I'll be turning 51 in a couple days. Time continues to march to the beat of a fast drum. I decided to take the next 6 days off from the job. I spent part of my first day off going to catch the latest Saw movie Saw X. The theatre I go to now has it where you can pick the seat you want to seat on. I picked a corner seat in the theatre hoping it would be a quiet spot. Unfortunately I failed to realize that a family would choose seats nearby. It was a bit annoying especially with the Dad take kept yapping. But thankfully they quieted down when the movie started.
I was falling asleep during part of the movie but it picked up once the protagonist started targeting a group of folks because they were scamming folks of money on snake oil treatments for cancer. I was pleasantly surprised to see actor Michael Beach make a cameo. The handsome brotha is almost 60 years old and still has a banging body which he showed off in the movie. He's definitely aging like a fine wine.
Dom just so happened to have time off next week from school. So he wants us to go see him Mom this weekend. It'll be my first time seeing her since the obituary-gate incident. I'll admit that while I wasn't as upset learning that his Mom didn't want me to be mentioned on the obituary, I still am feeling a certain way. Dom forced me to chat with her briefly last week. I was cordial of course but talking to her brought it back to the forefront. I guess I'll be fine seeing her. I just will have to try not to think about it.
Afterwards my plan is to do a staycation and travel to Milwaukee to stay two days at the Potawatomi Casino hotel. I haven't been to Potawatomi since sometime in 2010 or 2011 when they used to allow smoking. Thankfully since Cov-Id they have joined the list of casinos that ban smoking in the main casino hall. So at least I won't have to worry about smelling like an ashtray. It's actually part of the reason why I now avoid the Indiana casinos for the most part and stick to Four Winds in New Buffalo, MI.
There's an old family friend who happens to live in a town 30 minutes outside of Milwaukee. She is a nun that used to tutor Tasha and I when we were in grade school. She visited our old Church growing up but lived in a monastery in Wisconsin. She used to write the family letters and I remember my Mom would force my sister and I write her back. LOL. Eventually we stopped writing each other.
I had reached out to her back in 2021 because I had thought about visiting the Milwaukee area and remembered that she lived there. I was slightly offended when we finally chatted because the first thing she asked was if something had happened to my Mom or Dad. I'm guessing my former Pastor may have mentioned something about my Mom passing away. I just didn't like the way she asked and felt like if she knew about it, she could've led with being sorry to hear about my Mom passing.
But that was a minor hiccup. We chatted for about 30 minutes catching up on our lives. She mentioned having to care for an ailing older sister of hers. I felt like she was being judgmental when I mentioned being with Dom who I wasn't married to just yet. But I might've been projecting that. Anyway I am going to see if I can visit her while there. I believe she's in her late 80s though she won't tell her age. I haven't talked to her since that time so I'm hoping she's still around though I haven't seen anything online about her passing so I'm assuming she still is.
I also chatted with this one guy on one of my social networking sites. But my luck with meeting guys has been dismal so I'm not holding out on us meeting. He already made some excuses about having to work late and needing to take care of his mother. So we'll see. Maybe I'll win a birthday jackpot. That would be nice...LOL.
It is nice getting a break from work. I won't lie though I still logged in today just to check out on some of my work I left behind. But yes I know it'll still be there when I get back.
Happy Birthday to me!
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