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May 08, 2005
Home Again - Civilization and Gay Life YAY!
So it was nice coming back to SF and having the feeling of being home again. Before making it back to the apartment, Josh needed to get the application in to the department of public health before they closed for the weekend.
He needed to do this asap so he can sign up for the test and get his license. He is hoping to start working at Kamala Spa and is right on top of getting it done. Im hoping it all works out for him. The spa is amazing and I can totally see him in that environment.
When I stopped by there to get a menu from him about a month ago, I was amazed. Its on the 7th floor right at Union Square. They have a huge aquarium next to a window that overlooks the square and Macys and all the high end stores. The clientel are much more upscale as well. I think Im as anxious as he is lol.
So with that, the DOPH wouldnt take cash. Money order or checks only. How weird. This was the first I realized I was back in SF. We went down to the post office to get a money order and while Josh was occupied at the counter this guy waves me over to talk to him.
I approach him after flirting a bit and he introduces himself. He asked "what are you up to?". Hmmm Im not familiar with that pick up line but none the less it was nice to be back in SF where the gay men flow freely and you can get picked up in the post office just as easy as a bar.
We made it back to the apartment around 5:15. We still havent unpacked the car completely yet (Its now Sunday morning). Steve had cooked dinner and we had bought a bottle of Champagne. It was a celebration of Josh being home, and a new life for the 3 of us living together.
Saturday it was nice to wake up in our bed, wish Josh laying next to me. There was a huge comfort in knowing he was back. A different feeling than when he would visit, knowing he would only have to leave again. This time he was here for good.
It was also nice to a) have coffee b) not have to go outside to use the bathroom and c) not have to climb that huge and exhausting hill to get something to eat. It felt good being home, our home.
So we went to check out apartments yesterday (actually I looked at one and let them look at the others). The one we went to was off Church St and had what we were looking for. It had 2 good size bedrooms, and huge room for an office, a fairly large living room, a full bath as well as a split bath, a back yard, and a kitchen that could accommodate a table for dinners. A couple of things didnt feel right about the place though. For one the layout was long and narrow. For some reason I dont like everything being off one hallway. The other was actually laying out $4900 just for a security deposit and thats not even the first or last months rent. It was also our first place we looked at so we are confident (I am at least) that there are other places out there.
It was nice being able to eat in the Castro again. We had lunch at a Mandarin Chinese Restaurant which was yummy.
Later in the evening we got a call from 3 of Josh's friends at Heartwood who were in his class but staying for the 4th quarter. They are currently on break for 2 weeks and decided after we left they were going on a road trip. Their first stop is San Francisco. YAY!!!!
I love Melissa, Steve, and Sarah. They were greatly accepting of me when I was up there visiting. Beautiful people and a lot of fun too. It was funny that I would be so excited to see them after only leaving them a day ago.
We went to Samovar for tea which turned out to be fantastic. After getting all caffined up, we came back to our place to let them crash on the floor of our living room. We watched the DVD I made which has slideshows from Heartwood as well as some video clips. It was my first attempt at using IDVD on my mac and I mastered it pretty quickly. There was only two real flaws in my creation. a) I forgot to put a button to return to the main menu from one of the links and b) forgot to fill in a picture for the menu portion.
I have to say, I was quite surprised at what this software could do. It really works and acts like a DVD and not only in a way that it plays in a DVD player but the set up on the screen allows options, graphics, and a actual tree of functions.
At the end of the evening I gave Josh his birthday present. Its a few days early but it just felt like a good time to do it. I got us Margaret Cho tickets in June.
I cant believe it. We are going with Steve, Calvin and Dave to go see Margaret Cho live. I have laughed histerically at her stand up for a few years now and with her being one of the biggest fag hags ever to live, and being in SF, it should be an amazing show.
Well that takes us to Sunday morning. Josh just woke up and it sounds like several of the others are now waking up as well. Beer bust today? hmmmmmm
Posted by Des at May 8, 2005 08:42 AM
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