hiatus

It's been a little while since I posted, and the turns that life has taken, it'll be a little while longer.

No boys in the picture. I've been hanging out out mostly at home with my doggie, but a little bit with friends.

A couple of weekends ago, A and I went to the April Fools Fest at James River Cellars winery. Three other local vineyards were there, too. We had a blast! sampling the wines from the various vitners. A picked up a couple of bottles, and, not wanting the day to end, we went to a wine and cheese shop that I know to pick up a Barboursville Cab France, because I wanted to show here what a real Cab Franc tasted like. And then some food to grill, back to my place to pick up the dog, and finally to her new place - huge back yard! Her husband grilled. Her daughter and my dog tired themselves out but running all over the place! and finally,a huge fire in the fire pit for over 5 hours! And we finished all the wine. It was great. And very relaxing.

Then, the other day, I had lunch and a movie with my grandmother, and met a friend, G, for happy hour. She's been having a time of it. She's probably going to leave her husband; he hasn't made any of the changes he said he would, and he's still cheating on her. So . ..

And then this weekend, hopefully I'll be seeing the new Freddy movie with some other friends, but that is iffy. Because last thursday, my Dad had to rush to upstate New York and hastily make arrangements to bring his mother down here to live in my folk's house.

I took off early from work on saturday to come and help my Mom clean out and ready a room for Gramma. And Dad and Gramma arrived early that evening. She is very confused, exhibiting signs of dementia. I had arranged to go to work late on monday, but Dad said not to worry. However, at 6:24 am monday morning, I got a phone call to come and stay with her until Dad got home for lunch. However, she did not handle being alone for a few hours after lunch until Mom got home.

So, after confirming with Mom, I re-arranged my work schedule so that I can close at work for the rest of the week. That means that I can stay with her in the mornings. And currently, me and my doggie are spending the nights in my old bedroom at my parents house. And my poor cat is left all alone at my apartment.

Last night, after work and the gym, I went home, made a mac and cheese (actually it was rigatoni and soy cheese). I gathered a few things, including my doggie, and headed over to my folks. I stopped by a friend's place, chilled for a little and had a Mike's Hard Lemonade, and the finally arrived at my folks.

Gramma would not settle down. I had to finally sit with her from about 10pm till about 12:15, 12:30. (I had gotten to my folk's house about 9p last night) Needless to say, I'm tired. My doggie is loving it over here, with the other dogs and cats, but he also won't settle down. And I have an interview with the DM of Barnes & Noble today that I need to do well on.

So, as you can see, my life just got busy. But not necessarily in a good way. It'd be nice to find a boy, but . . . I'm hoping I can cook something soon, but we'll see. . .

in any case. . .

slainte . . .

Mulu :>)