Weekend Update

It’s raining cats and dogs here. Well, just cats in my case. We are all laid out in the office as that’s where I have to do the computer-ing now and I’ve got the back door open and it’s nice and cool….great day to have off. I plan on cleaning the house, doing chores and hitting the grocery store this afternoon. I’d like to wait till it clears off so I’m not hauling stuff in the wet weather, but if I have to eat one more hot dog bun I may scream! I know. My own doing, so quit complaining. Will do.

I told you a small amount about Saturday night at the War Bar with Gert and company. The company I didn’t tell you about was a guy from high school. He was just dee are unk drunkie magoo drunk. I felt like I babysat him for two hours at least, and he was in that talking in circles I’m this guy and look how much money I have and me me me me me Vomit. gross. It was pathetic and sad and I just felt bad about him all day long on Saturday. Like a pit in my stomach that wouldn’t go away. Apparently he came back into the war bar the next day and apologized to Gert for his behavior. Maybe he’s not so sad and pathetic but man oh man, it made me really happy to be living in my skin in my life . As Gert says, I’d rather be me than you. halakaleem!

Saturday night was a surprise birthday party for Marco the Great. QueenE organized it and got balloons and the cake and decorations and Mgirl, Mandrea, Seige and myself went early to get the table set and saved. After several false starts with lighting the candles, he arrived and was totally surprised and the night was ON!! Spence and two of his friends showed up for about ten minutes to visit on their way to the movies. I don’t know if they were just dropping by to see if it was going to be more fun than the movies and would possibly blow off that plan…apparently not because we talked for literally ten minutes and they scrammmed. He did have a friend with him that I’d met previously. . . interesting. Maybe more details on him to come. We’ll see. Anyways later in the evening QueenE introduced me to another guy. A friend of her brothers. We really hit it off and talked and talked. He asked me to be his date at a wedding he’s in this summer…I accepted…then found out the wedding isn’t until August…I asked did he think we could possibly hang out a little bit BEFORE that and we laughed and I’m pretty sure he got my number. I didn’t get his because I don’t call boys.

Yes. I realize it is 2008. I realize I’m not in a position to be finicky about old fashioned ideals. But here’s the thing…I get a do over. Clean slate. And this time it’s going to be different. If any man wants to talk to me, or spend time with me, they have to make the call. They need to step up and do the asking. It is what it is. Old fashioned? yes. But I think it will show the measure of a man who can understand and respect where I’m coming from with this.

So anyway, I haven’t heard from him this weekend, and while I believe what I just typed up there, I did give QueenE permission to do what she felt led to do in respect to playing matchmaker or go between on this. I’m here. I’m open. It is what it is.

Yesterday I purple pooled it with M’Lynn. Got lots of sun and color and talked about everything and anything, lots of talk about boys and men and relationships and changes in our life and wants and hopes. Man, some people pay a lot of money for chlorine, or gas for the trip to the lake, or for therapy. We have a 25 dollar blow up pool and call a pizza and that’s what it takes. What a blessing!

Hey, I haven’t told you who I saw last week!!! What a crazy life this is! So, I’m at work and it’s kind of slow and I’m sitting up front reading the paper. In walks this guy, who out of the corner of my eye looks and sounds so familiar!! But whatever, I’m reading and I didn’t get the appointment so I continue with my day. When he was in the shampoo bowl, it clicked! I found out his name and walked over when he was in the chair and put my arms around him and said, “Sweet Baby Carsten, how are you?!?!?!” It was Carsten. We went to college together, did shows together!! Hysterical!!!! He had just filed for divorce THAT DAY before he came in, he’s a brick layer, living in the city, no kids. Said he’s trying to get used to apartment living again and that sucked. Divorce just sucks, let’s face it. But we got semi caught up and text each other most of the afternoon! Isn’t that just great?!?!?!?!!? Chrome, if you make it home this summer, I’m arranging a get together at my house and we’re ALL going to get some face time. After ten years, we deserve it!!!

Ok kids, I need to get more coffee, find some motivation to do laundry and clean my house, work up the energy for a walmark trip, I’m supposed to do hair this afternoon so I’ll have to make arrangements for that. Need to get Stormy from the frontier and am going to try to see Indy with M’Lynn at 6:15. Let’s see how much of that I get done!!!