Exhausted, Happy & Kind Of A Wreck.
Last night we had a lovely party to celebrate the 9th anniversary of the birth of our best gal, Zoe Mabel. Her birthday isn’t actually until next week but this was the last chance to get all of her homies together before she leaves for Cape Cod for the summer. She is such a good kid, I have to *squink squink* my eyeballs in amazement sometimes.
they all look like teenagers now. go easy on me, please.
The night before, USA returned from 2 weeks on the road with Rob Dickinson. For the first week that he was away I held down the fort like a champ but after several Celtics games and pool parties where everyone converged on the home of the rockers, my well oiled machine quickly began coming off the rails. Here’s a roundup of the 2 weeks that USA was away and all the hooligans that forced me to rock out while the laundry and dishes piled up.
bill likes to tickle. carol is supportive. stacy gets cozy in front of the tv.

jamie & joey seem nice enough but that kaylyn has always been a troublemaker.

carol & courtney reprazent tha LMV
At one point during game 5 of the Celtics/Lakers series, my neighbor Ami (a lakers fan) snuck away from the game action in the living room briefly enough to a) not be missed and b) do this to my son.
this is so wrong. put a yankees cap on him while you’re at it.
Not for nothing, but Carol took this picture and several others. Thanks a lot, MILFA, I see how it is now. When I found the pictures on my camera I jumped up and down, threw a fit and proclaimed righteous indignation to all those involved (including ami’s wife and kid) but between me and you, I thought it was pretty funny. Look at poor Henry with his Rondo shirt underneath the Kobe one, knowing that he was doing something he shouldn’t. Also, as a lifelong Boston sports fan, I had to respect the cojones. Don’t tell Ami that though, because he and Jackie owe us dinner because the stupid LAKERS LOST. HAHA!!! The more guilt I pour on, the more impressive the dinner will be, is how I figure it.
Other things that have happened over the last few weeks:
The members of one of the bands I’m in went down to Nashville for a week to shoot scenes for a movie. I think I signed some sort of confidentiality agreement, so I can’t reveal what the movie was or any details, but I think it’s fair to post some pix.
me standing in for the star

stacy and schmidley with some girl.
One of my closest girlfriends, Melissa Eltringham, moved to Nashville last year. I cannot express how happy I was to see her and catch up. When she showed up at my hotel to pick me up for dinner, Hillary Clinton was on CNN giving what we thought was going to be a concession speech (’twas not to be). We spent the first 15 minutes of our long awaited reunion glued to the TV watching an historic moment in American politics. How fitting. It’s a gift to have women like her in my life.
love ya, melisse. whoreanous mani/pedi and all…

Henry graduated from pre-school so naturally he and his friends wanted to celebrate at McDonald’s. He and the guys are all big kindergarteners now. Gah! How did that happen?
hank, ryan, aidan & caleb moving up in style.

On deck: a whole lot of nothing, I hope. And then I have to learn the new Miley record for our dates this month. More to come….
xok


