Tuesday, February 15, 2005
| Valendizzle Dayzel About a month ago, I asked all of my girls if they would be willing to spend Valentine's Day with me, since Paul always has to work on the holidays. In unison, all of the girls said that they couldn't, as they would be spending the evening with their girlfriends. I completely understood, although I felt pretty sad that I would be spending the night alone. Yet, wouldn't you know it, a couple of days later I received an evite from my friend Angie asking me to spend the evening with her and her girlfriend, Carolhot. The invitation was for the three of us to get together for dinner and drinks. I was SO shocked and felt overwhelmed at the kindness of these two ladies. Considering that this Valentine's is the first that they've spent together as a couple, inviting me along for the ride was an exceptional sacrifice on their part. Leave it to that Angie...never leaving me out in the cold. During the day yesterday I felt pretty guilty about Paul having to work. Valentine's Day is not only a semi-lame holiday, it's also his birthday. We were able to spend the day together on Sunday and that kind of made up for it, however, I could tell that he was pretty depressed about having to work. But this post isn’t about Paul’s sadness; it’s about Joe’s great friends! In any case, I showered after work and went over to Carolhot's apartment. My first reaction to the size and beauty of her home left my eyeballs rolling on the floor. Once I collected them, I took a tour of one of the nicest places I've ever seen in Manhattan. And not only nice, they live in the heart of the West Village. That is like Gay Mecca wonderfulness. I could have stayed all my life. Carolhot and I had a few drinks and caught each other up on our day until Angie arrived. Carolhot's roommate came home and she turned out to be this super successful and totally awesome lesbian. It is SO refreshing for me to meet a mature, responsible, successful gay person. I talked her ear off and laughed at everything she said for at least a full hour. I was the only boy around and eating up every second of it. Eventually, Carolhot, Angie and I went out for our Valentine's Day Mexican dinner. We ate at this adorable little place called "Mexican". heh heh...I don't remember the name. We ordered a pitcher of margaritas and had guacamole with chips for an appetizer. When it came time to order my entree, Angie looks at me and says "You will be getting the barbequed beef tacos with rice and black beans". I retort with "How do YOU know what I want?" Angie says "I just know". And YOU know what? She was totally right! That IS what I wanted. Angie and I got the same meal and Carolhot got the fish tacos AKA "sick", but I didn't tell her that as I didn't want to hurt her fish loving feelings. We talked and talked and the waiter screwed up our order by only bringing one plate of barbequed beef tacos for Angie and me to split. We were polite about the mix-up and our reward for reacting that way was three shots of some sort of frozen alcohol awesomeness. I slurped it down and finished the last of my dinner. I got home around 10:30pm and had one more glass of wine while I waited for Paul to come home. He walked in the door around 12:30am and I had a dozen roses and a box of chocolates waiting for him. He was so happy that I was there to welcome him. He made us BLT's (as though I needed to eat anything else after the tacos of love, but I did anyway). We talked about our days and went to bed around 2am, the birthday boy spooning me with a smile on his face. At no point during the night did I feel like a third wheel with Angie and Carolhot. At no point during the night did I feel weird that my boyfriend couldn't join me for a Valendizzle dinner. In fact, I was almost happier to have been with Angie and Carolhot than I would have been if just Paul and I went to dinner. Those two ladies sure are entertaining. And so nice to me. I felt so special and happy yesterday; like I made the right decision by getting out of the house. I'm trying very hard to keep my depression at bay and one of the best things I can do for that is to get out and be a part of the city that surrounds me. Angie and Carolhot gave me that opportunity and for that I'm ever so grateful. They are two very special people. This year's Valendizzle Dayzel was just about the best I've ever had. |
