March has heated up suddenly into a cornucopia of busy-ness. I’m not good at being socially busy, especially not now. I need a couple of days in between outings to recover. Trying to take it slow. But I am also taking my mother’s lead here, brave woman that she is, and just saying Yes to invites, and working out the details later. I’ve had a couple of double-bookings – because my sense of time is all screwed up, and I have no idea what month it is, let alone what day. I keep thinking it’s early January.<\/p>\n
In the next weeks I have:<\/p>\n
1. Joe Hurley’s Irish Rock Revue<\/a> – I have been wanting to go to this thing for years now. It’s a famous New York event. Joe Hurley is ubiquitous in the Manhattan music scene, and he randomly contacted me last fall to invite me to a show he was doing at Joe’s Pub. (The long funny story is here<\/a>.) I applaud his ingenuity in finding me on the Internet after 7 years. He was basically searching for the “chick in the eyepatch who sang Oliver songs with me for two hours” … and he found me. Brill. Can’t wait.<\/p>\n 2. Weekend brunch with my group of friends<\/p>\n 3. A party at Babeland, the famous sex toy shop. Random. But I got an invite, and I’m going. If they let me, I’ll take pictures!<\/p>\n 4. My mother is coming down this weekend, staying with me tonight – and we’re having brunch tomorrow with Siobhan and Ben. Looking forward to it.<\/p>\n 5. Baby shower for my sister Jean – can’t wait!<\/p>\n 6. I also would like to go to some of the films being featured in the Jules Dassin tribute<\/a> at the Film Forum, but thankfully – that goes into April, so March isn’t TOO top-loaded. But the first film on the bill – Night and the City<\/i> – with the awesome Mr. Richard Widmark (I LOVE that movie, but have never seen it on the big screen) – is the last weekend in March, which I already can’t do because I won’t be in town … so it’s all very confusing.<\/p>\n Oh, and also one more dental appointment (gearing up for it emotionally), a mammogram (yay), as well as a checkup for Hope.<\/p>\n There’s more that I need to put in there, too, because I am long overdue for a catchup night with my dear Allison, wine and tapas with my friend Ted, and rumspringa with David. Not to mention the writing work I am doing and have to continue doing. Not to mention the Ben Marley posts I need to write. I am already feeling overwhelmed, like one party\/event is enough for each week … I am still recovering from the flu, too.<\/p>\n As long as I don’t have things back-to-back, I should be fine.<\/p>\n Still not really reading, which is a very strange event in my life. I am almost done with the book of essays by Joan Acocella … and I honestly don’t know what I will pick up next. I’m on a 2 to 3 pages a day kick, which is so unlike me.<\/p>\n Fiction holds no interest. I’m not looking for suggestions, by the way – although thank you in advance if you provide some … I’m just sharing the weirdness of not reading like I used to.<\/p>\n March has come in like a lion.<\/p>\n Irish music, vibrators, brunch, Richard Widmark and doctor appointments. I hope I can keep it all straight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" March has heated up suddenly into a cornucopia of busy-ness. I’m not good at being socially busy, especially not now. I need a couple of days in between outings to recover. Trying to take it slow. But I am also … Continue reading