Thanksgiving

Well...I made it back in one piece.

Man...what a long week it was.

Here is the breakdown.

Wednesday (day before thanksgiving)
I worked until about 3...got packed...headed out. Then work called me back in b/c of a problem with my story that was due to air at 6. So had to turn BACK around and head to work. Finally got on the road by 530...and fought heavy traffic until about the SC/NC border. The drive overnight wasn't too bad really. No weather probs. I got to mom's by 3am. Ate a BBQ chicken sandwhich and off to bed I went :)

Thanksgiving
The fam all started showing up near 1 or 2pm. My aunt Sandra came by. LOVE HER! She is 70 and loves to party. Definately the rebel in my family. Thank god she was around. So we just ate the typical meal...then just chilled with my bro and his family in the evening and then crashed.

Friday
Woke up near midday to begin our shopping day (me and mom). However, it was 8 degrees outside. So cold in fact my car wouldn't start. It is the coldest weather that car has ever seen...she is only 8 mos old! But eventually it started and we headed out to the malls. Overall wasn't too bad. Mom and I avoided some heated conversation as I think we both were too tired to discuss it. Drew came over in the evening to pick up his stuff. Nemo recogized him right off which I thought was sweet. It was good seeing him..he looked good. Wasn't too odd...yet a year ago we were celebrating this holiday time together. But we are still in each other's lives which is something to certainly be thankful for. Later that night though....I started to feel alittle sick..hence Saturday.

Saturday
Woke up with sore throat...sinus headache. I thought...uh oh. It's been awhile since I've had that. But I went to Dad's anyway. Got to see my cousins and and stuff. But the longer I was there, the sicker I became. But again, I tried to smile. That evening I was supposed to go out to the bar...and I told myself that I really need to do that. So i sucked it up and went out. Met Valerie out there. Was wild to see my "home" after so long. They remodeled it..looked really good. Got to see some familar faces. Val showed up and we watched the drag show which was REALLY good. They made some nice changes to it. The bar was open til 6...but Val left at 4. I stayed and danced by myself. I loved it. Just me...the lights...the music ...and all with my eyes closed. I really needed that "queer as folk" moment. I don't think I have danced that long in quite some time. I then left to go stay at my friend Michael/Keiths for the night.





I passed out in their spare room. Only to wake up feeling im going to die.

Sunday
Oh boy. This was a rough day. I thought my head was going to explode from the sinus pressure...that with a fever and wanting to throw up was just a horrible feeling. So i got in my car and went home. Took some meds and went to bed. And ...bed is where I stayed.

Monday
Doped up. But I got the chance to just watch tv shows I haven't seen in a while. I watched the news...price is right...then days of our lives..then passions..then dr. phil...then ellen...then news...then prime time shows...then leno/letterman...then conan...then caron daily (wow he has lost weight) then reruns of leno/conan. LOL. And didn't move from the bed. However, it was during the evening that I had a huge scare. Mom came in out of breath and told me to watch the dogs. I was like ??? She said that my brother had just been in a bad car accident was taken to the hospital. He apparently swurved to miss a car that pulled out in front of him and he flipped his truck over several times. He came to rest upside down and they had to cut him out of his truck and then rush him to the hospital. Thankfully, he is okay now. No major injuries...just shaken up of course. This follows just months eariler when his wife had a horrible accident..and them having their house broken into. Sigh. Its the GOODE curse I am telling ya.

Tuesday
Doped up. Same shows...nothing new

Wednesday
Doped up, but decided to head to Bowling Green anyway. I figured getting out would help. So I drove down to see my bud Josh and meet his new bf Ryan.


We went to WBKO to see my old crew. Oh how I miss them so. We hung out at puertos (mexican) and laughed about old times and talked about the biz and stuff. It was fun. Gene Birk and I had some good talks. I got to see my old roomie Addie too! Then I crashed at Josh's.

Thursday
Woke up...hit the road near 1pm....and dealt with a windy and cold drive back. Got home near 10pm.

Friday
So here I am now. Still kinda sick. But I have a huge list of shit I have to do. Sigh. But I do have some excitment. My best gay Chris and I are going to be roomies!! He is going to move down here from Greenville so we plan to get a place together in the next few weeks. So once again...I AM MOVING. Shew. I need to hire movers this time :)

As far as mom and I. Well, I think it will be an issue of us avoiding the drama for now. It will come back up once I do have someone signficant in my life I do want to share with my family. So I will cross that road...if and when it happens.

For now...I need more meds.
:)