The haps

really the main thing going on in my life is work, I worked 38 1/2 hours in 4 days last week and then took Friday off, thank god, to go to Santa Barbara with my friend Joyce. she lives in AZ now where it's like 115 degrees and I live in the hell that is Tujunga where it's been over 100 for weeks so I thought going to SB was a good idea for both of us. of course her plane was supposed to get into Burbank at around 9 pm Thursday night but was delayed by HOURS and got in at 11:30 pm and we had made plans to have lunch with Shannon in Simi Friday morning at 7:30 am on our way out of LA so we got almost no sleep. breakfast was nice though, we didnt' have to talk because Shannon talks so much you can't get a word in edgewise which worked great for us since we were sleep deprived and we got to laugh about it later. then we got pedicures before we left Simi but my pinkie toenails stuck to the inside of my shoes and I ended up with almost no polish on those toes, figures. so then we headed towards SB, took a minute to stop in Montecito and look in an antique shop and use the bathroom and then went into SB to have lunch. actually had lunch on the pier overlooking the water, we both had the fish and chips and shared a salad and then decided to do some wine tasting so we took the San Marcos pass to the 246 which goes into Buellton and Solvang, stopped in Santa Ynez at Kylara and did a tasting, I bought two bottles of wine and Joyce bought one of a dessert wine she really liked. couldn't decide whether to go into Los Olivos to find another winery or head into Solvang so we decide to just stay on the 246, went thru Solvang and Buellton and ended up at a winery between Buellton and Lompoc, did another tasting, I bought two more bottles of wine, one was a really nice Syrah for $30 to bring back and share with my boss and coworker, also bought some culinary sauces, didn't look at the bill of course, and then when I got home Saturday night noticed they charged me for THREE bottles of the white wine instead of two, $48 instead of $16, not good! at this point still have not gotten them to reverse the charges, have to call back again today. Anyway, we went to dinner at the Hitching Post after the wine tasting, both had fillet mignon, yummy and another glass of wine each, then checked into our hotel to get ready to go out. Joyce is putting on her makeup and looks over at me in the doorway of the bathroom and says "I don't feel very good" and I ask "like barfing not good?" and she says yeah so I get out of the way and she proceeds to throw up her whole dinner. no idea if it was the dinner or the wine, but I ate almost exactly the same thing she did so probably the wine. but then she felt totally fine so we went out anyway. SB is fun but it seemed like everyone was either a lot younger than us or a lot older, of course she's married anyway but it's always nice to flirt and we didn't even find anyone to flirt with. oh well, went to Denny's after and had a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich then went and crashed. Went back to Solvang the next day to do some shopping and at 11:30 am it was 104 degrees, freakin insane, so we went and had lunch in SB, did some shopping and headed back. actually got home around 8:30 Sat night, ate Japanese for dinner, watched Sideways (which totally makes sense given our weekend, if you've ever seen it), and then I took her to the airport Sunday morning at 7:30 am. went horseback riding Sunday again, actually got to ride, had a sort of argument with my friend Jen about the guy(?) she's seeing, I just think she's making really bad choices since she split up with her long time boyfriend and she asks for advice and then in completely dismissive of it, so why ask? so then I went to the grocery store, did some laundry, watched tv and basically vegged out the rest of Sunday. and this week is already hectic, it's like I'm on a wheel, one of those rodent ones in a cage, going round and round, that's how work feels... no wonder I drink so much.