Adventures With My Muses - Happy New Year PART THREE!!!

(Frederica artwork by J.W. Bullard) Tea Muse: (sitting on the couch while eating a large bowl of imaginary ice cream) Hey, Kimberly. We need to talk about (looking around) . . . Frederica. She's been acting really weird lately and I'm worried about her. Me: (sipping my cup of hot chocolate) Well, she's always kinda distant. I know she's still getting used to being in Colorado. Maybe that's what you're picking up? Tea Muse: (shaking her head no) Nope! It's something else, I KNOW it! Frederica: (suddenly appearing in the living room) Hello all, what's going on? Tea Muse: (glancing at me) Hey, we need to talk. About you. Are you alright? What's going on? Are you on imaginary drugs?! Frederica: (glancing at my calm face and Tea Muse's worried face, then sighs) I guess I do need to talk with you both. (sitting on the floor, something she NEVER does) You see, this is a new year . . . .and well . . . . Me: Well???? Frederica: (glancing at her violin h