1999-12-22 00:20:15
Catchup
I haven't caught up here after a wonderful day yesterday. Despite the freezing rain that was falling I had a great Christmas-y day. We met our friends, er, uh, Grace and Mac and their adorable baby, Sam, for lunch at Hut's. Great lunch and great conversation. We adore the fact that these new parents are casual with their sweet child. I have another baby I am quite attached to and her mother has a siezure over every thing the child does, i.e. the child touches the back of the restaurant booth and the mother explains the evolution of germs and how they are transmitted from you hands to your mouth inadvertantly. You think I'm kidding.
After our happy fivesome lunch we split and went our separate ways. Grace and I went to the Armadillo bazarre. I'd heard that I had to go and everyone was right. It was a lot of fun and gave me lots of inspirational ideas. I even found a perfect gift for D-boy. I guess I can tell YOU, can't I? He played at Willie's Fourth of July picnic in 1995--the first year the picnic was at Luckenbach. It was a wonderful day for us both and a great experience for him as a musician. We somehow did not get a poster from that day and he's been looking for one ever since. He will certainly not be expecting it for Christmas, which makes it even more fun to give him.
Ran into my friend, Perfect C, with her sister and niece at the bazarre. It wasn't accidental, we met up on purpose. Wished we had had more time to visit, she is the coolest. I may see her tomorrow. If I haven't explained Perfect C.'s name before, I will soon. Not tonight.
Today we got one vehicle, the new one, out of the shop. We drove the Honda, haltingly, to the shop about a mile from the house and walked home in the cold morning winds. It should be fixed tomorrow. I'm just happy we have the '51 Olds. That has become our most reliable vehicle. We took it to lunch and the post office today. (it didn't eat much and was too bulky to mail...)
Dear co-worker Drew (hey! that's his real name!) drove me to work. He is such a cool fun guy. I really like him. He liked D-boy even more than before after he and his girlfriend dropped by the house to get me. D-boy showed Drew a picture in his high school annual where he's dressed and made-up to look like Peter Criss of KISS. Drew is a huge KISS fan---saw them for the first time when he was four years old! He flipped out over the pic. Drew was Gene Simmons for Halloween.
I think my antecedents are all over the place in that preceding paragraph. It's Drew that has the girlfriend, not my husband, etc. Figure it out on your own. I'm walking to Kinko's and see if they have Christmas paper (I ordered the cards today) and then on to Speakeasy. Hope I don't fall asleep on a table. Maybe I'll just crawl into the backseat of the truck and sleep.
Adios, mis amigos y amigas, manana...