why is it that being unemployed makes me too busy to even sit down to let y'all know what i'm up to? since my memory is gone - this is the only hope i have to preserve what fun i do get to have. i have been up to a few things in the last week. non-kid related - can you imagine that?
1 week ago i persuaded a highschool friend who i will call "the mayor of sonoma county" (since he knows everyone!) to take me to a a show at the phoenix theatre to see a few old bands i used to see back in the day. i mean way back. victims family and no means no - hard rebellious stuff with big, aggressive, sweaty mosh pits that i used to stand in the middle of. i used to watch the swirl of shirtless boys running around me trying to hurt each other. it used to be fun. umm, not so much anymore - "the mayor's" wife J asked me to go up front with her. she is rambunctious and fun and just a doll. so, i reluctantly agreed. the band was playing a slower song so i was frankly bored as the people around me were just standing there - then POW! the band cranked it up and the whole place exploded. that's when you see an almost 40 year old woman, run like hell for the side, in her entirely too expensive shoes for that kind of event. did i say there yet there was a giant hillbilly in the pit in actual overalls? - i bet there was a piece of straw in his mouth too. HA HA - i'm such a chicken.
I also ran into the ex-fiance. yes i said ex. he did the always fun trick of tapping opposite shoulders and move out of the way several times to "trick" me. oh what fun. the ex part was not regretted after seeing him 15 years later. i am bad. very short conversation about nothing - 30 seconds max. kinda sad for a 5 years relationship to distill to something like that.
good friend E (ex-asst.) came for a visit from ny, always a fun spirit and good egg. we took the kids to the exploratorium on thursday. on friday we met up for dinner - i acted like an adult and got dressed up and went to dinner. i mean eye shadow was involved. i had to abort mission at the - get drinks after dinner stage though. it was already 1 am.
it was also a movie filled week - i saw couples retreat with JY and B and i took M to the double feature of toy story. that fulfill my requirements of 2 movies a year. WOW!
til we meet again...
