My parents came down this week to meet Spiderman. PB and I went over to TRgirl and Randy's for dinner. Monkey, who previously had referred to PB as "That man" learned his name. The rest of the night went like this:

"PB? PB!"
"Where's PB?"
"What's PB doing?"
"Why?"
"Why?"

We fear that PB might change his name.

This weekend was both fun and productive. The productive included shampooing the living room/dining room carpet and updating the resume.

The fun:

• Drinks with the girls on Thursday. Saw several people I have not seen for a while. Afterwards a few of us went and saw Precious. Excellent, well acted, very depressing movie.


• Dinner and drinks with the ladies on Friday. We ended up switching from our planned venue. When I walked in (at 5PM on a Friday) I was told, “The wine bar won’t open for another 30-45 minutes. You’re welcome to stay and wait.” Hmm. I’m in the middle of Carytown. There are bars/restaurants all over the place, and they are ready to serve wine at what is traditionally considered happy hour. I think no on the waiting, thankyouverymuch.


• Saturday MJ and I went to see Wicked. Loved. It. So amazing. And you will never convince me that the part of Galinda/Glinda was not written with Kristin Chenoweth in mind. (Note: she is clearly not in the touring production. She is featured on the soundtrack.) I loved it so much that I didn’t even kick the woman in front of me who kept moving her head every time I finally found a position in which I could see around her.


• Sunday was low-key. Cleaning, hanging out with PB. Made this for dinner. Easy and yummy. I recommend.

I saw this on Tomato Nation today, and it's rather appropriate at this time.

In jail, I wondered what a friend is, and what it means to trust. But maybe it's just, when you tell the story of yourself, you don't have to leave things out. -- Norberto Felix-Cruz

And no, you've not heard of him. It was from a 2007 interview from a Colorado paper.

So, the weekend here in Richmond was beautiful. Gorgeous. The perfect way to welcome spring.

Saturday morning I got up and headed over to TRgirl and Randy’s. My parents were down and they were all headed to Disney. Monkey was very excited, and as he ran circles around me, I asked him where he was going. “McDonald’s!” I pointed out that a lot of money could be saved by taking him there a few times, apparently.

That afternoon PB and I headed out to Hollywood Cemetery. He’d not been before and I’d only done a limited amount of exploring. He also wanted to take some pictures (he’s big into photography). I have not seen said pictures yet.

(Note: our actual plans for the weekend were 1. Do taxes and 2. teach me to play poker.)

We had planned to grill out due to the fantastic weather, but the grill, it was not working. That was sad.

Sunday, we took an impromptu road trip to Virginia Beach. Work-related on his part. I was just along for the ride. Whereas I don’t like driving long distances/hours in the car, I don’t mind riding at all.

Unless the driver refuses to stop for bathroom breaks.*

*Not the case here, I promise.

I have long suspected that my work cell phone doesn't always ring. I'll suddenly look over at it to see that I have a missed call and a new VM. Now, I did think it possible that I was just not hearing it.

Until yesterday, when I was holding it and looked down to see an incoming call. No ring. (Note, that it did ring on a call later that morning.)

So, I put in a support request. I explained that my phone wasn't always ringing and then said, "I prefer that my phone ring for each incoming call."

I may have just pissed off our Telephony* department.

*Yes, that's what it calls. And yes, it makes it sound like they are all liars.

Saturday night PB and I headed out to the Drive-in to see Alice in Wonderland and The Blind Side. Alice was interesting- I really enjoyed it. PB thought it was OK. He liked The Blind Side better. I liked that one too. Completely different flavors of movies.

Today, I completed my to-do list from last weekend. Taxes are done and I can now play Texas Hold 'Em. Not well, and I'm very conservative, so you won't see me on the World Series of Poker anytime soon.

Also this weekend I managed to dislocate my shoulder again. Well, it was likely only a sublaxation and I got it back into place. Still, it's sore, and I'm going to need to go back to the doctor. I would prefer not to have surgery again.

Once again, I will be participating in the Komen Race for the Cure. This year, the Richmond Race is May 8.

If you want to donate to the cause, please go here. Donations are tax-deductible.

If you want to buy me a "Huge Tracts of Land" shirt to wear for the race, go here.