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It's been a hell of a day. I never thought I'd agree with Doug about anything, but at this moment in time, I have to agree with him about the cold. That will go away as soon as I warm up completely, but for now I can understand where he's coming from.
Waiting outside of the high school while Rafiq was there was quite an experience. The cold doesn't affect me as much as it does most people, which is probably a very good thing, but it got cold enough today that I'm still feeling the effects even though I've been inside ever since I got back. At least I was smart enough to take my car instead of my motorcycle, so I had something to use as a buffer against the cold. I didn't want to waste too much gas, so I kept the car off most of the time. I also find it impossible to sit still for hours on end, so I spent much of the time outside. My father brought me something hot to drink a couple of times, so that helped out some. Unfortunately, tomorrow isn't supposed to be warmer, so I'm going to have to consider investing in some warmer clothing. Such is life, I suppose. I'm certainly not going to abandon Rafiq, even if he was feeling bad about me being there. I promised I'd do it, and I'm keeping that promise. Once he feels safe and secure enough to not have me there I'll stop, but not until then. And since he's as bad a liar as his father, that's something he's not going to be able to fake.
Other than that, life's been all right. All of the moving and settling in has made all of us (except John, of course) quite busy, but it's good to have a decent place to live. It's easy to see the stress has lessened tremendously on all of us, and it's good to see. It's a good time of year to be able to start over somewhere fresh, especially since that shithole of a house we left did very little to keep people warm most of the time. I think we'd all be perfectly happy with seeing a wrecking ball demolish the thing. It will be good to have Christmas this year in a new place.
I suppose I don't have much else to say. I could do a little ranting about John, but that's nothing new and I don't feel like doing that. But since I'm sitting here warming up, I figured I might as well write something. In case I don't manage to get on again before Christmas hits, I hope you all have a good holiday.
Waiting outside of the high school while Rafiq was there was quite an experience. The cold doesn't affect me as much as it does most people, which is probably a very good thing, but it got cold enough today that I'm still feeling the effects even though I've been inside ever since I got back. At least I was smart enough to take my car instead of my motorcycle, so I had something to use as a buffer against the cold. I didn't want to waste too much gas, so I kept the car off most of the time. I also find it impossible to sit still for hours on end, so I spent much of the time outside. My father brought me something hot to drink a couple of times, so that helped out some. Unfortunately, tomorrow isn't supposed to be warmer, so I'm going to have to consider investing in some warmer clothing. Such is life, I suppose. I'm certainly not going to abandon Rafiq, even if he was feeling bad about me being there. I promised I'd do it, and I'm keeping that promise. Once he feels safe and secure enough to not have me there I'll stop, but not until then. And since he's as bad a liar as his father, that's something he's not going to be able to fake.
Other than that, life's been all right. All of the moving and settling in has made all of us (except John, of course) quite busy, but it's good to have a decent place to live. It's easy to see the stress has lessened tremendously on all of us, and it's good to see. It's a good time of year to be able to start over somewhere fresh, especially since that shithole of a house we left did very little to keep people warm most of the time. I think we'd all be perfectly happy with seeing a wrecking ball demolish the thing. It will be good to have Christmas this year in a new place.
I suppose I don't have much else to say. I could do a little ranting about John, but that's nothing new and I don't feel like doing that. But since I'm sitting here warming up, I figured I might as well write something. In case I don't manage to get on again before Christmas hits, I hope you all have a good holiday.