Went to Gordon Biersch with the work crew today and watched as more and more people with Mardi Gras beads and eventually odd clothes and finally fishnets and feathered bikini’s filled the place. I think its so odd to be so conservative with my appearance that I couldn’t even dress in spring colors today for fear of rushing the season. For godsake, everyone here wears aloha shirts and mumu’s every day. But we couldn’t get any beads because they were SELLING them and it made me really miss my friend that loves Mardi Gras more than just about anything. He used to always give me beads or we’d go out and party someplace and get them. So I missed that.

Had just about one too many brews and rode the bus home. Sat next to a nice man that kept me from endangering myself in my less inhibited state. Talked about our grandkids and he has been married 43 years. I would have been married 31 years if I’d stayed married to the first husband. Its amazing to think about that.

Saw some great makeup on men and women. Nobody flashed anybody that I saw though one woman was wearing a tube top and the tops of her tatoos made me think that maybe she brings that thing out on the holiday just to show the rest of the tatoos because they appeared to be pretty strategically placed.

Tomorrow, even though it is the start of lent, I’m bringing out the bold bright colors and I’ll search my stuff to see if I managed to save a strand of beads.

Life is so short. Way too short to worry about how you’ll look in blue eyeshadow.