Month: September 2022

Today was the day I signed for my very first apartment. It feels bittersweet. The apartment is in AJ’s area, since staying in the house that VS and I had built was just too heavy. It is not that I could not afford to keep the house, but living there without VS was simply too much. Selling that home meant I had to find another place to live, and this felt like the right step. Since VS’s passing, I needed somewhere that would give me a chance to start over. The town I had been living in was far too small and isolating, and this apartment feels like the fresh start I have been needing.

AJ and I went to Las Vegas for the first time together. It was a place I had always wanted to take VS, but we never made it there. In the past, I only came here for work, so my time was spent in meetings and conferences, without the chance to see shows or enjoy the city the way most people do.

This trip was different. We came for one of AJ’s family member’s weddings, and while we were there, we made time to actually experience Las Vegas. We saw America’s Got Talent, The Blue Man Group, and another show that slips my mind now. Being able to share that with AJ made the trip stand out even more. It was one of the best times I have had in Las Vegas, not because of the lights or the crowds, but because I finally got to enjoy it the way I had always imagined.