the other boot fell...

my absenteeism has been related to the ol' housemate packing up his things and leaving dodge. it's been interesting to say the very least but i'm now back to seeking out another person to take residency of my basement. it sounds like there may be a few possibilities but they're still being checked out to assure that i'm not going to just repeat history here. something tells me i'll get better results with either one of them but i've become quite the skeptic with this whole thing by this point.
besides supervising the move, i've been fighting a small cold. i'm hoping it doesn't manifest into anything bigger and hopefully i got to it before that process began. in all honesty it followed a night on the town, where i had been in front or in the middle of more people smoking than i'd been around in a long time. i think my lungs decided to just shut down for awhile to protect me from the carcinogens. i've been debating taking dayquil to shut down any possibilities of the symptoms getting worse but that stuff puts me out of commission sometimes, which means i really need to be sure that it'll be worth it.
i stopped over to 256's rehearsal last night and caught up to several of the guys. by january of next year they will all have been married. this is a far cry from the previous six months so it's both a surprise and a delight to see them settling down with some very nice women. DC's wedding is in october, which is next in line. he and Em have been planning a real nice gathering that i'm looking forward to attending. KW and i are providing the music so we get to really mix it up together at the reception.
after rehearsal i went downtown with Mio, Rod, and Alyssa to a place called Bar Divanis. this fine establishment is the best of it kind in grand rapids, michigan. it's a good experience to check something like this out now and again but there's absolutely no way i could make it a routine. in fact, since i'm broke i was Rod and Alyssa's guest, and they really showed everyone a great time. we had this bottle of champagne called argyle from 2002 and it definitely opened my eyes to what good champagne should be. we each enjoyed some wine as well, strangely enough it was from portland and landed right up there with the dominican and french wines. the food topped everything off, which was nothing short of incredible. we all had a sampling of the potato chip crusted walleye, seered tuna with cucumber salad, rissoto, and this lamb that was to die for... best i've ever had by far.
i stayed out much later than i planned because we all piled into one car and i wasn't driving. fortunately my being exhausted didn't ruin anyone's evening because i was about ready to pass out by the time we made it to our last destination. my body always wakes me up right around 7am so hopefully i can take a nap later and catch up on a little bit of the sleep i'm missing.

long weekend and i've got a lot of work to get done in the basement, among other things.