My Mind

Ok, so I am finally regaining my liver functions after the several days in NY. It was an intense whirlwind of salacious, drunken fun!

My flight got in, amazingly on time Thursday, and after getting the rental car, it was off to the family's to drop things off. En route, Matthew called, and the plans for the evening were in formation.

We met up at his place, and started the evening off with Smirnoff Orange on the rocks, and headed off to the restaurant to get the evening underway!

There, I discovered a new love.....Pear Martinis!

Several of those later, along with hot wings, corn fritters, and a few Pumpkin Pie shots, and we were joined by Miss Amy Story.

Miss Story is a trip and a half....but we won't go there :-)

So, after John got off work, we decided to go to another bar, to continue the night's libations.

We get to a bar called Billy Jacks, and proceed to destroy whatever was left of our sobriety!

From what we have been told, Matthew and I were more than a tad bit loud..... thanks to several more drinks!

Ranging from yelling at the bartender about turning on the dart machine, to blurting out who has a drug problem, and with which drugs, and forcing a poor soul to expose himself in between(it was ashy and sad). We were at our drunken, rowdy best!

It's amazing how much you can accomplish when the liver you share with one of your bestestest friends isn't stretched 900 miles across the land LOL...

More later........

Till I get a chance to post about the holiday trip to NY. Needless to say....it was interesting in the utmost. There will be more (and pictures) soon, between here, and my homepage on HoD, so stay tuned!

Like Vodka, Gin, Heineken, Pear Brandy..........

It is freezing!!!

Ok, enough of the weather report.......

3 more days till I fly home to NY, and I am somewhat excited. I am happy to see my family and friends, but there is always the apprehension about going back home.

In other news, I have made an early New Year's resolution to stop settling. For too long in my life, I have settled because I was afraid of the alternatives. It has not served me in the past, and it does not serve me now. One person to whom I must give credit for this mini-epiphany is Evan, who gave me the inspirational kick in the ass I needed a while back to stop letting other people define me, and just be myself.

As I have made the foray into the dating world, carefully dipping my toes in the water, I have kept what he told me in mind, and thus far, it is serving me well. I am learning more about not only other people, but about myself. I owe a lot of this to Evan, and you shall forever have my deepest gratitude and friendship!

I am finally willing to admit that I really just don't like people.

I always thought it was just sort of a half joke when I would say that if given the choice of hitting a person or a dog while driving, I would hit the person, but I honestly think I really would.

People just absolutely disgust me. It seems that with each passing year, people get progressively less evolved and more tired and rude and obnoxious and untrustworthy.

It is time to embrace my inner misanthrope!

I am having an extremely conscious and aware day today, but I feel that it needs to be said! While I will admit, I am not a vegetarian, I am opposed to the unnecessary acts of fur trading and animal testing. I don't agree with PETA 100%, but how many groups out there can anyone say they agree with on EVERYTHING! I found this to be an amazingly funny cartoon from one of PETA's websites

Haven't you ever just wished you could get away with this, and just be so blissful afterwards? I won't name any names, but I can definitely relate to girlfriends elation in the picture!

You Have a Melancholic Temperament

Introspective and reflective, you think about everything and anything. You are a soft-hearted daydreamer. You long for your ideal life. You love silence and solitude. Everyday life is usually too chaotic for you. Given enough time alone, it's easy for you to find inner peace. You tend to be spiritual, having found your own meaning of life. Wise and patient, you can help people through difficult times. At your worst, you brood and sulk. Your negative thoughts can trap you. You are reserved and withdrawn. This makes it hard to connect to others. You tend to over think small things, making decisions difficult.

Well, today is turning out to be a House of Drama Day!!!

First, I get up after staying at a friends house. That was all good. I had to come back home to bring Reggi's cousin to the airport for her trip back to NY, before heading back to London. On the way, I stop to get some gas, and get a phone call from my ex Sean's friend Rick. Now, Rick and I do NOT get along, so that right there sort of scared me. My ex was found unconscious on the floor, and rushed to hospital. They don't know what is wrong with him yet.

I get home, and start to tell the roommate about this, and that I have to go to the hospital after the airport, when he interrupts with "We had a little drama this morning..." Never a good start to an already grim conversation! Turns out we had a minour transformer fire in the basement this morning, but there wasn't much damage, just a bit of a nasty smokey smell. The repairs are already underway by an electrician friend. Seems the transformer overheated and blew. Fortunately, someone was here to cut the power, etc! Reggi's cousin Caroline said he was an absolute gurl, running around screaming! My thing was, I spend one night out of my house, and they are burning down the damned place! LOL

I think after I go to the hospital to visit Sean, I am going to hide in the house for the rest of the day!

And I still have no idea whatsoever to get most of the people on my list!

My mother stole my idea for what to get my grandmother, so I am back to square one on that front. My mother herself is impossible to shop for, and my sister, well, she might be reading this, so I won't even discuss the options :-) (It's not that easy Christine!)

This is the first time I have had this much difficulty with shopping! Plus, with buying the house, finances are a bit tighter than ususal, so some of my superfluous gifts will be reduced. To those of you, you will get all the love in my heart! :-)

Onto other news......

Congratulations to my cousin Dawn and her now fiance Jay on their recent engagement! The best to both of you!

3 weeks from now, I will be back in NY for the holidays. The trip is booked, the car rental in place, now all I will need to do is pack my bags and be up out! LOL Hopefully I will have enough time to visit with everyone I would like to see.....