Maybe. Someday.
Her: Wow, this place is beautiful.
Me: (nodding) Yeah. (thinking) This is the first time I’ve been back in like 13 years.
The surgeon turned 50 the other night so the kid, the Firecracker, and I all got dressed up and headed south to the Downtown Association to celebrate.
It was raining cats and dogs when we left the house.
I was actually a member there briefly in 2011 and I mentioned it in passing before.
Then things started going off the rails with me and Alison so that was just one of a million things that changed in my life.
Walking back in, I was shocked how little it had changed in all this time; I suppose that’s part of the allure of places like that.
The Boy: This bathroom is bigger than our apartment!
Me: You’re not wrong, kid.
He’s not wrong.
The party was mostly relatives and close friends so I was touched that I was included in the count.
The Firecracker had a good time as well, chatting with someone else in her profession.
Her: She knew she wanted to work internationally early on. I thought about it, myself.
Me: Maybe we’ll do that someday.
Her: Maybe. Someday.
One of the people I knew there has known the Surgeon for 44 years.
Me: When did you meet him?
Him: (laughing) When I was seven!
Me: (shaking head in amazement) Man, the oldest friend I have, I’ve known since I was 16 (the Professor).
The kid had a blast as he’s been hanging with Steele and the Surgeon’s kids for years now.
The Surgeon hired a magician and the kids were enthralled.
The Boy: How did he do that?! I was looking right at it.
Me: (laughing) You got me…
Of course, the kid was pretty interested in the food as well, because he’s my kid.
Then again, I was pretty interested in the food as well.
Me: OK, I gotta ask you something. At your wedding, I overate all the appetizers – after all, you had an entire table of lobsters – so, should I…?
Steele: (laughing) The [passed hors d’overs] are the appetizers and the main courses are [over there].
Me: Oh man, glad I asked.
The open bar was a nice touch as well.
There’s more but this entry’s getting long so I’ll write more tomorrow.
Location: Earlier today, two different guitar stores, trying to fix a broken Fender knockoff for the kid
Mood: exhausted
Music: Everyone tells me I’m crazy. Well maybe, well maybe I am (Spotify)
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