Stay

I'm watching the Grammy Awards.
I haven't really been into country music since college and the Dixie Chicks. I just heard SugarLand perform "Stay". It really touched me. The lyrics really speak. I'm not going to repost the lyrics, but if you're interested, give it a listen. It's pretty emotional.

I was over last week before it started so by Friday I was just ready to go out for pre-birthday festivities with L. HOWEVER, Pookie (formerly mama C) brightened my day, week, month, year by asking me if I wanted to join her on a trip to England March 6-17. I didn't hesitate with my answer, though I had to check to see if it conflicted with my coworkers' vacation schedules (all of us are out sometime between late February and the end of March). I did conflict with someone, but she's not in my "department", so we were good and the tickets were booked. Passport checked - not expired. I'M GOING TO ENGLAND! I'm so happy!

So back to Friday night. L and I had planned to eat dinner at Tamarind Seed at Colony Square and catch a showing of "He's Just Not That Into You". Judging by all the posts by the women on my Facebook friends list, I had an inkling the movies would be busy Friday night, so I skipped lunch and left early to go buy tickets. Pookie joined us for the movie. Dinner was great - Tamarind Seed does not disappoint. I always get the Duck Curry - spicey level 3. So the movie was was decent and I suppose it was worth the money...I don't know what I was expecting...I mean they turned a self-help book into a romantic comedy but I wish at least one of the couples (well, I guess there was one) had a "real" relationship, not a made-for-movies relationship. Anyway. L drove the entire night, so when she didn't feel well, I offered to drive her home and she or her husband J would drive me home in the morning. You know I just realized I didn't spend the weekend in my own bed. HAHAHAHA! Makes me sound like a whore. ;)
I love L + J's house. I think the proper way to describe it is mid-century modern, but the interior is the most impressive. Both of them are very stylish and the decor is very them. One of the guest room walls housed J's Frank Kozik Dunny, Labbit, Sarge, etc. (toy) collection. It was awesome! I had to take pictures. L was feeling better in the morning and drove me home. I even went home with more than I came in with - J gave me a lamp. NICE!

hmm...I just paused from blogging to read about how Chris Brown may have beat Rihanna during a fight on Saturday night. OH HELL NO! also, why is TI performing at the Grammy's? He has a curfew in Atlanta. He's going to jail soon. Anyway.

After L dropped me and my new lamp off (haha) I got dressed to meet Pookie at the gym for our BodyWorks class. That class seriously kicks my ass every single time. It also cracks me up. The instructor, Jorge (I am not sure what kind of Latino he has in him because he is a skinny, white gay man) is HILARIOUS. I can't sit on the toilet or lay down or get back up comfortably, but I'm going back next Saturday - YOU KNOW IT. Afterwards, I went to Pookie and Cray-Z's house and laid on their deck to soak in the sun. I can't describe how beautiful it was yesterday. No clouds in the sky, sunny, mid to upper 60s. Just a gorgeous day! We decided to go to Piedmont Park so Cray-Z could exercise and we can do more laying about. Our friend, R, joined us. She's always fun. We laid around as planned and then had lunch on the Willy's patio. I should mention that I haven't really been eating all that great or hydrating so by the time we got to walking to Willy's for "dunch" I almost passed out. When I stood up everything got so bright and I got really nauseous. Oops. Must remember to eat.

So then we eventually left the park and I eventually went home to take a shower and clean some, but I went back over to Pookie and Cray-Z's to lay on the floor, drink beer and watch movies. I slept in their office on the futon becuase I got drunk. Off three beers. Nice. See. I told you I didn't sleep in my bed all weekend.

So now I'm here in my house. Been working and cleaning all day. Now I'm jamming out to the Grammy performances. AND I'M GOING TO ENGLAND! BOOYA!