Well, I'm finally fully detoxed off my last binge which was pretty extreme. I had some pretty important stuff to do. First of all, open enrollment ends Friday so I had to get down to Florida Blue Cross. I had to wait because I am a fuckup and did not file my taxes until right before Thanksgiving. Good news is I will be able to keep the same plan I have and since I didn't make as much money this year as last, my cost is going down by a few shekels.
I am not working as a musician this Christmas Eve so I'm heading up north to Tennessee where I grew up. I told one of my friends "maybe it will snow," and she quipped, "and maybe it will be 80 degrees." Either is a possibility, you just never know. The weather can be so variable there. I am looking forward to getting the hell out of Dodge and actually seeing hills and mountains and doing some hiking. I'd really like to go back to Fall Creek Falls State Park which has the highest waterfall east of the Mississippi River at 256 feet. Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky isn't terribly far away either. I really would just like to enjoy nature since I can't really drink (everyone knows my history) unless I do it on the down low and that just takes too much effort since liquor stores in Tennessee have such limited hours compared to Florida. And gas stations can only sell beer and consuming cans of beer is a lot more difficult to hide than consuming minis of liquor or wine. The plan for Christmas dinner is at one of my favorite "soul food" restaurants. Everyone sits communally around these big tables and everything is served family style. This place has the second best fried chicken I've ever had in my life (the first is at this humble little diner off Interstate 95 in South Carolina).
Anyway, hope everyone here in SL is doing well.
