Mehendi at library, evening with mom, work with Dorie,
On wednesday, I went to Nisha and Mrs. Ramnath's Henna demonstration at the library. About 15 people showed up, and I ended up getting an interesting circular design on my hand and a bracelet design on my wrist. Nisha did the design on my hand and Mrs. Ramnath did the bracelet. I was really careful about getting myself home so I didn't ruin it, but when I took it off I wasn't really happy with them. The bracelet turned out okay and it looked pretty cool, but the design on my hand looked like a huge orange blob. Plus, they were both extremely DARK and it really stuck out next to my fair skin. When I got home, the cable guy (a really big black guy) was at out house trying to fix our computer connection. There really wasn't much to do, so I took my book out on the porch and read for awhile. I checked out The Curse of the Pharaohs again because I didn't get to finish it last time. Nothing much happened for the remainder of the evening, except that mom and I watched "Romancing the Stone". It was really cute... definitely worth a dollar! Haha. It's not the highest quality and it's rather predictable, but I still liked it quite a bit. It's kind of odd, because Michael Douglas wasn't a bad looking guy in it (he was young, obviously). He was actually rather attractive. And it was pretty creepy, because he was making some very Sawyer-like expressions!
Thursday evening was fun because mom and I got to spend some quality time together. Dad was busy on the computer and Ed wasn't home, so mom and I played badminton for a long time. Normally, she doesn't play because of her hips, but it was really nice. We had both worked up a sweat, so we both took a swim in the pool (which is a very rare occurance for me, due to the fact that I normally dislike swimming but it was far too hot to be self-conscious). It reminded me of a few summers ago when we first got our pool, because mom and I used to take an evening swim every night and just talk. When we finished in the pool, we were planning on watching a movie but dad still wasn't done on the computer and he promptly exhiled us to the porch where we couldn't bother him. We played darts for awhile and eventually dad finished his work, so we were allowed to watch our movie. We watched "The Jewel of the Nile" (the sequel to Romancing the Stone). It was a bit funnier than the first, but I still liked the first one better. The second one was a little far-fetched for me. Overall, mom and I had a really nice night of hanging out together.
I pretty much wasted Friday away on the computer, where I talked with FA for 5 hours. We're incredibly alike, so we can just talk for hours about anything and everything. I'm so glad that we met each other! It's too bad that we live in different countries. Heh... In the evening, my parents rented "Hitch" (which I've been wanting to see) so we watched it as a family and it was hilarious! I really liked it.
Today, I had work from 12-6. I was at Mentor Walmart doing a demo on Tide with Febreeze. It was a great demo with lots of samples to hand out, so I actually finished an hour and a half early. Luckily, Dorie was there (doing the Charmin stuffed puppy demo) so we kept each other company. C was also there, and she annoyed the crap out of me. She's absolutely infuriating! First, she insulted me about my dedication to work... She asked me a really obscure question about my product, and I told her honestly that I didn't know, and she said "Oh, what do you care?". I was so pissed! If I weren't so good-mannered, I would have threw a nasty comment at her... but she's practically deaf anyway so she probably wouldn't have heard me anyway. Then, she made me even more pissed by commenting about how I wear a Claddaugh, and I'm not Irish. She was like "Why are you wearing a Claddaugh? You're not Irish, are you? Did your boyfriend give it to you?" What I really wanted to say was "I wear it because I like it, and no, I'm not Irish because as far as I know there is no law against wearing a symbolic RING that is merely supposed to represent Love, Friendship, and Loyalty and not necessarily the fact that people are from Irish heritage. And no, I don't have a boyfriend, bitch, thanks for rubbing it in!" Seriously, the ring can obviously be worn by single people, because you're supposed to wear it a certain way if you ARE single and I think it's a good reminder that there are good things to come. Of course, I just said "No" to all of her comments and then she asked if I bought it for myself and I said yes, and she insulted me further by inquiring whether or not I knew how the ring works, or what it represents. No, I wore it merely because it was pretty. Of course I know what it means! Ugh, she's so annoying!
To increase my foul mood, I found out from Libby that he had called her a couple of days before, and that he supposedly has a new girlfriend. All I have to say is that he'd BETTER follow through with his plans for our get-together, because he arranged that weeks before he got a girlfriend. If he decides not to, then it's over and I never want to speak with him again. My day was going so well until people started maked me mad! In the evening, mom and I decided to visit the St. Mary's Festival but all that was there was a horde of teenagers like me. It really wasn't a mother/daughter sort of place (it was more of a "go with your friends and flirt with guys" sort of place) so I suggested that we leave. We were barely there for 10 minutes and I kind of panicked. We did see Mrs. Riley, and that was nice... but at that particular moment in time I just wasn't in the mood to walk among a bunch of happy groups of friends and couples all around me. I felt so depressed at that moment... mainly because of Craig, although I didn't want to tell myself that. Afterwards, I felt incredibly guilty because my mom had went out of her way to take me to the fair. I could have cried, but I didn't let myself. I made her feel really bad, because she felt as if I didn't want to hang out in such a place with her. It was partly true... and I regretted leaving with all my heart. I love my mom with all my heart, but it just didn't feel right with us at the fair. She said that she understood, but I'm not so sure. I was so incredibly upset...
Just as we were leaving, though, it began to storm really badly, so we realized that we would have had to leave anyway, but I still felt pretty bummed. When we got home, I stayed in my room for a while because I needed to be alone to reflect upon things, and afterwards I watched "growing up tiger" with mom. She seemed to have forgiven me, but I still couldn't stop apoligizing to her. I think watching the show helped, and I'm really glad that she wasn't more upset. I'm so blessed to have such an understanding mother.
Thursday evening was fun because mom and I got to spend some quality time together. Dad was busy on the computer and Ed wasn't home, so mom and I played badminton for a long time. Normally, she doesn't play because of her hips, but it was really nice. We had both worked up a sweat, so we both took a swim in the pool (which is a very rare occurance for me, due to the fact that I normally dislike swimming but it was far too hot to be self-conscious). It reminded me of a few summers ago when we first got our pool, because mom and I used to take an evening swim every night and just talk. When we finished in the pool, we were planning on watching a movie but dad still wasn't done on the computer and he promptly exhiled us to the porch where we couldn't bother him. We played darts for awhile and eventually dad finished his work, so we were allowed to watch our movie. We watched "The Jewel of the Nile" (the sequel to Romancing the Stone). It was a bit funnier than the first, but I still liked the first one better. The second one was a little far-fetched for me. Overall, mom and I had a really nice night of hanging out together.
I pretty much wasted Friday away on the computer, where I talked with FA for 5 hours. We're incredibly alike, so we can just talk for hours about anything and everything. I'm so glad that we met each other! It's too bad that we live in different countries. Heh... In the evening, my parents rented "Hitch" (which I've been wanting to see) so we watched it as a family and it was hilarious! I really liked it.
Today, I had work from 12-6. I was at Mentor Walmart doing a demo on Tide with Febreeze. It was a great demo with lots of samples to hand out, so I actually finished an hour and a half early. Luckily, Dorie was there (doing the Charmin stuffed puppy demo) so we kept each other company. C was also there, and she annoyed the crap out of me. She's absolutely infuriating! First, she insulted me about my dedication to work... She asked me a really obscure question about my product, and I told her honestly that I didn't know, and she said "Oh, what do you care?". I was so pissed! If I weren't so good-mannered, I would have threw a nasty comment at her... but she's practically deaf anyway so she probably wouldn't have heard me anyway. Then, she made me even more pissed by commenting about how I wear a Claddaugh, and I'm not Irish. She was like "Why are you wearing a Claddaugh? You're not Irish, are you? Did your boyfriend give it to you?" What I really wanted to say was "I wear it because I like it, and no, I'm not Irish because as far as I know there is no law against wearing a symbolic RING that is merely supposed to represent Love, Friendship, and Loyalty and not necessarily the fact that people are from Irish heritage. And no, I don't have a boyfriend, bitch, thanks for rubbing it in!" Seriously, the ring can obviously be worn by single people, because you're supposed to wear it a certain way if you ARE single and I think it's a good reminder that there are good things to come. Of course, I just said "No" to all of her comments and then she asked if I bought it for myself and I said yes, and she insulted me further by inquiring whether or not I knew how the ring works, or what it represents. No, I wore it merely because it was pretty. Of course I know what it means! Ugh, she's so annoying!
To increase my foul mood, I found out from Libby that he had called her a couple of days before, and that he supposedly has a new girlfriend. All I have to say is that he'd BETTER follow through with his plans for our get-together, because he arranged that weeks before he got a girlfriend. If he decides not to, then it's over and I never want to speak with him again. My day was going so well until people started maked me mad! In the evening, mom and I decided to visit the St. Mary's Festival but all that was there was a horde of teenagers like me. It really wasn't a mother/daughter sort of place (it was more of a "go with your friends and flirt with guys" sort of place) so I suggested that we leave. We were barely there for 10 minutes and I kind of panicked. We did see Mrs. Riley, and that was nice... but at that particular moment in time I just wasn't in the mood to walk among a bunch of happy groups of friends and couples all around me. I felt so depressed at that moment... mainly because of Craig, although I didn't want to tell myself that. Afterwards, I felt incredibly guilty because my mom had went out of her way to take me to the fair. I could have cried, but I didn't let myself. I made her feel really bad, because she felt as if I didn't want to hang out in such a place with her. It was partly true... and I regretted leaving with all my heart. I love my mom with all my heart, but it just didn't feel right with us at the fair. She said that she understood, but I'm not so sure. I was so incredibly upset...
Just as we were leaving, though, it began to storm really badly, so we realized that we would have had to leave anyway, but I still felt pretty bummed. When we got home, I stayed in my room for a while because I needed to be alone to reflect upon things, and afterwards I watched "growing up tiger" with mom. She seemed to have forgiven me, but I still couldn't stop apoligizing to her. I think watching the show helped, and I'm really glad that she wasn't more upset. I'm so blessed to have such an understanding mother.