AH!!!!!!! I was on my way to the Cape, and a phone call came in!! Red alert!! Turn around!! Emergency board meeting!!! It’s an all-female board of multiple ethnicities!! You know we’re progressive, of course!!! So the information came flying!!! She moved? What?? Temporarily?? “I knew it!! She got married!! She won’t show the hand!!” “Todd … you’re looking at the wrong fingers.” So I stand with my back to it, like we’re both facing in the same direction. And, I was like, “Oh, yeah!!” This left and right business is tougher than it seems! But, yes, we got that out of the way! And, wow, it’s gorgeous, but not nearly as gorgeous as you are today!!! WOW!!!! Worth saying a thousand times over!!! You’re positively glowing!!! Wow, I missed this!! It’s kinda like the old days!!! And someone says, “That table is set for two!” Another yells, “That could mean anything!” Still another, “If it were a honeymoon, I can see her dog, but, really, the plants??” Well, she *really* loves them. She brings everything to life. Just look at me!! And they all say, “Yeah, you’re glowing, too. She’s the magic secret when you look like a kid at your age!” And I say, “I’m not so bad for 39!!” (They don’t know my real age.) So, anyway, being an investigative reporter, I know this must bring up something in your enquiring mind. “He said he wasn’t looking.” I’m not! Oh, promise it’s true!! *BUT* … (dot-dot-dot, yeah, when said out loud), if I *google* your name with the word twitter – which I honestly do maybe once every couple of days or something, and only like once, not over and over again!! – I can see if you’ve tweeted! And this morning, I got a head-up on the news!! And that’s when the emergency meeting was called into session!! The deep and probing analysis!! And we came up with all sorts of situations!! Kelly thankfully added some exposition!! And I know you keep your cards close to the vest, so you weren’t going to give anything more away! But that led to all sorts of scenarios! Your friend out there!! You got away and said, “That’s it!! I need a fresh start!! Only people who adore me going forward!! And, no, that doesn’t mean that guy in Massachusetts has a shot! Don’t get too exuberant, pal!!” But I’m playing the friend card! I always have!! I really mean it, too. And maybe there’s like a grandfather rule. The guy who adores you who came *before* the new boyfriend gets a little sliver of your sunshine!! Kind of like Schneider who was in love with Ms. Romano on the original “One Day at a Time!!” Okay, really showing my age here. But I was a toddler at the time!! Ah, I’m a toddler now!! It’s in my name!! I feel so buoyant! You look SOOOOOO beautiful! And, yes, I know. My hopes will be dashed. Whenever they get up, I always come crashing back to Earth. But I’ve decided just enjoy any little moment. I mean, they’re filled with such ecstasy! You’re positively radiant!!! In what looks like a million dollar space. But anywhere looks beautiful with you in it. I have no words!! I froze it on your left hand. Still no ring!! “He *lives!!* To see another day!!” as Garry Marshall would say!! And one day is fine enough!! Tomorrow is a huge anniversary for me, and I’ve really upped my projects. I know I delayed on all that stuff. It’s just for fun. I only do it because you’re my muse!! If not for you, I’d be eating way too much and watching Sesame Street – you know how I am about Cookie Monster! And thunderbuddies!! We sang the Ted song yesterday! Everything looked so dark for me and Jakey in that storm! And now the sun is shining because you’re seen!! It’s been almost two weeks!! It feels the longest ever. So, I decided, I gotta do what I gotta do – just get hardcore to work over the final four months of the year. And debut the new stuff just for the joy of it. I really meant my post yesterday titled, “If it’s Sunday, it’s Meet the Em-press!!” I have nothing to prove and no big goal. But who knows? Maybe the new stuff will resonate with somebody and I’ll life another person’s day. But you’re *always* my muse!!! I so hope that’s okay with you!! I’m as harmless as it gets!! I’m vegan, remember?? Well, vegetarian if you count those Dunkin’ Beyond Meat sandwiches with egg and cheese. I leave the door open a little! That’s kinda obviously how I live!! I practically cry when I accidentally step on a bug. But I can play the tough guy, really. I was a pretty good actor in the day (check out YouTube!). AH!!!!!!! You’re SEEN!!!!!!! And you’re otherworldly phenomenal. You’re the most beautiful person who ever *ever* was!! And now it’s all present tense again!! You *is!!* And you were saying all this smart stuff! I’ll have my board break it down for me like a five-year-old!! And I feel so rejuvenated and refreshed. Tomorrow is a big anniversary for me personally. And I have things really lined up. I’ll just focus on my bliss no matter how things ever pan out. Even if they never do at all! Of course! But it feels like the old days for me to tune you in at 1:33! It’s that old wonderful feeling that always feels brand-new!! This magic of you. It’s never about having you. I mean, I’d have better odds to get hit by lightning! And yet lightning strikes me on days like today when you’re lighting up everything!! I only hold onto that friend card feebly. That one labelled “endearing.” (That’s another post I wrote about you last year. It always goes, though!) Maybe somehow someway the stars will align in a certain way. So that I could just be someone you turn to when you need a boost and uplifting. But I can do that from here! Right from this board meeting! An emergency one called, due to very unusual circumstances!! But any move you make is always a step up!! Oh, if you knew how you’re the most beautiful person in the world! But something tells me you feel it. You’re glowing brighter than the lights around you. Okay, I’ll pull it back! I just had to get some gushing in for old time’s sake. It’s inconceivable anybody could be so beautiful. Yay, you!!!! As always. 🥰 🌟    (not spellchecked!! please forgive me!!)