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4:00am -- I'm nocturnal by nature and heritage as well as profession, so I am no stranger to this hour. Neither is Julia by either of her professions, musician or chef. We've been putting in a lot of hours over the past few days getting The Joint into shape. I've been mainly doing hardware (carpentry, plumbing, electrical) while she's been doing all the food/drink stuff--getting all the food and booze supplies in, setting up the relationships with suppliers, and working out the menu. The pool table arrived yesterday. It's a nice solid piece. I'm loving the bar--we found an awesomely well-worn manly-man oak bar through one of my contacts.
I'm digging how well-broken in this whole place is feeling already. I like that we have both the womblike darkness of the interior and the open sky of the deck out back. Right now, in fact, I'm sitting out on the deck with my mini-laptop and a martooni, enjoying the night, and the sky, and the little sounds of the town, and a horny tomcat singing his hormone-soaked brains out two doors down.
A little while earlier, Julia took a break out here with me. We sat curled up together on the big rattan chaise longue and talked a mix of business and endearments. Oh I'm so into this lady. She's smart and funny and capable, and also freakin' hot. And she's into me, and especially digs that I'm unapologetically crazy as that tomcat out on the fence. And she's not afraid to slap me down when I push boundaries. I ... am just staying in the moment, folks. But this is feeling really damn good.
Y'know, Papa and Gramps always said to have a fallback career, or two, or three. For any number of reasons, from the always-present risk of a career ending injury, to an anchor in the mundane world to keep from totally going off the deep end. It's feeling all kinds of right to be dabbling in the restaurant/bar biz. How much time have I spent slacking off between jobs in places like this? And then there's Julia ... nope, even she said stay in the moment. even before I did.
Sitting alone now--Julia's taking care of one last thing before we both crash. So quiet out. Occasional noise of bugs, night birds. Skulking cats and other urban critters.
Meanwhile, yes, i am researching candidates for the next big job. That life goes on also.
Damn. Life is good right now. Savoring it. This is some of the real treasure.
Loopy-chan · Mon Jan 05, 2009 @ 12:49pm · 0 Comments |
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