The going ons...
Friday I spent most of hte evening sitting in a chair, at a door.. collecting money. It was my friends Stag and Doe and it was lots of fun (the door thing was do-able). Like always I was the first one there... "Robyn you have to be there at 6:30.. we're going to get all ready and stuff so dont be late" Me? Late? HAHAHA Even when I try to be late.. Im early.. it's a curse! but anyway.. $30 a person, take the money, explain that for drinks they had to see Shakira (That was her name but it was the best way I could describe her). By the end of the night they had raised about $2500. Mind you, they spent a lot for the hall, the DJ, the poker tables and the slot machines. But they really didnt care. They wanted to have fun.. and for others to have some fun. And even though I spent my evening sitting at a table collecting money... I knew they appreciated it... plus I won a DVD and speaker surround system, and got to drink a lot and made a little cash on the side. It was fun. Ofcourse the one moment I get up from my post to get a drink steve and tony sneak in... bums.
Saturday was the day from hell.
Woke up and went to physio. Not sure what she did to me but I spent the following 8 hours feeling horrible. My neck hurt, my back hurt, I was extremely dizzy, and even nausious.. great wasy to be when i have to run a LQ tournement >_< *le sigh* By 6pm i felt a bit better... had some colour back and actually felt like talking to people. The tourney that night went well. and then a bunch of us headed over to the texas Longhorn for drinks and eats. About 20 of us piled in an hour before they were closing (poor staff) but we ordered tons, drank tons and tipped even more! (unbeknownst to us they included tip on the bills!!)
Now the bad part on Saturday.. yes.. there is a bad part. I called my mom at about 11:30pm to see if it was o.k if Beth could crash at our house. She said it was fine but she had bad news... Our friend who had been battling esophagus cancer passed away earlier that day... She was the reason I was running this tournement this year. I had decided to raise money for cancer. so this put a bit of a damper on my evening. After a little crying on Steve I rejoined the party.. still a bit sad. She was like an Aunt to me, Joan. She was awesome! Always laughing, and the most caring person I know. She never had kids but whenever my sister and I were around she was always so nice to us. My sister always would play with her hair. So hearing this news wasnt the greatest of times.
2 months ago she woke up unable to swallow. Thursday was back in the hospital and we were told she had about a month... today she is gone... :(
*deep breath in.. and release*
Sunday was more tournement play. My friend Tack had agreed that he would eat 72 oz. of steak (or at least try) to raise some more money for the cancer society. We managed to raise an extra $90 and after the tourney (which my boyf won.. yeah) we headed back to the Texas Longhorn (again.. about 20 of us) and huge out.. had fun. lots of chats, and lots of food. Note: The large frozen drinks are $10! OR MORE! OMG! that's why they dont list the prices on their menus.. its a rip off! Anyway... the time at the restaurant is best described in the following picture:
yes... that describes it perfectly. That's the night I had. Oh yeah...
Today, I'm back at work. Boss #1 is back and took me for Sushi at lunch. Boss #2 is still here and I'm still working for him.. yes.. i am! Why? Because this office sucks! Boss #1 doesnt like this fact. But anyway... I went ontop our companies website and lo-and-behold.. CBRE Southfield is hiring a marketing assistant! So happy people reading my journal.. can we all guess what I did? That's right. I applied for a job in Michigan. Im more then qualified (same job just different country). And I will move down there is I get the job (or any job down there for that matter). I hope I hear something about it. It would be nice. I really dont want to move to the states.. its just if I can get a job there.. why not? Steve is trying for a transfer but cant until April.. and I'd have no problem living there for a year or whatnot just to be closer to him.. then moving back here one day (in the next couple years).
Anyway.. this is probably boring people.
Adios
Saturday was the day from hell.
Woke up and went to physio. Not sure what she did to me but I spent the following 8 hours feeling horrible. My neck hurt, my back hurt, I was extremely dizzy, and even nausious.. great wasy to be when i have to run a LQ tournement >_< *le sigh* By 6pm i felt a bit better... had some colour back and actually felt like talking to people. The tourney that night went well. and then a bunch of us headed over to the texas Longhorn for drinks and eats. About 20 of us piled in an hour before they were closing (poor staff) but we ordered tons, drank tons and tipped even more! (unbeknownst to us they included tip on the bills!!)
Now the bad part on Saturday.. yes.. there is a bad part. I called my mom at about 11:30pm to see if it was o.k if Beth could crash at our house. She said it was fine but she had bad news... Our friend who had been battling esophagus cancer passed away earlier that day... She was the reason I was running this tournement this year. I had decided to raise money for cancer. so this put a bit of a damper on my evening. After a little crying on Steve I rejoined the party.. still a bit sad. She was like an Aunt to me, Joan. She was awesome! Always laughing, and the most caring person I know. She never had kids but whenever my sister and I were around she was always so nice to us. My sister always would play with her hair. So hearing this news wasnt the greatest of times.
2 months ago she woke up unable to swallow. Thursday was back in the hospital and we were told she had about a month... today she is gone... :(
*deep breath in.. and release*
Sunday was more tournement play. My friend Tack had agreed that he would eat 72 oz. of steak (or at least try) to raise some more money for the cancer society. We managed to raise an extra $90 and after the tourney (which my boyf won.. yeah) we headed back to the Texas Longhorn (again.. about 20 of us) and huge out.. had fun. lots of chats, and lots of food. Note: The large frozen drinks are $10! OR MORE! OMG! that's why they dont list the prices on their menus.. its a rip off! Anyway... the time at the restaurant is best described in the following picture:
yes... that describes it perfectly. That's the night I had. Oh yeah...
Today, I'm back at work. Boss #1 is back and took me for Sushi at lunch. Boss #2 is still here and I'm still working for him.. yes.. i am! Why? Because this office sucks! Boss #1 doesnt like this fact. But anyway... I went ontop our companies website and lo-and-behold.. CBRE Southfield is hiring a marketing assistant! So happy people reading my journal.. can we all guess what I did? That's right. I applied for a job in Michigan. Im more then qualified (same job just different country). And I will move down there is I get the job (or any job down there for that matter). I hope I hear something about it. It would be nice. I really dont want to move to the states.. its just if I can get a job there.. why not? Steve is trying for a transfer but cant until April.. and I'd have no problem living there for a year or whatnot just to be closer to him.. then moving back here one day (in the next couple years).
Anyway.. this is probably boring people.
Adios