Cinco de Mayo!

Miracle of miracles, Aaron and I did something other than sit on our rumps last night - we actually went out! And we're not even talking about the cheapie theaters like usual (we did that tonight), but real, honest-to-goodness grown-up activities. I know, I'm as shocked as you! We joined up with Nikki and Brad and two of his friends, Jeff and Eric at a "Mexican" restaurant to officially celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The food didn't taste any more Mexican than it did Italian, *shrug*, but at least it got us out with other people. I feel sometimes like I live in an isolation booth since we moved. After we finished our overly priced lemonaide-itas, we headed downtown to a rooftop party. Which, if I may say, was pretty darn cool. Ok, so the party was a drag, but the view was amazing! Here we were, surrounded by high rises on three sides, facing the Mississippi river, in view of the DeSoto bridge and the Pyramid, and to top it all off, the Redbirds game ended with a huge fireworks display - only two blocks away!
After starting our night off with a bang, we headed to Beale St, which was packed with people coming from the Memphis in May Beale St. Music Fest. A religious fundamentalist group had also picked that evening to picket and pass out flyers, which gave the atmosphere a decidedly interesting twist. We ended up abandoning Eric at O'Sullivan's because he wandered off and stopped answering his phone. Apparently this wasn't the first time this has happened, but I still feel really bad about the whole thing. I can't imagine how awful I'd feel if my friends did something like that to me. Unfortunately, I was a little too tipsy and confused at the time to say anything.
So, although it ended on a rather meh note, I'm just thrilled that I got out of the house finally and got to talk to other adults. I hate not having a full-time job... humans were not meant to live so isolated. I miss my friends!!