“What, You Don’t Wanna Hold My Nuts?”

Had she lived, Nana would have been 95 years old today.  I love you Nana, always.

Well.  We had a litle New Year’s get together at the house.  Mostly friends of my parents.  Mike left around six forty five to go to Colleen or Denny’s or whoever’s party at the same time that I came back with Rob.  We played Encore and here’s a bad way to end out the year: MY PARENTS WON!!!!  Lol.  But it was okay.  We were cracking up laughing a good deal of the time and I’m surprised my forehead isn’t covered in dents from how much I was smacking myself in the face for not thinkingof something.  Or clapping my hand over my mouth when I did.  Lol.

Anyway, at ten, Rob and I walked out to the car so I could drive him home.  Well, he’d brought these peanuts with him but had left them in the car and he went to say something about them, but then he stopped and was like, "No, I’m not gonna finish that question."  Mentally, I constructed the sentence I’m sure would have escaped his lips: "Are my nuts still in the car?" and started laughing.  I was loaning him two Night World books and three others from another series so when we got to the house, he was asking me how he was supposed to carry all that stuff in.  (The five books, his soda, and those peanuts.)  I offered to carry something and said, "Here, give me the books."  He handed them to me, saying, "Oh, yeah, figures you ask for the books."  As I’m taking the key out of the ignition and opening the door, he holds the peanuts out and says, "What, you don’t wanna hold my nuts?"

LOL.  I was leaning on the steering wheel laughing so hard I could barely breathe!  And he knew exactly what he was saying, too, because a couple seconds later, he says, "See, I thought of it and figured, ‘just say it!’"

So we got out of the car, me still in helpless giggles, leaning on the car for balance, and I told him that if I’d been standing when he said that, I’d’ve been floored.

We went up to the door and he unlocked it, me asking if I should follow him in or what.  (Cuz I thought he might just put the other stuff down and then come back for the books.)  But he said I could come in so I followed him.  We said hi to his family, who were all watching TV, and they offered food.  There were these really good, (but a bit spicy,) chicken wings and I had one of them.

Then me and Rob went and listened to music/played keyboard/talked in their living room.  And I found out something I hadn’t known before.  See, I’m actually writing this at almost three AM, so I don’t know what all’s gonna happen on this first day of the New Year yet.  But Rob, on Friday, called me up and asked if I wanted to come to a concert at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park that a friend of his was playing in.  All he ever said his friend’s name was was Frank.  I’m not even sure I had figured the guy was from Matawan.  But it turns out he was and it was someone I’d met when I would hang out there all the time waiting for Mike.  I even heard Frank sing at least once at one of the concerty things in Matawan.  He sang Impossible Dream, from Man of La Mancha.

So yeah, Rob and I are gonna go and see them perform and probably act as roadies, which’ll actually be kinda cool.

Oh, and at his house, we started talking about the Strawberry Festival.  I’m making plans to be in it this year, and those plans include Rob.  I think it’d be awesome to get up there and sing The Middle by Jimmy Eat World.

When I did finally leave, which was at one AM, he walked me outside, but only just outside his door since he was only in socks.  I didn’t expect him to walk to my car without shoes, so I went to hug him then and as I pulled back, I kissed him on the cheek.  Lol, hey Dolly!  I went for the kill!  Lol.  Didn’t ask this time, just went for it!

I’m not sure he appreciated it, though, cuz he said, (but sounded semi-joking,) "Hey..  That was uncalled for."  And I just smiled at him and said, "New Year’s kiss.  Bye."  And he went in and I went to the car.

I think I’m in love . . .

I’ll leave the entry off here and write more when I come back from the Stone Pony.  It should be an interesting day.