En Fuego

The weekend was nice. I brought the kids some McDonalds sausage biscuits and hung out a bit before gathering up my dogs and some stuff to go dog sit. I wanted to drop off my pups with my mom early and not deal with it later. They will have fun.

It was Tee’s birthday. The boy is 17. He acts so much older. Love him. He wanted to go to Cielo for a burrito baby. I got him some Pokemon card. Yep, he wanted them. Makes me love him even more. He wanted lunch because he had dinner plans with friends. Good for him.

Someone kicked on of Yvette’s fence picket out from the alley and the dog got out Saturday while I was there. I decided while I was at Lowe’s I would but a picket. Damn vandals. Should be an easy fix.

I was dog sitting at my mom’s because my place was a mess after all that rain. I love the rain but until I get grass it’s always going to be an issue with a mess. I picked up some to-go food and had a beer next door while I waited. I had not been to both locations in years. They were different places back then. Brought me to some weird memory lanes. My dad. My old friends. My ex wife. Hastings. It’s always funny to go to a location you have not been to in many years. Anyway, I brought my food to my moms and ate and watched the dogs and watched some horror. I really wished Yvette was with me.

I had the best intentions of sleeping in at least till 9 on Sunday, but my mom’s dog Molly had other plans. I was assaulted with barks before 7am. I fought for a while but eventually couldn’t take it anymore so I tossed in the towel. I left my dogs and went home to make breakfast. MY intention was to clean the yard but it was still not dry enough. Damn shame. What I did notice was that just those 24 sheets of grass made a difference with the run off. My lower patio was much less a mess than it would have been otherwise. I need to just go ahead and buy more. 2025 will be the year.

We went and had some lunch at her parents. Guiso. Yummy guiso. She also made a noodle dish that was delightful but I don’t know what it was. I ran errands the rest of the day and I fixed Yvette’s fence. Someone kicked a few pickets out and on Saturday one of the dogs finally figured out that they could get out. It was an easy fix. The biggest surprise was how much fencing material has gone up. Lord.

That evening I went and got my dogs and just chilled. .

Veterans Day we had to go to work. It was a damn long day. I was on office duty and tethered to the damn place and couldn’t get out. I hate that. Same bitch, different Monday. The clock moved at a snail pace. I wanted to scream and the damn thing by the time 5 arrived.

Tuesday things got moving with the wedding. Decided against a keg due to prices and likely too much beer. Just look for beer specials. Bought 90 beers for starters. I also talked to the Pastor officiating us. We set up a time to kind of gather a game plan and figure out what we all want. I was happy with this development. He is a great man and I look forward and am honored to have him marry us.

For dinner Tuesday Lola invited me to go have eat with her, the baby and Yvette. To say I was moved by that is an understatement. I had something at home I could have made but I wasn’t going to pass this moment up. I was touched. Love that kid. We went and had a little Mexican food/ steak. I had the Mexican food, they had the steak and fries. Haha. It was a nice time.

Hump day! After work we took Teegan to go test drive a car. It’s about time he had one of his own. He liked a Jeep Compass. I thought it was a nice car and it was exciting to be with him for his first test drive. It can be a little nervous with the sales man sitting with you. I think he did well. Very exciting g for him.

The rest of the week was a bore and I couldn’t wait for Friday. I’ve been a bird in a cage cooped up. It’s sad. It’s been the opposite of exciting. A little work drama in my general area but not my department. It was comical. We plowed through the week. I did get the final piece that was the puzzle of fitting my wedding attire together. I felt good about that.

Dinner on Friday was so much fun. I made pizza bowls, requested by the kids. Teegan and I watch John Wick 4, Lola and her friend put together their baby crib, while Yvette and the baby bounced between rooms and various places to sleep. The dumb ass baby’s daddy eventually came over. I’ll have to get okay with him. Anyways… it was a great night.

Happy Friday!!

Jalapeño.

Chicken chow mien from a place I hadn’t heard great things about. The crab Rangoon was great.

Breakfast bowl. Eggs, sausage, red bell, onion, green chilies, mushrooms and gravy. It was delightful.

Pot roast with potato’s, green beans and a mushroom gravy.

Italian nachos!!

Dinner out. I had some sort of steak tacos. Oh my lord they were delicious. It wasn’t even what I wanted. They were out of what I wanted. This turned out to be much better.