Quiet Weekend

Yesterday I didn't really talk to anyone. At least not anyone who lives in this town. I spent the majority of the day wandering around by myself. I'm ok with that. It looks like today will be much of the same. Yesterday I went to the museum. I can walk there and it's $2 for students. Pretty cool. I did some work at home that I'll have to turn in next week. I still need to do more work on it; I will try to get some done today, but probably more Sunday and Monday. I putzed around the house some and took an unnecessary nap, then hopped in the car and went to a horse show wearing a jacket that was not adequate for evening temperatures. I hate it when I underestimate the weather. It was fun to go to the horse show, and I found myself trying to explain the difference between a hunter and a jumper to a woman and her daughter. It should be an easy explanation, but I fumbled with it terribly. But it's not that big a deal; I didn't know the difference until I was in high school. I wish I had a horse. Or could afford a horse.

I came home when the cold got to be too much for me, so I didn't stay to the end. It was after 10 anyway, so I felt like I'd gotten my money's worth. I took a hot bath, drank some bourbon, and did some reading. Then I got into bed and slept horribly all night. Either because I was restless or because of that confounded nap.

Today I'm going to the park by the zoo to check out a kimono sale. I seriously doubt I have the means to buy a kimono, but I just want to look at them. I bet they'll be cool. I'm going to try to get home to watch the Derby, and then go to work, missing the horse show I'd been planning to go see for a month and a half. Those fuckers at work really have no mercy. I know I shouldn't be that upset about missing the show, but I really wanted to go, and they ignored me when I asked for the day off. And I know it's going to be cool. Maybe I can tivo it. Not that it will be the same.

Tomorrow is still kind of wide open. I think the weather is supposed to be pretty nice, so that opens up a lot of possibilities. There's a film thing tomorrow I wanted to go to. I think it's at night. There's also a French film playing that is supposed to be really good, so I want to check that out before it closes on Thursday. Other than that, my Sunday will most likely be spent writing, reading, and trekking down to the beach, which I haven't visited for over a week because of this annoying cloud cover. Stupid marine layer.

So, a relatively quiet weekend spent trying to distract myself from the sad fact that I have no life and few friends out here to keep me company. And the ones I do have are complicated friends, whatever that means.