. I spent the night with B__ Saturday, and on Sunday we headed out together to pick him up. I haven’t recharged the AC on my car this year, so we took hers. B__ and K__ hadn’t met yet, although there’d been a few offers on B__’s account. K__ had given me minor grief about spending the night there with I__, and when I mentioned it to B__ she offered to have K__ over for a beer to set her mind at ease (but not before getting offended and needing a cold one herself).
K__ and I__ had spent the night at Grandma’s house, and I left B__ parked in the cul-de-sac while I fetched the boy. We’d done that once before; I wasn’t against them meeting, but I’m understandably shy about the subject. There’s just no good way to say, “Wife meet my girlfriend. Girlfriend meet my wife.” K__ was in the driveway washing the car she’d borrowed (see below), and asked if I’d like to “introduce my sweetheart”. I waved B__ up the driveway, and we all proceeded to muscle through introductions. K__ was as charming as I’ve ever seen her — I knew it would be one extreme or the other, I just wasn’t sure which. B__ seemed infinitely more weirded-out, but perhaps that’s to be expected. We’d not had any coffee or breakfast, and she stayed moody for an hour or so, but brightened up considerably a little while later.
In related news, K__ wrecked her car on Friday. No word yet re: any expectations I should help replace it. My own vehicle is just barely above death-trap status and has been in serious decline for quite some time. I’ve actually been shopping for a replacement, but the tires had been on borrowed time for months, and I broke down and replaced all four last week.