poised for flight
So, it's time for an update.
Last weekend I dog-sat and I wish I could say it was worth it. It really wasn't because I had to work 2-6 both Saturday and Sunday and then Saturday I came in before work to tailgate so I was really only at their house for a very short time. I got paid pretty well though, so I won't complain. I'm staying with them again this weekend and it should be pretty relaxing... it's the first weekend in over a month that I haven't had to work and I currently only have tentative plans with Amanda on Saturday. The thing I'm excited most about though, is sleeping in!! :) :)
Yes, I did tailgate BEFORE coming to work, but I was responsible about it... I didn't show up drunk or pass out during my shift. In fact, I wasn't even buzzed. I went to my papa's tailgate again - he had an almost even better spot than the first game, he was still within throwing distance of the stadium gates, but instead was in the shade almost directly under the MSC smokestack - I only had a few beers and ate some lunch, it was fun - I even made rice krispie treats for it! I managed to stay just long enough to see Derek, Evan, and Nicole show up and leave in time to be right on time for work. It's funny that I have friends' who I see randomly at stuff like that b/c they either just show up or their dad's or grandpa's tailgate with mine.
School's been pretty good. I hope this doesn't jinx me, but I've kept up with ALL of my reading for ALL of my classes and I hope it stays that way. It would be awesome to go to all my classes and do all the reading for my last semester as an undergrad, I've never mangaged it before and it's quite a lofty goal, but we'll see how long it sticks. My intership is starting to rock. On Monday we had a press conference at the capitol and that was pretty cool and then yesterday I got my first big assignment. I have to propose and design an addition to a website. I'm not really big on the drawing/designing of it, cuz I'm not so good with the markers... but I have tons of ideas on what to do so I just have to do it. I also have to walk a pretty good ways from where I park (if any of you have driven 496 East or West I walk from a block before MLK to the capital) but the weather's nice right now so I'm not complaining - it's actually quite nice - a bit of excercise in the morning for me and my pedometer and I get to just 'be' for about 20 minutes with my music. For the next week though, I'm w/out my music :( I gave my faux-pod to mi madre to take with her and my dad to Hawaii - she was so cute requesting what music she wanted on it :)
The boy I met at Courtney and Jenny's party back in August has fallen back into my atmosphere - which is a welcome surprise, but who knows how much of my world he'll be a part of... I talked with him last night after I got home from the bar, I think I remember what I said - I HOPE I remember ALL that I said :)
I did go out last night with Mama Jen and Molly and I'm really glad I did. I could have spent the night slaving over my GRE notecards, stressing that I'm never going to get through them in time (which, I'm not), but I didn't - I met them at the Post for dinner and a drink and then at 8ish we wandered over to Rick's for half-off Ladies night where there was NO line :) That is such a high deciding factor in my book on where to go. We just drank and chilled there for awhile, Chaz showed up, and then Katie, I ran into Doja and it felt like everyone from my classes was there, too. Then I went to get popcorn and guess who was working! Drew Dawson - haven't seen the kid in ages and there he is - it was fun to see him. After I'd danced a little bit and drank a little more, I went home for bed - I've been at work since 7 this morning and I can tell I went out last night :( but it was worth it and I had a great time! Thanks ladies!! P.S. As we were sitting at the bar and older gentleman, who turned out to be the owner, bought us a shot - well I guess he gave us a shot considering he own's the place, but whatever... anywho, we unfortunately didn't sit close enough to him to chat him up - Erica May and her friend did and before he left he told the waitress that he was buying for them! Like the whole night! Damn those whores!! :)
Story time!
1. On sunday I went to my parent's house to help with random jobs - while at tailgate I mentioned I was helping my mom cover the pool and my dad asked if I could clean the hot tub. Now, when my dad ASKS something, he's really not asking, but I pretended like he was and told him I could. My father is the kind of man that it's SO easy to piss him off that you spend most of your time trying to keep him not mad - it's too hard to make him happy to aim for that. But, every once in awhile there's something that you know will make him happy and if it's easy to do - like cleaning the hot tub - you say, yeah - I can do that. So - I'm at home doing all this stuff, cleaning the hot tub, taking the ladder off the pool (which you have to crawl under the dirty, icky deck to do), and covering the pool when the unthinkable happens... Maggie jumped in the pool. First of all, Bulldogs can't swim. Second of all, Maggie's afraid of the big pool - she sticks with her kiddie pool. I think the only reason why she did it was that she couldn't see the water - we'd just finished covering it and she kind of just walked right off the deck onto the cover. When the water started to come up around her she froze, as did mi madre. I ran up onto the deck and jumped in the pool to haul her out and and soon as that was done, I cracked up - it was fucking hilarious. I realize it's not, but once you know she's fine - you have to laugh. Needless to say, she was quiet the rest of the day.
2. I thought I'd lost my keys on campus the other day. I mean I DID lose my keys. I got back to my car to leave to go work out before swim class on Tuesday and my car keys were not on my key ring. It was a pretty easy fix, AMO came and got me and took me to the apartment to get my spare set, but had I not had a spare set, I would've been screwed. When I came into work today though, here they were - they must've fallen off before I left here for class. Whew!
Sorry if you didn't enjoy my stories or my update. I'm at work. I'm bored. And I really don't want to study vocab.
Thank you, thank you, and have a great day. :)