you've mighta heard I run with a

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Sun, 02-25-2007 - 10:34am

dangerous crowd, we ain't too pretty we ain't too proud, we might be laughing a bit too loud but that never hurt no one. So come on Virginia, show me a sign, send up a signal I'll throw you a line. The stained glass curtain you're hiding behind never lets in the sun, darlin' only the good die young, I tell ya only the good die young. You got a nice white dress and a party on your confirmation, you got a brand new soul, and a cross of gold. but Virginia they didn't give you quite enough information. you didn't count on me when you were counting on your rosary. They say there's a heaven for those who will wait, Some say it's better but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints....

What a weekend! Friday night I had absolutely the BEST time at dinner with my parents and brother and SIL. We had a great dinner, laughed and talked a lot, and watched my mom get tipsy after one strawberry daquiri (she's tiny and doesn't drink.... and hilarious when she's tipsy). After dinner, I met one of my friends at a bar that had a great band, and we danced and had a lot of fun.

Spec called me after he got out of work, which is very unusual. Actually, he never calls me that late. So, it went to voicemail since I didn't hear my phone, and when I realized it was vibrating, I called him back. He was just calling to say "hi", and he mentioned getting together today for an early movie and then taking the kids to dinner after they got home.

We made tentative plans that i'm not sure I fully remember, and I thought it was nice that he called. Two of my friends think it's most likely that he called because he wanted to me to know he was thinking about me- and because he didn't want me to not be thinking about him.

I am not overthinking it, at all. He called, most likely because he knew I'd still be up, and it's not that big a deal.

Yesterday afternoon another friend and I went skiing. After we had skiied some, we went to the pub, and I SWEAR Spec's brother in law and the brother in law's brother in law were there. They weren't there when we sat at the bar, but they came in after we were sitting. They chose the seats next to my friend, and since we were at the corner of the bar, they were basically across from me. They didn't say anything, and neither did I, because I wasn't one hundred percent sure they were who I think they were.

The odds of two men looking exactly like those two guys though, is pretty slim. My friend and I were talking about our kids, work, skiing, whatehaveyou, and since we always crack each other up, there was a lot of laughing. The guys kept looking over at us, but I thought at first it was because we were being loud and laughing so much. After I looked at them a couple of times, I am sure it was them. If it was, they were probably looking at me to see if I'd initiate a hello. If it wasn't, it's just uncanny.

So Spec called yesterday evening, to say hello again. I was just arriving at dinner with a girlfriend, and lost service as I was trying to answer my phone so I called him back a little later. he said he was on his break at work, and that he just wanted to tell me to have fun and be careful. I very briefly asked about his brother in law's skiing habits and relayed the story about the pub, and told him to have a good night.

Then I went out dancing and singing karaoke with a group of friends. It was so much fun! Everyone had such a good time. We ended up changing plans again, and simply stayed at the two bars in the tiny town I live in. This can be fun sometimes, but since I went to high school there but haven't ever actually lived in town until now, I don't know everyone the way everyone else does in a small town. Sometimes it's weird to see people I went to school with but haven't kept in touch with now that we're all adults. They've all changed so much, most of them not for the better, and they always say to me- "wow, you look amazing" or some such thing. It makes me wonder when they stopped caring about their own appearance.- Not that it matters to me, but nearly all of them have gained quite a lot of weight, they don't seem to care about their clothing... it's just strange since these are the people who were always the "cool" kids, and always looked very with it.- They were also the ones too cool for me then, and it's funny now to see them trying to be my friend. I'm always polite, but we didn't have anything in common in high school, and we have even less in common now.

One story- my cell phone fell out of my pocket, and a girlfriend picked it up. My phone has this thing, where if you hit the send button, it acts as a redial and automatically dials back the last peron you called. This was Spec, since I had returned his call earlier in the evening. So, she called him up. I didn't know what she was doing, until I see her lips moving, and when she hung up she told me she had called him... she said she left a message, but I'm not entirely sure what she said. Oops! She's funny, and when I talk to him today I'll explain what happened, and apologize.

She is a friend I only see once in a while, so she didn't have all the dirt on Spec, and could have thought she was calling a cousin or something. I got the third degree after she hung up, though, which was sweet. Brown-Eyed-Girl's husband is like my psuedo father, and he's so overprotective it's really funny. He heard us women talking about Spec, and immediately jumped into what I call his "dad mode" as regarding my intentions, Spec's intentions, and grilled me about him. It was hilarious- Brown Eyed Girl was telling me her opinion about Spec's calling habits this weekend, and the friend who called him was asking what the deal with us was. Brown-eyed girl said, oh you called Moody's friend... and the husband whipped around, said "what friend, what kind of friend, how do you know him, where did you meet him, what does he do, what are you doing together" all in one breath. I could only laugh, and I said "Gee thanks, brown eyed girl, for engaging dad mode!"

It's so nice to have friends who care- truly care- about my well-being. I think it's funny that the husband is so protective, he really makes me laugh, and since he doesn't have any daughters and since we're so close, I think he doesn't even realize how funny it probably looks to everyone else. His wife is my best friend, our children are all close, and he vacillates between being the very good friend, giving me excellent guy advice and trying to set me up with single men he knows and then telling me I'm too young to worry about dating and being with just one guy, most men aren't good enough, and exactly what qualities I deserve. He's pickier than I am, and definitely voices his opinion. Much like my father would if he thought I was 15.

So, all in all, it was a wonderful weekend, and I'm looking forward to recovering today, going to a movie if that's what we decide to do, and just hanging out. I'm also looking forward to my kids coming home. I never thought I would say this, but after two days I miss the little monsters.

I hope everyone else had a great weekend too!

Moody, smiling and recovering


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Sun, 02-25-2007 - 12:51pm

Woohooo Moody!!! I love your super weekend! Sounds like you were VERY busy and had a great time with everything! It's neat that Spec called too- just to say "hi" and it wasn't a booty call. He scored points on that one, IMO (or at least didn't LOSE any points). ;-)

My weekend wasn't quite so busy, but I did have a great time with what I did. Saturday I met up with a fellow geocacher and he was at a backpacker's meeting... so this next week, I plan to go to the next official backpacker's meeting- and see what it is all about! It would be fun if I could get some more hiking activities lined up sometime. My Hiker likes backpacking too- and he wants me to go with him some time- but I have NO CLUE about any of that, so hopefully by getting in with a group, I can learn some things. :-)

The big event was Saturday night though... a date with Hiker for sushi and celebrating our 1.5 yrs of dating. And then let's just say it ended with a fun gift of chocolate body paint. Oh, my.....

And then, he just called to tell me again what a great time he had last night. Woohooo! I racked up a next-day call-back. lol ;-) (not that I expect those or get upset if he doesn't- it's just fun when he calls to specifically talk about the night before, rather than other things.)

~shrimpy, doing some bed-laundry with permagrin

~shrimpy

"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." ~Stephen Dolley Jr.

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Mon, 02-26-2007 - 2:24pm
That sounds like the greatest weekend ever! How fun to have a whole weekend with people you truly enjoy and doing all the things that make you happy! I'm glad you had a day to relax too.
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Mon, 02-26-2007 - 9:44pm

Ahh - here it is - I was waiting for this thread and almost missed it earlier.

You had a GLORIOUS time! I nominate you for single-mom-weekender of the year!! I mean that is like a whole weekend buffet of fun!! Fun with your family, getting a call from Spec, going skiing and dancing/karaoking with friends. GOOD JOB! This is what it is supposed to look like!!

Keep up the good work! And tell us how the movie went!

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Wed, 02-28-2007 - 3:48pm

Just got caught up on the posts and glad to hear Spec hasn't flaked out on you. Love your stories, Moody.

I too had a great ski weekend. M and I went to Salt Lake City for a long weekend. The x's had the kids for Rodeo (in Tucson they close the schools for Rodeo) so we were free to have fun on our own. We went to Sundance (very romantic place), Deer Valley, and Solitude. It snowed like crazy on Sun while at Solitude, fun time skiing in the fresh powder. Actually, the conditions were perfect the whole weekend and M finally got a good feel for my ability as a skier- he was very pleased to have found a good ski buddy in addition to a great romantic partner. I even managed a few mogul runs with him. He is very thoughtfuland considerate when we ski, offers to carry my skis for me like I'm some kind of princess, never leaves me on a run I'm finding a bit challenging and taking my time on, always willing to take a break if I get cold. We really are friends first and the romance thing is a happy side benefit.

Odd you should mention the phone redial thing. M has a Blackberry provided by his employer and it redials all on its own when he puts it away in this holster thing he has for it. So of course it redialed his X just after we got back to the hotel when he put it on the desk. So she apparently just hung on and LISTENED to our conversation then the more intimate activity that followed. I'll have to post a new thread on this one.