Monday, July 2, 2007

I'm not as young as I used to be

I haven't gone out on a Monday night in quite some time.  As I sit here trying to get enough coffee in my system to make sense, I remember why. 

I got online last night and Lori sent me a message asking what I was doing.  I was doing what I do every Monday, thinking about doing laundery and not doing it.  Her friend, Jason was playing at Adair's, which is a hole in the wall country bar in Deep Ellum.  We went, had a beer, shot the shit and listened to some music.  I'm not a big country fan, but the guys performing were very good so I enjoyed it.  I also met Jason's friend, Jason.  No problem remembering names there.  I had lots of fun, but since I had to be here at 8 a.m.(ish), I got up to go around midnight.

As I went to leave, I realized that I didn't know where my keys were.  I double and triple checked my purse, all the while knowing that I must have locked them in the truck.  And I remembered locking the door, which I do 90% of the time. AND I remembered rollin up the windows, which I rarely ever did, but I have for the past 2 weeks with all the rain every damn day.  I walk out and sure enough, they're dangling from the ignition.  I consider waking up Kris, but I can hear her snoring in my head.  So I get a hanger from the back of my truck and try to squeeze my hand into the less than 2"" crack I left open.  I managed, but I couldn't reach the lock and then I dropped the hanger.  Fortunately, I have a small yard sale in the back of my truck so I got another.  I look around and wonder where the police are and if they'll believe my Mexican ass is breaking into my own vehicle.  I unwound the hanger and lengthened the hook.  I took a deep breath, channeled Eric's crane machine skills and went after the keys.  After 4 or 5 tries, I finally hooked them.  I prayed not to drop them as I pulled them out through the window.  I got them out, did a little dance and took myself home. 

It's been a rough morning, but I think my caffeine is kicking in so I can actually get some work done now. 

FYI:  I'm off Wednesday if anyone wants to go out tonight.

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