I was still bbing, CJ starting dinner when my best old pal MJ calls to put the heat on about going out last night. I was feeling tired, achy, feverish and not at all sure I wanted to spend the night in a smoky bar.
I was on the phone with her (trying to hedge), when I asked CJ if he wanted to go out last night. He said yes, so I gave the phone to him. (put him on the spot, apologized for it).
She said she'd be coming right over (driven by her mom, she doesn't drive). Neither of us much relished the idea of her having a smoke and beer and watching us eat....so after a bit of a tiff CJ called her back and said we'd be in touch with her around 9.
Well as luck would have it, my pain meds and the vino helped me feel a bit more like going out so we were getting ready when she just showed up here!
I battled a bit with just staying home and CJ going out with MJ..but I have to say there was a bit of discomfort there. Not that anything would "go on", just something...maybe just him out at a bar without me for the first time since the spring?
Anyway I told him that what I was feeling was irrational.
So off we went to one after another karaoke bars. MJ and I did "Smoke on the Water" at two of them. CJ and she did a great job as always.
NOTE TO SELF: you can still turn heads at 40, and with 20 extra pounds!!!
Too bad they were the heads of drunken losers! Lets just say that the three bars we hit are not the top hot bars for the young folks. More like the end-stop for chronic alkies, divorcees, never-marrieds.
STILL, it was a bit of an ego boost, and CJ well, he couldn't help but notice. I asked one guy sitting next to us if we went to the same high school, but turns out the guy is 13 years younger than me!!! (He thought I might be 2 years older than him ).
Right away CJ's asking "What were you talking to that guy about"...as he pats what was MJ's seat right beside him.
Earlier we ran into a guy from our high school theatre arts class. Then in the last bar a fellow from grade school! He yakked my ear off about his job and his kid, while CJ looked a bit miffed. I tried to break away and finally did, but CJ still seemed put out.
Jealousy? Yes...I suppose if I wanted to just "pick someone up" last night made it very clear that would pose no problem....like I'd WANT to do that!!!
We drove (I drove...water only after dinner) MJ and some people she found to an after hours party and we came home. CJ crashed on the couch immediately and is nursing a bit of a head ache today.
If it weren't for my fever, kidney pain and ever increasing right arm pain (too much keyboarding??) I'd be just fine!
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