thanks for all the support and kind words everyone!

i haven't had a chance to talk about it yet with my partner, but i did let her know about it. the other day after i got home from work, she was still sleeping (that's 16 hours of sleeping). i think that wednesday really took a lot out of her. so, i think it's good she could rest. though she was really groggy and slow all evening. i didn't really want to bombard her with all my thoughts (but really, i did want to). for her sake, i held it back. i just wanted to make sure i cleaned up my apartment a bit and got something for us to eat for dinner before heading over to her place for the night.

at one point, i let her know that i met someone new. she didn't respond much, but she was basically still waking up. i signed to her in ASL "not name" just to let her know that whoever i met didn't have a name. (i think signing that as a name sign will work for now) we've just started learning sign language to better communicate with each other, which is great. anyway, i just let her know and said if/when she wants to hear about it or talk about it, i would be happy to. i want to leave it up to her to decide.... but also, i really do want to let her know. *sigh* ...if she doesn't ask about it in a while, maybe i'll bring it up again.

i wonder if there's anything i can do to help this new part get a name (if he wants one).