I really, really miss the journals. I don't know why I'm apparently not mature enough to just post my thoughts in either of the two journal threads. There's something comforting and natural to me now, after a year of using the journals (missed my one-year anniversary...damn), about posting there. So that's why I haven't written. And I really feel like I've suffered for it. Lots of thoughts I want to get out, yet something in me stops myself from posting them. And as a result, I feel like I'm hanging out on TFP less. But now I feel like writing, so here I go.
(Do I sound like a fucking child in that last paragraph or what? I'm not bitching at Hal or anybody else for not getting them back up. I understand these things take time. I'm just venting, and I assume that this will be seen as such.)
Lots of stuff going on. Today is Quadrette's bridal shower and bachelorette party, spilling into tomorrow. The past few weeks have been kinda stressful in that regard. Both were supposed to be surprises, but ultimately she wound up finding out most of the details due to other people spilling the beans accidentally. No big deal, thankfully, as she wasn't upset by it. She found it more funny than anything. The stressful part was due to the fact that nobody really wanted to plan the bachelorette party. Two of her bridesmaids couldn't make it anyway, and the others were all from out of town (and didn't know each other). So we needed a non-bridesmaid friend from NYC to help do some research and planning, but they all believed (rightfully) it was the job of the bridal party. Either way, the bottom line was nothing was getting done. So guess who planned the bachelorette party?
Yup. In conjunction with one of the bridesmaids from Buffalo, we arranged dinner for tonight at Lucky Cheng's in the city and a sex toy party (like a Tupperware party) for tomorrow. I felt really shitty having to get involved. But the bottom line is that I didn't want Quadrette to have a bad party. So if that's what it took...that's what it took. And it sounds like the shower went well. I talked with her briefly. Apparently she got a lot of loot.
Once she gets home, I'm going to take the car and head out to my folks' house for the evening. I can't stay here as some of the girls will be sleeping over, and it just seems wrong. My best buddy is on a date so i can't stay at his place, and my other friend offered his apartment but he's going to be out real late and I'm not really in the mood to be hanging out. Especially because I have to be at my theatre company early tomorrow morning - it's the day that we do twice a year where we read all the potential scripts for the upcoming one-act festival. So I'll just go back to Long Island, get to bed early and be back in the city by 9.
Other things going on too. Lots of it wedding-related. I have the jacket and pants for the tux. Still need to find a nice vest and tie and hook my groomsmen up. Almost set on the rings. Quadrette still needs to figure out flowers. Invites are out, responses are coming back. Seven weeks from today is the day. Today I wrote out a rough draft of our ceremony. Now that I finally have a concrete basis, as opposed to ideas floating around in my head, I can start to revise it.
In work news, Quadrette didn't get a job she applied for. I got a promotion and a raise. That's a nice thing. First raise in a few years. I'll also be taking my first ever business trip, out to Kansas City in October.
I'm sure this will embarrass him completely, but Cynthetiq told me what our wedding present will be. Cyn and Skogafoss bought us TiVo. I'm unbelievably speechless about it. In a world full of linen, pots and pans and stemware, finally, a gift comes around that I'll actually use.
We hope to set it up in the apartment in the next few weeks.
There's more stuff to tell, I'm sure, but a lot of the little thoughts disappear into the ether after I've processed them. So hopefully the journals will be back soon and I can go back to sharing lots of boring details that nobody gives a rat's ass about.