Ahhhh Holiday!

Oh HELL yeah, it's a holiday on Monday. I was going to go work w/the Marine division but I decided that after these next couple busy days I really am going to need Monday to decompress. Here's what's on tap:

Tonight: patrol w/Mudflap. Should be fun! I miss patrol and I need to keep my cop skills up. We'll be out from 8p-2am-ish.

Tomorrow: sleep as much as possible in the morning, then eyebrow appt. at noon. After that I meet up w/Mr. Wonderful Stefano so we can hit the road to Palacios TX (about an hour away) for his gig on the water tomorrow night. Mmm, shrimp dinner! We also have a room in a local legendary little hotel. My dad knows the hotel and has stayed there. There's no tv's in the rooms!

Sunday: if we're not too hungover, meet Stefano's bass player and his wife for breakfast. Head back home to Houston.

Monday: I need to go for a run and relax w/Stefano and read and maybe hang out by my pool!

Last night was waaaaaay fun!!! Went to the blues jam where Stefano's band was hosting. Although I didn't bring my bass I soon regretted it b/c I did in fact get the itch to play (Stefano's bandmates hadn't seen me play yet so of course I wanted to show 'em what I could do) and I got turned down by 2 bass player friends who are weird about letting people play their basses. Leo showed up and signed me up to play with him and he asked a female bass player to loan me her bass and she agreed. This girl was not all that and only used 3 left hand fingers--I HATE that. But it was very cool of her to let me use her bass. Leo and I played w/this 17-year old little girl guitarist who fucking solo'd her ASS off! I was staring as I was playing! Whoa! Obviously we attracted a lot of attention from the crowd, also b/c I was wearing a new sexy black dress. One coco rum and two tequila shots later before I knew it, it was after 1am and I headed home where Stefano met me as soon as he unloaded his gear at his house.

Dinner on Weds. night w/JR was fine. The hamburger was delicious and he also bought me a walnut brownie. I hate to admit it but when I saw him I thought, "Damn, he's cute." Oh well. I told him just a little bit about Stefano but not very much b/c I know guys don't like to hear about their ex's new loves, esp. if they still hold a torch for that ex as JR does for me. JR did admit that he hasn't forgotten about the $90 he owes me, so that's a good thing. He's working now, cleaning pools, so I am going to keep after him to pay me back as much as he can. We'll see. He says he wants us to hang out again and go do stuff together. He tried to invite himself back to my house after dinner but of course, that wasn't happening!

Today Stefano met me at a great seafood restaurant between my Job #1 and our 'hood. I wanted to see him since we won't be able to spend tonight together. We had a great meal of fried shrimp and oysters. He refused to let me chip in for the meal. Like I told JR, I finally have someone who takes care of me and I deserve it after all these years. (I didn't say that to JR in a mean way--but JR knows it's true too and he nodded.)