New Roses...Awwww

Heck of a busy weekend. Began w/an incredibly yummy Italian dinner on Fri. night w/Stefano and his 'rents. The bread was sooo yummy dipped in their totally delicious seasoned olive oil, and we brought our own wine. I had the Pasta Pescatore and Stefano had the salmon since we're still on our (mostly) anti-meat kick. It was great to catch up w/his 'rents! They are going to NJ soon for their niece's graduation and then Stefano and I will travel to New Orleans in August for when she moves into her dorm at Tulane. I'll meet Stefano's sister at that time too. Whooo!

After sleeping for about 10 hours I woke up late Saturday a.m and headed for the special patrol initiative assignment. I caught a ride out there w/Mudflap although I ended up partnering w/this old Lt. dude who was kind of goofy. He was nice, but awkward. My patrol skills are just as good as if not even better than his in some regards. I had to show him where the friendly bathroom was and where we could get a free burger and drinks by the river. It was a long hot day but it felt good to be out there. We had an arrest at 9pm though (I spotted a car w/no license plate light so we pulled them over and the female driver had 5 open warrants! Not too shabby for our stat's!!! Even Mudflap was impressed!) so I didn't get home 'til midnight and didn't make it to Stefano's 'til almost 1am and he was waiting up for me, of course.

Sunday I was moving pretty slow so I was an hour late to pick up Ma and li'l bro so they could come spend the day w/me at my house. We watched a new DVD she had on New Orleans musicians post-Katrina. Then my stepdad showed up and we picked up Stefano and all went to eat together in our neighborhood. I was bad and got the chicken salad (the poor chickens!) but hells bells, I LOVE chicken salad! Stefano was even badder and had a burger, heh heh. Hey, we're trying and that's what counts! That evening after everyone left Stefano and I met Tito J.--who was in town for a job interview--at the dive bar behind my house for a quick drink.

So b/c I was busy all weekend I didn't get shit accomplished for myself. Things like reading the mail, doing laundry, vacuuming upstairs, organizing the dining room, lounging by the pool, watching my Netflix/Blockbuster movies, projects like cleaning out the coat closet, reading ANY of my damn library book, working on my songwriting, etc. etc. I hope to have time for that this weekend though, and so far my weekend is mostly free except for a Saturday morning class Mudflap and I have to take up at the Academy.

Last night I met Tito J. and a few of his girlfriends at Frenchy's Chicken so he could fuel up before driving back to San Antone. I had the catfish, salad, and dirty rice since I still have to lose about 2 lbs. When I got home Mr. Wonderful Stefano had snuck in like he does sometimes and left a dozen red roses on my coffee table. Have I mentioned how awesome and amazing and wonderful he is?!?

Tonight I'm going on my 1 run of the week since I'm busy the rest of the nights this week. This a.m. I went to the dermatologist to see about my Seborrheac Dermatitis and also to ask about getting a chemical peel and BOTOX. I'm gonna do it, man! I'm at that age! But I have to wait for the peel until they get my skin under control w/the cocktail of prescriptions, both oral and topical, that she gave me. I'll be going back for my follow-up in 2 months. All I know is I need to get my skin in tip top shape!!! I need to really pay attention to my stress levels, which admittedly aren't that bad lately, post-divorce. But I also especially need to make sure I have MORE TIME FOR MYSELF!!! That is my #1 wish and I just can't fucking seem to make it happen as much as it needs to. But I'm gonna goddamn well make sure it happens this weekend, after Saturday's class anyway.