This Weekend? Oh jes...

As in it was another excellent, stellar weekend. Man, oh man... Friday was way fun as I picked DA up from his house and we went to see Up in the Air. Really good movie, and DA totally enjoyed it as I knew we both would! Since it was the 7p showing we had plenty of time afterwards back at his place to hang out w/his parents and their friends and DA's dad brought out their Mexican family's tequila that they manufacture and I had a shot of that which was delicious; then I began drinking Canadian whisky w/them. DA was hungry (he's always hungry) so he made some snacks, we nibbled a little, then I wanted to go to his room and watch The Wrestler, which we attempted to do but were unsuccessful. The next morning we slept as late as possible which was only til about 10:30 am, and when I awoke my head was pounding pretty bad from the whisky. This also happened to me back in November, so I think maybe whisky is a bad booze culprit for me! I drove DA to find some slacks/pants that he would need to wear to his cousin's wedding later that day. I also bought a nice candle for my den and some peppermint shortbread, yum. Then we went to buy kolaches for his folks and brother and I paid since his parents are always so hospitable to me. After that I had to head home to get ready for my day w/Stefano.

Stefano picked me up and we went to see Crazy Heart; I treated him since it was my idea, also since Leo would be paying me later that day at the gig. The movie was really good and it was even partly filmed in Houston! Afterwards we came back to my place to rest for a couple of hours and we tried to watch the documentary Tyson, but we were mostly unsuccessful since we had both really missed each other from not seeing each other for 6 days! Soon we had to load up my gear in Stefano's Lexus and head to the gig. My dad, his girlfriend, my Aunt P. and Uncle J. and my li'l brother and his girlfriend were all there so Stefano got to meet all of them (well, he'd met my bro at my Rudz gig in Dec.). Stefano even bought a round of drinks for my dad and his g-friend which was so sweet.

Our gig went well except for the power was iffy so we played w/no lights on us; also the cops showed up twice due to noise complaints and I had to go talk to 'em and ask 'em to lay off, which they did. Rozzy showed up which was great to see! We played 2 solid hours--Leo kept asking me if I wanted to take a break which I didn't so we just played straight through. We even got my Uncle up so he could sing "Red House" w/us, which was so fun and I know tickled him to death that we got him up there! I am hoping to see all the pic's soon, which hopefully will be posted on FB any day now. Stefano and I even got some of the 2 of us together!

After the gig we said our goodbyes and went to Tapatia to grab some grub. While walking into the restaurant I heard someone call my name and it was Jimmy, my old bandmate! He was just leaving and I introduced him to Stefano, and Jimmy gifted me w/his new CD which I was totally delighted to see and get! After a nice light dinner of shared nachos and NO more drinking (I'd had my flask at the gig and also people bought me 2 beers so I'd definitely had enough for the night) we went to Stefano's house and settled in for an early night.

I slept late late late on Sunday and it was a beautiful sunny day! Stefano had gotten up early to throw a bunch of meat on his grill as his bandmates were coming over later to rehearse for their upcoming CD recording. We had a lazy morning together and then I had to get home to get ready for the finish of my CD recording with Leo. We had 4 songs we absolutely had to re-record, and I hit a bad note in one song that needed to be punched in. It was a little frustrating but I think we finally got everything in the can, although "Rude Mood" was pretty rough on all of us. Damn, that song is a workout and it really kind of hurts! My left wrist tendons were aching and George's left shin was hurting bad. But after 5-6 attempts I think we got something we can all live with.

DA had called me earlier asking if I would come to his parents' friend's house (the same friends that had been there on Fri. night) for a steak and shrimp cookout. I had said I didn't know if I could b/c of the recording session, but we were actually done in only a couple of hours, thank GOD! But I had also promised Stefano I'd swing by his house so he could give me a doggie bag of all the meat he'd been cooking up that day too! So I raced to Stefano's house and sat and enjoyed a beer w/him and his drummer (the rest of the band was gone by then), then I bid them adieu, gave Stefano lots of kisses, took my doggie bag home and dropped off the ribs and chicken (1st taking a bite of ribs b/c I was quite hungry--YUMMMMMM!), grabbed a bottle of Reisling from my fridge and then raced over to DA's friend's house which was only about a 20 min. drive from me.

When I arrived they hadn't even begun eating yet so all this racing around served me well. They were watching football of course but they were fast-forwarding through it which I thoroughly enjoyed! The shrimp was deliciously seasoned (DA's idea to use Italian seasoning on it), also the asparagus and potatoes and the steak was a nice pink medium rare. We grubbed, drank, watched a little football, and then DA and I decided to head to his house before the end of the game. Back at his place we again attempted to watch The Wrestler and actually got through some of it, but not all of it. Finally I bid adeiu to DA and headed home, promising of course to return on Tuesday for our Three Stooges night.

Today and tomorrow I am at Job #2 all day for our accreditation visit. So far it's nice and quiet and sedate and I got all the new Vet Tech books catalogued, labeled, and on the shelves at the end of last week. I'm just sitting here in the library waiting for further notification of anything. At lunchtime I'll probably go do a little shopping as I need just a couple items for the house (new trash can, new toilet brush, etc.) and there's plenty good shopping 'round here. Tonight is the 1st monthly sheriff's meeting of the year and I'll have time after work to go home, get my Taser for the annual download, and change into something comfortable. After the meeting hopefully we'll all go to dinner like we usually do, so I am going to be strategic today w/my appetite. I am hoping not to have to lay eyes on S, ugh. I am so ready to be over that whole situation. I have decided to start spending the time when I am in the shower writing songs and I began one yesterday about Stefano b/c he's been so wonderful in my life and has been such an incredible friend and everything else.