Very untypical of me, indeed.
I woke up today with the intention of going to hear mass. Now, I was born and raised a Catholic, although I no longer actively practice this religion. There is a local parish I actually like to go to – St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, near my house. Truthfully, I was roused from my sleep by an unknown force, and found that if I started getting ready, I could actually catch the 4 pm mass. I took it as a sign (since I’d been intending to go anyway), got ready, and went.
It was very… odd, to say the least. It felt like I was almost home, in a way. I guess the familiarity was comforting after a couple of rocky months. In any case, I had come with an ulterior purpose – I wanted some intentions to be added to mass on our behalf, but when I went to talk to someone, I got a surprise. Apparently, all their intentions were fully booked for the entirety of the year! The kind lady saw my disheartened face and told me she had an alternative – she would add my intentions to the weekly Friday rosary prayers instead. I was incredibly grateful, bless her heart, and I plan to return next week. I may even show up for the rosary session! She handed me a certificate, told me a donation wasn’t necessary, and sent me along on my way.
After that uplifting moment, it was time to get down and dirty. My dad and I had to haul some heavy things from our storage into the new house, which only took a couple of hours. If I break a sweat, and don’t break a nail, I consider it a great job done. I also got to see my uncle, which is always a plus (if you don’t have too many relatives close by, you’ll understand why it’s a big deal).
Then all of a sudden, Christian hit me up! “Come over and chill at my new place”. Totally down for that. I was told hookah and swimming, with Asian Mike and Ben, so I grabbed my gear and ran out the door. What I didn’t expect though, was how infinitely awesome his new place was. He’s living with some random dudes who obviously enjoy the bachelor lifestyle. They had skeeball, arcade basketball, shuffleboard, pool, darts, slot machine, a closet full of board games… and I’ve mentioned the (heated) swimming pool and jacuzzi. Hold on. I forget to mention, they have a freaking wide screen projector set up in the backyard in perfect view of the pool… and it was playing The Dark Knight Rises!
Okay, okay, maybe it wasn’t all that (it totally was). Too bad I was enjoying myself too much to get a photo. Maybe the next time I come visit. Then again, Christian dropping the ball of his lip ring in the jacuzzi made me forget other things.
As I left around 1:30 am, who else but my boyfriend calls, asking to make sure I was okay. After reassuring him that I was still alive and breathing, I headed over to his place, where he, Shawnz and Matt were enjoying some late night drinks. Some food and dessert later, I went home, intending for bed.
Yet somehow, here I am at 7:02 in the morning updating my blog.
Watching Bones, painting shoes, and posting ads on Craigslist tends to do that, I suppose.
Anyway, right afterward, I headed off to my weekly pool night with Aida. It was a pretty fairly matched game, 4-3 in my favour. I swear, she’s getting better every time.
Pinay in Las Vegas 