Quest Candidates

I felt a metaphorical tugging all day. Maybe just strong pessimism or something, but I tried to keep a balance so I neither pushed myself deeper nor felt patronized by something too bright in my musical selection while we made dinner. Jamiika, a friend of Julian and the late Leo's, was visiting for the memorial, though he kept saying she was in Oceanside, and would be leaving before Sunday morning. But the memorial is Sunday afternoon in Point Loma so...what? I couldn't figure out any of the details on seeing her, including whether he even wanted to. We had just finished dinner and I was wrestling internally over whether to gorge or leave leftovers when his phone rang. He went outside, I cleaned up some. Good thing, because when he came back he brought Jamiika, her very handsome partner Mike, and a young lady named Marylynn. I kicked into Hostess Mode, started entertaining and serving. They declined my pen and I found out their pen had DMT in it. DMT is the chemical mostly responsible for the visions on an ayahuasca trip. It was nowhere near as trippy as I've heard, but it did give a nice warm feeling. Mike said he'd send me more, but I'm not putting much weight in that. They pulled a bottle of Ciroc from somewhere and made shots for all the drinkers, but he was overfly concerned with who got what shot. He made them in front of everyone, so I'm not even sure what could have been going on there, but I also noticed he was a bit hyper. I'm guessing a stimulant of some sort. There was one point where Jamiika was talking about her living situation and Mike showed pictures of a luxury estate, but they were from a real estate site. They were all very nice and a reminder that I can get that extrovert buzz from the comfort of my own home. I was going to maybe stay up with them, but Julian mentioned Lady Miss Friday so I laid with her instead. I could still hear them outside but he reminded them to keep it down. I know you're not supposed to give gold stars for basic stuff, but him having that kind of consideration for others is really heartening to see.