Birthdays & MRI

Saturday morning I made some breakfast for us all. Poached eggs with hollandaise sauce over steak w sausage biscuit, hash brown & broccolini. . I got the shovel out and got to digging. After all the rain and runoff I finally decided to try and do something about it. I was tired of cleaning up all the debris off my granite landscape. I installed a French drain. If it helps I’ll add another. This hopefully is a solution to my problem for the time being.

Yvette, Alaya, Lola, Cameron & I went to go see Lilo & Stitch. One of the few Disney live action remakes I was actually looking forward to. The movie was good. Really, it was rather sad. I guess most Alaya did well. She got a little restless towards the last quarter of the film but that’s expected of a “not yet” 1 year old.

After the movie we went by the Mexican market next door and Lola picked out some fine fine steak. I’ve always wanted to try the meat market but I have never really been able to tell what anything is, haha. Little Alaya had a bit of a temperature when we got home and we gave her some baby drugs. She felt better and we started cooking. The steak was damn fantastic. I don’t have a clue what they marinade it in or for how long. It was so damn tender.

Sunday Yvette and I ran around the town. We went to a total of 3 different grocery stores before finally saying that we were done. That night Noah was bringing over all equipment to have a shrimp broil at our house. I guess he just didn’t want to do it at his own. I can get that. Yvette and I provided the shrimp.

The broil was a lot of fun. It was fucking hot. I don’t guess we finally all finished the nights love until close to midnight. Not exactly my mellow aundau

Monday night after dinner I was having an adult beverage on my back porch when I suddenly hear someone lay on a car horn quickly followed by a succession of 5 gun shots. It didn’t take long for my family to come outside. We got the dogs and went inside, locked up, and armed ourselves. It was a good enough time to get dad’s old .357 out. Fortified, I watched out the window. I counted 4 city cop cars and one state trooper. I don’t know what was going on and still am in the dark. Crazy. We live in a good neighborhood. You just never know these days.

After one really bumpy hump day I decided to got to happy hour. I had a headache that only a beer and fried mushrooms could abate. Once I get the taste of fried mushrooms with a cold beer in my noggin it’s hard to not follow through. I tried to convince Yvette to go with me but she was just far too spent and only wanted to go home. I understand that completely. I had my mushrooms and my beer and felt a little bit more stable on this fine planet called Earth. I wonder if I’d been able to have my coffee that morning it the day would have been so spotty.

It was a birthday week. My Aunt Susie. My nephew Teddy. My mothers. My own damn birthday. So many Gemini in this family. I was proud of my mother. She went out with friends for a little shopping, lunch and some wine. She said she had a really good birthday and that just makes me so happy. I had no idea what I wanted or even cared to do for my own birthday. Usually I take the day off from work but this year I decided against that. It was on a Thursday. I was told to figure out where I wanted to eat and I honestly couldn’t care. I had a family this year to celebrate with me and that was new. Yvette made me a great dinner and we just spent quality time together. I got some new Birkenstocks. It was a great birthday. I felt loved.

Friday was the day of my MRI. My birthday present to myself. I hate them. This will be my third in 2 years. They want 3D imagery of my pancreas again just to keep and eye on it. This time I took an Ativan to help relax. As noisy as the machine fucking is, I sort of dosed off a little. I was so relaxed. The next thing I know is it’s over and they are removing my IV. What a deal. Since I had not had anything to eat or drink since breakfast, my mom and I went out for lunch. A little place I’ve wanted to attend and now will again. The chips were amazing.