a ping from the past

Well, I was using my old gmail account tonight to transfer some large files, when lo and behold I heard an old, famliar sound....PING!

It was Cam. I didn't know he even used his gmail account anymore. Its chat feature had been the private rendezvous spot where we chatted for hours on end through our workdays as we sat in offices 3,000 miles apart. This went on for months.

When he turned down my final offer last September and rode off into the virtual sunset, I never expected to hear from him again. And I hadn't till now.

First there was a hi. Hi I wrote back. Then the usual rally of how are you's and how are the kids. Finally he wrote relationship? to which I wrote in transition. My one word replies must have done the trick because soon he wrote is this making you uncomfortable? Slightly I replied. He returned to his work and so did I.

Glad it was over, I was unfortunately left with a tinge of anger.