Brief overview before work
-Friend of a friend's graduation party on Saturday. Met a bunch of cool people. Kicked ass at Wiffle Ball. Sucked at frisbee and hackeysack. Chatted up everyone. Sat around a campfire, on huge tree stumps, while someone played guitar and we all sang. Then I sang a ton of songs, with two awesome people (twins, Kristina (or Kristine, I'm horrible with remembering names) and Kathleen) singing softly with me. Since I almost never sing for people, (with no radio and just suddenly belting out requests) and when I do, very rarely more than one song and very rarely loud enough, this made me really proud. And it felt goooood. Liberating, sorta. Then we went back to Jay's house and .. random stuff occurred and I ended up falling asleep pretty quickly.
-In the morning I went home to do some chores, take the dog out and whatnot and then headed over to AJ's graduation party. That was also a lot of fun. Swimming (jumped in with my clothes on), joking, chatting, hanging out with Becky (Matt's - my other cousin - along with Jay and AJ - girlfriend), running out of gas on the ride with Becky in Matt's kickass car, heading back to the house (and getting lost in Suburbia hell with AJ and Jay for a while) and watching Identity and just hanging out. AJ has this graduation book that I want to write in but I'm obssessing over what to say. Like it needs to be the most perfect thing ever. And we had decided to go to a really early breakfast with all of us and Matt and AJ's mom but I had to pull out in the morning, when I remembered I had a dog to get home to and take out. The sacrifices of being a dutiful house-sitter. :p
"You should of brought the dog here."
"I know. I'm an idiot."
"No, then she wouldn't have an out."
... Ha ha?
I think it was a joke but it's way too Monday and I'm way too groggy and obssessive to actually interpret that one.
-Oh, yeah. And another tiny thing. In the middle of AJ's graduation party, my mother showed up because one of my uncles, already at the picnic, decided to call her without asking anyone first. I had gone home to get new clothes, after swimming in the pool fully-clothed, so when I came back to the house, my cousin Jay was waiting there to tell me. Warn me, so I wasn't completely taken off guard, when I walked into the back and saw her sitting there. I was grateful for it, very, but that one minute was not nearly enough time to prepare. Not that I think I could have ever prepared. Matt and AJ came out to the driveway, too, and AJ gave me a hug and that was needed and appreciated. They said they understood if I left, but I was there for AJ and that was that. I was not about to leave his graduation party because she had come unexpectedly. Not worth that. So, I just went in and saw her. For the first time in around 2 years. Later, Matt told me what she said to her boyfriend, when I was just walking into the backyard.
"See that girl? That's mine, my daughter. I raised her."
Something to that insane effect, anyway.
And the initial meeting and the hug and the uncontrollably shaking on my part and the horrible awkward sadness to the whole thing. And her boyfriend.
There was a lot going on in that reunion.
Just not enough time to explain anything in detail now. Or enough energy.
I've got a hectic day today, too many plans and not enough time, but it should be fun. Make the Monday go by fast and my plans tonight will make it end with good times.
-In the morning I went home to do some chores, take the dog out and whatnot and then headed over to AJ's graduation party. That was also a lot of fun. Swimming (jumped in with my clothes on), joking, chatting, hanging out with Becky (Matt's - my other cousin - along with Jay and AJ - girlfriend), running out of gas on the ride with Becky in Matt's kickass car, heading back to the house (and getting lost in Suburbia hell with AJ and Jay for a while) and watching Identity and just hanging out. AJ has this graduation book that I want to write in but I'm obssessing over what to say. Like it needs to be the most perfect thing ever. And we had decided to go to a really early breakfast with all of us and Matt and AJ's mom but I had to pull out in the morning, when I remembered I had a dog to get home to and take out. The sacrifices of being a dutiful house-sitter. :p
"You should of brought the dog here."
"I know. I'm an idiot."
"No, then she wouldn't have an out."
... Ha ha?
I think it was a joke but it's way too Monday and I'm way too groggy and obssessive to actually interpret that one.
-Oh, yeah. And another tiny thing. In the middle of AJ's graduation party, my mother showed up because one of my uncles, already at the picnic, decided to call her without asking anyone first. I had gone home to get new clothes, after swimming in the pool fully-clothed, so when I came back to the house, my cousin Jay was waiting there to tell me. Warn me, so I wasn't completely taken off guard, when I walked into the back and saw her sitting there. I was grateful for it, very, but that one minute was not nearly enough time to prepare. Not that I think I could have ever prepared. Matt and AJ came out to the driveway, too, and AJ gave me a hug and that was needed and appreciated. They said they understood if I left, but I was there for AJ and that was that. I was not about to leave his graduation party because she had come unexpectedly. Not worth that. So, I just went in and saw her. For the first time in around 2 years. Later, Matt told me what she said to her boyfriend, when I was just walking into the backyard.
"See that girl? That's mine, my daughter. I raised her."
Something to that insane effect, anyway.
And the initial meeting and the hug and the uncontrollably shaking on my part and the horrible awkward sadness to the whole thing. And her boyfriend.
There was a lot going on in that reunion.
Just not enough time to explain anything in detail now. Or enough energy.
I've got a hectic day today, too many plans and not enough time, but it should be fun. Make the Monday go by fast and my plans tonight will make it end with good times.