{"id":9663,"date":"2015-03-30T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=9663"},"modified":"2015-03-30T00:34:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T07:34:09","slug":"paddy-says-he-hates-to-tell-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=9663","title":{"rendered":"Another Sunday night in the eye of the tiger"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you wander through this troubled world 
In search of all things beautiful 
You can close your eyes when you’re miles away 
And hear my voice like a serenade
–Dixie Chicks\/Lullaby <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Paddy came over for dinner. While we were on the back porch enjoying the weather and our drinks, he said he had something to tell me. Something I wasn’t going to like.  He told me that I’m extremely spiritual. All the time. Everything I think about and write about. I just don’t want to admit it. According to Paddy, every word I write oozes spirituality. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Fucker. <\/p>\n

So then there was more talking. <\/p>\n

And some more drinks. <\/p>\n

Dinner was artichokes and pasta. <\/p>\n

Then there was more disagreement on my true nature, as well as a summary of all of the dating events he missesd while he was in Maui. <\/p>\n

We sang some songs. We talked some more. He tried to make me love Jaco. I still don’t. <\/p>\n

It got late. <\/p>\n

I got sleepy. Paddy covered me up in the armchair and sang to me. <\/p>\n

I smiled. <\/p>\n

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Thanks for ending your vacation with me, Paddy. I’m glad we’re both creeps and weirdos who got to be friends. I know that I always say I know the best people, but I only say it because it’s true. <\/p>\n

You make my world a better place. <\/p>\n

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