wow, i have friends, who knew???

my whatever has gone camping with his cousins up in the mountains, and i had a party in his house while he was gone. >;}~

ok, i'm not really that evil, but still.

at the moment, we've got the only internet on the property, so visiting family all congregated here in mike's living room last night. they kinda trickled in one at a time while i was making radiatore alfredo, not because i'm that hoity toity a cook, but honestly, all i had in the fridge was frozen chicken breast, a single broccoli crown, a jar of alfredo sauce, some garlic and yellow onion, and half a box of radiatore.

all sizzle and no roast? not me. i got june cleaver HANDLED!

so while my beautiful offspring was outside playing with her cousins, i was cooking slap-together dinner and listening to my workout mix on mike's really great speakers.

family started trickling in and the party just grew from there.

i passed around the three corona's we had in the fridge, and my kinda-adopted-sister-laura's fiance dave dug into his music library and shared a bunch of his tunes with me. we got video of him channeling stevie wonder. i'll try to post it later, promise, cuz there's nothin' like embarrassing the crap outa potential new fodder... um... i mean FAMILY.

long story short, we sat around mike's living room getting silly and having a really good time.

i normally do not enjoy parties, not in the least, or even company all that much. i'm very much a loner, and the effort involved in getting ready for a party, getting TO the party, and then wandering around trying to be nice to people you don't know very well... THAT'S way too much work. i always find myself edging towards the door, and once i'm out, i heave a big sigh of relief and perform the mental equivalent of loosening my tie as i climb in my car to go home and be alone and quiet again.

but this was really fun, totally spontaneous, and i made a new friend. REALLY happy laura found herself such an all-around nice guy.

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i was gonna spend a lot more time coming up with cool stuff for this entry, and then i realized that the day is getting away from me and i'm WAY too much of a perfectionist. gonna go get out in the real world now, and maybe i'll post more later.

toodles!