Lady Guy-Guy

I was up around 645am after a poor night of sleep. I didn’t feel well either, slightly hungover. I was surprised given that I drank only four beers spread across three hours. After starting coffee and taking Frankie outside, I took 3 Advil then snuggled up on the sofa for another 30-40 minutes of sleep. The Advil nipped the headache but didn’t cure the sleepies. Storm clouds moved in around 8am and it rained fairly hard for a brief bit, enough to leave the back yard even squishier than before and puddles at the rear flower beds’ edges. Mindy must’ve joined me downstairs shortly after 9am. She wondered if I had already completed my run. Nope. We hung out briefly before I finally headed out. It was cloudy, but very warm and humid. If nothing else, the run left me feeling much better. I ran up on heck of a sweat. It wasn’t back home too long before another downpour. How crippling. I had this sinking feeling that I wasted a day off work. I don’t like to take ‘em just to take ‘em. As it was, with the constant threat of rain, we couldn’t go boating or even work on it. Heck, I couldn’t even golf. However, the threat of dangerous weather eventually abated, so I decided to try and cut the wet lawn. Our lawn, especially the front, was getting long and thick. While I worked on the lawn Mindy left to meet her mom and brother for lunch at Minelli’s. It was Gloria’s 76th birthday. Afterwards, Mindy planned to stop by a glass shop to buy a piece of glass for Jacob’s desktop as well as a stop at Target. The afternoon warmed considerably and every time the sun shined for more than a few minutes it got really steamy. I cut the lawn in running shorts alone. Just as I was finishing up the front lawn, nephew Joe pulled up. He wanted to check out Jacob’s room. He headed in while I toiled in the yard. Mindy arrived home just as Joe was getting ready to leave. He stayed a short while longer presumably checking out Jacob’s newly decorated room. Mindy and I had dinner plans with Kenny & Chrissy at J Alexander’s in Worthington. We made plans to head up 6pm. Through the late afternoon and early evening the sky alternated between sun & clouds with a few scattered storms sprinkled in. As planned, we left the house around 6pm. We dropped Jake at his Church youth group meeting in Worthington. They were heading to the Clipper game before heading to dinner. J Alexander’s was less than a mile from where we dropped Jake. This was my second dining experience there, both with Kenny & Chrissy. It is their favorite restaurant. We ordered drinks after being comfortably seated. I went with Jack & Coke, Mindy wine, and Kenny & Chrissy a beer. We ordered their calamari as an appetizer. A Lady Gaga look alike came in and was seated just a couple booths behind us. Somehow I missed getting a glance as they walked by. Chrissy and Mindy insisted I check ‘her’ out. A few minutes later, a familiar couple sauntered in and was seated at the booth just behind us. It was Chrissy’s cousin Heather and her boy friend Mike. I suggested Mindy walk over to the Gaga look alike and ask if she could get a photo with the two of us together. Mindy declined. I then headed to the restroom figuring I’d detour by their table on my way back for a glance. I was surprised to discover that she was a he. She did look something like Lady Gaga, or was at least trying hard to look similar (hair- attire). Three of us ordered their specialty, prime rib. As she often does, Chrissy strayed from the flock and went with a filet instead. She can’t eat beef pink. This marked the first time I had ever ordered prime rib. Had it before at Xmas parties and such but never ordered it as an entrée. It was cut thick and delicious. Kenny graciously picked up the tab. On our drive home Mindy asked if we could drive by her old home in Worthington just a minute or two from the restaurant. Hadn’t seen it before. Nice place. Before heading home, we also drove by Thad Matta’s place in Worthington Hills. Very nice! The sun came out during our drive home. That was nice to see. We stopped at Chrissy ex-in-laws to fetch the girls but they ended up spending the night. And since we were in a touristy mood, Kenny drove us through Moneyback. Mindy hadn’t seen it before. We planned to hang out at the neighbors after a brief stop home. Mindy picked up Frankie and I filled my ski flask with Jack before heading down. We hung with the neighbors until 10pm, but no later. Mindy wanted to be home at a reasonable hour and I wanted to wake Saturday feeling good. Others were arriving just as we were leaving.