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"  Luke and Marni had their annual 4th of July barbeque today. Jane and David are taking their first vacation together. They&amp;#039;re celebrating our country&amp;#039;s independence by &amp;quot;traipsing around England.&amp;quot; Yeah, I don&amp;#039;t know either. Jenna and John came to the BBQ. Whenever I attend any of Luke and Marni&amp;#039;s functions, I know there&amp;#039;s a possibility that Mike, my ex, will be there. Usually I&amp;#039;m dreading it This time, for the first time, I felt pretty ambivalent about it. I saw him as soon as I walked into the backyard. He was in his usual spot -- to Luke&amp;#039;s left at the grill, beer in hand. Our eyes met. I waved and smiled. He waved and smiled, too, looking relieved. &amp;quot;Finally!&amp;quot; Marni exclaimed, walking by me with some shrimp on skewers. &amp;quot;Finally what?&amp;quot; &amp;quot;You two,&amp;quot; she said, nodding at Mike. &amp;quot;Acting like normal human beings around each other.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;The night&amp;#039;s still young,&amp;quot; I smiled. Marni laughed. I grabbed a beer, and then I found Jenna and John. Jenna looked like she looks when she&amp;#039;s really angry but trying to pretend she isn&amp;#039;t. She gets a little manic in her friendliness when she&amp;#039;s like that, so she went into overdrive, wanting to know if I&amp;#039;d talked to Mike, if he seemed like he was going to start drama, etc. John rolled his eyes at her. I was thinking any drama was going to come out of Jenna and John&amp;#039;s corner, not mine. I spied Mike standing by the wooden fence by himself, and decided to go say a proper hello. &amp;quot;Hey you,&amp;quot; I said. He raised his bottle and clinked mine ever so slightly. &amp;quot;Hi K.,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s good to see you.&amp;quot; We got caught up. I told him about Sarah&amp;#039;s commercial, my trip to L.A. and the station. He told me about his recent promotion, new apartment and hockey league. I teased him about how when I knew him, he couldn&amp;#039;t even get up to get himself a glass of water while he played video games, and now he was in a hockey league. &amp;quot;So is there anyone special in your life these days?&amp;quot; he asked.  I shook my head.  &amp;quot;Me neither,&amp;quot; he said. We chatted for a little bit more, and then I decided to head back to Jenna and John. They were gone. I hung out with Marni and her co-workers for about an hour, watched the fireworks, and then decided to call it a night. When I got home, I had a message from Jenna. &amp;quot;K., I&amp;#039;m sorry we took off. John and I got into a fight and I didn&amp;#039;t want it to turn into ascene. We couldn&amp;#039;t find you. Call me tomorrow?&amp;quot; You know, between Jenna and John fighting, and Meg having an impending-divorce-meltdown, I&amp;#039;m kind of digging being single. That&amp;#039;s not mean, is it? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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