I am back from TX.

Did some work over there.....

Didn't get to have coffee with the bloggers tho...

Left a message as i breezed thru town....

One of my jobs is to travel the country...auditing public places of incarceration.

This place I went to has operated for a continuous 108 yrs as a house of detention....

hmmmmmmm......

the business that i am in..makes me wonder sometimes about the human race.

I am off to Texas tomorrow.....I have been in Baton R. most of the week. I came home Friday.....leave for Texas tomorrow.

I will be over in Texas for four days....

I am taking the roadster.

Nothing else.....just work.

Passing thru Houston tomorrow. might call all the Texas Guys..might stop for coffee.....who knows....I am pressed for time on the trip over tho.


Oh I did go get me some Ash on my forehead the other day...I gave up ice cream for lent, with a promise to do Good Deeds for folks.

Tis Fat Tuesday....

Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday...time to walk down the street and get a smudge of ash on your fore...head.

I am off today from the office...state holiday....

All the drunks are south of I-10 this morning....they will be coming back later in the afternoon and into the night...nursing hangovers etc...from the partying ...trying to get that last bit of beer out of the bottle ...catching those beads...showing those tits.

Not much going on....... I will be on the road here tomorrow..heading to the Captiol City for three days.....then back for one day.....then heading to that Great State of Texas....to help them out ....give my expertise...!!

So posting won't be coming too much..in the next two weeks.

Today was a good day for a paddle. It was also the day that this city has it Mardi Gras parade. The parade is about a decade or two old, now since it has become old hat, folks are leaving town..the residents that is and going some where. So, I thought.....hmmm....... I aint gettin sunburned catching some 30 cent bead thrown by a semi drunken woman in pink hair.

So, I called a few pals and off we went to find some rookeries in the swamps below here.

It was a Great Day.....and I got a lil sunburnt.!!!!

The weekend is fastly approaching. Even tho its Tuesday..folks are calling

Its the festive Mardi Gras weekend for Central La.

Friday night I have been ask to escort the Bishop's wife to a party.

Saturday its the Kiddies' Parade, I am on the bead wagon.

Then Sunday afternoon...its riding the Fire Truck and throwing beads...

The only drawback to all this open air riding around its going to be freezing, tit wrenchin' cold.... !!!


Pics to follow for sure.....

Life is doing fairly well here in Central La.

The weekend passed with out any real experiences.

This week the big guy from the state Capitol will be here.

However, I am more concentrated on the gym than him and his staff.

I have realized that building muscle mass is ok..but I am too big in the chest and too too big in the waist.

So, a needed reduction must take place. Time to shed a few pounds.

So more cardio....no bread, no rice, and much less wine... maybe a glass or two a week ...and a lil bit on the weekends.

Mo' WATER tho....Mo' Water.

Saturday Morning on the Red Bricks.

Got up this morning, called Lil' Sister.

Made coffee...........

Read Matt's Blog.

I have to buy a bottle of Cab for tonight's supper with the Breeders.

They have offered for me to go with them on another of their trips. The last one was to Sidonia. I didn't go. But this time its to CA to the wine country. Good Food and Good Spirits...so I am thinking bout going.

I read today about an acquaintance of mine in the paper. He passed away.

At 49, geeee.....so young.....he was a past drag princess in his earlier life.

He was always prone to depression. Steve would not drive a car, lived close to work, so he could walk. Had folks take him to the grocery store...etc

I think folks enabled him to have his own pity party.

A couple of months ago one of his friends called me to talk about Steve. This friend keep saying po steve this and po steve that. ... I then realized that Steve had woven his world around his circumstances and made folks dependent on him. These friends were catering to him... buying into his situation. Steve worked every day, had a college education, but he was 'needy'. He wanted and craved attention.

So he got it by being pitiful and consuming his friends with his self imposed misery.

What they should have done was told Steve to Get Up and Get on with Life.

I know that my friends take that approach with me... being realistic...get up and get on with life...the truth sometimes hurts...but its Life that must go on.

Now Steve has passed away.... I hope he is in a better place and he is getting on with his next life.

Thanks for the comment Mike....

The date went ok.... I am attracted to him...his mind...his wit...and his smile.

I am not sure if this will go anywhere....more than likely not..he wants to move out of this town when he graduates. He graduates in May of this year.

And he should if he wants to.....he has his life to live.... I understand that.

I am privileged just to spend time with him..that's it...my privilege.

Tis Thursday..........

24 is coming to supper tonight, we are going out to the local Italian cafe.

I'll see where this goes....just don't know where. I should not even date him. He is way too young, but he has a mature mind....Maybe its just spring fever.

At the gym last night, which was good. I am back into my gym routine.

What else..... not much ...Lisa and I need to go kayaking for sure...but the weather has been awful here....Its 50* and dropping...cold damp...no sunshine.

I need to vacuum the house today.

Yesterday....

I watched the Superbowl by my self.........

I went to the gym by my self.

Spent the entire day, other than a few phone calls made to the house by my self.......

Its always good to be comfortable by my self........

Have I learned my lesson yet.......................by my self.

Hmmm..

What can I say.

I started Feb with meeting someone.

Great personality, wonderful mind...and not to mention the body with the tat right above the crack of the butt.

He came over around midnight....we didn't get out of bed until three pm

But to say something more... I am robbing the youth...he being only 24.

I wonder if he will come around again ...hopefully for supper this week.

I can not let my mind wander....... !!!!

Its Offical.

I am 364 days away!!

I sat with him today, discussed my plans, he accepted the letter.

Its down hill .......from here.

I feel very much relieved in some ways...torn in others.

But all in all...... tis a Good Thang.