Here I Stand

Good Morning!!!

It's Monday and I'm so happy to be alive and breathing. I had the best weekend. Nothing too interesting happened. But it was a really peaceful weekend. Friday, the madness continued with the wig. I'll never wear that wig again. I'm leaving work. I come to a red light. This black Lexus rides by me and then all of a sudden I see it reversing. This guy stops next to me. I'm thinking that he wants to turn into McDonald's because I was blocking the entrance. He mouths something. So, I point to McDonald's. He then rolls down his window. Oh Lord.

"Has anyone told you that you look awe- awe-awesome today?"
"No, but thank you."
"Yes girl, you got it going on!"
I then smile, trying not to laugh in his face.
"And look at them pretty bright teeth!"
God, why?
"What's your name?"
"T"
"My name is Willie. But they call me Winky."
I'm disturbed at this point. And why hasn't the light turned green???
"They call me Winky cuz I wink a lot."
He then proceeds to wink both eyes, one at a time, left-right-left-right. And while he is winking like an idiot, I notice the wedding ring on his finger. Thank God, the light turns green. I roll up my window and drive off. As I said before, men never cease to amaze me.

I'm riding along in my car. I'm a sucker for good music. So, I'm flipping stations and I come across this voice. It kinda sounds like Usher, but the music has this neo-soul, Musiq soulchild, Dwele type feel to it. So, I'm listening to him sing and I am blown away because it is so beautiful! I immediately pull out my Blackberry and start typing the words to the song in my phone as he sings them. This way, I can go back and look it up later. So, I'm sitting at a red light wrecking my brain trying to figure out who this guy is. He sounds like Usher. But this is better than Usher. Who is this??? So, the song plays. I'm falling even more in love with it. My thought process is that it can't be Usher because he is all about catching AIDS in the club. And this song is about being in love with his blessing from God. It is absolutely beautiful. The music is arranged well. It just can't be Usher. The song goes off and the DJ says, "that was Usher with 'Here I Stand' off of his new album." WHAT?!? Wow. I still don't like him anymore. But I'll go and by the song off of Itunes for $.99.

Sunday was Father's Day. I don't even know why I bother buying my parents anything. They never like it. And my mom has yet to use the gift certificate that I got her to Red Door Spa & Salon. A waste of good money.... Church was great. After church, a friend had an NBA fellowship (fellowship-that's church talk) at his crib. He and his sister made the BEST baked beans, fried chicken, meat balls, mac-n-cheese, shrimp scampi, fried shrimp, dirty rice, and fish. My goodness!!! Before the game, we watched Martin and the Boondocks. Wow. I've never watched that before. That show is something else. And it was weird because, to my knowledge, we're all saved and trying to live our lives Holy and acceptable in God's eyes. But I promise you, by 10pm, the facade fell. And we all just had a good time. Nothing vulgar or nasty. But we just enjoyed each other. We were all ourselves. And it's nice to get to know the real you.

I didn't get home until a little after 1. I'm tired. But it was well worth it. And I can't wait to do it again.