weekend activities

things finally took a turn for the worse between ch&r. the bitter end aproaches (the last end was still savory, i guess) i got a call early sat morning- ch asked me to come work boss's & sweetest day for him- he didn't think he could handle it. of course. what more can i do? that's a great boss's day gift, i guess. didn't even get a chance to give him a hug. all buisness. i guess that's the most difficult part of the employee/employer relationship. ¶did i tell you i finally emailed g? then she returned my call yesterday aftternoon and we made plans to go shopping. it was late in the evening. yeah. g, helen and i went up to belmont about 6. unfortunately, other than a wig to wear to risha's halloween party (! i hope it really happens and that i'm really invited!) i didn't need anything on belmont. still, i had vicariously had a bad enough morning i somehow justified some cash therapy. beautiful black lacy gloves with sequins, also for the costume i guess. then some mod swirly tights and a gold glitter chain wallet. like i need a new wallet. i love my wallet. however, i've always thought it would be cool to have a chain wallet. and it's gold glitter. and it was only $5. and it's tall enough to fit european money, which was a major problem with the previous wallet. so i'll just use it for special ocasions. like when i'm wearing something that has back pockets. g neeed more nose jewelry, so we went to our piercing parlor. helen was talking about getting her bellybutton pierced, so we went to a bar to have a drink and discuss it. so the big question- WHICH gay bar do i take g and helen to sat night? i wimped out, and took them to the quiet old neighborhood place with the friendly bartenders. helen decided to do it, then i was hungry, so we went to a diner. it's so wierd to me, this diner just like PA, and you look out the window and it's clark street. ¶ i actually spoke with the amazing, charming curlyheaded ruth today. she said come for new years. so it's official. michi and ruth said come. i left a message for meike and when i got home from g's today (just went to do homework and escape the sameness of my bed) was so sad to have missed her sweet voice, and her message said, "of course you're welcome anytime, but the thing is i work night shift until dec. 23rd, so grmromrogioruernve" i hate it when my answering machine does that in the middle of messages. so i'm not sure what my itnerary is going to be. as if the thought of thanksgiving isn't bad enough. so far it seems mom is staying home in the new house, and alli will be there while samir is with his parents. i asked dad what he's doing, who his crowd is, and he told me, then said "go wherever you feel most comfortable." it was a really wonderful thing for him to say- i'm so tired of the feeling i should do this, cause i want to be a faithful daughtersisteretc, or cause i owe people, or to be well distributed or whatever. so that's what i'm gonna do. weigh all my options of chicago, west pa, east pa, south carolina. then go wherever i feel most comfortable. when amy called today she had great enthusiasm about hearing this- it makes me happy to have her know how great that response was. but then i guess i did the same for her, as she went to anne lamott's church today. how incredible! i wish i could hear anne lamott pray.