Unemployed Law Student Spends Sunny Afternoon Reading Books on Patio with Iced Mocha

Shad and I went on a little party binge last night to get my mind off the job situation. I met up with him and about 15 artist/design types at Psycho Suzi's at about 9:30. From there a bunch of us drove up to Mady's on Central to bowl a few rounds, then to Nye's Piano Bar, where we proceeded to take over the bar singing and dancing like crazies. Actually, I think we were quite good...but my memory may be affected by the liquor...? After we shut Nye's down, we went to Dave and Jenski's to drink the National Drink of Iceland, after which we drank the National Drink of Belgium, by which time some in our group were falling asleep with beers in their hands (choosing not to partake in the National Drinks) and it was pretty well into the early morning hours, so we headed home.

This morning, Geoff called to rouse me out of bed at 11:30, and took me out to lunch at Bonfire Grill on Grand Avenue, where he proceeded to tell me what a good and justified decision I had made, etc. Geoff is a good pal and advisor, and I've sure missed hanging out with him and Matt. We were an inseparable triumvirate this year. A super fun night of acting crazy, followed by Geoff's kind words, were just what I needed and now I feel super swell sitting on my patio with my laptop (with bugs crawling across it) and a good book, drinking an iced mocha under the shade of a big ol' oak tree.

I have a few plants on my patio now, thanks to LA. She gave me a mutant hosta that had been terrorizing her in its own way for the past several weeks. She threw it in a pot, and now it's sitting in that pot on my patio. She also gave me two other pots of unknown flowers, which are, shockingly, still alive. She is scoring some rhubarb for us from one of her neighbors tomorrow, so it looks like I'll spend the day with her and in my yard.

Angela is in town, so we are going to a BBQ tonight where we will see her and some other friends. I've been looking forward to it.