7:48 AM
Got some bad news last night as Patrick & Leo announced that the room was overbooked for NJ on Sunday. That sort of killed plans to go as I was dragging two less than enthusiastic friends with me. If we got there and there were 800 people in a 400 person room, well, that would be the end of two friendships. Plus one booked himself to go to Long Island the night before (knowing weeks in advance that we had these plans in NJ), just so he could feed his obsessive need to see Aerosmith.
You know, I’ve never been a concert goer. It’s just one thing I never had a big interest in. If I did go to concerts I’d probably go see a band I like and that would be it. In this case, my friend is going to see Aerosmith 5 to 8 times this summer. Why? God only knows. Saturday night will be his second show in a week and he paid a god awful amount just to get last minute tickets. I just don’t see the point. But that’s me.
Thrashie is circling my chair saying “feed me, feed me, please please feed me.” Just getting the cat thing out of the way again to certify that I’m a geek. Thrashie is actually my sister’s cat. Not sure who officially owns her now, but I feed her and give her shots and I’m the one she yells at if they’re not on time. However, she’s officially my sister’s cat and my sister’s responsibility. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Off to shower and get ready for the day. My dad has a CAT scan this morning on his trachea tube. Not sure if I’m taking him or if my mom is taking him. Nothing life threatening this time. Just not fitting his throat properly. I’ll tell you this now: don’t smoke. If you do, stop. You don’t want to be 56 years old and with a tube in your throat to breathe. Don’t give me that “well at 56, I’ll be half dead anyway” stuff … just stop.
Sorry to preach, but I’ve seen what smoking does to people. One of the reasons I’m still around the folks is that he’s screwed himself up so much by doing dumbass things over the years that my mom can’t take care of him by herself. I’m not going to gloss it over, everything he has could have been avoided if he had used a little common sense when he was young or a little common sense now. Everything.
On that note, finally to the shower and starting the day.
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