When the alarm went off this morning I felt as groggy as if I had taken a sleeping pill, even though I didn’t. I dragged myself out of bed, showered, dressed and managed to get out in time for STARBUCKS, which was a relief. It was a gorgeous day. I got to work and we spent a good part of the morning reliving the amazing night we had last night, and exchanging stories, since we all hadn’t met up there.
At lunchtime I got in the car and drove about 7 miles to MICHAEL’S in Encinitas, because I offered to pick up some supplies for a project we needed for a job fair tomorrow. I had printed up some 11x17 posters and they wanted them mounted on foam core with stands so they could set them on a table at the job fair tomorrow.
I drove there, shopped and got back in an hour. I then put them all together with spray adhesive and it looked great. It was kind of quiet in the afternoon and we were all telling stories of our youth. The girls are all so funny and so friendly and once in a while we all sit and talk for a few minutes and talk about our childhoods, or school, or something like that. It was fun.
I cut out at 4:30pm, because I was exhausted and I had to stop at the shoe repair and dry cleaner’s before I got home. When I got home, I just wanted to take a nap, but instead I called Eric and we spoke for 45 minutes. He’s really happy to be back at work, and he went food shopping and picked up some basics for the apartment and he told me tomorrow he’s going to BJ’s with his sister, to get more.
He’s also meeting his friends John and Mark again tomorrow night. He told me it will probably become a “regular Thursday night thing.” I think he likes to meet with them, because it’s just the guys and he says they talk about music and sports, etc., and it doesn’t become “the Eric show.” Eric says he knows his friends love him and care about him, but he feels like if he sees them they will just want to talk about everything that’s been going on, and try to help him, and he says he really doesn’t want to do that, and doesn’t need anyone else’s help. He IS working on this on his own and he’s doing a great job.
I think if he explained to his other friends that he doesn’t want to talk about himself, they’d be happy to talk about other subjects, but he’s afraid to hurt their feelings, so he’s just not seeing most of them, which really makes me sad. Anyway, I’m glad he’s seeing Mark and John, because he really enjoys their company!
When I got off the phone with Eric I downloaded all the pictures from the concert on my camera and got them ready to put on the blog. Then, I blogged for last night, and tonight. I made myself a big salad with a veggie burger (no bun), and then I watched Susan Lucci get eliminated on DANCING WITH THE STARS.
Now I’m going to close, because I’m going to bed early. I may be Peppy, but I’m no Madonna!