Sometimes My Friends Make Me Feel Popular

I had a really good weekend.

It started when I met my friends Annie and Nicole at Garryowen for drinks. We talked about fun things like books and the beach and I can't remember what else. Lots of things, though, and there was much laughter!

My really good weekend continued when Harvey and I went over to my mom's house on Friday evening. Harvey always accompanies me, you know; as my student Sunshine McChipper says, "That gives me so many Gilmore vibes, Ms. Meeson." Granted, Loralai didn't own a cat, let alone take him along to her parents' house for dinner on Friday nights (Emily would have never allowed that!), but if I'm Loralai then Harvey is Rory and my mom is obviously a cooler, mellower version of Emily. So I guess that makes my dad Richard... if Richard took his supper in the office and watched reruns of NCIS all evening.

Anyway, I digress.

My mom made this delicious pierogi-and-turkey-kielbasa-and-sauerkraut concoction that was quite tasty. We drank some wine, watched some Jeopardy, and had talks about important mother-daughter things. I can't tell you what they were, but it was a great time.

On Saturday, I NEVER PUT ON REAL PANTS. Seriously. I wore my baggiest sweatpants all day long and it was wonderful! I also good a nap BEFORE noon and eventually did some fun book-related things. As I was watching television later that night (catching up on some of my favorite cable shows, you know), Victoria texted and wondered if I'd like to have brunch the next day. I did.

So on Sunday I met Victoria at Mela around 11:15 and had a DELICIOUS breakfast bowl with shrimp and polenta. I. Loved. Every. Bite. Victoria gave me a belated Christmas present and we caught up on all sorts of things! It was great! I also saw Darren (of trivia fame) AND a man in a kilt! Do not fear: I snapped a photograph and immediately sent it to Brad.

Then I went home and put on my favorite sweatpants.

About thirty minutes later, Alex texted and wondered if I wanted to meet her and Chad at ABC for a beer. So I put my real pants back on and walked across the street to hang out for an hour or so. That was great because I got Alex's opinion about an audiobook idea. I'll probably write a blog about that later this week, but this blog is long enough and my dinner is almost ready and so I'm going to end it here.