Inside the Head of a TV Junkie

So, Rickie and I have a few trips upcoming that I’m really looking forward to!  In two weeks we head to Bisbee, AZ for Bisbee Pride.  It’s a good time, I swear!  Followed the next weekend by a return trip to Vegas with Erin for the SRHM conference.  We’re hitting up the pool at the Cosmopolitan while she goes to class and the pool party on Sunday at the Luxor.  Just what the Dr. ordered… pool and sun in Vegas.  Should be great. In July we’re going to L.A. to see Dolly at the Hollywood Bowl.  It’s her first time performing at that venue and I can only imagine how epic it will be.  :)  In August we find ourselves in Santa Barbara for my cousin Samantha’s wedding at the zoo.  Should be some great cousin time that weekend.

So yeah, we’re kind of busy but since I’m low on vacation time at work we can’t really go or do anything fantastic until after November.  I’m already thinking about what to do in 2012!  Any suggestions?  Anyone want a visit?

Over Memorial Day weekend Rickie and I traveled to Austin, TX to visit his brother Stephen. It was going to be a reunion of sorts as Rickie hadn’t seen his brother in about 5 years. The only thing I was nervous about going in was a fight between brothers that would turn the whole weekend awkward. Luckily, that didn’t occur and we had a wonderful time. It was nice not to have to plan anything on a vacation and just go with the flow. Rickie’s brother is really cool and I think he enjoyed our visit as much as we did. I think he definitely needed the distraction at the moment.

You know the saying that everything is bigger in Texas? Well, it must apply to gay bars as well. The two that we visited were crazy big. On Friday we attended a party at the Iron Bear bar which, as the name suggests, normally is a place where the bears hang out. On this night, however, there was a good mix of all types of people since there was a special event going on. The second bar we visited, on Saturday, was Rain. This was a pretty amazing bar as well. Maybe Phoenix just doesn’t know how to do gay bars? Or, maybe since they are new to me they just looked better? In comparison, our bars are ratty and could use some updating (except for maybe Bar1 and Amsterdam). Granted, I haven’t visited all the gay bars in Phoenix (maybe that should be a goal?) but so far, they are not as polished as the few in Austin were. Of course, I didn’t visit all the bars in Austin either and maybe we just got lucky with these two? I’m sure they have their fair share of tragic bars.

Anyway, we had an amazing vacation. We got super tan at the lake and on the river (yay for summer!). It was great to finally meet someone in Rickie’s family besides his parents considering he’s met everyone in mine! I can’t wait for our return visit!

Okay, so I’ve decided that I’m a worrier.  Not outwardly so, but I tend to internalize my bouts of worry.  I’m sure one day it will give me an ulcer.  What’s really dumb is that I worry about stuff that I can’t really control.  They are important things to me but not things that I can directly impact.  I’m going to try and stop doing this whole worry thing.  I’m not sure how successful I will be at it though.  I do worry about things that I do have control over… but I’m not sure that this is abnormal behavior.

Anyway, I’ve currently worried myself into having no apetite, so good times.  I wanted to write it down though so that maybe I can hold myself accountable.  We’ll see.

Other than that, I’m doing great.  Life is good.  Dogs are good.  Family is good.  Work is good.  Yay!  I can’t really complain (again, then why am I worrying about stuff??).

Hope everyone is doing well.  I leave on vacation in less than 4 days.  I can’t wait.  Alaska here I come!