Two days ago a guest in line at Casey's who is wearing a Boston tshirt (just like everyone else) called me a yinzer. He then proceeded to say, "Well that is what they call you, right? That's what you guys say isn't it?" I wanted to say to him, "Hers yer damn fries n'at, get the fuck out." That would really represent Pittsburgh in a positive way ( Read more... )

It is currently December 8th and I'm wearing flip flops at all hours of the day. I go to the pool daily and have a killer tan. I'm only working about 30 hours a week, mostly nights. Is this something I want to continue doing? Do I really want to stay here despite the corruption, low pay, and ridiculous outfits? I think my answer is yes. I have ( Read more... )

In 6 hours I will have been awake for one entire day, I am currently doing a load of laundry and finishing up some things. Today my shift was just 20 minutes shy of 12 hours. Everyone thinks that my name is Kathy because that is what my name tag says. A bigtime manager for Magic Kingdom came into our kitchen today to speak with our coordinators and ( Read more... )

It is Saturday night. I am attempting, key word here, to do my laundry and relax. So far I have waited for almost two hours just for a washing machine to free up, not counting the walk to the club house to put the $20 dollars (that I clearly don't want to spend) on the card. This walk entailed a creepy hispanic boy watching me basically until I ( Read more... )

Today we arrived in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, neighbor to Disney. It has been a long and overwhelming afternoon full of adventure, such as when I got lost on the interstate and almost went to Palm Springs or when my room mates and I went to Walmart for housy things. Some things I learned are that lizards do not like to be touched or chased, it isn ( Read more... )

My dad and I are headed to Orlando with 62 sets of directions, mostly planned out this morning. We are a little over 8 hours into the trip right now, around the state of South Carolina. I just drove the worst stretch from the end of Virginia into Charlotte through rush hour traffic. No cows as of yet but I have seen a high rise that holds boats, a ( Read more... )

I don't think that I've been home for more than 6 hours at a time at all in the last three days. I went to Kennywood for a while today, showered, went out shopping for the rest of my business lady clothes and just drove around. I like to think of my mini road trips as practice for the big drive on monday, but I also need to practice driving the ( Read more... )

In about 8 days I leave for florida. My heart drops into my stomach every night when I sit down and realize, I'm one more day closer to this amazing goal I have set for myself. I spent 45 dollars on tattoo makeup today, 100 dollars on dress clothes, and figured the cash ill need for living expenses. Then it really began to come into view when I ( Read more... )

It is now August first, I officially leave town in 12 days time. I worked my last shift today but yet managed to owe most of my earnings from this afternoon to the city of Pittsburgh as well as the University of Pittsburgh in parking violations ( Read more... )

My parents' house has bats living in the upper most corner of the roof, borrowing into the insulation, and coincidentally, my bed is now positioned right under that point. Thus I discovered that bats sound really neat in close range, but I have yet to see one ( Read more... )