Five hours – that is how long I was on the phone with Susan today.

She phoned at 9:17 this morning, and we ended the call around 2:15.  I had actually started out this morning on the drive to work, but decided to turn around and work from home since the roads were more slick than I liked and we’d already gotten a late departure.

I was at my laptop, connected to the B-MS VPN, when the phone rang.  I reached over to pick it up and glanced at the caller ID which read GROSS DAVIDD.  Funny thing is, although I was certainly not expecting a call from Susan, I also wasn’t surprised.  I’d been thinking about her (nothing unusual there) especially since I sent her Happy Birthday wishes.  Well, maybe she did catch me off guard, but I was happy to hear from her.  She thanked me for her birthday poem, and then we chatted, and talked, and talked… it was fortunate that my work calendar was pretty much clear for the morning, and I was not disturbed by any urgent email or OC messages.  Another funny thing is that even though we spoke for five hours, we could have and would have talked for five more.  A lot of territory was covered, from 1979 through today; plenty of laughing, and too much crying.  Lots of good, open, honest conversation.  Time kept truths were revealed.

After five hours of sometimes very emotional conversation I was left exhausted and drained.  Five hours!

We’re good… (?)  Yeah, I think so.