i heard the epic tale of a night with margie

Saturday night did end up being f-u-n! Sandbar then a brief stopover at the barn where people were properly impressed with the bizarreness of the place. We desperately need more seating though we did find ourselves spread out enough so it was okay. At one point I thought we'd filled the downstairs apartment as Reynolds seemed to take a liking to the place but I think the reality of living in Holland sans vehicle became a bit of a deterrent. And I finally got to hang with Becky who may be one of the coolest chickas I have met in a long time. I find myself surrounded by a wide variety of bearded male friends all of whom I adore, but honestly sometimes a girl needs to talk to a girl about girly things. Either next time I'm in Chicago or next time she's home I hope we run into each other again.

And my cat was just about stolen from me on Saturday night. Grace fell in love. Metal fell in love. I actually stood in front of her as everyone was leaving for fear she'd leap into his arms and be whisked away to Philly. I'm a killer of true love and would feel much worse about it all if I didn't know Grace has a memory of about 10 minutes.

Though everyone left at a respectable hour (read: well before bars close), Peter and I managed to stay up way too late talking. I hate that we like talking to each other. It really cuts into my sleeping time. It meant that the majority of Sunday was spent watching Season 2 of Project Runway in my pajamas eating Chinese food. So it was actually an awesome Sunday.

Tomorrow afternoon is my Dad's surgery. And it's going to go really well I have no doubt. Fortunately or unfortunately, I'm working during the surgery and will be anxiously awaiting a phone call when he gets into recovery. We're already planning a "Dad's in Recovery and Erin's going home" celebratory trip to the Sandbar Tuesday night but I'm not going anywhere until I hear for certain. Once again, the waiting is the worst. I wish it was over and I wish I was there and I can't wait until Thursday when I will be there.