We arrived in Colorado last night with John Denver, Rocky Mountain High serendipitously playing on the radio station…..it did not disappoint! After 1800 miles of corn fields, road food and motels on I-80, we were  thrilled to see Mike’s ex-girlfriend and dear friend, Kathy O’Keefe, in the driveway welcoming us to her beautiful new home in Broomfield, CO, complete with this spectacular view out the back door.

Kathy’s furniture has not all arrived yet……here’s how the conversation went:

MIKE: (Speaking to ex-girlfriend while peering into the master bedroom down the hall where the only bed is at the moment, as ex-girlfriend and ex-wife sit at the dining room table having a beer.)

“Is this where ‘we’ are sleeping?”

EX-G: “Yes…..I’ll Take the couch”

(Mike wanders in to check out his lodging while ex-girlfriend and ex-wife look at each other and share an awkward moment of silence. Ex-wife processes this last statement.)

EX-W: (in lowered voice) “YOU sleep with him.”

(Ex-girlfriend laughs, takes a sip of beer and shakes her head “NOOOO”)

EX-W: “Fine, you and I sleep together.”

EX-G: “No way. I don’t want Mike sleeping on my new white couch.”

EX-W: (Nods knowingly) “Damn, sister. I totally get that.”

EX-G: “We’ll flip a coin for the couch.”

EX-W: “Done.”

I never did win at coin flips.