I am that girl
When Michele and I went to New Orleans right before The Plague, my friend T was supposed to meet us there.
Meanwhile her friend Jim not only met us there but took us all around the city for two days. Bought us our first hurricanes at Pat O’Brien’s. Took us across the river to a bar we’d have never found on our own. Took us to a gay bar he (total married straight dude) loved.
Like, some dude I never even met was kinder to me than a guy who had a crush on me.
(Presented to me by my friend Brenda, who introduced us. Also the way he reminded me of yodel-Leahey-hoo with his scared rabbit actions, I would never have guessed.)
Also yodel-Leahey-hoo accidentally texted me the other day. I didn’t even bother to reply because he pissed me off the last time Kim got us into a three-way text. Don’t ask. Jesus don’t ask. It is not worth it.
Anyway, when I went back to NOLA last year to see Taylor Swift, I told no one.
I mean, I bought the tickets in December 2023 for an October 2024 event. Mom was functional when I bought them but went downhill fast a few months later. I didn’t even know if I would get to NOLA if she would have been here.
Also, I am a big believer in do great things and tell no one.
Also also, there was no fucking way in hail that I was going to let T know I’d be in his hood again. That mother fucker blew every chance he had of keeping me in his life.
Anyway, when I made my first post from the NOLA airport, I got an instant response —
“You should have told me you were coming! I would have made plans to meet you!”
I put a big fat laughter emoji on that one.
It’s three months later and I realized I hadn’t seen any posts from him.
He unfriended me.
Hah.
Loser.
Was it the laughter emoji? You had no problems with me being in NOLA alone the first time.
Jim happened to save the day and frankly the entire trip.
I was happily alone the last trip. Then there were all the Swifties I met along the way. And I am still texting with some of them. Even tonight, in fact!
Kelly and I always say we are THOSE people or THAT girl.
But really we are just matching energy.
Toodaloo, T.