Friday 2/9, Susan managed to make it to my house before I even left work so I rushed home and found her there laying on my floor sniffing the new carpet. We chatted a little then put the Notebook on to see what all the hype is about (after watching it we still don’t know). I uploaded pictures of Michael and me then started the pizza for our dinner. We both downed half the pizza then Susan broke out the cupcakes for dessert. We lazed on the couch and finished watching the movie then chattered away about boys and the like. We were both extremely tired so S left around 9:30 or so then I did stuff in my room while watching OC until falling asleep before 11.

Thursday 2/8, I took my time getting ready after work, talked to Kay-See about date plans with Trevor, ate some dinner and eventually called Trevor around 8:00. He was rehearsing for a play and said he would call me later in the evening, so I kind of wrote it off. Watched OC, talked to Susan about the evening’s plans and set out a little after 10 to Susan’s house. While we were talking and prepping for Neighbours Michael called me back to say he was getting ready and would be going to Neighbours. I was so excited, probably more excited about Michael showing up than the prospect of Trevor showing up. We decided to head over around 11 and while I was driving Trevor called and we talked until I got there and he wasn’t sure whether or not he would show up but invited me to his show on Saturday night. It was a pretty good convo and Susan called just as I was hanging up and exclaimed “I knew it!” when I told her I was talking to Trevor. We busted ass to Neighbours and saw Seb. walking up just as we were and Susan audibly goes “Uh oh!” and we laughed heartily then greeted all the boys, and I waved to Damon who was in line behind us but he totally didn’t recognize me. As we were standing in the coat check line he came up and apologized and said he was a little slow but it was nice to chat with him for a minute. Susan and I did a lap but no Tye, so we went upstairs to watch people dance and eventually Damon came over and asked us if we wanted to play pool, and though I didn’t, Susan did and I people watched. I noticed Craig show up, and super early by his standards, then noticed “Dick” shuffling around looking for prey. We decided to hit the floor and headed straight for our regular spot and the dancing commenced. Susan kept migrating over toward Dick who was in the middle of a, oh how did Susan put it, Klondike bar. We took a break and were standing against the “Cool Railing” watching people come in and finally Teal and Darren showed up, but we hung back and decided to wait to say hi. A few minutes after they were out of sight we decided to do a lap and saw them up in the back bar so we did hellos and kisses on cheeks, then I brought up Kassie to Teal, but I didn’t get the response I was expecting, but oh well, we went and danced again. Craig ended up dancing right next to where S and I were, so eventually I turned around and acknowledged his presence by giving him a hug then we went back to ignoring him. I kept whining because it was after midnight and Michael hadn’t shown yet, but eventually he did and I was pleased as punch. We had a fabulous time dancing and pressing our pelvis’ together, we were both so sweaty but it was great. He was wearing a little scarf around his neck and I told him it looked “jaunty” and very “Lord of the Manor” then we talked about Eric for a minute and kept dancing. At one point Michael left and Susan was right on his tail to go find Brett and this guy pounced and said “I want to take you out to get a drink sometime” to which I blurted “I don’t drink!” then he goes “Tea!” and I said “I don’t drink that either! I’m making this hard for you aren’t I?” and he says “Water!” then I had to break it to him that I really wasn’t interested and kept willing Michael to get back. When he finally did I pointed the guy out and Michael seemed indifferent but was very enthusiastic about a guy dancing where Tye usually does who was really holding it down, it was awesome and Michael kept laughing and yelling “Yeah, I love that guy!” He yelled into my ear “I’m having so much fun, aren’t you?!” which made me insanely happy. Everyone left again but Teal and Darren came over so I was dancing with them and Teal told me that he thinks I’m really cute and I returned the compliment and told him before him and Susan were friends we’d always talk about how hot he is. Some army looking guy ended up in front of us looking very confused and slightly appalled at the two guys making out next to me, then he grabs my hand to like pull me out to dance with him so as a reflex I grabbed Teal’s arm and yelled “I’m with Teal tonight! I don’t want to dance!” so he dropped my hand and Teal did his best to appear to be straight and dancing with me. I thanked him and he said anytime then eventually Susan and Brett came over and we all danced together (sans Michael who was over on the other side of the dance floor) for quite a few songs. It was getting late so I said my goodbyes then tracked Michael down and said bye to him and got a kiss on the cheek then a hug then a kiss on the lips and they are so soft! Mmm, Michael. Ha, anyway I headed toward the coat check but the guy who had asked me out earlier was standing there so I did a 180º back toward the dance floor when this completely drunk guy grabbed my hand and tried to drag me to the dance floor but I rebuffed him and headed back toward the coat check. I saw Thomas and made a beeline for him and he goes “Karrah!” (I’m still totally shocked that he knows my name) and put his arm around my shoulders and asked what I was doing this weekend. Apparently there’s a documentary at Chop Suey called Fires of Paris or Paris on Fire or something about drag queens and he told me it’s supposed to be really fun and he would possibly be dressing in drag. I told him maybe Susan and I would go, said goodbye to him, got my coat and ran to my car. Didn’t get to bed until 2:00.