Work and friends

what happened

I woke up looking forward to going to work. I enjoy working at the restaurant a great deal. After work, I dropped Kim off at home and took my brother to go hear James’ band Sleeplab. They were excellent. The next day, I woke up at close to the time I needed to leave. I drove the Kia to Fort Worth on streets and it took an hour and twenty minutes. Grace and Julie worked with me tonight. We talked about character, personality, and families. I didn’t make much cash, but I had fun all the same.

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Work was good on Wednesday. Eunice substituted for our usual Wednesday night piano player, Richard. She can read charts and transpose a little, but her skill level is about the same as his. She’s very warm though, so I enjoy singing with her. I had a lot of energy that evening, and Miti and I traded a lot of banter and jokes. I helped him in the kitchen, wrapping containers at the end of the night.

I drove Kim home, changed my clothes, then went to Fort Worth. James’ band Sleeplab were playing at a club called Embargo. It is a hip place, decorated like a lounge in Havana. The band was very good – they have a down-beat, lounge sound with a little house thrown in. I bought a couple of beers for Munir and myself. It was a fun night.

My brother and I sat in the car for twenty minutes after we made it back to his house, talking about music. We share more common experiences of music than I realized. We talked about John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme, Stevie Wonder’s drumming, funk, and more. It’s been fun getting to know him better in the past few weeks that he’s been in town.

When I first got to work on Thursday, Grace, Julie, and I had a long conversation while we did side work. It started when I told Grace about my epiphany from this weekend. She listened while I shared the insight that I’d come to. About pain. And about how we respond to other people’s actions and attitudes. This led to a conversation about human nature, and whether or not people are basically good or basically bad.

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