BUSY DAY.....

Wow, why is it that the weekends are so dead and the week is just crazy.  Of course going anywhere to do anything on the weekends in California is something you don't want to do if you can help it.  Way to many people.

I started out this morning going to LensCrafters to drop my frames off so they could put my new glass prescription lenses in. They frames, which I bought last year, are Versace, and I paid a fortune for them.  I wasn't about to buy new frames.  I told them, even though they do things in an hour I'd be back in the afternoon to pick them up.

The next thing was driving to South County to go to the Orthopedic doctor to get ex rays and the pin out of my toe.  I have to say, it was not a problem.  I never even felt them remove the pin.  The
PA that removed it asked me if I wanted to keep it.......really?  Why in the world would I want to do that.

After the above I  drove back to Irvine, went to PetCo to pick up some new cat toys for the "kids," then to TJMaxx to use a dollar amount coupon that was going to expire. Off to Costco to get paper goods and a few other things, then back to Lenscrafters to pick up the finished glasses.  I called my friend Nancy to tell her I was on my way. she needed 8 1/2 x 11 paper and thought they still made typing paper.  Computer paper is the method of things now.  She is eighty seven so she was still thinking typing paper.  The kids at Office Max didn't know what she was talking about. I stopped at a drive through to get something to eat after seeing her.  I had four other things to do, but thought I'd shelve them until tomorrow.  Enough is enough, not to mention I had to carry everything in the house and garage and still had ironing that needed done.
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Sunday I heard from Bruno, although I wasn't home to get the call. I had gone to Staples, Trader Joe's, and Home Depot.  He arrived from Spain at 1:00 a.m. Sunday morning.  He said he would call me Monday afternoon and give him a day to decompress and get on California time.  It was a fourteen hour flight and he was tired even if he did travel First Class.

True to form, Bruno didn't call me Monday afternoon, but at a little after 8:00 a.m. Monday morning.  He was standing in line at the DMV.  Seems that his secretary never filed a non operational on a Bronco he has stored in his warehousesince 2004 and he owed a bunch of money to the DMV  Since he can't prove it wasn't used, he is going to have to pay it.

  Bruno asked me what I was doing on Wednesday.  I have two appointments.  One with the dermatologist and my hair dresser appointment. He said he would be down in the afternoon. if that was okay....since I haven't seen him for weeks, it was more then okay.  We also are going to have a date night on Friday. He really is my nemesis. We are like two teenagers together.

My girlfriend who is going through a divorce, sent me a text and was upset about her taxes and should she file with or without her soon to be ex husband.  She makes way more money then he does and she is afraid she will be nailed with a lot of taxes.

So things are getting semi back to normal.  Still have a lot of things to do this week but seeing Bruno and playing catch up will be fun.

Off to iron.

SIX MORE DAYS......

I have six more days to get this annoying pin removed from my toe.  I"m afraid to walk anywhere without my surgery shoe.  I'm trying not to bend the pin so it removes easily.  It is really a pain, literally, to have to get up at night and grope around to put the shoe on.

Last night I met a girlfriend at Quinn's for fried chicken.  The best in town.  I love this gal, but she is never on time.  I know she works and it is hard to leave the business she is in, but she was forty five minutes late. I think I will have to put this in my radar and arrive places, when I meet her, accordingly.

Quinn's is a great restaurant, but so loud.  Last night it was made louder by one screaming little boy.  The place doesn't cater to children and the noise level is bad enough without a badly behaved mother adding her child to the mix.  You would have thought this child was alone for all the discipline he received.  Spare me from the younger generation.  She was more interested in the boyfriend who was trying to engage this little boy then taking care of her boy.

I had a text message from the lawyer that lives on the" Hill" while I was waiting at the table at the restaurant.  He asked me how my foot was doing.  I texted him fine and told him I was at Quinn's waiting for a girlfriend for dinner.  I got a reply that said "Boo",  he was sitting at the bar.  I waved and kept my fingers crossed he didn't come over to the table.  He didn't, thank God.  I have no interest in him.  He is an old fart and I think married.  Married or single I wouldn't have anything to do with him as he is fat , old and a drunk.  He copied my number down while I was giving it to a girl that wanted to invite me to her birthday party and when he originally sent me a text a month or so ago I had no idea who he was.  Unfortunately I learned.  Sneaky Pete!  Ick!

Bruno communicated and said that he was scheduled to come home this coming Saturday.  All the work he is doing on this project has a lot at stake.  The South African government is involved and  Bruno is in Spain because the legal documents and contracts are being handled there.  I try not to ask to much and he usually tells me what is going on.  He did say he was being exceptionally good because this project had a lot at stake for people and there was no entertainment of any kind involved.  I know he will hit the ground running when he gets back, but he did say he missed me, in so many words.  So we will see how soon he surfaces when he gets back.  Since things change with him I can't count on him actually flying out Saturday to come home. I have learned not to worry about it.

Vet man is leaving for the Caymans to join his daughter at a time share he has there.  He has been in a flap over breaking up with his girlfriend.  I'm hoping things will settle down for him when he gets time to decompress in the Islands.  He also works with about thirty vets a day at the veterans hospital to get them through the paper work.  He does this because he likes it, as he has enough money, but sometimes it gets to be way to much.

My hair appointment, today, got screwed up so it will be next week. My hairdresser has another job selling Bobbie Brown makeup so we do things by iPhone,  Always room for error.

So today I will stay home and do somethings around here.

ERRAND DAY................

So, I sit around all weekend and wait for the crazy errand and appointment week to begin.  I had an eye doctor appointment today at LensCrafters.  I have to go to them because that is where my insurance covers my appointments.

I got through the appointment without mishap.  I thought I might be a candidate for cataract surgery but I'm not.  I'm not as old as I think I am.  Actually the doctor said because I have always used sun glasses it takes longer for the cataracts to appear. I have the start of them but they aren't ready to be removed yet.

Today was the cleaners to pick up my comforter, LensCrafters, Bed Bath and Beyond for Keurig coffee.  Emeril has the best Big Easy coffee available. Then to get my filthy car a bath and off to my friends house in Newport Beach.

In between the above I did get an email from a friend.  She is going through a divorce and is having a hard time.  I made arrangements with her to have dinner tomorrow night so we could talk. She has a meeting the following day in the morning and we made it an early reservation.  I'm so glad to have people of all ages in my life.  This gal is only in her late forties. They like being with me which I consider pretty flattering since I'm so long in the tooth, and I like being with them too.

Late last night I heard via cell phone from the bouncer/tile business owner checking to see if I needed anything and was okay.  He has been calling or texting me for a weeks.  I've never been out with him and barely ever see him, but he likes to talk.

Bruno has only been gone a month but this time it seems like forever.  I'm sure it is because I'm sitting around on my bottom at home not doing anything due to my toe.  Next Monday is freedom day.  I won't have to worry about the pin as it is being removed.

I spent a little time after my car wash with my friend in Newport Beach.  I checked at Bed Bath and Beyond for the Power Hose that won't kink,  but they only had the fifty foot one.  She needed the twenty five foot hose.......  Nothing easy.

When I returned home the next door neighbors Girl Friday was there and helped me lug in the comforter and my shopping bags.

Tonight is a watch t.v. and kick back night.

SUNDAY.......

Another day of staying home.  I really am getting stir crazy but don't feel like I want to get ready to go out the door.  Sunday's are always iffy anyway.

Not that I don't get phone calls and emails.  Heard from my usual people, a couple girlfriends and one man that I've known for several years.  He calls every two weeks or so to check in.  I haven't really seen him for months, but he stays in touch.

I did hear from Bruno and low and behold he is still in Spain.  He started out with saying he hadn't forgotten me and how was my toe.  So at least he is thinking about me.  I have no idea when he is coming home, although he keeps saying he'll see me soon.  His idea of soon and mine are worlds apart, but whatever it is it is.  I did ask him in a return email what his ETA was.  We'll see if he answers.  

Actually his being gone for a month is good timing.  That is how long this toe has taken to get better.  Hopefully by the time he returns I'll be 100%.

This coming week is a little scheduled with an eye doctor appointment, a hair appointment and maybe, depending on how I feel, a dinner with a girlfriend.  I could be doing a lot more, but since I just paid the taxes on two places I'm trying to not spend a ton of money.

I'll make this short since today there isn't much going on.

ANOTHER WEEKEND....

This last week flew by.  I had a call from a man that I met several weeks ago asking me to join him for lunch.  Since I've mostly been in the house I thought I'd meet him.  He suggested a restaurant I had never heard of near the Orange County Airport.  When I finally found the place it ended up being a location where there use to be a restaurant called Blackbeards.  Of course being California it was a brand new building.

This man has his own tech company with thirty five employees.  He is of Indian descent and I totally forgot he smoked.  A deal breaker for any other meetings in the future.  He wanted to go to the beach after we finished lunch and since it was early I agreed. Big mistake.

Sometimes you just have to follow your first instinct to not meet someone that is out of your comfort zone.  He was respectful but also had in his mind that this was going to be more then just a lunch.  I have never understood a guy that thinks just because he buys you a meal you are willing to jump into bed with him.  It really makes me not want to go out with anyone.

We drove down to Newport Beach and the weather was cool.  Way to cool to sit outside. I was counting the minutes that I could say goodbye and thank God he needed to get back to whatever it was he needed to get back to.  That was of course when he realized that I wasn't going to have anything to do with him.  As bad a Bruno can be he is way more preferable to most of the men out there, although I haven't heard from him since last Monday, he can be such a stinker. I think we will be having a stand off since I'm not emailing him and the ball  is in his court. I'll see how long it takes him to realize all is silent on this end.

My girlfriend sent me an email yesterday and asked me to meet her at the Orange Elks for their fish fry on Friday night.  I had hauled myself up to the market and by the time I got my shopping done and gassed the car I was pooped. This toe doesn't make it easy to get around. I sent an email back saying I'd take a rain check.

Another week and this pin will be out of my toe.  The toe thing worked out okay but now it is sore, where it wasn't before.

My brother called a little while ago and we talked for about an hour.  He was sitting in his hot tub enjoying the weather.  Today it is overcast here and the wind is suppose to come up later on this weekend.  He and I can talk for a long time about a myriad of things.

I need to think about what I'm going to do today so I'll sign off. I

THE TOE.........

I had my stitches taken out today on my left toe and was pleasantly surprised that it was number one painless, and number two,  hardly bruised or swollen.  I was really dreading this surgery and it turned out to be one of the best I've ever had.  Go figure!  Goes to show one should not look at YouTube as everyone is different.  YouTube freaked me out!

I also thought that I would have to wear this ugly shoe/boot for another month and a half and the doctor said that as soon as the pin is removed, which is April 15th, I can start to wear regular shoes.

After I had the stitches out I had plans to go to dinner with a long time and very good girlfriend of mine.  She came to the house and we went to BJ's where we sat for three hours talking.  After dinner we came back to the house and talked for another hour.  She has been a long time partner in crime and is the only person I know that is almost of the same thinking as I am....refreshing.

My friend and her husband are leaving for their home in England soon.  They use to have their own private jet, which was wonderful, but due to the economy sold it.  They have chartered a plane to go to England.  The reason for the charter and not Commercial is due to the fact she wants to take her three dogs with her to her England house not to mention that commercial flying these days is the pits.

If I had know that they were going to do that I would have hitched a ride, although the timing is lousy with toes etc. they will be there for four months, so perhaps if things go okay physically and financially for me, I may take a little trip.

I had an email from Vetman and he called a meeting of the original committee for the Second Annual Marine Corp Birthday Ball.  I don't really know if I want to get involved again, but probably will.

I did have a nice Get Well card from the head of the Fashion Show that is being held soon.  Normally about three hundred or so attend this event.  She said she really missed me being in the Show.  I do think my days of tromping a ramp are over.  Modeling and doing promotional shows for years is what got my feet in the trouble they are in, not to mention my knees. Those pointy toes shoes are murder and I still wore them up until a couple months ago.

Seems maintenance takes up a lot of my time.  Maintenance on myself and maintenance on the house.  It is a never ending saga.

Nothing from the boys so far, Bruno sent an email in answer to a question from me on Monday.  I'm sure he is up to his you know what in alligators.

Life goes on and I need to get cracking.

DAY AFTER....

Another Holiday over mostly successfully.  I usually dread all of the holidays and always have, but yesterday was just fine.

Vet man picked me up, as always he was early.  He was suppose to pick me up at noon and showed up forty five minutes early.  I think that being that early is just as bad as being late.  I do know that about him from all the meetings we attended last year. He brought me a Russel Stover Coconut Creme chocolate egg.  He is always baring gifts.

It was nice having help dragging thirty six deviled eggs and a huge Lilly plant to my friends house.  Vet man had met his girlfriend earlier that morning for coffee and it ended up with lots of drama.  He said she told him that he was the fault of making her miserable. I don't think he really likes her that much or he wouldn't be crabbing about having to drive twenty five minutes to see her.  Needless to say, I reminded him that Bruno will drive hours to see me. It will be interesting to see how long it will take before everything blows up for him with her.

I got an email from Bruno that said Happy Easter, however in the RE: area he put "You Know."  That, to me didn't relate to anything.  He has a tendency to assume that I can read his mind.  The more I thought about it the more up in the air that wording became for me.  I sent him an email late last night telling him I was being blond and what did he mean.....as I thought he meant you know it is Easter. Glad to get that one clarified.  Sometimes my mind goes to train crash thoughts....Bruno's wording.

The Easter brunch, which turned into a late afternoon brunch, was lovely.  My friend had her relatives, about fifteen of them for a sit down dinner.  Grandma's china, crystal and silver, very nice.  I'm always happy to see people do things correctly.  In this day and age it is usually buffets and sit wherever or casual BBQ's. The younger crowd, unless they come from lots of money, just do not put out the effort or work to present a table the way it should be. I just think for holidays it is nice to be formal.  Otherwise BBQ's and buffets are fine unless you are having tons of people

Vet man seemed uncomfortable and quiet which for me was a little strange for him.  I know that holidays are hard for him since his thirty three year old daughter passed away unexpectedly three years ago and the memories are still fresh.  I told him that she wouldn't have wanted him to be sad so he did make an effort by coming to the Brunch.

After dinner and before desert he wanted to leave.  Because he was the one that drove me I had no choice but to leave too.  He dropped me off and took off for whatever he had planned next. It was fine as I was tired and after several glasses of red wine was more then ready to go home and take a nap. Holidays have become a little strange through the years.  Everything changes!

My Bouncer/Tile Company owner sent me a Happy Easter text too.  I have a very casual, casual talking relationship with him and have never, nor will I, ever go out with him.  If you remember he is only fifty.  I am old enough to be his Mother, but he does keep reaching out.

So Monday is here and I have to decide what I need to do around the house.  I can't seem to focus on any one thing and God knows there are plenty of "one things" to do.