Today is STILL Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 and it is now 709 PM here in Brooklyn, New York City.
So, when we talked Tuesday night NY Time, she told me all of this and shocked me into stupefied silence (trust me, that does not happen easily). As I told her, I could understand her running TO me, but running AWAY? As in just trying to forget EVERYTHING?
She apologised profoundly and said she had felt trapped. She promised that if she ever felt trapped again she run away and I would come for her.
I went to sleep. When I awoke this morning it was late afternoon in Mindanao. When her sister stole Jackie's phone Jackie turned around and stole her sister's Blackberry. She told me she was now in the mall buying a new SIM Card.
She then asked me if its OK if she doesn't go home, that she had brought clothes with her as well as her ID. I was shocked but I understood her reasoning and so I told her to wait while I found hotels near the mall and made the reservation. She said that she had already found one for about 6 US per evening, a fair amount for a room with private bathroom. I told her to check it for safety and if she felt safe, to pay for it.
So, today is her first full day living off base and I am making ready to join her. When I arrive we will go to Makati, outside Manila, where I am sub-letting a condominium.
She did leave the girls, along with the 2 notes and by now her family is ballistic but that is what we expected. Our life begins...
So, when we talked Tuesday night NY Time, she told me all of this and shocked me into stupefied silence (trust me, that does not happen easily). As I told her, I could understand her running TO me, but running AWAY? As in just trying to forget EVERYTHING?
She apologised profoundly and said she had felt trapped. She promised that if she ever felt trapped again she run away and I would come for her.
I went to sleep. When I awoke this morning it was late afternoon in Mindanao. When her sister stole Jackie's phone Jackie turned around and stole her sister's Blackberry. She told me she was now in the mall buying a new SIM Card.
She then asked me if its OK if she doesn't go home, that she had brought clothes with her as well as her ID. I was shocked but I understood her reasoning and so I told her to wait while I found hotels near the mall and made the reservation. She said that she had already found one for about 6 US per evening, a fair amount for a room with private bathroom. I told her to check it for safety and if she felt safe, to pay for it.
So, today is her first full day living off base and I am making ready to join her. When I arrive we will go to Makati, outside Manila, where I am sub-letting a condominium.
She did leave the girls, along with the 2 notes and by now her family is ballistic but that is what we expected. Our life begins...
