Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Aaron works at home. I wake up at 6am, leave the house by 7:45am, and have to start getting ready for bed at 9:30pm (I putter in the morning and at night. I can’t help myself. No meds are active at the ends of the day to get me focused.) We think that we are both very fun, but we’re dying to hang out with other people. That said, it’s a real struggle. We are new in town. I know several people, but so far, not much is working out socially. We see Steve and Linda and their two kids regularly, which is so saving us right now. We have invited one couple out so many times that to call any more would border on the ridiculous – they are two of my favorite people in the world, but alas, they are hermits. The peeps down the street are wonderful, but they have busy lives. It’s just really hard to meet people who are social and interested in hanging out at the times we’re able. Without free time and connections, it’s hard to forge friendships. It’s a puzzle, even for me. I’m typically able to make friends with a wall – I’m the pro. But not when I’m working so hard. These days, I’m lucky to get enough time to check my e-mail at all between 8 and 5. Such is life, I guess. Being a grownup is hard!

With less time to write, I have to cover more topics at once, and I’m not the most organized sort (I save all that for work), so bear with me.

• Aaron and I got a chance to hang out with Peterson and his friend Ben last night. We met downtown and took a walk over to the North End, where we had a nice (albeit loud) dinner at Il Panino. I felt a bit guilty I’d chosen the place because the table next to us was SERIOUSLY loud. Ugh. I hate that. The food was good, and they made nice vegan treats for Peterson. He’s in town doing Queer 101, one of his one-man shows, for a local school. Peterson does the coolest thing. He’s an actor who spent 17 years of his life trying to not be gay, and then he came out. Now, he entertains and educates all over the world. He does pieces he write himself for all types of audiences, and then he often facilitates discussions afterwards. It’s such important work. He’ll be back for a performance of Doin’ Time at the Homo No Mo Halfway House on 10/25 at Northeastern. This is the piece I saw him perform in Memphis. It’s about his experience at Love in Action, the Memphis place (not a church or a mental health facility, but what is it?!) where he went to try to become straight. It’s a fascinating piece. I’ll make sure to plug it when the date approaches. Anyway, the Multicultural Educator in me just loved this show for so many reasons, and the theatre critic in me did, too. It’s soooo something you should see. (Read more about Love in Action if you’re interested.) Anyhoo, dinner was grand. Aaron got to talk about film with Ben, who actually runs a film festival – one I think that maybe my friend Poornima did once. And afterward, we went to Mike’s and got ice cream and sorbet and pastries. YUM!
• The very sad news is that one of my parents cats, Kitty, seems to be dying. Mom is sad because Dad is soooo not a cat person, so she doesn’t really have anyone to commiserate with her. Kitty hasn’t eaten for 4 days. I suggested she give kitty some diluted wet food, and Mom just called and said Kitty took a few sip of some condensed milk, so that’s good news. Maybe it was just a really bad toothache, although Kitty is something like 18, so death is certainly an option. Makes me sad though. She’s always been a really strange cat, but I don’t care. I love her immensely.
• Got a chance to talk to Elizabeth in Bloomington, which was really nice. I never call people. I don’t know why. I’ve just lost my interest in the phone over the last few busy years. It was great to hear her voice and to catch up with her. We may get to see her a bit in December, which would be grand.
• It’s a very grey and windy day. We’re actually thinking of going downtown for a bit of shopping. Aaron says REI is having a sale.

Seriously wonderful time in NYC this weekend. More to follow.

Thanks to Adam for this little gem. I think he actually wrote it. It’s unbelievable. Read it NOW!

Aaron’s birthday was September 1st. It wasn’t the best day for a birthday this year, but we did manage a visit from Scott and Michelle, a trip to James’s Gate, and a real live ice cream cake from J.P. Licks!