O-Vah

The Bishop
So Friday night I headed up to the old Bayley Ellard High School to visit the evolving young adult evangelization center they're calling St.Paul's Inside The Walls. It was something Mrs.K asked us to go to and it actually turned out to be pretty interesting. It helped that Michelle and Cara went with me, going alone wouldn't have been nearly as interesting.

It's a nice place they've got up there, and if it weren't for the Danger: Asbestos signs hung all over the friggin' place it might have not even seemed like they had work to do. Either way there seemed to be a good group of people there, the priest in charge was a very energetic guy, and the Bishop was well spoken (if sometimes frustratingly contradictory).

There were more than a few things he said that I thought were well put, but a lot of things that I cringed just a little bit at. I'm sure I rolled my eyes a few times, I'm sure he caught me at least once. I'd like to go back out there and check it out again, see how it goes on a regular night without the Bishop.

I'm not really sure what the future holds for me as far as my association with the actual church part of the church group is concerned, but this is still something that interests me one way or the other.

After the mass ended we headed back rather quickly to Wizards and ended the night pretty much like we end most Friday nights nowadays...and like most Friday nights I enjoyed every second of it.

The Boys
It's been about two months since I've seen any of the guys for more than a few minutes. So when I heard Gonzo would be local tonight I knew we were going to be getting at least a few people together. It still ended up being a small group (Gonzo, House, Sean and I for the most part). But Forti stopped by which was cool because it's been awhile since I've seen him, and his wife is due to pop out a beautiful little baby girl any moment now. He only stayed for a little bit, but it was still good to see him.

This guy Joe we hung out with in high school ended up meeting up with us as well. We've had some fun nights with Joe in the past, but it really has been awhile. We ditched out of Geez around 11 and the guys stopped at two more bars before I drove us all up to Wizards. We did another shot, had another drink and bounced out of there as well, but not before Rickey stopped in for a minute to say hello. It was definitely good to see him, it's been entirely too long.

I'd heard from an old friend somewhere in there and even though it was pretty late the six of us (The three I started with, Joe, and a guy we picked up in a bar who somehow ended up in the trunk of my truck) made a mad dash for Bloomfield where I pretty much booked on them the minute we walked in the door. I spent a little while chatting before being interrupted by two managers and a bartender who all told me they had just closed the bar downstairs and my friends were waiting in the parking lot, they said I could stay, but that the others had to go. In interest of not causing a scene I said goodbye and met the guys outside. Several things happened in the next few hours, I somehow found myself scratching off lottery tickets in the parking lot of a Quick Check in Paterson at three in the morning and then eating a mushroom sandwich at the King George while Sean and House slept it off in the backseat of my car. An hour later I'm dropping Sean in Ramsey and hauling ass back down to Paterson so that I can the yard opened up for the single ridiculous job we have today.

It was a pretty good god damn night, even though halfway through I found myself wishing I was elsewhere.

The Bullshit

So there's only one job today, but it's a doozy, and it wasn't prepped right, and I might end up driving it myself. There was some talk about seeing Star Trek in IMAX tonight, but something tells me we're not getting that one together. I have the unfortunate feeling we won't be doing anything tonight, but I seriously hope I'm wrong. Either way I'm still ridiculously happy that I get to see so many of the church group so often, and I just hope that I get to see the ones I don't see all the time more often in the future.

My allergies are already killing me and it will be at least six hours before I can get any sleep. I'll only be out for an hour or so then before I have to head up to my mom's for mother's day and try to cobble something together for the evening.

It's going to be a long day, hopefully it's an interesting one as well.