Catholic Jon

Below are transcripts from when Jonathan reached out and touched me via instant message today. Notice I didn't volunteer to meet him in Roswell, nor did I offer any of your information, although I did think about it ;)

CatholicJon: Hey Mary, how's life treatin you
MEPethel: pretty good and you?
CatholicJon: things are great thanks. I'm itching to go on another trip
MEPethel: yeah, an international travel will do that to you.
MEPethel: maybe you can go somewhere again next summer.
CatholicJon: Yeah I already have a couple of places in mind.
CatholicJon: I'm making my first trip to Georgia next week to stay with some friends. They live in Roswell.
MEPethel: good, me too, then again i'm always thinking about where I still want to go.
MEPethel: sounds fun. atlanta has some redeeming qualities. did your pictures turn out good?
CatholicJon: I was very well pleased with the few I've gotten back so far. I'm holding off on the rest right now until I start back working. About a week after we got back, I quit my job after 2 years of pure misery.
MEPethel: well good. when you do get them all done make sure to send some my way.
CatholicJon: I definitely will.
CatholicJon: Did you receive an email list from Heather at anytime?
MEPethel: I did on my other account.
MEPethel: Talk to Ronnie at all, or are you glad to finally be rid of him?
CatholicJon: OK, I knew she was supposed to send out an email list so we could kind of have a picture sharing network...but I didn't receive an email from her.
MEPethel: well i'll ask her to forward it to you again.
CatholicJon: Ronnie sent me an email saying we should grab a beer sometime, but I didn't respond. Even drunk, I don't think I could tolerate the ego trip.
MEPethel: funny. and funny how i forgot all about him afterwards. it was a relief not to have that to deal with.
CatholicJon: He said he wanted to be sure to put his email address on the list, because he knew everyone would definitely want to stay in contact with him. ;-)
MEPethel: of course, especially next time i need to go hiking.
MEPethel: or do the app. trail in under 3 months.
CatholicJon: haha thats what your grandmother would call "bragging bragging"
MEPethel: yep. or maybe like, "ronnie, we'll be in touch when hell freezes over freezes over."
CatholicJon: lol Well I know everyone thought I was kinda weird for being so quiet and such a loaner. I have trouble letting my guard down most of the time. But I really did enjoy everyone and appreciated being included.
MEPethel: well we enjoyed you too. i understood wanting to shed the group you had to hang with. i would have done the same thing. fortunately i always had rob as my scapegoat. but you were able to sneak away with us a few times.
MEPethel: well i need to go do some reading. take care and send me those pictures when you get them developed.
CatholicJon: OK, take care, I'll get them to ya.