Ah - it's good to get back to work, where I can finally wind down and rleax after this weekend. We had a lot of plans. but at least they were all good. Friday night I recorded bass for the first six songs on the forthcomming Scarecrow Balcony album. Saturday we had Carole's staff Christmas Party downtown (yeah, I know... it's a little late for a Christmas party, isn't it!!!). There was a blizzard that night, which made for BRUTAL driving conditions - the worst of which was just getting down the mountain ... the first mile was the worst, but the whole drive was nerve wracking.
Here's something amazing - I guess when I parked downtown, I must've forgotted to lock the car... I NEVER forget to lock the car, but when we got back to it, it was unlocked, all the maps were pulled out of the glovebox, all the compartments were opened, papers were strewn, and my sunglasses were missing... someone had rummaged through the car! What's so amazing about that? Other than the $8 pair of sunglasses, they didn't take anything... not the CDs, not the FM transmitter for my mp3 player, not the loose change, not the Entertainment Value coupon book in the glove box... so who knows, maybe it was just someone who wanted to give me a warning... lucky. very lucky.
After the party it was raining, the roads were slushy, but fine for driving - so we swung by Wayne's place at 1AM to catch the end of Patty's 'welcome home' party. We scared the crap out of them, they thought we were the cops banging on the door because of all the loud noise... that was pretty funny... so after a brief stay, we were home shortly before two. We needed our rest, 'cause we had a wedding to attend on Sunday.
So, "how long will it take to drive to West Van?" Carole asked.
"I guess about 40, 45 minutes depending on the traffic..." I say.
"Well, we've got to be at this wedding at two thirty. I don't want to be late, so let's leave at one o'clock, okay?"
"Um, Carole, that'll get us there 45 minutes early..."
"When it comes to weddings, it's better to be early that late! We're leaving at 1."
So guess what... we were 45 minutes early. There was no way I was going to go in that early, so we drove around West Van for about 25 minutes before deciding that twenty minutes early was acceptable. Guess what? We were still the first to arrive - and to make for a REALLY long day, the wedding didn't even start until 3:30. BUT, all waiting aside, it was a great wedding. Just like the party the night before, awesome food and free drinks. We ended up leaving at 7:30 PM, only because I had somewhere to be at 8:30 - again, I was 25 minutes late for that appointment, yet still managed to be the first to arrive.
So, long story short - I fell of the bandwagon this weekend - eating lots and drinking moderately (five drinks a day is moderate, right?) so now that the smoke has cleared, it's back to system detox time. I didn't have any gallbladder problems at all over the weekend, but I don't want to push it - so it's back to miso broth, lemon tea and rice crackers for me today. I'm also amazingly still 198 lbs... even after all that eating. With one brief exception about 9 years ago when I did a cybergenics cybertrim program, that's the least I've weighed since college.... twenty six pounds less than my alltime high, which ironically was exactly one year ago.
In case anyone was worried, I'm feeling much better - but I'm still gonna be watching it - at LEAST until I get the surgery.