Mr. Elise and I are about to have a house full of family for a few days.* Yes, I’m thrilled to have visitors. And yes, it will be lovely to connect with them in our home. But this is a curious situation in which Reality, with a capital “R”, intrudes on my reality and the results are jarring, abrasive, and unsettling.
Jaye Elise lives in a computer, in my mind, in my friends here, and in my readers. “The other one” has to do the day-to-day heavy lifting, she’s the one with the visitors in the house, and she’s the one who can’t be her true self in front of others.
And so, just like so many before me and so many yet to come—and I imagine many of you, too—I’ll put on my mask. I’ll wear it as long as I have to and not a minute longer. Mr. Elise and I will try to carve out stolen moments to drop our guard and see each other for who we really are.
We’ll bide our time until our reality becomes the one with the capital “R” again.
*I probably won’t be posting too much either, but I can’t wait to come back and find out what I’ve missed! 🙂
Jaye Elise writes... 
Enjoy the family time! Your reality with Mr. Elise will be waiting for you, and will be that much sweeter as you had to refrain for a few days. Hopefully this time in vanilla land creates some delicious tension in both of you 🙂 XOXO
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Thank you, nora! 💗
“Delicious tension” might lead to spontaneous combustion!!! 🤣🔥
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It may…but I bet it feels amazing!!! 🙂
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It’s always a bit of a balancing act when our two worlds collide—who we are in our minds and creativity versus who we have to be in certain settings.
Hope you and Mr. Elise find little moments to be your true selves amidst it all! Looking forward to your return😊
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Absolutely!! Whew…I’ll be sure to let you know how we fare! Thanks for the kind words of support! 🙂
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My feelings on that will be summed up in a quote by Nick Carroway from The Great Gatsby.
Daisy: “How’s Chicago, do they miss me?”
Nick: “The whole town is desolate. All the cars have the back left wheel painted black as a mourning wreath and there’s a constant wail from the North Shore.”
aka…you will be missed.
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LOL! I definitely didn’t have a Gatsby quote on my bingo card for the day!
Well, thanks for that – it’s just a few days, but I’ll miss our crew!
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