alone for the weekend

i'm mostly alone for the weekend. hops went to arizona for a retirement party for an instructor she had at the university there.

this is my first real throwback to the old days in quite a long time. it's funny how easily i slipped back into the old swing of things. perhaps it's because i also recaffienated this weekend that i'm so bloviatous.

the woman at the lunch place (you know, the lunch place i used to go to EVERY FREAKING SUNDAY for about 3 years back when i was heavy into routines (heh)) asked, no doubt in reference to my seating requirements: "are you alone?"

to which i replied, channeling Robert DeNiro in "Heat," "I am alone, but I'm not lonely."

Sadly, the woman to which i replied this was the imaginary woman in my mind 2 minutes after the question had been posed. At the time the real woman asked it i answered, "yes," because i was tired and hungry and hot. also, I was alone.

there's something to be said for timing.