Monday, April 27, 2009

LEATHER - YES SIR!

Ron, and yours truly, just spent this last weekend in Cleveland attending C.L.A.W. Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend. Mercy, what a ball we had. Not only did the host hotel sell out, but the event took over another hotel down the street. That's where we stayed, the Embassy Suites.
Was it ever. We've lived in smaller apartments than what the size of this room was. Huge living, a separate bedroom, both having flat-screen TV's in them. And, a bathroom, I know, that had its own zip code.

We left Harley in the hands of our Kitchen Table leader. Its gonna take weeks to undo what she did. He always comes back even more spoiled than he was when he was handed over. That dog. To have his life...sigh! LOL

We made lots of new friends from across the country. I've never seen so many "sash queens" in my whole life. And the 2 of us just made two more to add to the mix. He's going for IML, I'm heading for GLLSb in Indianapolis. Great Lakes Leather Sir/boy.

As you can tell, I haven't been writing like I should, so the time in between C.L.A.W., IML, and the present, has been vast. So let's try to catch you up...

Ron and I checked into the Hilton Hotel, downtown Chicago, a couple of weeks ago. Ron did very well but did not place in the top 20, out of 54 contestants. A dude from Dallas, Texas won! But he was happy just the same. I've never been more proud of him! Now we are working on my next competition.

Ron brought with him, on his last visit home, a horrible cough. The hillbilly still does not know how to keep his cough to himself. He infected Jasmine's, Vanessa's, and our house with it. I took it the worst out of all of us. A couple of days ago, I thought I was dying. The next day, I was even praying for it. I've never been so miserable. He brought me some OTC medicine yesterday that seemed to be doing the trick.

Okay, with that all said and done, here's what's coming up...

Next weekend is Rogers Park's, "Artists of the Wall." We've even open our squares up to Jasmine's son, Mike. He's the only real artist of the group. It should be a drunken, stoned, hilarious event, just like it was last year. We're praying for good weather.

Today the weather sucks. Cold and rainy. But tomorrow promises sun and 75 degrees. Summer has still not hit the Big C yet, and here it is mid June? It feels more like Fall. But hey, it could be worse. I could still live back in Texas whereas today its supposed to be 100 degrees. No thank you!

So, now I believe you are caught up. Not much worth writing about, but when it comes up, you can make sure you'll read about it. A special "HEY," goes out to Anna. Hope all is well with you honey! Talk to y'all soon.

Peace!
Sir Bear Abbott
Illinois Leather Sir 2009