You know you got to have friends....

R.I.P. Captain Phil
1956 - 2010

Author's Note: All names have been changed to protect the innocent. Except DFBM. His name is Steven.

Whilst visiting a friend on Friday my cell phone rang. Not knowing the number that popped up on the caller i.d., I didn't answer (that and the number was eerily similar to a local college THAT WON'T STOP STALKING ME). Then came the voicemail:

"Feewah? It's Nerma. Where the HELL are all my friends?!? It's eleven o'clock in the morning! Anywhoo I'm coming home tonight for the weekend. DFBM broke up with Li'l Sister and suspiciously already has a new whore, I mean girlfriend, who already says "I love you". Li'l Sister wants all of her sisters to get her trashed on Saturday night. I've got a call in to Chesty la Roux and Mom is making us dinner."

Thus begins our Anti-Valentine Girl's-Only weekend.

After kissing my kids goodbye and telling them to behave for Daddy (who doesn't believe in Valentine's Day) I was off to Mom's house to help Li'l Sister feel better about DFBM and to drown my sorrow for the loss of my beloved Captain Phil - www.captainphilharris.com, www.corneliamarie.com. Chesty had already arrived with the beautiful Dragon, who kept us entertained until the Gabe arrived to take her home.

After a delicious dinner of grilled shrimp & veggies, garlic mashed 'taters and Cheddar Bay Biscuits (pronounced bis-KEW-its), the festivities began.

Nerma and Li'l Sister had taken a trip with Granny to the Dollar Store earlier in the day. After drinking copious amounts of wine and eating copious amounts of cheesecake we were presented with our awe-inspiring anti-valentine gifts: Dollar Bill glasses, hair extensions, ham salad in a tin (with crackers!) and The Bible on cd. Chesty got the same but instead of The Bible she got "How to Knit Punk Clothes." Kickass.

Later in the evening, after a very blurry game of Scattergories, A & the J-Train arrived to join in the fun. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of the J-Train (she's awesome by the way) but we did get the following cheer-me-up pictures.

L-R: Me, Nerma, Chesty

Front: Li'l Sister

Nerma reliving the 30 minutes she was a Troyette. GO TEAM!!
As you can see, Mom was quite proud of her.

Nerma & Chesty

I am very much looking forward to Nerma's visit in a couple of weeks...