Well! I'm really pleased to see you enjoyed it!
Joe: no worries, I was scarce this weekend myself!
Update:
Thursday I made my friend feel really special. S is one of the only guys who is my friend who NEVER has done anything non-platonic and we've been friends since 2002. Anyway, I sneaked a big cake into my fav Thai restaurant and had the waitress bring it out for him (she even put candles on it!) and I gave him a bottle of wine and took him to the brewery, and got him a bottle of Devout Stout.
There's Chad the brewer--I make him laugh
Well, I just ate and ate Thursday--it was pretty awful. Friday I had a wonderful day--I weight trained and realized the more I do it, the more I like it.
THIS WEEK HAS MARKED THE SECOND WEEK I HAVE WEIGHT TRAINED THREE TIMES (in a week). I haven't seen too much results yet because I have been EATING more. That's ok, I'll get back into it.
This weekend has been odd in regards to men, too. My BF came over Friday night and spent the night, but yesterday I had to pour wine for Richard and Joe, with Mary Kay and some volunteers at the Capitola Art and Wine Festival, and today Peg from Pelican Ranch wants me to pour for a few hours because her son Mitch can't make it. SO yesterday I was pouring wine all day and collecting tickets for it, and I saw a LOT of winos I know *snicker* That includes me too!
Wait, on the subject of men, I was hanging out with my ex housemate Friday and he got fresh with me goddammit, after alcohol consumption. Two of my girlfriends came to visit me, and we went to Jesse's house again. I like him ok but I like visiting his house across the street from the brewery better because he has those two fat ass black cats I like to cuddle with, and a stripper pole. I don't have any experience with the pole but I sure like trying! It's a workout! My girls also played on it, and then we went to my house where everybody slept over (me, girls, ex housemate, and the BF). I didn't bother telling the BF about the E.H.'s bad behavior because he was drunk, and alcohol turns off a lot of men's inhibitions.
I'LL SAY, SHIT!
SO yesterday I see the dad of the family of winos I hung out with back in June. He stops at my booth and talks to me for a good hour--I poured for him without collecting tickets--he's a wine club member so it was fine with Joe anyway. But he invites me to Zelda's with his wife and his wife's friend, for drinks. Mind you, I did not drink all day because at the Wine Fest, pourers cannot. But when he took off around 5, he gave me the rest of his tickets (depending on the winery and the cost of the wine, pours are 2-4 tickets) and his glass to borrow, and Joe let me "clock out"--so I went around and tasted the competition, and came back because out wine was the best! Well Pelican Ranch is just as good, maybe a bit better--hmmm nah I can't say that. Anyway, Wine Guy calls me and I go to the restaurant where he buys me some beer.....then he gets FRESH with me--damn near in front of his wife. Ugh he said he likes being around me and other such things and I was like, "DUDE--you're married!"

Oh WLF friends, the evils of the world! *wags head* He's 46 for fucks sake! Tried to kiss me even....
And when I tried to leave, I was crouched down on the sidewalk digging out my keys to unlock my bike (yeah that's right! Wine festival = biking there and back....well and parking sucks ass) and three guys were stumbling down the street. They stopped when they saw me and I teased them about being lovey-dovey with each other. They told me I should drink with them and I said no, I didn't want to. They told me they were going to kidnap me and then one guy picks me up!!!

WTF?!?! SO they drag me back into the same restaurant's bar and buy me an awful drink with Red Bull. Now, I'm a beer and wine person, so I was not pleased with it but I sucked it up anyway because I have a thing for being a good sport

One of the guys is a really hot, tall (6'4" is pretty tall) Aussie guy, and of course I forgot to mention the BF wants an open relationship--did I forget? I haven't taken him up on that, really. But I kind of hugged the Aussie because his body was really nice (LOL) and I suppose that was it. I swear you fucking give a man an inch and......well it's not that bad, I just went to leave AGAIN and he walked me out, then before I could hop on my bike, he grabbed me and started kissing me, so I just rolled with it--but no numbers were exchanged or anything dumb like that, I just rode off laughing and shaking my head--what the fuck is wrong with men these days? I wasn't even wearing anything revealing at all--pants!
Pants for fuck's sake! Well, they
are tight and black with pimp-stripes. Used to wear them hostessing.
Well I was supposed to hang with the BF last night after I left, but I missed his call (from a pay phone) and he was telling me he was at a bar all the way in Santa Cruz proper, and he doesn't have a cell phone. I was in no mood to ride my bike back down my street (a HUGE hill with 7 speed bumps) and I can't get a hold of him. SO he never calls me back and I go right to bed after washing out my wine glass from the festival (I found one, and Wine Guy told me I should confiscate it. People were leaving their glasses everywhere!) I wanted him to cuddle with, but I suppose it was better, since I was feeling guilty for letting a hot stranger kiss me, even though that is "OK" according to our relationship stipulations. Hmmm, maybe I should get that cleared up, because the deal was when we broke up for 2 weeks we could do whatever. Then we got back together but nothing was really discussed (no rules or understandings) and the bastard has said I was free to do whatever--maybe as reverse psychology or something. I don't know.
Men are wack. WTF????
I better stay the fuck away from drunk people.
Ok, I need to go running and get ready to pour at 11:15am. I can't stop by the diaries right now but I wanted you all to see I'm still alive.
Love you guys and gals! Valerie