Awesome Beanster Weekend

FRIDAY

I got up early and ran some errands.  Afterward, I met RD for lunch at a Thai restaurant.  We had fun trying new food and just catching up.  He really is a great guy!  We talked politics, work, our crazy mixed-up lives.  It was good.  We decided that we needed to do this monthly, so a new tradition begins!

After that, I headed over to pick up the Beanster and she had her first Merlino's freeze. It was a frickin HOT day in Sac...I wanna say 97 degrees. Even I put the air on in the Beast, which I don't usually do. We went shopping for groceries and headed home.  When I asked the Beanster what she wanted for dinner it was relatively simple...Steak and Shrimp.  So I BBQ'd Steak on the briquette grill and it turned out fabulous!  We watched movies, and headed to bed.

SATURDAY

Got a call relatively early because my Cousin KM needed an ear to talk to.  Seems he and his woman are having issues.  Ah well, I needed to be up.  The new natural gas BBQ was being delivered and I needed to be ready for that. Soon after, the Beanster was up and we made breakfast. Yup, you guessed it...Make your own baked potatoes (this time she had some scrambled eggs on it). Soon afterward, the BBQ arrived.

Dizzy set about trying to hook the damned thing up.  I kept running into issues until I figured out that I was missing a piece. So I loaded up Beanster and headed to Lowes.  I found what I needed and also picked up 2 different types of pipe goo.  I finally got the thing installed and tested with soapy water. The grill was total green light.

In the meantime, my Niece has informed me that she wants to be a Marine when she's old enough and told her teacher. So the teacher gave her the minimum requirements.  I told her that we'd have our work cut out for us, but that we'd both train for it.  I introduced her to the Warrior Song (Hard Corps) which will undoubtedly get me into trouble with the Sister, but the Niece loved it! I am trying to get her to go to college first before the Corps, but we'll see.

I invited the ex to dinner and set about grilling the shrimp.  It turned out awesome! We ate a really excellent Caesar salad with fresh Parmesan curls and my homemade croutons, which my Niece absolutely loved!  I think she snacked more on that then the salad.  Note to self...make more croutons!

After that, we sat around the patio and just talked.  We listened to some U2 and tried to explain Bono to the Beanster.  After that, it just got plain silly!  The ex and the Beanster posed for a gangsta shot, smeared cake all over her face and tried to kiss us and the rest is history!

SUNDAY

We woke up and I straightened the Beanster's hair.  Then we had breakfast...Gee...wonder what that was??? We then pulled out the old china tea set and proceeded to have a spot of tea (orange crush cuz she can't stand real tea).  When we have tea, we always play the part, so I was Lady Ophelia and she decided to stay Beanie today. We discussed the horses and the cotillions that we missed. We made up a bunch of stories and just had fun.  

Afterward, we threw the football, the frizbee and played hide-and-go-seek.  Too fun! Her Mom came and picked her up and she threw a bit of a tantrum because she didn't want to go. Very frustrating, and I know I won't see her for another month since I'll be on vacation.

My cousin KM stopped by and we chatted it up for a couple of hours.  We talked about our lives, our loves (or lack thereof), and stuff in General.  It was a really cool time.  We're both Virgos and we talked about our need to control things and how hard it can be to really let go.  We were both on the same page. No, we'll never be together in that sense (it was his twin that I had a thing for), and though we aren't really cousins, I think that we're totally simpatico in the cousin sense of it all.  I know he has my back, and I have his.

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So all in all Peeps, it was a rewarding weekend.  I know that my chops will be busted tomorrow, and it'll be another tough week. I know the next two weeks will be hell because that's how it always goes before a vacation.  I think it'll make the two weeks I'm off, that much sweeter.

I'm not sure how much I'll be blogging.  Like this past weekend, I made Beanster the priority.  With work, I'm not sure what I'll be saying and how nice I'll be saying it. Please bear with me. I'm really whacked out about the whole work thing, but to be honest, I'm also whacked out about the whole CC thing.

Half of me wants to see him and not feel a thing. Nothing to risk, lose, it's all in perspective and I'm good to go. Half of me says that I want to feel the same magic I felt the first time. But with it comes the uncertainty, the doubts, etc.  However, I know that no matter what, I'm going there and I'm doing me, for better or worse.  I will have fun, I will make this vacation what I want to make it, and I will come home. After that, what will be will be.  In the meantime...Dizzy has a couple of naughty tricks up her sleeve...hmmmm.

Good night Peeps.  Hope your weekend was as fulfilling as mine!