Oh Yeah... Fun Days Were Had

Well, except for the part where I drank a bunch of "Texas Teas" at my gig on Thurs. and consequently got so freakin' wasted that I acted a damn fool and did a bunch of regrettable stuff. And frankly, this is stuff that makes me wonder if that jerko ex-so-called friend "R" was a little justified when she dropped me as a friend, citing that I am "out of control." Heh heh. So here's what I did:

1. Mooned Leo
2. Flashed Leo a bare tittie
3. Pulled my panties down around my ankles when Leo demanded that too
   
4. Sold said panties to a total stranger out on the sidewalk for $20
5. Threw up around 1am

And poor Stefano had to witness all this, although he's so laid-back it didn't really bother him. However, I did let him know that he has my total permission in the future to prevent me from doing any crazy shit like this again. I asked him to feel free to man up and take care of me when clearly I need taking care of!!!!!!!

So anyway, on Friday I was in pretty bad shape, but I still managed to drag my ass downtown first thing in the morning and get a divorce. My atty. said I had to "prove up" in the 309th court and verify to the judge that I, as the petitioner, was agreeing to this divorce and more importantly, that I agreed that the terms of the mediation agreement were "fair." She granted me the divorce and I was free to go on living my life.

I struggled into work and could barely stay upright, I felt so bad. Around noon I ate an Egga Muffin (only 300 calories) and felt better. The bad thing, for me at least, about the next day's hangover is that although you're supposed to stay hydrated, I almost always get sick from all the water/tea and want to throw that up too after awhile. I snuck out of work after my chat and desk hours, went home, and lay on the couch for the rest of the afternoon 'til it was time to get up and get pretty for Stefano's CD release party that night.

I had a really pretty new long white strapless sundress that I'd been saving for the occasion. In a private show of bitter irony, I wore the long pearl earrings I'd worn on my wedding day. Stefano's band was playing at this place I'd been to only once before, about 15 years ago. My mom and stepdad showed up, also my fave aunt and uncle. Later on J. showed up, and JFu and her hubby too. Leo, who I was angry with for taking advantage of a crazy drunk bitch on Thursday night--me!--showed up very late and he was totally contrite and apologized to me (and Stefano, I later found out) for his behavior the night before. I said it was ok but that I would have my revenge someday. I warned him that revenge is a dish best served cold. All in all it was a fun evening and some of Stefano's friends that I knew also showed up. His parents finally got to meet my mom too! The only bad thing of the evening was this place's expensive food wasn't all that, and I KNEW I was going to splash tomato sauce on my pretty white dress and I DID!

Since neither Stefano nor I got drunk and in fact I did not have ONE drop of alcohol at his gig, we were able to wake up early on Sat. morning and go to the local Farmer's Market. Obviously he and I are scarred forever from the Food, Inc. documentary! It was an absolutely delightful experience! We got there about 9am and walked around and I was totally enthralled by all the interesting and fabulous foods there. I bought naked chicken salad which is homemade w/nuts, grapes and celery and with NO mayonnaise or anything in there. I bought dried orange peel shavings w/sugar--tastes kinda like candy! And I bought a 1-lb. loaf of cranberry bread. I almost bought the apricot bread, but I'll get that next time. Stefano bought me some local honey. And we shared a big cup of fresh-squeezed peach lemonade, sold to us by a woman who recognized us from one of my gigs. Cool!

Stefano and I had decided that yesterday would be a total chill day. After the Farmer's Market he took me to breakfast at a notable Houston hip eatery that I'd never been to before, unbelievably, especially since I've lived in that neighborhood 3 times! Then we went to the high-end grocery store to buy fixings for homemade hummus, and Stefano's idea to make homemade crawfish meat dumplings for dinner. Then back to his house where we just lounged around and relaxed, me reading one of my many library books. Stefano's tomato plants are exploding and he took pictures of me picking the 1st tomatoes of the season!

As the day progressed we made our hummus and snacked on that. Then Stefano sliced his tomatoes, picked some basil from his garden, and made Tomatoes Caprese. Finally it was time to attempt the crawfish meat dumplings. I got to chop the green onions, and I'm handy with a knife for sure! It took us awhile to get the hang of putting just the right amount of onion/meat mix into the dumplings and sealing them with egg whites. But when Stefano dumped all our dumplings into the boiling water most of them opened up and it became a big soggy mess! I was upset b/c of all that time and work wasted! Stefano said we might have to order takeout but I insisted we salvage the meal. In the end we just piled all the meat and soggy dumpling dough onto a plate and ate it that way. I gave our meal the name of "Dumpling Madness." Stefano called it "Deconstructed Dumpling Surprise."

I was finally able to stomach a glass or 2 of Riesling w/the meal. We went to bed early and I ended up sleeping 12 hours until this morning. Needed it!!! Now I'm at Job #1 for a short Sunday shift and when I'm done here Stefano will meet me at my house and we'll finish watching the doc Anvil.

Health note: my back was feeling a lot better on Thursday, but then I almost ruined myself w/all that booze and it was back to hurting again on Fri. Today it hurts bad again too. I may be forced to take a couple days off from work in order to just lie around and see if that helps.