A Short List

It's sick. It's over a month since my last post.

Sounds like confession. "Bless me father for I have sinned. It has been five weeks since my last post and these are my sins."

1. Spending as much FREE time with Michael as I can. In the time that's passed since my last post, he and I experienced the ultimate outrageousness in terms of nose-to-the-grindstone kind of work weekend in Tahoe. 36 hours in one weekend. True story. We went over there to build the concrete countertops, worked 10 hours Saturday, 14 hours Sunday, and had to stay over on Monday to finish. Monday finally ended at 10pm (and we still had a 3+ hour drive back to San Francisco). But ah, the satisfaction. Those beauties! We mixed and poured 8 batches of concrete and made 7 different pieces to cover the entire kitchen, bar area, hearth, and bathroom vanity.
2. Saw "Lust, Caution" and "No Country for Old Men" as well as a few ba-a-a-d movie rentals. Michael and I have agreed to write down the recommended titles before going to the movie store and aimlessly cruising the shelves. Maybe we will work out the Netflix when we move in together.
3. Did I just say that?! Yeah, we are working out the details of where and when. Michael has Henry, a sweet pussy cat who lives in the back yard at his place and needs some nature to run around in. Henry can't move to my place or he would be splat on Castro Street in no time. I can't move to Michael's because it's a small one bedroom and I am not capable of taking laundry out of the house to wash it. So we are weighing other alternatives. I have never lived with a man but I am certain Michael and I will smooth over the rough spots with alacrity.
4. Taking the week off to furnish the Tahoe house. I have a massive list on the back of an envelope and I have had help running around getting this and that. I am meeting Kevin for breakfast in 35 minutes (so I had better get in the shower pretty fast!). I am so thankful that Kevin is still steady and that I get to spend time with him.
5. Stopped drinking alcohol and smoking pot more than two weeks ago. Do you have any idea how many people demand an explanation for this? They want to know if you have started going to AA, or if you are grossly overweight and needing to go to desperate measures. I just wanted to stop, and I feel a lot more even keeled because of it. The anxiety is less, I think. And I'm sleeping really well (not that I ever had trouble with that).

So this will have to do for a post -- I have to run out the door to meet Kevin! Will try to do more later...