FRIDAY.....

Today I'm getting my things together for the fashion show tomorrow.  It entails shoes, jewelry and make up.  I've done this so many times through the years you would think I'd have it down pat.  Not so.  It is always a trial to try and get things together that are going to match what you are showing on the ramp. 

I was thinking about the first time I went down a ramp modeling and I can't remember if it was a hair show in my home town where I was dressed as an English lady in a long gown, the hair was the feature in this show which was dyed black, or the Ohio State hairdressers show in Columbus where I had a beautiful black gown on with my hair dyed candy apple red.  At the State show I was a model for a local hairdresser in my home town.  I think I was fifteen for this show and the home town show I was about nineteen.  Sometimes it just seems like yesterday.

Now on to men......since I rejoined a couple days ago I've heard from about ten guys, several who I had either contact with or met prior.  One who had been out of the country, I wondered what had happened to him, and another that I had coffee with several years ago. None of these guys were of any interest then or now for that matter. 

I did have coffee with a man from my town and as usual it was a boring coffee date.  He seemed to looking for a place to stay when he came back into town as his current house, that he owns with a past fiance', won't be available since she is getting married.  Egads!  The only saving grace was I did get information on some cities that support the Marines.  He was heavily envolved in the cities making proclomations of support for Marines and their families that fall on hard times.  I suppose everyone you meet you learn something from them be it big or little.

Vet man came over last night and took me to dinner.  I wasn't in a very good mood as I was still aggravated with Dez.  Dez can screw up my life without even knowing it. My fault I know. I think Vet man was more then pissed with me by the time he left.  There is basically no future with him either, so I'm wasting his time and mine. These men think you should fall all over them.  Not going to happen.

After sending Dez the email, which he deemed "hate mail" I haven't heard from him.  I don't think he will surface for a while as he knows I'm very perturbed with him to say the least.  To tell you the truth it would be better if he went into the sunset.  At least I'd have a clear mind or as clear as my mind can be.

So I'm off to finish my accessorizing and packing my tote.  Have a great weekend.

UPSET YET AGAIN.....

This morning I had an email from Dez who announced, after telling me he wanted to go to an event, that he couldn't do it.  His son and his wife in Arizona are having a baby and it may arrive that weekend.  I was more then upset.  I can't tell you how many times this man has cancelled on me for one reason or the other.  I understand this one but it doesn't make me happy.  If I hadn't asked other people to join us I wouldn't have been so mad.  I really should have known better.

I sent him an email back this morning that he answered by saying, "call me now."  I did and he said it was to early in the morning for hate mail.  I told him it wasn't hate mail but I was more then upset with him.  I also told him I needed to find someone else and his plate is way to full to have me for desert.  He told me I wasn't desert, yeah right, more like a side dish. We ended up practically hanging  up on each other and he said he would talk to me later.  I don't really care at this point if I talk to him or not.  I'm to old to be upset by a man that has his priorities set on everything else but me.

My saving grace, Vet man wants to take me out to dinner tonight and I'm going to go. He knows I'm upset by Dez and is willing to make me feel better.

I was so ticked off at Dez  that I decided to go back on line.  I had coffee this morning at Starbucks with a man that of course wasn't my idea of who I wanted to be with but he was okay and had some connections in the Marine world that we can use for the Marine Corp Ball.  I hate starting this dance again.  However, I figure I met Dez, or I should say he met me, online and he can't be the only man out there that I might have an interest in.  I need to understand that there isn't any future and it is a dead end with  Dez, not that I'm sure I want a future with anyone, and he has made it more then abundantly clear that we are casual.  It is my bad being an idiot where he is concerned.  I've cried enough tears through the years and I don't need to shed more. 

When I started this dating thing it was to find someone to go out with and be around once in a while.  This thing with Dez has been more painful then I expected it to be and I need to give myself a reality check. Your basically there for yourself and better not depend on anyone else to be there for you especially someone who is going fifteen directions at once.

So, we'll see what happens, who knows maybe there will be another Dez out there, only better.

.THREE DAYS OF THE WEEK...

I heard from Dez last night who was still in Texas.  He is flying back to L.A. today and has a meeting two hours after he lands.  Talk about putting a lot on your plate.  I don't know if I'll see him or not this week due to his work schedule.  Of course next weekend is Easter and he will be going up North to see his daughter and family.  My elusive man.  At least he keeps in touch which I guess is the best I can expect from someone that has so much going on in his life.

I hadn't heard from Vet man for four days, which is unusual.  I finally texted him to find out if he was okay and he texted back saying he thought Dez was in town.  I remember telling him I was busy on Monday and Tuesday, but didn't tell him doing what.  He just assumed.

Monday I went to a local store to try on clothes to model in a fashion show that is transpiring this Saturday.  After spending almost two hours trying things on, none of which I liked, the head of the show decided that the store didn't have good enough clothes for me to wear.  She decided that a boutique store in Costa Mesa would be much better.  I actually was glad she decided that because the clothes weren't great at the first place,  although, as a hanger you wear what you have to do.

Today, Tuesday, I went to the boutique in Costa Mesa and I have to say it is the first time everything I tried on I loved.  The clothes were very high end and fashionable with a lot of  pizazz and very glamorous.  Right up my alley.  The theme is "The Phantom of the Opera" and just about everything is black, white and red with a little grey thrown in.  The end evening gown is very glitzy.  I've always been about the bling and have never done casual well.  Living in California one would think I would have learned to be slacks and tee shirts but that isn't my style.

I had texted Vet man that I was going to try on clothes for the show and he came back with "thongs?"
I swear, five or ninety five guess what men think about. I should have just answered no underwear at all and seen where that went.  Better heads prevailed, no pun intended. 

After I got home my favorite tech guy came to the house with his manager and fixed my router that went out in the storm on Sunday.  He is a miracle worker and I just love him.  He has been able to get things straightened around and I didn't have to buy a new router.

I decided to go back online to shake the trees a little.  I was going to wait, but have decided I've been sitting looking at the walls a little to much of late.  I immediately had several men contact me and tomorrow morning I'm meeting one at the nearby Starbucks for coffee.  I'm getting tired of being a blip on Dez's screen and have decided I'm kidding myself if I think there is any future there for either of us.  I told Dez a long time ago that this was a dead end, even though he says cul de sac, which I think is even worse.  He is a player and sport dater and I know that won't change.   I'll see where this new sojourn into the iffy world of dating takes me this time. If I found Dez I might be able to find someone else I really like.

I probably should have waited, but I think this gives me a chance to at least be amused via computer.  It is always nice to get fluffed up by the boys.  I have become so picky that it is hard to answer the ones that you know you don't have an interest in.  I do try to be polite.  However, one this morning was only twenty four but sent a lovely compliment.  I did thank him.

That's it for the first three days of this week.

MORE COMPUTER PROBLEMS....

I officially hate technology.  Something happened yesterday while I was working on the computer.  The computer is a lap top and I brought it over to my chair and plugged in the power because it was low per the battery information.  Everything was working just fine and all of a sudden it said that there was a diagnostic problem.  The wifi router went off and from there it went from bad to worse. 

I called all the appropriate people but nothing worked.  Cox said it was a Linksys problem. Linksys couldn't fix it and said I needed someone to come out.  I waited until this morning and then called my neighbor who tried to help with different suggestions.  She was having problems too. Im trying to avoid having to pay someone to come out to fix it but that probably is just a dream.

I think the storm we had was a big problem.  Not only did the computer fall apart, but the t.v. went off several times and the lights flickered.  Oh joy......more money out the door.

Today I had a short meeting then a dental appointment.  Before I went to the dentist I went to Target to buy cat food, litter and treats for the "kids"  Mikee and Camille live for their treats everyday.  After the dentist, it was just for getting a cap on a back tooth installed, the dental office gal took my picture to hang on their wall with their other victims. They are going to start a picture gallery of their work which I guess is a good thing.

On the way home I stopped at Trader Joe's then came home and unloaded everything from Target and Trader's,  I changed clothes and went to the nail salon, the CVS and then another CVS to pick up my pills.  Whew!  It was a long day for sure.

The boys are out of town.  Dez is in Texas, Vet man is in another city in California for Vet work and my grey haired man started a new job today. 

I basically stayed home for four days until today.  Off to get clothes tomorrow to model for a fashion show this Saturday and then Wednesday is lunch with a dear friend of mine.  I don't know when Dez is surfacing.  He didn't remember if he was coming back Tuesday or Wednesday, which doesn't surprise me as his plans change from day to day if not hour to hour.  the last I talked to him we made a date for a dance in April, but he said he would see me this week.  I won't hold my breath.

Off to find a hatchet for this damn computer....maybe that will fix it.  Ha!

WAITING......

It seems to me since I've met Dez I spend a lot of time waiting until he surfaces from his various sojourns.  I will say I would rather sit at home looking at the walls then be with someone I have no connection to or don't really want to be with.  The problem is it can be very lonely sitting at home. 

I either am so busy I've no time to think, which is a good thing, or bored out of my mind, which isn't a good thing.  I do have a lot to do at home, but I have to be in the mood to do the projects that I have in mind.  Cleaning out file cabinets,closets, throwing away shoes, etc is something one has to feel like doing.

As far as my other semi connections.  I have seen Vet man at a meeting this week and that was it.  He has texted me almost every day.  Nothing exciting but at least contact, which Dez never does. Then there was my tall grey haired man, my age who calls me quite often.  He finally has found employment after a long time and is going to at least be more solvent then he has  been in the last several years.  He says now he can take me out. 

I really have to think about the above.  Again I like the man but there really isn't anything there, at least for me.  I will say he can dance and is fun, but not Dez.   Don't ask me what is wrong with me, I couldn't tell you.  I have never, my whole life liked someone like I do Dez.  The only man other then Dez that I was crazy about was when I was in my  twenties.  That guy followed me to California from Ohio.  The reason we didn't work was my fault.  I found the excitement of California, astronauts, football players and Hollywood that was way to  way to enticing. Guess that doesn't say much about my thirty seven year plus marriage to the man that said he loved me.  That is a long story that the only will thing I will say is actions speak louder then words and his definition of love wasn't mine.

My one friend says that there is nothing worse then a bitter women and I do think she is correct.  I try not to thing about the past, although it does form who we are in the future.  So, although there is really nothing going on in my life I will maintain at this point.  Dez is resurfacing next week so in between lunches, dinners, fashion show clothing selections for the modeling stint this coming Saturday I will try to keep busy and keep my mind quite.  Easier said then done.

A BREAK..........

I've decided to take a little break from blogging,  since there really isn't anything of interest going on right now I don't want to fill up the space with meaningless words. 

I will say I am having dinner at Vet man's house this evening and then we are going for a night cap at my favorite hideout.  Nothing exciting but a nice evening.

So until something of interest transpires I will be off this site for a while and will probably resume sometime in April depending on life's twists and turns.

ANOTHER SATURDAY.....

This was the 25th Anniversary of the Kona Girls going to the "Big Island."  Although Kona is about 30 miles away from where we actually stay, we have always had that name.  Kona itself has gotten rather tacky through the years.  The Kahala Coast is where all the foo-foo resorts are located and that is where our dear friend has been hosting the eight of us for the last twenty five years.

I didn't go this year for several reasons.  My knee, finances and several other things that would have been disrupted where contributing factors.  I actually didn't miss it.  Must be getting old.

Speaking about getting old one of the women made a lovely memory book of the photos of all of us through the years plus a CD. Her husband made a special trip to my house to deliver the items.  Under the heading of CRS I could have sworn that I called and talked to her and thanked her for doing the book and CD.

I called her today and she said I hadn't thanked her for the above things.  Since I couldn't prove it one way or the other I apologized and told her what a terrific job she had done.  It's not like me to forget things like a thank you, although in the last four or five years I'm not as together as I was. I sent a belated mea culpa thank you note today.

I heard from my grand daughter who is coming home from Colorado for her birthday.  She wants to get together for lunch when she is back.  I love seeing her and we always have a good chat when she is in town.

I heard from Vet man via text last night checking to see how I was doing.  It has been a tough week for me and although I'm very lucky to have what I have and to be living where I do, there are things that continue to be upsetting for me.  I need to get over it I know and I will.  It is just that you can't be a Pollyanna all the time and sometimes reality sets in and it isn't so great.  I was hoping things would even out by May but now it is July....

Tomorrow is another day.

ANOTHER MEETING....

Last night I attended a meeting for the Marine Corp Ball.  There were six of us, in attendance trying to nail down more details for this event.  We sat down with the Manager of the Lodge and discussed what was available for dinner, band etc.  Time moves so fast, that most of this has to be finalize soon.

Veteran man was the lead in this meeting and since we don't want people to know we are seeing each other once in a while, he was pretty good at keeping things superficial, as I was.  We don't want people to know to much and in that place word gets out faster then a speeding bullet.

I had a call from the Chairman of the dinner for the State we are doing in April and she knew that I had been away for the weekend with Dez.  I have no idea how she found out but if one wants things to get around just tell one person and the rumor mill will be started. I guess people don't have their own lives.

I'm starting to feel that I should just stay home and be a recluse.  I'm more then a little tired of everything at this point and just trying to stay happy is beginning to be a struggle. I know it is a phase that will pass, but I'm tried of be upset most of the time for one reason or the other.

Vet man invited me to his house for dinner Sunday night.  I don't want to lead him on as my stupid head is focused on Dez.  I know I should just say goodbye to Dez, it was fun while it lasted, but I can't seem to get to that point.  You would think that at my age I wouldn't be so emotionally involved especially with someone so unavailable.

 I don't want to get married again but it would be nice to have someone you actually felt something for, be around to take you out at least once a week.  I'm lucky if I see Dez once in four to six weeks.  He leads a very crazy life filled with business, family and God knows what else. At least he is honest about who and what he is so there really aren't any surprises.  Just me thinking I can change things with him....

 I really do feel that he has way to much on his plate to have me for dessert. I've told Dez that the two of us are a dead end and he says it is a cul d sac....same thing as far as I'm concerned.  I talked to him Monday and haven't heard from him since.  He is traveling and I think may be in Florida so I will just lay low and not contact him to see what happens.  I have this feeling that after our iffy weekend it may be the beginning of the end.

Life is never easy no matter what your age.

Here we go again with a Blog problem.  I called my tech guy and I will be going down to the store to see if he can get me back on track.  Google asked me something, again, which I answered and it screwed everything up on my blog.  It has something to do with Spam.  What a giant pain.

Last night I attended a scholarship awards dinner that was given out by the Elks to deserving kids.  It included children from grade school to high school and the amount given was $17,000.00.  Some of these children were remarkable in their ability to hold a great grade point average and do community service, clubs etc.  It is nice to know that that there are children in the world that still want to make a difference.

Today, I had a call from Vet man and he asked if he could come over for a short time to see me.  I said okay when I found out it was noon and not eight a.m. in the morning.  I'm not up for company at that ungodly hour.  He called prior to arriving and ended up showing up about eleven thirty, which was fine.  He had brought me a refrigerator magnet from the Caymans.....at least he thought about me.

I had a visit from my neighbor, Joy, who is Chinese.  She stayed about an hour talking about her life and problems.  It was good to see her.  Her husband use to come over to see my husband before he died.  It had been almost two years since I had a visit from her.

Tomorrow I have another Marine Corp Ball meeting in the evening.  It is rib night so I will stay.  Last night lasted to long. We were there at 5:30 and I didn't get home until  11:00.  Believe me, I was tired and slept until 8:00 a.m. 

I have a pretty quiet weekend coming up.  I do have a dinner on Sunday night and we will see how that goes.

Have a good rest of the week.

HOUSE OF USHER........

I swear I live in "The House of Usher."  I've replaced everything in this house the last thirteen years.  About a week ago there was a loud crash in the house.  I was sitting in the living room and determined it sounded like the noise came from the bathroom.  The towel bar, which has hung on the wall for thirteen years and which I never use, fell off the wall.

When Dez and I returned from the desert he tried to rehang it but the one little screw was stripped....don't ask me how that happened. Dez said he would bring another screw and a little tiny screw driver and fix it when he came back the next time. 

Today the towel ring by the sink in the same bath fell off.  With everything else that has been going on it about put me over the edge.

I texted him and told him I was living in "The House of Usher" and about the other towel ring.  Instead sending me a text he called me.  I told him about several other things that have happened that haven't been so great and laid into him about some of the events of the weekend.  He told me that Lucie's mind wanders where it shouldn't and I was reacting to things to strongly.

I accused him of telling "Miss Bi Sexual" that he was going to be at The Nest and he swore that he didn't and that she didn't know he was going to be in the desert.  He knows her from the city offices where she works and where he pulls permits etc. He also knows her husbands name.  I still don't believe him.  He said she was surprised to see him and I thought she just looked embarrassed. She was with a girlfriend that she worked with.   I also wasn't going to let the draping body language go and he said it was because she was short....my response to that was b.s.....I've been around the block to many times not to know the score then I see it.  Swear away little boy, mama didn't raise a fool.

Dez was getting his cold back and blamed it on staying in the pool to long.  His resistance is down and any little bug that comes by he acquires.  Devine retribution or a Scorpio curse upon you. I think the latter.

So, that is that little tidbit.

VETERAN MAN....

I had a lot of texts from Veteran man who was in Florida after the Caymans and stopping there to attend a meeting at the project where he has a place.  They were having a homeowners meeting he was attending and then having dinner with old friends.

Veteran man also called a meeting for the Marine Corp Ball and wanted to know what day I wanted to have it.  I opted for Thursday.  He sent a blanket email out to the committee and the man that is co chair emailed me and others.  I emailed back asking him to drive me and he asked if I would stay for dinner and libations. I said sure. I sure wasn't going to walk home.

Veteran man texted me all day from different airports on his way home..  He said he would see me Thursday if not sooner and asked if I would see him on Sunday.  I said "yes." Why not?  I'm not going to sit around the house pining for Dez who would leave in a minute without a look backwards.  If I wasn't so involved in some thing with Dez I'd beat him to the punch. Those things will remain mine to know. At this point we can't say goodbye to each other, at least in a clean manner.

This morning I got another text from Veteran man who is working today.  He does contact me every morning and night.  I wish I could get my act together to feel more for him.  He is so attentive.  Why is it that you always like the bad boys....hangover from youth.  I need to shake myself and get over it.

Have a good week.

THE WEEKEND....

To start Dez arrived sooner then I thought he would.  He caught a window in the traffic coming South on Friday and arrived at 3:30.  We left as soon as the car was loaded up. The trip went fairly fast and we arrived in Palm Desrt at around 5:30, which was pretty good considering it was Friday. So everyone that bet he wouldn't come, lost.

He said he was going to take me to a place called The Nest which had dancing.  He thought we should arrive early since the place gets packed with the AARP group. (That was what a friend of mine called them, and she was right.)  We arrived there a little before 7:00 and it was already jumping.  It was hard to find a seat and we finally had the waitress asked a couple of men that were sitting at a high table if they minded if we joined them.  They didn't.

Prior to finding a seat we were wandering around looking for one and Dez ran into a gal that he knew.  He has business in the desert and goes there once in a while. She was there without her husband and was well on her way to being well on her way.  Dez never misses when it comes to women, they flock to him and he has the ego to go along with all the attention.  She seemed to be a little embarassed to see him but then that changed.

After we got the seats with the men. ordered a drink and danced a few dances, the above women came over to the table and asked me if I cared if she danced with Dez.  What was I going to say, no.  I told her to dance away and she said she liked me even more. 

She told Dez that I was prettier then he was, which he imparted when he came back to the table not happily.  He then proceeded to tell me she was bi. Oh joy!  Sorry, women are not on my list.  Bi or not it didn't stop her from draping herself all over Dez, and he her while they were dancing. Not to mention it was fifties music which is my favorite. Now, I know I said go dance, but somewhere down the line there should be a little decorum. He came back and knew I was a little pissed, not about the dancing but about the body language. he asked what was wrong. I'm going home with you, ( don't do me any favors,) and he said she had asked if I receptive to a women.  Good lord!  Thank god he told her no. The whole scenario just reminded me that men are idiots.

I still think that he had more then just a passing encounter with her in the past, but he wasn't admitting to it. He said she had been texting him regarding a women that she was involved with that wouldn't go away.  I wonder where her husband was in all this.

We stayed at The Nest fairly late, Miss I want to dance, three sheets to the wind, didn't come back and it ended Dez and I ended up okay.  Blip one.

The next day we went to a sweet place for breakfast and sat on the patio near the fountain.  It was all very pleasant.  He needed to buy one of his grand daughters a birthday gift and was trying to decide if he wanted to spend the time doing that.  I told him he needed to get it done since he is so scheduled with his time.  He said he had a text from the above women that morning saying again that she thought I was pretty, I didn't ask what else she had to say. 

We drove to the Outlet Malls and we found cute shorts and two tops.  We walked the whole 130 stores and he bought some driving shoes.  I didn't see anything worth while except some Judith Lieber purses that were in the thousands.

We drove back to the hotel and he went to the pool while I redid my nails and then joined him. We spent about an hour there and then went back up to the room to go to Sullivans for dinner.  We had been told they had dancing but they didn't, or at least that early they didn't.  We drove back to the The Nest which again was paced with no seating what so ever.  I asked a man at the bar if there wasn't another place to dance besides The Nest and he said the Hyatt.  We drove there and they had a combo playing with a few people. 

The huge problem was the combo was encouraging two little kids, ages about 3 and 5 to dance and kept praising them.  Dez was not amused.  He said if he wanted to spend the night with his grand kids he would have gone to visit them. He ended up going to the manager to complain about little kids in the Lounge.  They departed soon afterwards.  What is wrong with parents?

That just made him pissy and he wasn't happy with the crowd and was basically blaming me for going there.  That of course made me mad.  We were on to Blip number two. It started to disintegrate from there. He drank a lot more Wild Turkey rocks then he should have and I kept my mouth shut getting more upset with him as time went on.

This other women, who he didn't know, came up and asked him to watch her jacket.  She was, again, all over him.  That was about it for me.  I told him I was out of there and tried to get up from the seat.  He wouldn't let me up and didn't understand what was wrong.......right!  He said, "she came to me."  I wonder what would have happened if I had availed myself of the guys there. He is such a horn dog even when he is trying to be good.

There was also a Mexican gal that was dancing by herself shaking her butt right in his face.  Our seats were on the dance floor and low making it butt level. He at least didn't do anything to encourage her although he was breaking his neck staring at her.

 The crowd got better as it got later, even though there were a lot of women there from Seattle dressed like old hippies.  Not a good look. Ugly dresses and pants and really ugly shoes. Speaking of shoes.  I had a new pair of heels on that were just killing me.  I danced but it was painful. Those shoes are going to the Good Will. I had to take them off on the way back to the hotel. Damn, they were pretty.

We left the Hyatt went back to the hotel and the next morning without fanfare got ready to leave.  Dez was totally hung over but chatty, although lit into some people in the lobby in the breakfast lounge, I wasn't there, because they wanted to change the news channel to cartoons for their kids. Talk about getting up on the wrong side of the bed. I think he stunned them.

We talked all the way home but I kept thinking I needed to change my venue.  He was going to be gone the next two weeks traveling.  We both say casual but I think, on my end, it is going to have to be over and out. It may take a while, but when I go out with someone they better damn well pay all of their attention to me.  He doesn't get the concept.  This was the first time that he actually ticked me off. I just wish I didn't like him so much and we didn't have fun together, at least most of the time.

I told him on the way home that it was fun while it lasted.  He caught the lasted word,  not fun while it lasts.  When he was ready to leave the house after dropping me off I said goodbye, and used his name, which I never do.  I always call him Dez.  He more then caught that. He knew I wasn't happy with everything.  You think! 

So we'll see what happens in the next several weeks.  Whether he calls or not, I'm not calling him or texting that is for sure. I did send him an email to thank him for taking me to the desert and received one back saying he had a great time too.  Wonder if we were on the same trip.  Actaully most of the weekend was pretty good, just a few blips.   I really wish I could find someone close by that floated my boat like he does, so far I haven't although Veteran man wants to be the one.

Learning as I go.

VERY INTERESTING............

If  you remember I mentioned that Veteran man was gone on vacations to the Cayman Islands with his daughter.  Before he left he said he wouldn't be texting or calling due the cost from that distance.  He did send that picture of the beautiful beach, but then today, Thursday, he sent me a picture of himself in a bathing suit.

I was watching t.v. and my cell phone dinged that I had received a text and lo and behold it was him texting away.  This went on for about an hour with us going back and forth.  Then the cell phone rang and it was him saying he was having cocktails and thinking about me.  I should be flattered I guess.  I do miss his banter that comes across via the cell text everyday.  He is having a nice time with his daughter and they were headed out for a dinner cruise.  His time share is right on the beach so it obviously is a pleasant place to reside for a vacation.

I'm continuing this on March 2nd.  I've had so many texts from Veteran man we should write a column.  The other thing that happened today is one of my Match guys came back into the fold.  I have never met this man, as he lives in Las Vegas and comes to Los Angeles once in a while on business.  The last time I talked to him he was leaving for Turkey and Greece.  It was quite a while ago that we conversed, sometime last year,  and I frankly forgot all about him.  He said he thought he had lost my cell phone number but found it today and decided to call.  He was in the Los Angeles area but was headed home.  He asked if he could call me in the evenings.....I think he thought I went to bed at nine.  Not! If anything I'm awake until at least 12:30 or so.  I've always been a night owl and can't sleep worth a darn.

So, everyone was taking bets on the fact that Dez would or wouldn't show up to take me Palm Desert. I hadn't heard from him since Wednesday night, so I sent him a text asking what his ETA was today.  I actually received a text back saying he was leaving Beverly Hills at 2:30, if he does that he will be here around four or four thirty.  It is only forty five miles, but with traffic it takes two to two and a half hours.  Then getting to the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area is another hour and a half plus more....Fridays are always a pain to travel anywhere. I called my friend and told her everything was on so she could relax.

Off to finish getting ready.  If I was wash and wear it would be so much easier to go away.  The toiletries are a killer to take. Shampoo, Conditioner, root lifter, hair spray, comb, brush, body lotion, perfume etc, etc, etc.  Weighs a ton.

Have a good weekend and I'll report in on how things went when I get back.

UPDATE........

What do you know, Dez actually called last night.  He was still up North and told me he was planning on returning today, Thursday.  He was suppose to come home on Tuesday but due to problems he needed to stay.  He said it was cold there, but it is cold here so we are both freezing. 

Dez told me we are still on for this weekend and gave me a name of a hotel in Palm Desert that we will be staying.  He also said he had a list, at his home, of events that were going on in the area.  So, unless he goes off into the sunset on yet another tangent, it looks like we may actually make this trip.  I still don't count on it as his life is so crazy one never knows.

I suppose if I want to see him I just have to put up with his crazy life.  Goodness knows when I was working fourteen and sixteen hour days I was never around to do things. If anyone knows about the constructionn industry it is me. You either put up with it or not.  Having your own business makes it doubly hard.

So, today is a day of my getting things together.  The pet sitter is coming to pick up the house key today at four and I will try to get my things together.  I'll be ready if he makes it.  One good thing is it is suppose to be close to eighty this weekend in the desert.  It is always nice this time of year during the day.  Nights however are cold.

Off to get organized.