Excellent, Excellent Weekend!

Good times, man! I am totally exhausted today. Yesterday was supposed to be my day of rest and that didn't really happen. Instead of sleeping incredibly late like I needed to I had to get up before I wanted so I could get ready for my friend's band that was playing at the swank grocery store where I buy my chicken salad! I was going to try to meet an old friend of mine there--a kid who used to play drums in the same blues band I did when he was a teenager and who is now a 24-year old cop! But the gig got rained out which I did not find out about until after I was already up and dressed.

So instead I tried to tackle my huge pile of reading material and movies to watch and put a tiny dent in all of that before it was time to head to the Big Easy for yet another benefit for a local ailing blues old timer. This time I did not get asked to get up and play but I wasn't in the mood for that anyway--some guy at the bar bought me a "tall" coconut rum and Coke and then I went outside to smoke my cigar and catch up with a few friends and just RELAX.

I had a dream about my old college buddy T. on Saturday night so I sent him a message about it via Facebook and then last night he caught me on FB chat; but I was just about to get off the computer b/c I was so tired (and also wanted to get in bed and watch Vicky Christina Barcelona) so I told him to call me. I also thought it was time to talk since we've only been FB chatting and I haven't heard his voice in 18 years! [HOLY CRAP--18 YEARS?!?!?!] So he called and it was just like old times, joking around, flirting, etc. and 2 1/2 hours later I finally had to reluctantly get off the phone. Then I did watch the movie after all! Consequently I am still totally sleep deprived today.

Saturday was the Bomb! It didn't start out that way as I was still desperately trying to find an ACL Fest ticket and my cousins were working on it for me in Austin and then my other friend was sending out pleas to her Austin peeps and I had decided noon would be the hour of decision: drive to Austin anyway and try my luck? Or stay home and be sensible since I only had 11 hours of sleep the previous 48 hours??? As noon approached I lost the lust to go b/c I was just getting more tired by the minute and soon developed the lust for a good nap. But then I saw that ACL Fest was live-streaming the festival online and lo and behold, there was Levon at 6pm! I about cried I was so happy to see that! I thanked God and Jesus and the Virgin Mary and probably a few saints for that. And there was such a humongous crowd in front of him that I was actually sooo glad I didn't go after all, b/c it's not like I would've been able to get as close to him as I would've wanted, and being able to see the show via webcast totally sated my Levon appetite anyway!

Then it was time to rush off to Festival Chicano, where I had also been on Friday night with J. This time I made plans to meet Rozz there and I ran into some other friends who had some empty seats in front of them. Rozz spent most of his time backstage and I went back there as well briefly (my stepdad is the stage manager every year and my mom was also back there hanging out) but only to grab a cupcake and head back out where I could really see the show! Also enjoy my flask, chuckle! After the show Rozz and I went to a local groovy bar full of all kinds of fascinating, artistic characters (no tools there!) and we had drinks and caught up and played a round of Galaga and shut the place down. I adore Rozz with all my heart, and I wish I could tell him but I can't or he might take it the wrong way if you know what I mean.

He was so sweet on Friday night, as I had gone to see his jazz trio play at the Big Top after Festival Chicano was over. I asked the band to do "Mercy Mercy Mercy" for me and they said they would give it a shot and they did and it was awesome! I hope I didn't pressure them too much but that's a total standard and it was time they learned to do it anyway, heh heh!

Hell of a weekend! I am beat, and I probably must be stopped. I am going to try and get some sleep tonight finally. Got some good news at Job #1 today, that they are discontinuing the 5-6 reference desk hour. This means that I no longer have the pressure of working "my" Thursday 5-6 hour and I can probably work an hour at Job #2 on Thursdays now, which means my other evenings at Job #2 can be a little more relaxed when needed. For example, b/c I'm so damn tired today instead of working 2 hrs. there tonight I'll just do an hour and half and then get home slightly earlier so I can collapse. Ahhhh... thanks to God and Jesus and the Holy Family for that as well!