Updates from the weekend
Well, lets see where we should start... Saturday, mayhaps?
Worked all day.. after oversleeping YET AGAIN! That's 3 times in one week. And I don't mean oversleeping "oh crap I don't have time to shower before I run out the door", I mean "well I might as well take my time since I woke up 1+ hour into my shift anyhow". So yay.
But the day turned out well anyhow. Had kolaches with my friend and we chatted all day, which was nice. After work I grabbed my friend and some coffee, then went back to my work place to pick up a friend and take him home to swap him out for his wife so we could go to a party. The fun thing was that this friend and my friend are both skinny little white boys. And I mean that sincerely. And the phrases "bust a bitch" and "this my crib in da hood" were but a few of the sentences uttered that evening. Oh the amusement.
Once I had made the friend exchange we tried to get to the party. After a quick run for smokes and a stop at the HEB for some beer (saw Alfie again in the parking lot. just thought I'd mention) we headed to the party locale. Only to find out, upon arrival, that the party had wrapped up about an hour prior and everyone was gone. So the three of us had some Kerbey queso instead. All in all a pretty good night I think :)
But, due to early mornings for two of the three of us, the night was a bit shorter than I would have liked. *sigh* Sunday was pretty good too. Got up bright and early and went to work for a few hours - took three calls - and got to watch "the Incredible Mr Limpet" whilst I was there. First time I'd seen that movie in ages and it was just as wonderful as I had remembered. Now I need to find "the Ghost and Mr Chicken" on DVD too and I'll be all set. After work I went to a friend's (and former roommate's) house for a little get together. Got to see her mom and dad who I had really, really missed (hadn't seen them around Christmas!) and we all sat around talking for a bit. An hour or so later they were heading for the pool and I headed out to grab another friend and we did stuffs! There was dinner at one of my favorite Chinese places (which I recently found out has a traditional Chinese menu in addition to the American Chinese menu. The latter including appetizers like "cheese wontons", the former including appetizers like "jellyfish"!), a trip to the Barnes & Noble and GameStop, a quick run to Whole Foods and, finally, an 8:15 showing of the new Indiana Jones! I was impressed. Don't know what I really expected, but they did a great job with it and some of the characters were expertly reprized. At one point though I really wanted to stand up and yell out "Come on! Who didn't expect that?? Really??" and if one person had said "I had no idea that was coming" I would have asked they be removed from the theater. But overall it was really good.
Thereafter we went back to my house and tried to go swimming, but before we could even make it into the pool some ass came round saying the pool was closed and for our safety blah blah blah. The worst part was that at about 12:00am, not even twenty minutes after I laid down, there came a sudden chatter of kids/teens and splashing. WTF?
But anyhow. Yesterday was eventful enough. Got up earlier than I would have liked, but I was kinda bored and decided I wanted to use some sprinkles. Really, really, REALLY wanted to use sprinkles.... so I literally made cupcakes as sprinkle holders. There were over a dozen, none of which I have eaten yet lol. But I brought a bunch into work so hopefully they'll be eaten before taking on names and green life-forms of their very own. After that? I did something I haven't done in ages. I took a nap! It was all I'd hope it could be and more. I also went with a friend to get his tattoo. It was literally a 20 minute tattoo, but the wait for it ended up being about 5 hours lol. We ended up riding around and talking, spent some time in Toy Joy (where I got Shark Playing Cards!) and had lunch at Subway. Then we finally got his tatt. He sat through it better than I would have. By the time we got back north it was nearly 9pm. And by that time I'd gotten a call from a good friend who's in the midst of a break up. And a devastating one at that. She needs a place to crash so I tell her she can come over. Once back at my place I realize how crazy the day has been and that I haven't eaten anything other than a sammich. I asked her if she wanted some foods, but (understandably) she has no appetite presently so she declined and laid down to watch some TV.. so another friend and I got together for some pizza. He was "on call" for this hotline he volunteers for from time to time, so I took him back to my house so he could have access to my computer while we ate if need be, but that seemed to make my other friend uncomfortable and she said she wanted to go. I felt horrible and told her to stay, that I'd take him home, but she wouldn't and she went to stay with her mom. I didn't really know what to do - I mean, I knew she needed a place and a friend, both of which I thought I provided (to the best of my ability), but once she'd got everything off her chest she wanted to lay down and just veg on some TV, so I let her and I hung out with him. I wanted her to know I was there for her, but I wanted her to see she wasn't imposing too - so I carried on with what I usually do. I thought it was alright, but I still feel bad (and he felt pretty bad too)... Guess I'm just not sure how to proceed; I want to help her in any way she needs, but do I drop everything and just stay there with her? Or do I go about the usual? I guess I'll just stick it out, see what she wants from me and take it from there.
Today it's back to work. Going alright so far, but the day is only 2 hours old, so we shall see. In the meanwhile, I offer two pictures that made me smile:
Cupcakes!!!
[adult swim]!!!
Worked all day.. after oversleeping YET AGAIN! That's 3 times in one week. And I don't mean oversleeping "oh crap I don't have time to shower before I run out the door", I mean "well I might as well take my time since I woke up 1+ hour into my shift anyhow". So yay.
But the day turned out well anyhow. Had kolaches with my friend and we chatted all day, which was nice. After work I grabbed my friend and some coffee, then went back to my work place to pick up a friend and take him home to swap him out for his wife so we could go to a party. The fun thing was that this friend and my friend are both skinny little white boys. And I mean that sincerely. And the phrases "bust a bitch" and "this my crib in da hood" were but a few of the sentences uttered that evening. Oh the amusement.
Once I had made the friend exchange we tried to get to the party. After a quick run for smokes and a stop at the HEB for some beer (saw Alfie again in the parking lot. just thought I'd mention) we headed to the party locale. Only to find out, upon arrival, that the party had wrapped up about an hour prior and everyone was gone. So the three of us had some Kerbey queso instead. All in all a pretty good night I think :)
But, due to early mornings for two of the three of us, the night was a bit shorter than I would have liked. *sigh* Sunday was pretty good too. Got up bright and early and went to work for a few hours - took three calls - and got to watch "the Incredible Mr Limpet" whilst I was there. First time I'd seen that movie in ages and it was just as wonderful as I had remembered. Now I need to find "the Ghost and Mr Chicken" on DVD too and I'll be all set. After work I went to a friend's (and former roommate's) house for a little get together. Got to see her mom and dad who I had really, really missed (hadn't seen them around Christmas!) and we all sat around talking for a bit. An hour or so later they were heading for the pool and I headed out to grab another friend and we did stuffs! There was dinner at one of my favorite Chinese places (which I recently found out has a traditional Chinese menu in addition to the American Chinese menu. The latter including appetizers like "cheese wontons", the former including appetizers like "jellyfish"!), a trip to the Barnes & Noble and GameStop, a quick run to Whole Foods and, finally, an 8:15 showing of the new Indiana Jones! I was impressed. Don't know what I really expected, but they did a great job with it and some of the characters were expertly reprized. At one point though I really wanted to stand up and yell out "Come on! Who didn't expect that?? Really??" and if one person had said "I had no idea that was coming" I would have asked they be removed from the theater. But overall it was really good.
Thereafter we went back to my house and tried to go swimming, but before we could even make it into the pool some ass came round saying the pool was closed and for our safety blah blah blah. The worst part was that at about 12:00am, not even twenty minutes after I laid down, there came a sudden chatter of kids/teens and splashing. WTF?
But anyhow. Yesterday was eventful enough. Got up earlier than I would have liked, but I was kinda bored and decided I wanted to use some sprinkles. Really, really, REALLY wanted to use sprinkles.... so I literally made cupcakes as sprinkle holders. There were over a dozen, none of which I have eaten yet lol. But I brought a bunch into work so hopefully they'll be eaten before taking on names and green life-forms of their very own. After that? I did something I haven't done in ages. I took a nap! It was all I'd hope it could be and more. I also went with a friend to get his tattoo. It was literally a 20 minute tattoo, but the wait for it ended up being about 5 hours lol. We ended up riding around and talking, spent some time in Toy Joy (where I got Shark Playing Cards!) and had lunch at Subway. Then we finally got his tatt. He sat through it better than I would have. By the time we got back north it was nearly 9pm. And by that time I'd gotten a call from a good friend who's in the midst of a break up. And a devastating one at that. She needs a place to crash so I tell her she can come over. Once back at my place I realize how crazy the day has been and that I haven't eaten anything other than a sammich. I asked her if she wanted some foods, but (understandably) she has no appetite presently so she declined and laid down to watch some TV.. so another friend and I got together for some pizza. He was "on call" for this hotline he volunteers for from time to time, so I took him back to my house so he could have access to my computer while we ate if need be, but that seemed to make my other friend uncomfortable and she said she wanted to go. I felt horrible and told her to stay, that I'd take him home, but she wouldn't and she went to stay with her mom. I didn't really know what to do - I mean, I knew she needed a place and a friend, both of which I thought I provided (to the best of my ability), but once she'd got everything off her chest she wanted to lay down and just veg on some TV, so I let her and I hung out with him. I wanted her to know I was there for her, but I wanted her to see she wasn't imposing too - so I carried on with what I usually do. I thought it was alright, but I still feel bad (and he felt pretty bad too)... Guess I'm just not sure how to proceed; I want to help her in any way she needs, but do I drop everything and just stay there with her? Or do I go about the usual? I guess I'll just stick it out, see what she wants from me and take it from there.
Today it's back to work. Going alright so far, but the day is only 2 hours old, so we shall see. In the meanwhile, I offer two pictures that made me smile:
Cupcakes!!!
[adult swim]!!!