XXI

I am over here counting down the days now; 35. Five weeks from today Clay will be arriving at the Frankfurt airport, getting on a train and meeting me at the Stuttgart Hbf.

After we get the face-touching over with I am taking him to a very cozy English pub I once went to in Stuttgart. The Olde Ascot is dark, smokey and nearly every interior surface is a deep and comforting shade of wood. It is very much our taste of atmosphere, I feel.

I am up to my ears in anticipation, ya'll.