Automatic weapons and sunflowers are pretty

Sun, 25 May 2008 20:13:49 GMT

I now have everything packed except for the clothes I wear daily and the kitchen. I'd say I'm off to a good start. And tomorrow I deserve to go shopping for more clothes. LOL

fun times

Sat, 24 May 2008 17:37:56 GMT

Normal people with 4 day weekend I'm sure go out and have fun. Me on the other hand, I am having a pitty party for one! I tried getting a ticket to fly down to ATL but they are $600! Those bastards are crazy! I called to see if the price was reduced on a flight that takes offf in two hours and they said no. So I guess they aren't concerned with reducing rates to try and sell out a flight. I blame it on the holiday weekend.

Last night my friend Jess came over and we drank two bottles of wine trying to get inspired to start packing my shit up. We got inspired half way into the second bottle with a little help from Elton John around 11:30. I officially have 6 boxes packed.LOL I should probably continue the process in the basement. "They" came and ripped out all of the carpet and padding after my little flood. Ooh, I never updated after that. So after three days of flooding from the stupid water heater, a crew came out to clean and dry the carpets. Only for the next day to bring a raw sewage back up. I've had lots of fun in Dave's absence! Wednesday they came out to pull the carpet and left me with a smelly cement floor. When I asked with what and when they were going to finish they told me that they would have a better idea of what is going to happen next Tuesday. UGH! So now I can't go into my basement. I had to bring my tv and computer upstairs so I could have access to the outside world. Those of you that have seen my place know its a little tight up here. My dining room table is now my desk and couch. My couch is nestled right next to the flat screen that can only be viewed from the dining room. Yay!

I should really be going for a walk with Lelu and enjoying the first nice day we've had this week. Instead I am going to write a request for loss of wages (missing work from the flood), write a 30 day notice telling them that I will NOT be renewing my lease, and a running tally of deductions from my rent for not being able to utalise the full space of my place. Then I'm going to get all up in their face with a can of mace. Ok, not really, it rhymed.

I hope the other people in my duplex are enjoying having my sub woofer for my speakers upstairs just as much as I am. If my coffee tasted good this wouldn't be such a bad pitty party. The party store near my house needs to carry french vanilla cream instead of half and half. Ok I will stop procrastinating now. After I finish my cigarette...

Fri, 02 May 2008 18:16:48 GMT

Since Dave has been gone the basement has flooded three days in a row, the cleaning crew let my cats outside, my employeer has decided to stop my training because they are wasting resources, the seal to my windshield has come up and had to be replaced, Lelu (our dog) has enlarged anal glands and they are leaking this disgusting foul odor, and now I have cramps.

How fucking fantastic!

I'm getting old...

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:57:25 GMT

I found my first gray hair today. Damn!

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:27:46 GMT

Its official, Dave and I are moving to Georgia. More news later, I'm tired.

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:27:12 GMT

I am sooooo not in the mood to write papers.

hey y'all

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 04:28:07 GMT

The squirrels are angry and I love poker.

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 04:40:58 GMT

I forgot about this thing. I've been a very busy girl.

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Sat, 17 Sep 2005 06:48:47 GMT

Its been a long time. I've had a very interesting day. I also have the next three days off and sure that I'm LONG overdue for a good posting.

Later-

Wed, 07 Sep 2005 05:33:56 GMT

Nothing but bad bad bad BAD times...all emotional

I really dont feel like explaining BTY...

Thu, 11 Aug 2005 06:44:04 GMT

Did I say that I loved my job? I really meant it! One of my hotel/bar regulars bought me a set of pots and pans as a house warming gift. I've worked in a lot of restaurant/ bar related jobs and NEVER has this happened to me before. There really are nice people out there who do selfless acts of kindness for others. WOW! I'm really tired and need to go to bed now. I have to pick up a free couch with a pull out bed from my boss before she goes to work at 2pm tomorrow (I don't wake up till noon normally). Again, a selfless act of kindness. People are great!

Wed, 10 Aug 2005 19:59:54 GMT

Ah, I love my job! So one of my regulars came in yesterday and I told him that I was "in a mood" (pmsing and bleeding to death). He proceeded to be annoying and ask for the most time consuming drinks to make. At the end of the night his bill was just under $80. He said I was a good sport and tipped me exactaly what his bill was. Thanks DUDE!

I pick up my couch tomorrow morning. I put together my bookshelf and coffee table. My place is coming together. Soon I'll be able to go shopping and spend the money Dave gave me for my birthday. He bought me two gift certificates. One to Target and the other to Bed Bath and Beyond. *love it

Now I have to get ready for work, Bah! I want the day off to play hookie. The other full time bartender is out of town for two weeks. I had 16.5 hours of overtime on my last check, crazy.

Ok bye...

Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:21:21 GMT

Crazy days at work... So last week we were super busy with baseball world champs at the hotel. We also had a couple of conventions going on. I forgot to mention that during that crazy time this old old man first offered me $300 to have "relations" with him. I of course said hell no. His offer increased from $300, to $500 and his final offer of $1000. Crazy old fuck, go find yourself a hooker. I had to have our food and beverage director come up and tend bar because he was the only male around. He never came back thank God!

Today I gave last call at 10:45. I cleaned everything up and shut her down. I went over to a table where there was 7 people hanging out drinking. I was taking away empties and this guy told me that he would give me $100 to make one last round for everyone. I told him that he didn't have to give me that much but that I would make him another round. The fucking guy game me $110! =O I couldn't believe it. This guy totally made my night. I made more from him than I did all night taking care of my other guests. Niiiice...

I'm wore out though. My ass doesn't like me today and I didn't sleep very well last night. I'm still trying to get used to the noises my house makes. Weird. I'm gonna sleep good tonight. I get to kind of sleep in tomorrow. Dave is taking me to a tigers game and out to dinner for my birthday. I'm so excited! I just hope we don't get the thunder storms we're supposed to get. I can't think of anything I would rather do tomorrow.

Ok, peace out. I need some rest...

Weeks summary

Sun, 31 Jul 2005 06:33:33 GMT

Oh so tired.

Estimated 52-55 hours this week on top of moving. I don't think there was a day this week that I didn't work a double or have something physically taxing to do before going into work adding to my exhaustion. I moved all of my stuff into the house today. I started the unpacking process but decided an hour into it that it was time for a nap (that didn't happen, it was interrupted by a good and much needed ravishing *twice).

I met some really great people from New York that were staying at the hotel this week. People were compaining that they were loud Italian New Yorkers but I loved every minute of them.

There was a fight in one of the banquet rooms tonight which scared the shit out of me and put me on edge. I hate fighting, especially when people are getting thrown into tables, windows and what not. Everyone in the bar got up to go check out what was going on. Bad, bad energy.

I have the next two days off so I'm going to sleep in, relax, go to Dave's dad's baptism and who knows after that. Maybe relax some more, maybe more unpacking, maybe sleeping.

Good night all...

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 15:40:28 GMT

Its official, I have the keys to my house. *back flip, hand spring* WOO Tomorrow is the big moving day. YAY!!

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 17:05:27 GMT

The house is mine, yeah yeah yeah! The house is mine, yeah yeah yeah!

WOOOOOOOO

Mon, 25 Jul 2005 18:02:52 GMT

I meet with the man to put a deposit on the house I want today. I'm so excited and then I'm off to play softball. I'm glad that I finally made a decision and I think its the right one. Now I just have to pass a credit check and its all mine mine mine. So pray for me or keep your fingers crossed.

On a not so exciting note, I only have two softball games left. That means summer is coming to a quick end and I'll be back in school soon. I have to meet with an adviser and talk to them about the possibilities of me going into criminology and register for classes. Boo...

My birthday is right around the corner. I don't know what I want to do yet. The other main bartender is going out of town so I don't know if I can get my actual birthday off. I want to go to Cedar Point, I haven't been there in 10 years. If not then I just want Dave to take me out for a really nice dinner and keep it low key. Being 26 isn't that exciting. It just puts me closer to 30 eewww.

Ok, time to do stuff...

A little bit of this and that

Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:27:45 GMT

I've been working my ass off lately. When I'm not at work I've been at my apartment packing up all of my shit and doing some small cosmetic fixes. Just normal ware from living stuff. I still don't know where I'm moving to yet. I have 8 days to figure that out. The man in charge of the house I want comes back from vacation on monday and the house is ready for occupancy. The apartment that I really liked isn't available until the end of august. That would require me living with Dave for a month before I could move in. I'm not worried about that really, I've been here everyday for the past two months (or when ever I started working at the hotel). My sis is moving all of her shit today into her condo which will make my move easier, I won't have to maneuver around all of her stuff. Enough about that...

In other news, I really love my job! I made over $300 the other night and just under $200 the night before that.

I bought my first "toy" a couple of days ago. Its pretty and purple but I haven't used it yet. I guess while I was at work Dave took it out and was looking at it. Ha ha, he makes me laugh.

I want to go shopping and buy stuff but I don't know where I'm moving to yet so I can't. I actually have money to do it too. Shocker!

My mom had her surgery on Wednesday and it went dreamy. She sent everyone an email from her bed like 4 hours after it was over. She gets to go home today but she is confined to my bedroom on the first floor again. This time around should be much better. They painted and made it all happy in there for her. My aunt is going to take care of her for the first 10 days and then I'll be helping out a lot. I'm close by and could help take care of her before I go to work.

Oh, I need furniture. Peace out!

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 22:13:33 GMT

I have a new addiction, sudoku puzzles. They make you think and you can't really think about anything else while doing them or you'll lose your place and get lost. It helps if you're good with numbers, are logical and focused. I'm having an A.D.D day so I haven't completed today's yet.

I'm waiting on this woman to check out an apartment. She missed our appointment today at noon so I had to push my whole day back for her. I checked out an apartment at 1 o'clock and it was a shoebox for $10 less than the house I'm in love with that has a finished basement. Not a very good deal if you ask me. This next one is $550 but I have a feeling that its going to be just as small if not smaller. I found a new place to check out while driving today. The office was closed so I'll have to check them out on Thursday. They look really cute, like little private bungalows. I snatched the floor plans from the take me box and it looks promising. Now I just need to find out how much they are and check them out before next monday. Monday is when the guy comes back from vacation, he showed me the house that I fell in love with. I told him that I would have an answer for him when he returned.

Well, this lady should be at the house by now, so I'm gonna go check it out. I'll let ya'll know how it goes. Rock out!

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:38:37 GMT

I did some more apartment searching today. I looked at two that were complete DUMPS but I found three more places and did a walk through one. It was really nice but it didn't scream me me me. If anything I can go back to it, there are two others just like the one I walked through. The other two I found are apartments above business in downtown, very central which is key. I'm finding a lot of places that would be perfect for Dave and I. But what can you do?

In other news, I just cleaned out my car and my legs feel like alligator skin. The sunburn is from my knee on down and its really bad. Its actually sun poisoning. Go me!

I have an hour to kill before I meet someone to look at another house. I need to shower because I'm sweaty and disgusting. Hope everyone is having a good day.

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:00:14 GMT

DAMN! The town I want to live in is expensive. The cheapest apartment I found is $590. For $50 more I could live in a house. But can I afford that? I've only been at my job for a little over a month and its too soon to tell how much I'll be making. I'm making good money but I don't want to get in over my head.

Edit:
I have three places to look at tomorrow. One for $550, one for $575 and the one for $645. The 645 is a house with a deck, yard, basement with laundry and garage. Thats cheaper than what Dave is paying for his house and he doesn't have a garage. He is going to look at it with me tomorrow. Cross your fingers for me...

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 06:17:01 GMT

Long weekend, fun as hell! We went camping in Grayling for my uncle's Bobby Sox. We set up friday and hung out. Dave bought a new tent because last time we went camping, we left the poles, oops. This one is super nice and big enough to fit a queen size air mattress. =) Saturday the girls went kayaking while the boys went golfing. My mom and Larry got Dave and Phil drunk afterward. They only got to sleep for an hour before going to the show later that night. It was a looooong day but lots of fun. My legs got fried. Now they look like chubby (they are swollen) sausages that are on FIRE! Not pleasant. Then yesterday we broke everything down and headed back. It was 3 of Dave's friends birthdays and his other friend was having a party so we stopped there on our way home. We didn't actually make it home until late this morning. Turns out I rule at playing tippy cup. It would seem that I am a woman of many talents.

I work all week except for Thursday. I have to go look at this apartment, pick up my last check from fackin' Fridays, and a bunch of other little big things. I just got "home" from work and I'm exhausted so peace out!

I like run-on sentences

Wed, 29 Jun 2005 06:13:59 GMT

I'm finally making AWESOME money again. WOOO! Dave is passed out on the couch and I'm not really tired yet. I bet if I laid down though that I would fall asleep. I should at least give it a try cause I have to get up early tomorrow and help my mom out. I'm not sure if I wrote this in here but her heel never really healed or she reshattered it and she has been walking around on it and doing pt 3 days a week. She has been in lots of pain. She got a surgery date for July 20th. She sounds excited about having it and blames the excitement on the drugs she is taking. What ever helps her through this... This surgery is going to be more complicated because they need to take a piece of her hip bone to reconstruct her heel. So, she will have twice the pain as last time. If all goes well she'll be back to work by x-mas. My poor mom hasn't worked in almost a year, she is so bored. She is not the home body type!

What else? I'm not too sure. The guy I work with wanted to be lazy today so I took the bar and the tables. He helped me out if I needed it but he sat in the back and rolled silverware for most of the night. That was fine with me because I made $192. Yeah buddy! I can start paying my bills...again...

Ok, I really have nothing else to write. There are somethings going on that I dont want to write about yet because whats happening could go two ways. I'll let ya'll know when I do. Till then here is something weird I took from Cat to keep you busy/amused/disturbed/whatever.

http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:50:16 GMT

Its that time of month again, not that time, time for the money scramble. The OMG my car payment is due then 5 days later rent, and then 4 days after that my health insurance. I've been training at my new jo and still working at my shitty one which has been tiring. Mostly doubles or just not having a day off. Today I have off but I had to wake up super early to go to a mandatory work meeting even though my last day there is wednesday. I can't get fired for being lazy because the little money I do make there I need, unfortunately. I have a softball game tonight at 7:30. Yay, some form of exercise. I need to start working out and get a gym membership but I don't have money for that either. I pretty much don't have money for anything and its been that way since I moved here. BUT hopefully this is the last time I'll have this problem. I only have to pay rent one more time here and after 90 days I'm going to get group health coverage from the hotel (which should be more than a hundred bucks cheaper than what I'm paying now).

I think I'm slightly depressed. I think I'm going to make an appointment to see my doctor. I think I can hear myself getting fatter the longer I sit here. I think my computer chair needs to be surgically removed from my ass. I haven't gotten a hair cut in a while and I think I'm borderline mullet. I think I should get to the field early and stretch so I don't pull my groin muscle again. I think I'm done now.

Ok, now...

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 23:29:01 GMT

Yesterday was faaaan-tastic! Dave and I had plans with his parents to do something so we just hung out and kept the day low key even though we could have gone to a BBQ or to a work party and played volleyball. His mom called us right before we left the house and canceled our dinner plans because Dave's dad has alzheimer's and he freaks out when it starts raining. So our whole day up to that point was shot. We would have been much more productive and had fun. Either way, the night turned out to be a blast. I didn't want to sit around and do nothing so we played pool and got an appetizer. We remembered that it was a friend's birthday and gave her a call. We ended up going to a local brewery, eating dinner and watching the pistons game. The pistons sucked ass and were way off their game. BUT, the next three games are in Detroit so hopefully we can work our magic and pull ahead. Anyway, after the game we went to 5th AVE and played some pool. The four of us ended up closing the place down, we hadnt realized what time it was, we were having so much fun. After the 5th we went home and hung out. We had a huge serious long talk (all good things), and then it started raining. We ran outside and twirled in the rain, were kissing in the middle of the street and then we started playing tag. It was so much fun running up and down the street in the dark playing in the rain. I have to chalk it up to one of the best moments ever with Dave. I'm very lucky.

My game was canceled today so I'm just hanging out at home. Everyone is still meeting up at the bar for this girl's 21st birthday. She is the sister of a girl I work with and have grown close to recently. We have a lot in common, its kind of freaky. Especially since I don't play well with other girls. I'm sure its all me but I'm working on it.

I have to work tomorrow morning and then I start training at my new job after I get off. My boss said that I'll have a quick run down, get my uniform, a tour of the massive hotel and then probably skate. I go back on Thursday and train for a whole shift starting at 2 and working till close. My boss and I have the same goal. Which is for me to train on my off days from my current job for my last two weeks. That way I can work on my own and know what I'm doing for my official start date. WEEEEEEE Everything is coming together and I'm loving it.

Oops, this is turning into a long post. I need to eat and then get ready for this birthday bash.