Cass - Day 7

I've learned something new. In that regard, this has been a good trip. The sense of longing I felt in Kansas hasn't really been alleviated despite me being here. We've always done much better in person than on the phone and much better on the phone than over text, but I'm figuring out the longing had nothing to do with proximity and everything to do with emotional unavailability. I might as well still be in Kansas, 500 miles away.

After work took Kaylie for a photoshoot in her new Halloween dress. I thought it was very The Ring and she thought she looked like The Grudge (I haven't seen either of those movies - I don't do horror). So while I didn't get a 2-mile walk in today, the hike to the basin and down and back was comparable.

Cass had fallen asleep as soon as she got home, and not knowing how long she would be down (and after hearing Kaylie's stomach growling while we were post-processing her photos), I decided to make dinner. Only...I had no idea what I was going to do. Normally, when I have no clear plan, I start prepping, dicing, and sautéing until a plan forms. Ended up with what I later found out Cass calls, "Texas potatoes." She asked, "Do you call them Texas potatoes?" No, I don't. I'm from Texas. We just call them, "potatoes."

After dinner (which was spent trying to finish up Why Women Kill), we took Abbs to Target to get a TV for her room.