welcome to my mind ...

We didn't go out in the morning to breakfast. Mainly because I didn't get up until almost 12:30pm, but I also didn't go to bed until close to 4 and I didn't feel like getting up.

When I finally got up and was awake enough to want to go out, it was 2:00pm. We headed over to Outback Steakhouse, but they don't open until 4. So we agreed on meeting up there at 5:30pm for dinner. Ma and I then left to go to the Texas. I got my player's card and headed over to the bingo hall. Didn't win anything, but it was fun.

On our way out, I sat down at a slot machine, put a $20 in and walked away with the same $20. So I didn't win anything, but I didn't lose anything. We left the Texas and headed over to Outback.

We got there before Lori and Tony did so we sat outside for about 15 minutes. While we were waiting, I was leaning up against the railing and ma was sitting on the bench by the wall. I was watching the reflection of the cars in the window, when I realized, "I hope there aren't people sitting in the boothes by the window. They might think I'm staring at them." Then I also thought, "they can't see mom so they might also think I'm talking to myself." It was kinda funny.

Lori and Tony finally showed up, we went in and were seated immediately. It was good timing because just after we were seated, they started a waiting list. All we ordered was appetizers, but they were like meals themselves. Ma and Lori wanted me to order a drink, just because I could, so I got a kiwi-infused melon martini. It was alright. We had fun at dinner. Our conversations are always interesting at dinner though.

After we left Outback, we stopped at home for a minute, then me and ma headed out again. This time we went to the Cannery and played bingo there. I came close to winning. I was 3 numbers away from winning $76,000. That would have been nice. I didn't enjoy myself as much this time, because the hall was much more full and the guy who was sitting across from me was smoking the whole time. I couldn't breathe for an hour. And I smelled like smoke when I left. It was horrible.

We never got around to buying a cake. I kept forgetting. And since we were all full from Outback, we decided not to buy pizza. Instead, ma told me that we'd buy my cake today and we'd have pizza for dinner tonight.

For the most part yesterday was a good day. I still wish I could have celebrated it with friends, but you can't have everything you want right? Today is Stuart's 21st birthday and tomorrow is my friend Scott's 21st birthday. The original plan was to celebrate it with both of them. Not necessarily on the exact day, but close enough. That plan became moot when my other plans didn't go through. Oh well.

I know this is a long entry; I planned on it being long. But now I'm done. Till tomorrow.