Saturday, August 16, 2008

Oh, look - it's martini o'clock!

Which would be fine except that it's 8:45 am EST. And I have been up for an hour making tea and oatmeal and trying to get decent photos of my baby quilt (Bad Gal Quilts) uploaded from my iPhone [product placement] for my blog.

And I'm sitting here and thinking, "Is it time to go have drinks with my friends yet?"

A good friend of mine who shall remain anonymous (Jessica) upon returning to CA from Bermuda after the wedding was so upset at being back in her everyday life and not on a tropical island with her good friends texted a mutual friend at 10 am PT to see if they could go get drinks. She was up at 8am and waited a WHOLE TWO HOURS until it was socially acceptable (by whom I'm not quite sure) to mention getting drinks.

And that's how I feel today. Part of it is because I've been a recluse since I returned from Bermuda and have been working on getting our lives straightened up and cleaned out and looking pretty again. And I've been working like crazy on this baby quilt. (Two days.) Which I'm about to start on again.

But the other part is that my friends are the funniest people on the face of the planet and when I'm around them I care less about all the starving, homeless cats, the warming of the globe, the futile efforts of humanitarianism, the national economy and what an irresponsible waste of human being I am (depends on the day - for complaints see The Superego Dept.). And when I haven't seen them in oh, two to three days I start to get fussy.

My nameless friend (Jessica Huppi) is also coming to visit for a few days in early Sept. which is making me want to run in circles now in anticipation.

ALSO, another good friend of mine (Mrs. Tavano) is coming to pick up two kittens that were homeless and now will be fostered in Maine until they are found good and loving homes. She is driving ALL the way from Portland, ME to Brooklyn, NY on Sunday to pick up these kittens, one of which is in our guest room having breakfast at this very moment, and bring them back to the foster home. How's THAT for altruistic? Oh, and she too wants to see friends and have drinks.

So bring on the dirties - both people and drinks, because I'm ready.

1 comment:

Ehme said...

It is not altruistic at all. I seriously just want to have drinks with you guys, and that is the only excuse I could come up with for the boyband to let me drive to NY for a couple of hours. You will have to make sure I don't forget the cats when I head home.