Survived another rockin' birthday!!

So, as most of you will know from my compulsive FB updates, this past weekend was one for the books (well, the blog in this case)

I worked at the med skool on Friday & was watching the clock like crazy, bc I knew my dear friend, Roy from WI, would be waiting in the lobby for me, fresh off the plane. We got on the ever-glamorous Franklin bus & got to my place right in time for some delicious Ketel One & cranberry cocktails to settle our nerves.

I made tacos for supper &  my friend Nanette popped up with a delicious chocolate birthday  cake (cake cake cake cake cake cake cake). We visited for a bit & she rolled off & Roy & I kept drinking & talking & we watched some classic episodes of the Bionic Woman, starrring Lindsay Wagner!

Needless to say, our LRW weekend continued on with skillets for breakfast on Saturday, followed by Dalida DVDs & Bloody Marys all afternoon. Good stuff.

Keeping with my post 35 bday tradition, dinner was at the ever-delightful El Gato Negro. Sandi, Stacey, Eddie & his hubby, Denny & the always beautiful Kris Ford joined Roy & I for an unforgettable dinner. Yum yum yum. Tableside guacamole & queso fundido were our second course (clearly the 1st was Carrot Juice Margaritas, although I think the others may have had other kinds of Maggies) and I had the chorizo & pork fajitas for my entree (and breakfast Monday), while others had Chicken con molé, buffalo tacos (yes buffalo meat, bitch), & some other stuff. As you can prolly guess, I was around CJM (Carrot Juice Margarita) #4 or so by this point.

I was too stuffed for dessert, but our server brought us out a delicious set of shots as lil bday present, which I thought was lovely. Then Stacey & Sandi brought Roy & me to my apt & joined us for some of Nanette's delicious cake, and afterwards Roy & I settled in for more drinks & classic Dr Who!

In honor of Peter Purves being one of the guests at the Gallifrey One (is it really all the way in February???), we watched The Ark, ep 4 of The Celestial Toymaker & The Gunfighters. Ole girl & I fell asleep on our respective couches after a while & so I got up & went to bed after I got him all situated onna couch. We also came up with a lot of alternate lyrics to the Ballad of the Last Chance Saloon, but I think that's better left to the imagination....

For Sunday Funday, we woke up around noon (ooh the decadence of it), got ourselves together & finished up the Bloody Mary Mix & headed off to the Country Club for some brunch & bronzing. We started with the bottomless Mimosas & then shared a skewered chicken app. For my entree I had chicken on a biscuit (WOW) with fries & a side of mac & cheese, while Roy had something that I forgot (PS did I mention we'd been drinking since Friday, so I may be a lil hazy on some details here & there) & then we headed to the pool.

It was PACKED out there. There was not one free deck chair. Naturally, I didn't care as I was really just looking for a place to put down my bag so I could get in the pool! I spent the rest of the day, sunning myself in the water, chatting to all & sundry. Nanette joined us (as did her fiance, a lil later on) for some hijinx & then was kind enough to bring us home around 9 that night. Some hazy highlights I remember include some naked so-called straight man extolling the virtues of prostate orgasms, an over-enthusiastic, ahem, shall we say, suitor of mine, & well, a lot of nudity in general, and for once, most of the nude people were exceptionally attractive. Or maybe that was bc of the sun in my eyes & the booze in my belly. But I digress...

Roy & I got back here after a quick stop at Walgreens for cigs & a frozen pizza & then we chowed down & started watching Invasion of the Dinosaurs, in honor of our girl, the late, lamented, Lis Sladen. We didn't make it all the way thru it (between the sun & the booze I'm shocked we made it thru eps 1-4), so clearly on Monday we finished watching it, after a nice long sleep in.

We watched more Bionic Bimbo & talked crazy for a bit until it was time for Roy to get in a taxi & then fly on back home. I spent the rest of the day catching up on my sleep, basking in the feeling of well-being & love that I got not only from the people who were able to be present on my birthday, but also from all the support & kind wishes from everybody in FB-land.

Thanks again for everything.