Saturday
I woke up with a burst of energy and quickly did the Beginner’s Workout of my ‘Muscle Motion’ aerobics tape.
Helen telephoned to say, “I’ve been calling you but you haven’t been home.”
“Oh, I was probably at the gym,” I said as we continued with a quaint chat.
I shared with her a bit about Lorraine Garcia at the gym and my new pal, Leonard.
She started to talk about AIDS which led me to believe she may have doubts about me. I don’t like listening to her sometimes.
“Thank you so much for the gifts from Paris,” Helen added at the closing of our conversation.
Mom stopped by and brought me a box of TIDE detergent. That was a subtle hint for me to wash clothes. Ha-ha.
Leonard Perillo surprised me with a phone call.
“Hi, I just wanted to see how you were feeling?”
“Oh, I’m better,” I said reassuringly.
He continued about his departure at noon for Santa Cruz today.
“I’ll probably see you on Sunday or Monday,” Leonard said in closing.
I began to get the feeling that he may have called because I sounded a tad down in tone when I spoke to him last night. I think he heard signs of my downer mood swings when he had said he had dinner plans in Menlo Park. I was a bit down but I certainly don’t expect him to turn his whole life in a sudden motion around me. I know he never would anyway. Still, I am glad he called me this morning. The phone call tells me that he cares. It seems that I am a special friend to him. I am beginning to consider Leonard Perillo my ‘newfound friend’ right now.
Paloma’s brother called me. He came over to pick-up a few things that I brought for him from Paris. He plans to go to Paris in a week or so. I took the liberty to give him a TV GUIDE to give to his (and Paloma’s) father. Paloma’s dad wondered what a US TV Guide looked like. I also gave him a cassette tape with music that I’d selected especially for Paloma. He stopped by and left very quickly.
Mom called.
“Hi, what’s up?” I asked.
“Guess what?”
“What?”
“You and I are invited to dinner by Dad to ‘Mexicali Rose’.”
“That sounds good to me, I’ll be right over.”
I was starving, so I jumped on that offer.
I showered and went to mom and dad’s house. I drove to Webster Street to Mexicali Rose. Dad was in a pleasant mood and urged on a whole pitcher of Margaritas. We were buzzing. It was a filling dinner and so much fun. I returned with them to their house and laughed over a few sit-coms on TV. Then I watched “The Other Lover”, starring Lindsay Wagner (of Bionic Woman fame). Mom had taped the movie as it was aired last Thursday night (the night Leonard was spending the night at my place).
“The Other Lover” reminded me of the Meryl Streep/Robert DeNiro film called “Falling in Love”. I liked it. The primary lesson was ‘don’t fiddle with married folks’. It may feel good in the beginning but it will only hurt someone in the long run.
By midnight I was driving myself home. I’m happy tomorrow is Sunday.
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