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08/31/10
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You guys. OMG. Brian of cheapblueguitar fame just left. I miss him already.
Yes, it was only our second meeting face to face. Yes, he stayed with us all weekend. Yes, it was awesome.
It all started Friday evening. I had had a CRAZY workweek. I got home later than expected and had to do this wonder woman twirl and show up at the airport. Richard was off later than me! He didn;t even get to twirl! Anyhoo, we arrived at the airport at the proper time, snatched Brian off the curb and took him basically across the street to out favorite ;toast to your arrival ; location, C-Level. It offers the most amazing view of downtown San Diego I have discovered yet. Also, I am now mayor of that venue on FourSquare. HA! (I literally screamed like a girl. My first real mayorship couldn;t be more awesome!) From there we of course took Brian to Urban Mo;s, our local gay hot spot. Drinks were had. And so yeah. The post below, Touched for the Very First Time occurred. Because Mo;s virgins get a sticker!
The next day we did the Marathon Tourist Day. We kicked it of with brunch at R-Gang Eatery (where the Bloody Marys were a MEAL). Then it was off to Balboa Park, where Brian and I (okay, more ME) were enamored with a band of robotic singing pantomimes. I immediately bought the CD on iTunes and friended them on Facebook. LOVE STEAM POWERED GIRAFFE!!! OMG! It;s like this amazing retro-gothic-sexy-funny Robots that performed on the side walk near the pond on The Prado. LOVE.
After that we were off to downtown to catch the ferry (on Joelle;s of Tenth-muse.com suggestion) which was amazing. We took a few pics (one upside-down) on the boat. Then it was all about strolling on the Island. We lunched at the Coronado Brewery where Brian enjoyed beer with an orange wedge. Yummm? We followed that up with cocktails on our friend Sheila;s patio. Luxury. After that it was a quick stop at the Coronado Cupcakery for dessert and catching the ferry home! And much needed sleep!
Then it was Sunday. The Big BBQ Day. All our local besties were present! (Twitter names to follow) @goostersd, @uberglitterati, @tenthmuse, @richardallen, @dano413, and non-twitter Matt. Such a great time at the Tiki Bar (which is now an official place on Foursquare) Around 7 I had to rush Brian off to the airport! I got back in time to clean the kitchen&;
It was the best weekend ever. We all love Brian, and no one wanted him to go home to the fiery hot Phoenix&;
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08/25/10
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So I don’t know if I mentioned this. I must have, but yanno. Brain fart as usual. LOL! So my Richard volunteers for Big Brothers Big Sisters and is upon his one year anniversary with his Little Brother. It is the most awesome thing he has ever done. They hang out once or twice a week and every time Richard gets home he has an energy about him. I can tell he spent the last few hours being twelve. Haha.
Anyway, his Little wanted to go for a swim today (it’s been hotter than a huckabuck here the past few days) so they are actually here at our community pool. We’ll all be grilling hotdogs for dinner on the back patio. I am actually excited to be included. Mostly they do things out about town. Not that there’s anything weird about his hanging out here, I have met his mom and went along on the Twilight movie night (which was a big time!). In fact his mother is well aware of who I am in Richard’s life and is cool with it. In fact she let Richard come out to her son, which I think is amazing! Where was I? Oh, so I was in charge of stopping at the store and getting hotdogs. I was sooo concerned. Like what to get, will he eat it, and all that. So I got traditional Ballpark Franks (ew) and a gourmet type jalapeno sausage for Richard and I. When they arrived here I was showing Richard what I got and his little, spying the jalapeno sausages, was all “I’ve had those before, they are really good!” I literally was like O.O. He’s twelve. I never imagined he’d have eaten, let alone liked such a thing. Lesson learned. In fact, he’s like a little adult in a lot of ways. The boy is an excellent conversationalist! He can keep you talking and actually STEER a conversation if it gets quiet or awkward, which I have witnessed on more than one occasion. It’s freaky at first cause he’s so young but you get used to it. He’s an amazing kid. It’s funny cause Richard was expecting a troubled youth when he signed up. A kid that might be emotionally damaged or worse. Instead he got an intelligent, well brought up, social yet lonely boy that in my opinion is a perfect match.
OMG. I should make sure that the patio furniture has no bird poop. Later.
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08/16/10
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He was fine. We had a blast on Saturday. (Maybe a bit too much fun for someone.) We woke up fine on Sunday. He did his walk and then made me breakfast before going off to his BBQ with work friends. It was around 7 or 8 that he sent me a text that he was on his way home and had “flu like symptoms”. Now honestly I figured he had some heat-stroke type thing going on. He’s a sun worshipper and loves his adult beverages after all…
So I went on about making plans for Monday (today) while he arrived home and was directly off to bed. After an hour he texted me (yes, from upstairs. We do that). He wanted his temperature taken. So I headed up. 103.2 degrees. He was radiating heat. I was worried, but he thought it was a 24 hour thing. I was still thinking too much sun and booze. Today he still felt bad but went to work. He ended up not going out with us tonight. When I got home he was much worse. He had tweeted about “a hole in his tonsil” so I looked in his mouth with a flashlight. Sure enough there is a sore there. Now I don’t have tonsils so looking in someone’s mouth that has them kinda is gross. It was a labor of love. After much google-ing and photo viewing we are 97% sure it’s tonsillitis. Way more symptoms than strep and he has like ALL of them. It’s almost a perfect match, but he IS going to the doctor tomorrow.
Anyhoo, since I stopped my antibiotics due to a crazy rash situation, (which is much better now, thank you) I got him taking the rest so he will be un-contagious faster. (Google said what I was taking is will work on tonsillitis.) Since I don’t have tonsils I am pretty sure I won’t get it, plus I still have the antibiotics in my system for another day, but still… Ew. I may be camping on the couch tonight yo. I just got over some long sickness. I am not signing up for another!
Keep my boy in your thoughts though. He is feverish and in a bit of pain. Thanks.
