I'm home and I'm sober! :)

Guess who's back, back again? Nina's back, tell a friend...

Well we arrived home safely last night around 10:30. I am so back with a vengeance today. Of course I have already had some drama this morning. I missed an appointment for an injection today. Oops...I wrote that my appointment was Wednesday, November 16, 2004 at 8:00 a.m. Shit, there's the problem. I feel horrible about wasting all the people's time. Although I feel bad, I don't feel that bad. I have never been late or missed an appointment with him before. I have been kept waiting for a hella long time in his waiting room, so I guess we're even. Sorry, Dr. Ortiz.

There is much to talk about, but I first want to address only a few items. I wanted to say that I had an absolutely fabulous time in California, even on the day I thought I was going to give birth out of my forehead. Grace and Steve have to be the best host and hostess ever. We have friends that live in Manhattan Beach. They called us on Sunday and wanted us to meet up with them. Although I really like them a lot, I didn't really want to meet them because we were there to visit Grace and Steve. Plus, we had no car. Well ended up that we all decided to meet half which turned out to be LBC. Just before we left we decided to email Mel to see if she would be interested in meeting up with us. Luckily, she checked her email and gave Grace a call just as we had ended out visit with Jason and Maria. So we decided to meet up. That's how we all got together.

The meeting was very impromptu. I was really embarrassed because I spent the majority of the conversation with my head lying on the table. Somehow my head weighed in at 500 pounds making me a weeble wobble. Anyway, that isn't exactly the impression I wanted to make. I wouldn't have skipped meeting Mel though, even if I did look like a hung over bull dyke. It was fun even in my agony. There were no silences or pauses to come up with a conversation topic. It was a tad awkward at first, but only for like 2 seconds. It's weird meeting someone for the first time that you know really well. I mean we know intimate details about each other's lives, but can't tell you what they look like, or how high their speaking voices are. The important thing here is that they were all real, just like they promised. I'm aghast at my next statement here, but it's true. I had a better time with my internet friends in one weekend than I've had with my regular friends in a long time. That whole concept seems baffling to me considering I never imagined making friends online. So since I'm three for three I think I'm not so afraid anymore of the internet. Also I would like to know why the hell you all live in CA? Damn you...

A paragraph about Mel:
She is absolutely beautiful. She's tiny tiny like Grace. I looked like a goddamn behemoth next to them. She has a great smile and warm eyes. Did I mention I could use them both as toothpicks? She is very fascinating and has a great sense of humor. She talks openly about most things (as far as I could tell). She is someone you would run around the mall with and adjust the mannequins poses. She seems sweet and kind. Oops, I forgot to mention one of my favorite things, she's wicked smart. I consider her one of my better friends even though I hardly know her. Wow, I sound really desperate or she is just phenomenal. Yeah, I don't think I'm desperate.

Oh yeah, I'd write a paragraph about Grace, but I think it's going to have to be a whole post. You know how long winded I can get...:)

Being around Grace and Mel had restored some 0f my faith in our gender. Thanks ladies....

I need to pre cursor the posts to come by saying I rarely drink. My behavior exhibited over the past two weekends is definitely not the norm for me. I don't know what happened to me. I have decided though that it's all Michael's bad influence. That's what I'm telling myself anyway.