Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | by nathan

Ain’t No Sunshine

Meteorologically speaking, this week has been absolutely gorgeous, the kind of weather where you really want nothing more than to call in well to work and take off driving into the country with little more than your favorite music and perhaps a camera.

I don’t know what I’d ever do if the car I owned didn’t have a sunroof.

Sadly, I have too much to do to take off work all willy-nilly, and anyway, with gas prices where they are, driving aimlessly into the country is now an investment, something for which we have to budget. This is another example of the way in which George W. Bush has ruined the world.

Anyway, Brian’s been out of town since Saturday night, and while I generally do well on my own, this time it’s been much harder not having him around. Last night I called my mom to see how she was doing, and before I knew it I was telling her that I was lonesome, and could I come over for dinner? She had a better idea - "Why don’t I drive up there and we can go to Borders?"

The woman knows me.

So we went book shopping at Borders, which was lovely and just what I needed. She went with me to Target to get treats for Sam and offered to make dinner for me tonight if I’m feeling lonesome again. I still miss the hell out of Brian, and I can’t wait to get down to Dallas and order some blackberry mojitos from Bar Belmont, but at least in the meantime, it seems, I’m going to be all right.