Come to Mama Shelter
After my shower this morning B called me from Northwest Graphic Supply in Minneapolis, where I sent him on a mission to acquire some Letraset, Prestype, & drafting tape. He tried his best to accommodate me, but they have a lot of boxes & he felt overwhelmed by the task, so I put him out of his misery after pulling only a few sheets. I need to find a similar source in Los Angeles (I mean, there has to be one, right?), because as it is I'm pricing one day flights for June (when its warm & the chances for bad weather are minimal) & I am dead serious! Fly in in the morning, take the train to Lake St, take a bus to NGS & spend hours going through all of those boxes, then hit up Evergreen & Glam Doll for dinner & treats before heading back to the airport. No luggage, no problem, in & out! I love the idea. Though $300 is an awful lot to spend for a day trip.
B is currently miserable in WI, visiting his family for the holidays. He spent today in Mpls but it was not what he hoped it would be. There was a Birds & Beers set up wherein he was supposed to be the guest of honor, but he said that when he got there it was full of strangers & neither of the two people he knew had saved a seat for him. So he ghosted & drove back to WI feeling shafted. He said it's not his city anymore & he was delusional to think it would feel like a homecoming. It would have been much different had I been able to go with him. He's enjoyed his time with his youngest sister & her family, and seeing his dad, but that's about all. He doesn't see any reason to return for more than a long weekend in the future. He definitely made this trip too long.
He comes back on Saturday afternoon & I can't wait to see him. I always enjoy time on my own, but shit, I'm alone most of the time even when he's here so the only real difference is sleeping alone & cooking for one. I sleep better without him because he has sleep apnea, but I miss him nonetheless. Face Time doesn't cut it.
It was gorgeous today, summer in December, so I walked to the post office to mail a package to one of my swappers and then to Ameoba for another xmas gift for B. Nothing for myself, as difficult as that was! Though being broke makes it easier.