What a great way to start a morning!

Just right off the bat, let me say THIS:

Me and my new friend had such a great day yesterday, and by 8AM this morning, he sent me:

Wow. I have always LOVED that fucking song!! And this is the first time anyone has ever dedicated it to me. HUGE beaming-heart- smiley face going on over here, gang.

Also– yes, after spending about 4 hours together yesterday, we spoke again on the phone last night for 2 and a half more hours.

And he sort of stunned me by saying he wanted to try the Peony Bistro! (I had told him about how I go there once a week with my favorite nearly-95-year-old Japanese client, and so my friend looked it up on the Internet and wants to go.)

Anyway. He and I are going there for lunch on Saturday, after my shift. I’m guessing the staff there will be shocked to see me show up with a completely different person… and I’ll still be in my uniform, so I feel like I need to announce to the staff: “I’m not on the clock, I’m on a date!”

Okay! And on a similar note — yes, I’m having lunch with my client at the Peony Bistro today!! I guess my new home-away-from-home.

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All righty!

On an additional similar note – the Agency has kind of loaded up my schedule for the next couple of weeks. Yes, I always need the money, but jeepers!

This is why he and I are trying to fit in a date after my shift. I have something like one day off for the next 2 weeks. (Believe me, I would much rather NOT go out on a date in my uniform…)

And I still haven’t gotten the files I need from Sandra for the play, so I’m guessing they will arrive the very moment I have absolutely no time to think straight, but we shall see!

And it has sort of floated into my awareness, gang, that my new friend is a lot like Wayne (my ex-husband in NYC). And I mean, A LOT. I didn’t realize it at first, but the similarities keep arising. (This is, of course, a good thing, because I adore Wayne; he is one of my best friends.)

In fact, I had shown my new friend a photo from my wedding to Wayne — I can’t remember what we were talking about that made me show him that photo — and my friend said, “Wow, he looks just like I did back then.” (Over 30 years ago.)

And now that I’ve seen more photos of my friend from back in those days, he is absolutely right. He and Wayne looked a lot alike.

Hmmm….

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Well, okay. I don’t really have time to post anything else today except this!

Yes! Nick Cave’s Solo Tour with Colin Greenwood on bass resumes tonight in Norway — for 3 sold out shows. Then moves on to Latvia, for an additional 2 sold out shows! Yay!

As always, in lieu of actually being there, I look forward to what the shows are going to look (& sound) like on Instagram!

Meanwhile, here’s this, from back in Lucca, Italy: