Lunch with Da Mayor

No, not Ossie Davis, but Mayor Bill White of Houston. I went to a lunch today on behalf of the High-spanic Health Coalition, since I am a board member, that da mayor was at. The topic was air pollution in Houston. I sat next to an attorney who does international law. While waiting for da mayor to show up (every mayor I've ever seen is always, always late) he and I discussed all kinds of topics, from Castilian Spanish, to housing markets, to San Diego, blah blah blah. He intimidated me a little in the sense that he has his own law firm in Houston, but also an office in Madrid and is about to open one in California. He drives a BMW. Basically, he's the kind of person I want to be when I grow up: financially well-off, successful, making a difference. He in turn thought I was fascinating b/c I mentioned that I do sheriff deputy-ing on the side. (That always throws people off-guard, and yes, I enjoy seeing it!)

Sometimes when I am at events like this where the room is full of all kinds of professional types, I marvel at the fact that I am in the room with them. Like, what am I doing here? Then I remember that although I'm just starting out in life with a marriage, house, savings account, etc., I'm not too, too low on the food chain. I got me one of them Master's Degrees. I'm mostly well-read. I've been to Europe, Australia, Cuba. I'm a Board Member, dammit! I'm also the Man.

I was all alone last night as S went up to Magnolia to spend the night at Mano's house so that at 8am sharp today, they along with Mano's daddy could disassemble the porch/deck thing off of Mano's double-wide so Mano can sell it (the double-wide). Last night I had my monthly sheriff's meeting--where I won a $50 gift card to Outback Steakhouse, yay!!!--and afterwards went to eat at the Hard Rock with Mudflap and C. like we usually do every month. It was weird being at the house alone all night. This was only the 2nd time I've been alone there (the 1st time being just last week when S passed out drunk at his friends' house). I don't like it!

News flash: S just called me to tell me that his contact at a Toyota dealership offered him a job if he wants it!!! He will have every Sunday off--WONDERFUL for our family life!!!--and benefits after 90 days and 1 week vacation, etc.!!! Man, oh man... I'm liking this idea. However he says he wants to wait a couple of days since he applied for several jobs yesterday and he wants one of those in particular. But I doubt he'll hear anything this soon, like this week. I told him he can do whatever he wants after Monday, which is my b-day and, in keeping with my policy of not working on my b-day we are spending the entire day together doing whatever I want (sleeping late, eating at the Cheesecake Factory, maybe catching a movie)!

Praise the Lord, hopefully things are taking a turn for the much better in terms of S's job outlook. On Sunday at church I was reminded that I do not need to be trying to take the controls in life. This is why I go to church, to be reminded to Hand It Over.