Tonight was the night for learning new things and remembering the learning of new things.
The new things that I tried tonight were a scotch liquer which is interesting because I don't really like scotch, or thought that I did not like scotch. Maybe it was drinking too much when I was too young to appreciate it. I like the warmth that it created in the centre of my chest, heating me up on this night that was so cool.
Another new thing that I tried was talking to the ex. Although we have spent a few emails and had very brief conversations, tonight I had to call to get someone to help me set up a wireless network in my home. You know how it is, when in part you want to ask questions to see how the person on the other end of the phone is going. You want to know of their failures and their successes, the small wins that they remember and the things that make you smile. I need to learn how to deal with the uncomfortable silence on the other end when he wants to ask more, where he wants to know more, but he knows that he has no right to ask those questions and no right to seek those answers.
I went of for dinner with a friend. We had Vietnamese, and a big bowl of Pho to warm us up on this cold night. I was thanking him for introducing me to the experience of Vietnamese food, to Pho, to rice paper rolls with their fantastic dipping sauce and to tiny tasty spring rolls piping hot with the cool crisp lettuce, tanging mint leaves and that sauce with the grated carrot and chilli bits.
What more could a girl ask for on a cold and blustery Wednesday night? Good conversation, good friends, good food.
Life is good. New things add a sparkle to the gold.