What I Did on My February Weekend

This weekend has been great, even if I am still mad at S and things are still not copacetic between us. I went out on Fri. night with P. and J. and we went to the Last Concert Cafe first, where a Houston-legendary band was celebrating its 20th anniversary. Both guitarists paid me the proper respect (though I was surprised) by getting up from their meals when I walked into the restaurant part and coming over to me and giving me hugs! I do, after all, have a long, storied history with them. While there me, P. and J. drank sangrias and I considered the occasional waft of marijuana smell to be valuable peace officer training for me. After the LCC we mosey'd on over to Dan Electro's and enjoyed a quick beer before shutting that place down. It was a fun night of musical activities and cameraderie!

Yesterday was also fun-filled with activities. I slept in late (ahhhhh) and the baby and I headed over to the science museum to "work" a 2-hour shift at the Library's table. We ate lunch on the company's dime and worked a little and saw some cool stuff. But we had to leave promptly in order to make the free in-store performance at Cactus Records of the beautiful Denise Franke, which served to soothe my soul, not to mention the free St. Arnold's beer they serve during all in-stores! The baby and I sat right up front on the stage steps and even though she nodded off, I could tell she liked the music.

Finally, off to grab some fried rice and then to the Discovery Green park so she could play on the playground with the millions of other kids there, I could engage in some leisure reading, and we could listen to the Houston Grand Opera chorus do some live singing. Although the baby cried when I made us leave almost 3 hours later (!) I bought us both ice cream on the way home which seemed to be a decent peace offering.

Today she and S are off doing their thing and I am spending the day doing my thing. I figure since I had her yesterday he can have her today and then he can go drop her off and I also benefit by not having to go on that unpleasant chore. S and I have our next counseling session on Tues.

Job #1 note: Our Library Director died this past week. This is the Library director that made my life hell for awhile. Nobody even knows what she died of; it has all been very hush-hush since she went on extended medical leave last August. We have a staff meeting coming up on Tues. to address our concerns about this and also about everyone being nervous due to the economy.