The GNO (Gender Night Out) scheduled for last weekend got all doinked up because of a wedding that Sister had to attend …<\/p>\n
Oh yeah … good luck to the happy couple. Whatever. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
As a result Sister nor Miss Daisy could make the drinking festivities … which totally blew …<\/p>\n
Because things are always more fun when all of The UnUsual Suspects are together. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
But anyways … Singer and Hottie were still on the docket to congregate together at some point … which was making me happy !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Though even those plans got interrupted.
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\nWe had originally planned on getting together around 6:00ish …<\/p>\n
But Singer ended up having to meet a friend of her’s … a friend of her’s who I’ve known for several years through Singer … that did not know of my function.<\/p>\n
Which raised the question … do we tell her my scoop,<\/p>\n
Or do we call off the plans to include me in hanging out for the evening?<\/p>\n
Now this was a real issue, because on one hand, I was hesitant to let this particular disclosure take place,<\/p>\n
While on the other hand,<\/p>\n
I knew that I was in such a way that I was going to go out regardless of whether I was able to hook up with The UnUsual Suspects.<\/p>\n
And that might not have been a good thing.<\/p>\n
So Singer and I discussed the options … if Singer’s friend was going to just hang out for dinner … then I’d just plan on meeting up with them a few hours later after she left …<\/p>\n
But if she was going to spend most of the night out … then either I had to beg off … not go out … or she had to be told.<\/p>\n
So Singer and I talked about it … she felt it was a safe disclosure … me on the other hand … well, I felt it was one of the more riskier ones … but at this point … I was willing to let Singer make the cwall …<\/p>\n
We left it that she’d play it by ear and contact me a bit later with the agenda for the night …<\/p>\n
In the meantime … I was supposed to call Hottie, find out where he was and what his arrival plans were.<\/p>\n
It was about 6:00 ish at this point … and I needed to get ready.<\/p>\n
Which fortunately … only meant pulling on a different pair of jeans<\/a> and top … and touching up my eye make-up … so I was ready by 6:15 pm to go. Lazy-Amy strikes again !!!! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n But Enterprise<\/a> was on … so I had to watch that for a few minutes … and finally called Hottie around 6:40 pm or so … though I only got his voicemail and left a message for him to call me with the scoop for the night.<\/p>\n Then there was utter and complete mobile silence until after 8:00 pm … which really didn’t cause me any concern … sometimes the Away Team loses contact for a while … it’s been known to happen amongst us on more than one occasiooooon.<\/p>\n But I was incredibly antsy.<\/p>\n So I just decided to head out … go someplace and wait to hear from them.<\/p>\n Though while in transit … Singer called … Hottie had just arrived where Singer and her friend were … had ordered some food … and as soon as he was done … they’d meet up with me at the trashy bar I visited the night before …<\/p>\n “When do you think you’ll get there, because I’m not crazy about hanging out there too long by myself?<\/i>”<\/p>\n “It’ll be good practice … we’ll be there as soon as we can. Okay?<\/i>”<\/p>\n “Okay. See ya.<\/i>”<\/p>\n “Bye.<\/i>”<\/p>\n Now … let’s be real here … she had a really good point. There’s no reason I couldn’t be the first to arrive … I have in the past as boy … so I should plan on it in the future. In fact, usually Singer’s the first to arrive … being far more prompt than either Hottie or myself. Yeah … yeah … yeah … I know what you’re saying … what about Sister and Miss Daisy … aren’t they always first ?? Well, technically no … sure, they are there … but they are not the first TO ARRIVE … they have just never left the bar in the first place.<\/p>\n So …. I started my way to the bar … stopping at a party store nearby … as I was feeling tired. I had a full day already, was out the night before and didn’t want to fade … so I needed a hit of Red Bull.<\/p>\n And as I was checking out …<\/p>\n Ring ring <\/i><\/p>\n “Hola<\/i>”<\/p>\n “Can you pick me up a pack of cigarettes on your way?<\/i>”<\/p>\n “Yuhp … yuhp.<\/i>”<\/p>\n “Thanks !<\/i>”<\/p>\n So I checked out with two Red Bulls and a pack of Virginia Slims Menthol Ultra Lights.<\/p>\n I got to the bar … pounded some Red Bull in the parking lot … and entered the place.<\/p>\n Ugh … it wasn’t as busy as the night before … which was good.<\/p>\n And the waitress recognized me, mouthing the words … “Coors Light<\/i>” … which was bad.<\/p>\n I mean … geezuz … what am I becoming … a hotel bar regular ??<\/p>\n Tramp. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n So I grabbed a table, sufficient chairs … and settled in … back to the wall … to reduce the opportunities of a surprise attack.<\/p>\n Betsy brought me my beer and asked if I wanted to order my friends drinks, which I declined doing since I wasn’t sure when they’d arrive.<\/p>\n I really wasn’t stuck there solo long … 15 – 20 minutes maybe … enough for two encounters of small talk. Fortunately the band was in between sets so I had no risk of strange person dance-age.<\/p>\n Singer arrived first …<\/p>\n Then Hottie … sporting a new look … plaid flannel … takes a special man to make plaid flannel work !! He’s a keeper Baby Spice !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Singer’s friend arrived third … and had been given the scoop. She was totally cool.<\/p>\n And we pretty much just sat on our butts, talked and drank beer for the next 5 hours.<\/p>\n In retrospect, I felt bad for Hottie and Singer. Because it must have been totally boring for them. We were at an out-of-the way place to minimize the risk of running into people we knew … to accommodate me … though that’s half the fun of going out … running into people you know.<\/p>\n Now I know they would never say they were bored stiff … and personally, I wasn’t bored in the least … time flew for me … one minute I was sitting there by myself packing Singer’s smokes … the next the lights were up and we were being escorted out … which is always nicer than being escorted out before the bar closes. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Anyways, I learned a few things from this excursion …<\/p>\n One. Hottie gets a look of fear in his eyes whenever I comment about activity on a dance floor … I suspect he fears I’ll ask him to take me out there … which I can honestly say … to this date … has never crossed my mind. I mean, if he asked me, I’d say yes, but it’d be just as weird for me as it would be for him … I put it in the same category of weirdness as using the ladies room at the same time as Singer is for me.<\/p>\n Two. Even on nights when I look better than I normally do … Singer ramps it up and improves even herself. I can never gain any ground !!! You know how some nights your look just seems to work? Well, Saturday night I was doing okay … in spite of the fact that I hadn’t done anything with my hair since about 14 hours earlier … I was looking about as good as I can. A fairly decent, snug top … and a tight pair of jeans … I was feeling good about myself. Now don’t get me wrong, I didn’t feel bad about myself when Singer walked in … I just simply muttered under my breath … Whoa !! Girl’s got game !! <\/i>… And as I nibbled on my appetizer<\/a> … had to accept the bitter truth … I’m not even the same species as her !! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Three. 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