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yay for another good day at work! i went in early today at 1 to answer phones b/c they call NON STOP about our big celebration tomorrow. we have been really lucky that we weren't trained to answer the phones until now b/c usually that is the first thing interns do, but not us. i talked on the phone for a good 4 hours and actually didn't hate it. sure i did some times but i actually enjoyed it. i love helping people.. even if it is only to answer when the game starts or how to get to the stadium. after that i did the usual program inserts and then got my bat boy stuff ready. tonight was a girl named megan. at first she was really shy but as soon as i got a player to get me a ball for her, she took off and made sure she got everyone to sign it. she was really cute and for once all the players were actually in the dug out so she got all of them.
after that i just helped with the t-shirt shoot again. before then i was playign with this 11 year old boy who was playing "junior" (the little jalapeno). all he had on at the time was a white tank and these green tights and green elf shoes. i could not stop laughing and he was getting mad at me. lol. we went around in thet ruck again and that was fun. for the rest of the game i sat with my family and beside my mom was this 3 year old girl Riley. she was ADORABLE. she was two seats over from her mom b/c she wanted to talk to us instead (i was behind). she talked up a storm. it was her first baseball game and she loved it. but as soon as she saw the jalapeno she went nuts. she kept looking around wanting to know where the jalepeno was.. it was sooo cute. while i had some time i went to get her a picture of the jalapeno for her. she just lit up and sat stunned for a little bit. i told her she can put it on the fridge and she was like "no! in my room!!" then there were fireworks after the game and she was looking foward to those. she used to hate them but then her mom said that then she went to Walt Disney World and loved those so now she's not afraid of fireworks anymore. (sigh.. how great is WDW?!).. she totally lit up when the fireworks went off. being around her all night totally made the day worthwhile. i love kids and can't wait to have them :)
but there is one thing about my job that really bothers me.. it is the superificiality that surrounds christina. i will not deny that she is a pretty girl, but i have seen a lot of girls much "hotter" than her. i'm secure enough to say that i'm not bothered that i am not getting the attention b/c if you really know me you know i don't like attention and i HATE superificiality. throughout the day christina and i are always together. she is a great girl and i love being around her.. i just dont' like what follows her. she gets compliments all the freakin time. we'll be walking and a random guy will stop us only to tell her she is hot, good looking, pretty etc. i had like a 40 year old guy with his wife and 2 young kids yesterday night come to our table and they asked us where we went to school. i told them mine first and they couldn't care less. christina told them and the dad bent down and said "son.. that is why you go to *school name* so you can meet girls like THAT" i was like omg. ugh. i have to go into the dugout before most of the games b/c my project is the honorary bat boy thing. she has no reason to be down there but yet she insists on coming. i'm trying to make a 5-12 year old have a great time in the dugout. it is their time to shine and be there in the action of the dugout. the kids faces light up and it's amazing. but the players are paying more attention to christina in her mini skirt. i even had one player ask me for her number. i said and i quote, "she is standing 5 feet away from us.. go ask her yourself" what is even worse is that she knows all the guys like her. she askes me at least 20 times during the day if she has lipstick on her teeth (which she applies 10 times at least) or if her shirt is too loose and whatnot. during most of the games now we can sit and watch the games.. and she has to sit where the players can see her. she sits up real straight and always looks at them. she does all this stuff to be noticed and it makes me so annoyed. and she also has even gone out with a few of the players. there was all this drama b/c apparently the bat boy likes her too so they were all telling lies so that they could all get her. now one of them leaves her peanuts and every day she gets them and i cringe.
now don't get me wrong. i'm in no way passing judgement and not saying i am better than her. and i'm not jealous of her. i'm perfectly content with who i am. i am not hot by any means.. i'm pale as a ghost, i have a retainer, wear glasses and have acne. i wear plain old navy tanks and modestly length khaki shorts and wear no makeup instead of mini skirts and low cut shirts. and yet i love myself anyway. if God had wanted me different, he would have made me differently.
i do have a high tolerance level but i just can't stand being around this superficiality all the time at work. it makes me cringe, it makes me sick. but like everyone says, such is life and i should get over it. perhaps some day i will. just b/c that is how life is doesn't mean i have to be happy with it.
ok ok.. end of bitter rant. i really am in a good mood.. just tired. i worked 9 hours today and tomorrow i get to work 12.. wahoo! haha.. not. although it's goign to be fun b/c we have the game, Robert Earl Keen concert, then fireworks. i should get to bed soon b/c i'm going to get up early and go to church. i wish i could go to Kevin's church so i can see him and get a hug.. isn't that sad that the last hug i got was a week ago from Kevin? not sad that i got it from Kevin (he gives the best hugs) but that it was a whole week ago since my last hug.. man.. i need more hugs! haha alright.. nighty night
after that i just helped with the t-shirt shoot again. before then i was playign with this 11 year old boy who was playing "junior" (the little jalapeno). all he had on at the time was a white tank and these green tights and green elf shoes. i could not stop laughing and he was getting mad at me. lol. we went around in thet ruck again and that was fun. for the rest of the game i sat with my family and beside my mom was this 3 year old girl Riley. she was ADORABLE. she was two seats over from her mom b/c she wanted to talk to us instead (i was behind). she talked up a storm. it was her first baseball game and she loved it. but as soon as she saw the jalapeno she went nuts. she kept looking around wanting to know where the jalepeno was.. it was sooo cute. while i had some time i went to get her a picture of the jalapeno for her. she just lit up and sat stunned for a little bit. i told her she can put it on the fridge and she was like "no! in my room!!" then there were fireworks after the game and she was looking foward to those. she used to hate them but then her mom said that then she went to Walt Disney World and loved those so now she's not afraid of fireworks anymore. (sigh.. how great is WDW?!).. she totally lit up when the fireworks went off. being around her all night totally made the day worthwhile. i love kids and can't wait to have them :)
but there is one thing about my job that really bothers me.. it is the superificiality that surrounds christina. i will not deny that she is a pretty girl, but i have seen a lot of girls much "hotter" than her. i'm secure enough to say that i'm not bothered that i am not getting the attention b/c if you really know me you know i don't like attention and i HATE superificiality. throughout the day christina and i are always together. she is a great girl and i love being around her.. i just dont' like what follows her. she gets compliments all the freakin time. we'll be walking and a random guy will stop us only to tell her she is hot, good looking, pretty etc. i had like a 40 year old guy with his wife and 2 young kids yesterday night come to our table and they asked us where we went to school. i told them mine first and they couldn't care less. christina told them and the dad bent down and said "son.. that is why you go to *school name* so you can meet girls like THAT" i was like omg. ugh. i have to go into the dugout before most of the games b/c my project is the honorary bat boy thing. she has no reason to be down there but yet she insists on coming. i'm trying to make a 5-12 year old have a great time in the dugout. it is their time to shine and be there in the action of the dugout. the kids faces light up and it's amazing. but the players are paying more attention to christina in her mini skirt. i even had one player ask me for her number. i said and i quote, "she is standing 5 feet away from us.. go ask her yourself" what is even worse is that she knows all the guys like her. she askes me at least 20 times during the day if she has lipstick on her teeth (which she applies 10 times at least) or if her shirt is too loose and whatnot. during most of the games now we can sit and watch the games.. and she has to sit where the players can see her. she sits up real straight and always looks at them. she does all this stuff to be noticed and it makes me so annoyed. and she also has even gone out with a few of the players. there was all this drama b/c apparently the bat boy likes her too so they were all telling lies so that they could all get her. now one of them leaves her peanuts and every day she gets them and i cringe.
now don't get me wrong. i'm in no way passing judgement and not saying i am better than her. and i'm not jealous of her. i'm perfectly content with who i am. i am not hot by any means.. i'm pale as a ghost, i have a retainer, wear glasses and have acne. i wear plain old navy tanks and modestly length khaki shorts and wear no makeup instead of mini skirts and low cut shirts. and yet i love myself anyway. if God had wanted me different, he would have made me differently.
i do have a high tolerance level but i just can't stand being around this superficiality all the time at work. it makes me cringe, it makes me sick. but like everyone says, such is life and i should get over it. perhaps some day i will. just b/c that is how life is doesn't mean i have to be happy with it.
ok ok.. end of bitter rant. i really am in a good mood.. just tired. i worked 9 hours today and tomorrow i get to work 12.. wahoo! haha.. not. although it's goign to be fun b/c we have the game, Robert Earl Keen concert, then fireworks. i should get to bed soon b/c i'm going to get up early and go to church. i wish i could go to Kevin's church so i can see him and get a hug.. isn't that sad that the last hug i got was a week ago from Kevin? not sad that i got it from Kevin (he gives the best hugs) but that it was a whole week ago since my last hug.. man.. i need more hugs! haha alright.. nighty night