Jingle balls

This posting is long over due. The last two weeks has been kind of out of control, starting with Thursday, the 15th. That night, roomie and I met up after work and went to see King Kong. Un. Fucking. Believable. Go see this movie. I had my doubts how a three hour movie about an ape could be good, but it is amazing. There was an entire hour of the movie where I was pushed all the way back in my seat because the action was so intense. And I'll admit, I did shed a tear or two at the end. For an animated ape!!! Again, go see this freaking movie.

Friday morning, we woke up and got ready to leave for New York for the weekend. We had made plans to meet up with my friend Jamie and his boyfriend Rodolfo at metro. They happened to be going to NYC for the weekend as well, and offered to give us a ride up. When they pulled up in Rodolfo's E class Mercedes, we were treated to fine cheeses and crackers in the back seat, and Jamie mixing drinks for us from the front. We rode to New York in first class, just like fucking ladies!!

We showed up at roomie's NYC pad (aka the boyfriend's) and hung out for a couple hours, making plans for the evening. They tried to pull the wool over my eyes by taking us to a "hot, new restaurant" in the Meat Packing District. Nice try! Too bad I went to that restaurant LAST YEAR when it was the hotness!!! Hehe. We ended up at this cute Italian place, and I had the best lasagna I've had in ages.

We decided then to go out for just a couple drinks, with our friend Jimmy. We hit a couple bars and then decided to call it a night around 2. The next day I met up with Rob and did some serious damage to my bank account at the Barney's Co-Op. A new pair of Diesel's, two pairs of shoes and a shit-load of skin-care products later and we hit the streets. It was so great to spend the afternoon catching up with Rob.

We had some really deep conversations about love and life. During these conversations, Rob made a great point to me and I made a dramatic decision. You see, I completely hate my job. Don't get me wrong, I love the people I work with, I just don't enjoy the actual work. So, I have decided that I am going to quit this job some time next summer and go back to school full-time for my Masters. I am going to get a degree in Elementary Education and become a teacher. This, I think, will make me happy. Pretty big right?

After all of this, I jumped on a train out to Long Island for the party with my sister's pageant coaches. I had an absolute blast hanging out with them. I got RIDICULOUSLY drunk that night. I guess that the combination of no food, tequila, vodka and gin will do that. How drunk was I? So drunk that I grabbed a straight guy's dick at the end of the night. In my defense, dude was walking around the party with an obvious boner all night long. I made it my job to discuss said boner with just about everyone at the party, trying to figure out if he was having an adverse reaction to Viagra, wearing a cock-ring or just really excited to be there. God, sometimes I am so fucking classy. I think I finally passed out around 3 AM, in a love seat, fully dressed.

The next morning I woke up and headed back to the city to meet up with everyone for brunch. That of course turned into afternoon drinks at The Gym, then we were off to XL where I stayed until 8. Of course when I got back to meet up with roomie, I was drunk again. Let me tell you just how fun that bus ride back to DC was all drunk!

Thankfully, things calmed down the next week. Until Jamie took me out for drinks the Thursday before Christmas. I'm sure I smelled like tequila when I was on the metro out to meet my parents later that evening. The holidays were really good this year. I spent most of my time at my parents house, working on a rocking elephant for my friend Gaby's nephew, Nate. Yes, my butch-ness has entered a whole new level. I started out with some blocks of wood and plywood, this became a totally adorable gray elephant on rockers with a seat and a bushy tail! For you non-believers, I have pictures that I will post as soon as I get them from my dad. The elephant was a big success with everyone at Gaby's.

I finally got back to the city on Monday evening. I spent that night setting up the apartment with all the new things I got for Christmas, including the leather chair and ottoman. Thanks Mom and Dad! This week has actually been nice, but odd. Roomie has been back home with his family, so I've had the place to myself. I haven't had a place to myself for longer than a few hours since I left my efficiency last summer. It has been great, but taken a little time to adjust. Roomie come home already!!! ;)