Friday, July 23, 2010

Front Porches and Chardonnay

Yesterday, I played hookie. I left the house at three in the afternoon, turned my cell on vibrate, set the ipod to shuffle, and went for a drive with the windows down. I wound up at Paula's house. I didn't tell anyone where I was going or how long I would be gone and it was fantastic. I cheated on my diet with no remorse! Then I got to spend hours sitting on the front porch drinking wine and seeing double rainbows. There really was a double rainbow, I wasn't drunk.

Our laughter brought a man from a neighboring house over to see what we were doing. He asked to join us so we let him. He was....interesting. I know two major details of his personal life: he's diabetic and he's bipolar. I don't really consider that gettin' to know ya conversation but it takes all types, I guess. Paula kept eating cinnamon sticks and saying "I just don't understand it. Why am I fat?" I laughed so much last night just sitting on her front porch - it feels like I did crunches for an hour. But I didn't. I skipped the gym yesterday. HA!

All the best laid plans of mice and men....

So this day I am all alone. I have a whole weekend with nothing really planned and no one to whom I am accountable. I think I just might sit and enjoy the firepit in the back yard alone and be happy about it. I might take a really long, delicious bubble bath in the giant bathtub. This bathtub is so big I'm not even kidding - my feet don't reach the end and sometimes I slide under the water. Stupid short legs.

Yeah, and Ryan drew not one, but TWO penises on me.

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