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I spoke to Steve Kohls – my contractor today – and told him the windows are on their way in and I need the columns refinished by his son P or T, whoever can get to it, he said he has three sons down sick right now. Meanwhile, he said that K hadn’t decided if he was going to lay the rubber flooring on the terrance or not and I lost it. Deep breath.
I called Hank at the urging of the Snake and N – and he wasn’t in so the bartender asked me the message – I gave her my name and number and she said what’s this in reference to – and I said well Travis kicked me out of the bar Saturday night because I told him to fuck off after he shoved me out of the way. She said man, he was in a…
I invited Ms. Marie who lives directly across the bayou from me to come tomorrow for the commemoration. She was pimping her son to me the other day saying “look how he likes dogs” when he was petting Arlene. Ms. Marie is 93 years old. She’s the one H was referring to when she said I am going to live a long happy life in my house on the bayou as evidenced by Ms. Marie…
I haven’t updated my will and after having seen several multi car accidents while on my road trip – I got home and called S to take care of some business. I told him I am leaving him as my beneficiary and expect he will take care of the LaLa and either sell it or live in it, and then give some of the inheritance to my mother. When the LaLa is done, I’ll refi…
T started his house renovation in February of 2005. We’re always comparing notes. He drove by this morning when I was walking the Bean – he’s been in Colorado – it was good to see him. I wanted to give him a hug but I was sweaty and he looked freshly showered having already gotten his bike ride in and gone for iced coffee to PJs in the Can. He said while he was gone…
I walked Bean late in the day and arrived at the LaLa just as K was pulling out – why he is working on Sunday is beyond me. But whew, I dodged that bullet. I feel like he holds my house hostage. I went inside and he had trimmed out the two clerestory windows and framed one window in the kitchen. Seemed like a long time to just get these things done. The window manufacturer…
In Atlanta, I walked to my old house on Riderwood Road right off LaVista Road. AA doesn’t live far from there, so the Bean and I took a long walk. It was funny to see the house because the first memory I had was when my mother packed up the van with all her belongings and her dog Max (who had fallen out of my window and injured his leg permamently) and drove all night…
The motto for Snellville is “Welcome to Snellville Where Everybody is Somebody.” Last time I was seeing E, I said I still harbor a lot of anger towards N and I don’t think I could ever forgive him. She said to focus on “my journey” where everybody is not somebody if I don’t want them to be. I decide. I was sitting in AA’s new house after having made fresh Margaritas and chips with salsa…
My brother Rafael loves camels – they are all over his house. There are wooden camels, short and tall, all over the floor, there are camels poking out of bookshelves, on pillows, everywhere. His wife, Kimberly, calls him Abdul because of his camel fetish. I like those camels – not having thought about it before – camels are kind of cool looking. I have an elephant thing. AA has a frog thing. My beautiful niece…
Themes tend to swarm and perhaps they come in three as my friend and boss Jon believes but visiting AA, we went to the Hoe Down in Piedmont Park to do the 2-step. I was bait because AA had broken up with her squeeze and wanted to make her jealous. When I was leaving Atlanta, I had to drive to AA’s house and get the Bean where I had left her so she’d be safe.…