7:44 a.m. - 2002-06-24
a good weekend
a good weekend, filled with the usual in assorted emotional waves that life tosses out there. i went to a wedding this weekend, on Saturday, for a friend from college. it was the first wedding i've been to since i left louie, and for a lot of my friends from school, the first time they found out that i'm not -with- louie any more. some were surprised, others, didn't look so surprised, though that could be because the news had indeed filtered in but they were being polite enough not to mention that it had. that's okay, and it's also okay that they were a little surprised, after all, it's not like i was ready to tell the world right away and some of them, i just don't get to keep in contact with all that much.
it was a picture perfect wedding by the sea though and Crystal just looked absolutely beautiful. *smiles remembering* it was almost a storybook perfect wedding, and it was a good time as well. i got a fair share of sunburn but i suppose it's a risk i was willing to take (and not bright enough to think about bringing and wearing sunscreen) for enjoying the day.
i think perhaps the best time i had was sitting on the beach with Jackie, Perry, Jen C and Jen B. i don't get to be around a lot of women lately, in fact i don't really have any local women friends, which is okay with me but sometimes i forget what it's like to hang out with women and talk girl talk and relationships and stuff. it was utterly relaxing and nice. sometimes i miss it but for the most part i can talk to Stephan in that way about most things, and i guess i have a few email-pals that i could do the same thing with but it was different being with old friends (and a new one because i didn't know jen b before) and having these kinds of talks. of course, sitting there by the ocean, breathing that air and hearing the surf added to the relaxation aspect of the day. i think the day was good for my soul. maybe i'll be lucky and i won't get restless until wednesday...
of course when i got home i ended up being an emotional basketcase... Stephan had been home all day and had hopes that i would have been home early enough for us to catch the late movie. i wasn't. He was telling me how He wished i would have been and i basically started crying about it because i felt horrible that i had been out all weekend and He had barely left the apartment. i remember what it was like being unemployed and basically stuck at home all week and how i always wanted to go out on the weekends too, even though most of the time louie just wanted to stay home because he'd worked all week. i know it's not fun, and i just felt bad because i had been out all day and got home too late to do anything with Him :( of course being basically sun-baked and sun-dried and hormonal i was probably a ticking time bomb anyway... then i felt bad for crying and cried some more... oi!
concession though... we'll go tonight :)
yesterday Tom and Bill came down for dinner and we had a pretty good time. the four of us compared lifestyle notes a lot and it was a pretty cool learning session plus just a general good time hanging out together. i like them. i'll miss Tom when he's gone from work but hopefully the person who ends up replacing him is at least friendly. maybe i will have alan move to his desk so that i'll at least have someone close by that i know i can get along with.
hehe "Move with the cheese" maybe i should go to Europe too? ;) *snickers*
ahh well, i have another entry to write today... a little bit about me and my background and the minor ins and outs as to who i am... someone wants to get to know me better... so i figured i'd help her out :)
