Lots of fun over the last few days.

On Friday I got a surprise phone call from a recruiter I had spoken to some time ago. He had a job possibility – just a possible position, which leads me to think that the position hasn’t even been vacated yet – that he wanted to know if I was interested in. He said it was in Ringwood, Illinois, at which point I told him exactly what company it was. See, Ringwood is this tiny town located about five minutes from takaza‘s mom’s house that really only has one company there. I’ve driven past it many times and thought how great it would be if I could get a job there. I sent the recruiter an email explaining that it would be close to family and friends, as well as close to Dan’s company’s home office (so he could easily transfer) and stressed that this was an ideal location. Those of you who have followed my journal for any period of time know that there’s a whole lot that can wrong between this point and even getting an interview, so I’m certainly sure not going to make any plans based on this. It was a nice phone call, anyway.

That night we had dinner with some old, very dear friends of mine who I hadn’t seen in six or seven years, Vickie and David Broyles. Vickie was the first person I ever told I was gay, and has always been a wonderful friend. I’m so glad that we were able to reconnect, and it was great to see her and David again. I was a little nervous because I hoped that Dan got along with them, but I needn’t have worried – he and Vickie really hit it off while David and I talked shop. We had a tasty dinner al fresco at Spartacus, and ended the evening with a nice chat back at their hotel. I hope we’ll be seeing them again soon, and that we’ll be able to play hosts!

Saturday featured a god-awful early wakeup: 5:30 AM. Like we did two years ago, we assisted Dan’s employer’s golf outing by playing the all-important role of Refreshment Cart Drivers. The course had new carts this year which could only take one cooler at a time, so we each drove a cart and pretty much just drove laps around the golf course all morning providing soda and really bad beer to the golfers. Still, it was good fun, even if some of the experience was lost by having to use separate carts where we couldn’t really chat as we went. The one thing I’m really glad for is buying sunscreen – we would have gotten completely toasted if we hadn’t slathered the stuff on first thing in the morning.

That evening, we were joined by me_not_you and wildmouse for dinner at Patronies (where we learned that when it comes to pizza and salads, they make a pretty good calzone). We retired back to the house and watched some Tivo then they headed home as we were all falling asleep in our chairs.

I went over to help Donald bottle/keg beer on Sunday (and I didn’t confiscate those bottles, they cried out to be liberated!) and we made plans to brew up the next batch or two of beer – possibly on Memorial Day, if our guests are interested. After that we went up to Gino’s for a tasty lunch. They left for gaming, and Dan and I bummed around the house for the afternoon, before making a quick trip to the store for groceries. We had a nice quiet evening and generally relaxed.

So, this week: I’m going to head down to my parents’ place tomorrow and hang out there until Thursday morning. If the stars align properly, I may even pop over to Athens and have lunch with rasslor. Also of note: I should know the decision on the job in Kentucky by the end of the week. As soon as I know what’s up there, I’ll be sure to pass it along. Well, off to pay some bills…