Cry Me a River

One of the funniest things I've seen on Facebook recently was a cartoon that alluded to the saying of the title, not really to the song itself. A therapist working with a couple asked what the problem was (or something to that effect). The woman said, "He's always using common phrases incorrectly," to which the man replied, "Oh, cry me a table, Linda!" I don't know why that strikes me as so hilarious, but it does. I've always thought the song of the title was by Patsy Cline, but as I was looking it up on Youtube -- I've been listening to each song whose title I use in my blogs as I write the posts -- I can't find it by her, yet none of the versions I've found seem to be the one I'm familiar with.

Anyway, I'm not crying a river, but I'm a little disappointed. My friend who was going to travel with me isn't. She said she isn't able to get time off from work, but just after she agreed to go with me, her new boyfriend told her he was taking her to  . . . I don't know, Jamaica or someplace similar for her birthday week. I don't mind so much that she isn't going with me; what bothers me is that she dilly-dallied so long it's put me three weeks behind in planning something else. And I don't know what to plan. Of course, it's not her fault I don't know where I want to go. I don't think I want to go to Santa Fe again already by myself, and I'm considering other options, but nothing's really hitting me over the head at the moment.

I suppose it's a good problem to have -- sitting on $700 in air travel credit and having to decide where to go. Maybe I'll see a travel agent. We actually have one here in Jacksonville, and she was very helpful when I needed to get up north fast just before my mom died. She didn't charge me anything for her help then and if I'm going to pay anyone to help me, I'd like it to be her. (And, yes, I know that's a grammatically awkward sentence.) Tomorrow is the last night of my class, and I don't have any scoring work scheduled (I was holding off on entering availability for that too until after I heard from my friend), so as of now I'm free and clear until my summer class starts on May 18. I believe I have some appointments to make tomorrow; then I'll be leaving on a jet plane -- but that's a different song.