$43 and still a hole in my head

It's been a week since I've written. Odd to think about the passing of time, how fluid it seems. When things are hectic, even just busy, time seems to slip away in the blinking of an eye. When relaxed and not pressed to accomplish anything, time seems to stand still. I was reading the newspaper (the "Startle-Gram") Sunday, and found myself surprised that I finished the whole thing, including perusing the advertising flyers, in about twenty minutes. Of course, I didn't read the sports, classifieds, new car or new home sections, only glanced at the Op Ed page, skimmed the political stuff (if you don't have your mind made up by the time you're 40, you're not likely to ever do so, so why bother?), and read only the Obits off the Metro page -- hell, why did I bother opening the damned thing?

In any case, other than having to pick food debris from the hole in my head caused by the tooth extraction, I've had no real excitement this past week. Which is good. Like I just told Eric via IM, it means no fires, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, riots, insurrections, or ugly clothes in sight.

I took the immediate family to eat last night at Chef Chen's (Logan calls it Uncle Ho's for amusement purposes), which serves what Eric and I call American Chinese food (buffet, but this one is good with sushi, shrimp, and raw oysters). Weyland tried and actually like the sushi. Brighid, who is the big fan of all things Asian, balked, and settled for barbequed chicken on skewers and egg rolls, the two buffet items probably least like real Chinese food. On the drive to the restaurant, we were trying to decide where to eat. Brighid said, "we could eat Chinese", to which Logan replied, "but it's so hard to make them stay in the wok". LOL

I got paid yesterday, and after paying all my bills and setting aside the $120.00 we're going to need for the hotel room in Cisco May 28th & 29th (Sitton Family Reunion), I'm broke again. It's depressing, really. Well, at least all the bills are paid for this month. Eric wanted me to take a trip to Las Vegas with him this month, but even if I wasn't going to Cisco, I couldn't afford it. I doubt I could get a plane ticket and a hotel room for $120.00 in Vegas. Besides, the Vegas trip is supposed to be the gang - me, Herbie, Heather, Shellie, and Susan. It's what we've talked about for a while. Susan has been to Vegas several times, and knows her way around. I have to know well in advance when we're going so I can save up for it. I just can't be more spontaneous than say, $43.00 worth of American Chinese food at a time, at least when it comes to money. Sex, on the other hand, is altogether another issue.

I've been enjoying reading Susan's friend Deawn's blog. Make your way there: http://www.deawn.blogspot.com