a feast of fridays...and phone calls
12:57 a.m.
hmmm, fridays have been pretty good lately...two weeks ago, it was doug and harriet. last friday was honk...tomorrow i'm going again.
here's a picture of branden, as that evil, sneaky cat...
sheila and maggie are going again also, and sheila's hubby kevin is coming. and matt's coming with a friend...
i think i'm gonna meet a lot of people tomorrow night. two people especially, that i feel like i know quite well, but this will be the first face-to-face...i'm nervous.
i've had literally dozens of hours of chat with those guys, but i feel tomorrow is gonna be about shyness and "uh, hi, how are ya?" 's. at least on my part. i will try to be gregarious, haha, right, matt?
i'm nervous, did i mention that?
weird phone calls today...
the boss called at 8 am, left a message that he might need me in the evening...i just stayed in bed, thinking "bitch, i'm on vacation!". i DID call him later, and he said the new kid had it covered...he "volunteered", is how tim put it, but i talked to the kid tonight, and he said, "well, he called me and asked me to work!"
the new kid is getting a little more comfortable i think...he's loosening up. he always seems glad to see ME, at least. i hope i find a chance to have that little talk with him soon.
then later, debbie called from work...oh, i'm gonna try to do a whole entry about this soon...here's the real short version...a guy who used to own a nightclub here back in the punk days was in the store looking for me, and debbie put him on the phone. he's friends with my last girlfriend, who i haven't talked to in about...oh god, nevermind! anyway, they both live in arizona, became friends, and later found out that they both used to live here! she used to go out to his club dancing with me and the gang. he told me how she's doing...she's a personal trainer...and told him to look me up, that she's like to hear from me! and boy, he's cleaned up HIS act, he used to be a real mess.
when debbie called, i thought she meant that my ex was in town...at the store. (i'm really uncomfortable about people just popping back into my life, i need lots of advance warning.) and she said "ward's here, i'll put him on." and i said "i don't know any ward!", but i did, i just didn't know they knew each other.
so, that was weird.
and that wasn't the short version i had planned, but oh well.
oh, and there was another phone call that made me feel a bit...strange for a moment, but i got over it fast. everything's cool.
i've been walking every night...i've done 51 miles on this vacation, not too bad...it's so much fun to walk down the middle of a deserted henderson street for a few blocks after midnight...that's a very busy street during the day! it feels very post-apocalyptic when it's empty....it's cool.
rob's cat boo bit me yesterday, little fucker!
i watched laurel canyon over there today...chia was sitting on my tummy, then later, i turned around and she got on my back...i gave her a little earthquake ride...they're sure crying for their daddy.
oh, and about all that walking, it's amazing what a little concentrated effort can do...wednesday is my weigh-in day, and i'm down to the lowest weight i've been in a while...and i DID do some pounds-per-inch calculations...i'd have to weigh 125 to be the same ratio as matty, haha! i'm going for about 140 i think...no i won't tell you how far i have to go, but thanks for asking...
found this last night, how embarrassing...
tomorrow...nervous...ok?
love ya, michael