today

so it's been quite a week... between being in charge at work while the boss lady is out of town... mom having yet another MAJOR surgery... it's been, well... QUITE a week. suffice it to say that i was looking forward to today for a lot of reasons.

1. NO WORK. my first real day off since...the 15th? what is that? 11 days ago? what the hell? but my day didn't include driving down 183 to irving today. so that's a good day.

2. VISITING MOM in the hospital. surgery went well, and she is doing alright. i was excited to see her doing okay for myself... and not just hearing about it thru the daily telephone report.

3. THE BEST LITTLE ITALIAN PLACE we discovered for dinner. frank and i have been craving good italian food for awhile... so we tried a new spot, bellini's. from the outside, it looks questionable. but then you walk in... and... wow. the food was fantastic, the interior design classic, and i'm not going to complain about the totally cute dish washer i got a glimpse of in the back. oh yes, dinner AND a show.

4. SEEING FREAKING KATHY GRIFFIN with my friends paige! we had seats in the 8th row, center section. it was hi-larious. she's mildly outrageous, isn't afraid to say anything out loud... i LOVE her. it was a great show. she was onstage for almost 2 hours. if only i could forget spilling a drink on the cute bartender in the VIP club before the show... engh, well, it wasn't on purpose, and i wasn't drunk.... so... in the end, the night was really fun fun fun.