saturday night rockstars
Saturday night was rockin. Scott's BBQ was fun... I saw some friendly faces from Jim's BBQ in Tilden Park that Jee & I went to over Memorial Day weekend. Max, Michelle & I grilled up some yummy chicken and chatted over our first couple beers of the evening.
Around 9 we headed over to Jane, Sarah & Helen's for the big housewarming/birthday party, which over the next couple hours got bigger, louder and most excellent. Highlights were making my friend Brendan stay and get drunk(er), groovin' and shakin it something FIERCE with my favorite chattanooga girlfriends (very hot), having michelle come find me and just like a good ol' junior high dance pulling me into the bathroom to spill the news that my brother was mackin on our good friend Eva (oohmy!), meeting Jake's girlfriend Amy FINALLY, saving the carpet from the wine spillage (that I still blame Tantek for, unless that hurts his feelings, cuz then I'll just suck it up and take the blame), and taking photos of Ashley's... well as she puts it, décolletage. Ya, those will be up soon, dontchoo worry.
The next morning after only a couple hours of sleep, we all went out for breakfast & sat soakin up the sun down on Valencia. The rest of my day was amazing and intense, happy and sad... first the happy:
I got home to find Matt had come over and set up my birthday present. OH MY GAWD is he amazingly wonderful. See, after separating, I've been needing to get a stereo and DVD player since all the stuff we had was Matt's. He's HUGE into sound and home theatre. HUGE. The man should work at Magnolia Hi-Fi. So I had told him I had been looking at this super cheap compact system at Best Buy... and needless to say being the hi-fi snob that he is, he wasn't too supportive of that! He kept highly recommending that I get a nice receiver and a DVD player separate instead cuz it'd be better in the long run, etc. And as much as I agreed, a nice system was not only WAY to expensive for me right now, but complicated and way over my head! Left to my own devices and budget, I was sure to buy the compact system - and was very close to doing so.... but, as you may have guessed by now, I won't have to. Matt absolutely spoiled me and (while thoroughly enjoying the process himself) bought me an amazing system. The goods: Denon, Sony, Boston Acoustic. Oh my am I a lucky, lucky girl!!!!! It's AWESOME!!!!
The sad parts of my day were when we went to go over & see our now ex-landlord over on Lundys for the open house and get the last of our things out of there/talk to her about our deposit, etc. That was sad. Couples were coming over oohing and awing at the view and the cute little cobblestone street, just as we had a year earlier. Just when you think it's the final chapter, it gets even more final.
Then after Matt came over & showed me a few things on my new system, set up remotes & such - he left and I watched I am Sam on my new DVD player. I think that is the SADDEST movie I've ever seen (actually this is a close second to Dancer in the Dark, which I couldn't even finish I was crying so hard I couldn't see through my tears). Granted Sunday I no doubt had major tears and sadness due to my overflowing feelings about Matt & I.... and I think a little PMS, too.... but oh my gawd I have never sobbed soooo hard for so long in my LIFE. I couldn't breath... and eventually had to take a break it was just totally sending me over the edge. oy...
After the movie I could do nothing but sleep my emotional exhaustion away. I curled up on my new couch and tested out it's "nappability". The best part was that without a throw blanket I was warm and comfortable enough to sleep for 3 hours there. Very nice. I awoke only to take a relaxing bath, eat a bowl of my favorite ice cream and go back to bed. Happy Birthday weekend to me.
