Happy Halloween!
What a hetic week it has been.
Wednesday I just couldn't get out of bed because I stayed up way too late the night before, mainly because I took a nap earlier that day and couldn't sleep.
I was planning on being at Josh's around noon but once I finally got up, dropped some stuff off at the club, and made it to Austin, it was about 3pm.
Once I got there we took off for a day trip to Waverly. God it is beautiful out there. Rolling hills, nice houses, creeks & rivers. Beautiful. We are planning on going camping out there this spring. We stopped in San Marcos on the way back to Austin for lunch. We sat around the house for a while, went over to his friend Sara's apartment to carve pumpkins and I helped her make the pie. We were there for a few minutes then headed to Coyote Ugly, our typical first stop on Wednesdays.
As always, Coyote was a blast. Katie got us drunk, as usual, at lot quicker than normal. We then walked over to OCH since we parked between the two. We walked around, said our hellos, grabbed a beer, then sat down next to his friend Justin and this girl that I don't remember her name (SORRY!). After a few minutes we ran into my ex Trey from like 5 years ago. Still the same Trey. After a while we decided to head to Jack-in-the-box then head home to watch a movie.
We started watching 28 days and eating our dinner. After we finished eating I rolled over into Josh's lap and said "Baby...I am too drunk to pay attention to this...can we just go to bed?" We picked up and called it a night.
Thursday mornings are always so hard because it means that I have to leave my boy. =( I finally left around 1:30 and headed back to Killeen. On the way I stopped at Party Pig to pick up some stuff for the club. Since I was right there, I called Jason to see if he was working and he was. I stopped in and chatted with him for a while. Seems he is putting off SD for now, which is a good thing. He assured me that it was not because of Ty but because he realized how much his real friends wanted him here.
After visiting with Jason I headed to the bar to pick up the check book, bought some more stuff for halloween then headed home. I finally made it in at 6pm. Just enough time to shower and head to work. I opened the bar then Deven arrived shortly there after. I started decorating for Halloween and as usual, Deven was my right hand. We had our Pumpkin Carving contest and it went over pretty well. We finalized plans for Saturday then finally closed the bar.
On Friday, I had to wake up at 8am to call in the beer order because I totally forgot to do it on Thursday. Went back to sleep. Woke up at 10 to head to the bar to meet the delivery trucks. Unloaded the trucks, did some paperwork, stocked the bar, headed to the bank to make change, picked up more stuff for halloween, got lunch, headed home. Oh...I also split a big hole in the ass of Josh's pants when I was stocking beer. That was fun...Running all around town with a big hole in the ass of my jeans! UGH!
At home I ate my lunch and chilled out for a bit. Talked to Josh for a little while, then took a nap. Woke up, went to work. It was a bit slow at first but picked up. Amatuer Strip contest went over well. Closed the club at 3 and headed home.
Saturday was not my day to get out of bed. I was so worn out. I finally did around 1 or so and played with my niece and nephew. Around 4 I went to make change for the club and make 1 more attempt to find a halloween costume. Nothing. Grabbed some dinner and headed home. It finally dawned on me that I should just get a pair of my dad's scrubs and go as a doctor. Showered and headed to the club. Started getting everything ready...It wasn't easy since Deven and I were the only ones working that night. I asked Deven what his costume was and he said "A guy from Horror Flicks" so I decided I was and Extra from ER. A few minutes later I recalled how in the past people have said I look like Dr. Carter from ER so I wrote the name on my shirt and thats what I was. All night people kept saying "I never realized how much you look like him!"
The night went over really well. There were some awesome costumes. Just before midnight a hurst pulled up to the club. From the hust, 4 pallbearers pulled an 8 foot cofin from the back. The coffin was walked into the club while our owner, Nancy, recreated a pagan ceremony. The coffin was layed down then there were three knocks. Nancy opened the coffin and out came Sapphire, our Entertainment Director. The crowd went wild. We then celebrated the pagan new year with a Champange toast then had the costume contest.
Just when the night was about to come to a close and I was about to annouce last call, I remember that at 2am it became 1am so they had an extra hour to drink. Being short staffed and packed as hell, I worked my ass off. The tips prove it! So many people kept saying "TOMMY...Slow down....Go smoke or something!" Nope...I am a true workaholic.
After work Deven, Nancy, Lisa, Mel, and myself went to IHOP to have breakfast since it was Mel's last night with the club. He was our security guy and his other job moved him to Dallas and he has been making the commute for the past 6 weeks. Its beginning to take its toll. Mel is a great guy and awesome at what he does. We will truly miss him.
After dinner, I headed home and just passed out once I hit my bed. I think because of all the sodas and working so much, it triggered all of my bad dreams. The first dream:
## I go down to Austin to suprise Josh for our 1 month anniversary. Shortly after I get there he comes home from school. I stepped around the corner to meet him and the look on his face was priceless. Truly shocked and happy. Then I noticed that he looked different. He had colored his hair pink, had yellow, blue, and red extensions, had 3 tatoos on his face with piercings in the center. This wasn't my Josh. I flipped out and started crying. He went to kiss me then I notice his tounge was pierced 3 times. I told Nicole, his roomie, that I just wanted to go home. Josh left the room and I fell to the floor in tears. Could my love for Josh be that physical? But because of my pain, is it that emotional too. Josh finally pulled off the wig he was wearing to reveal that he had just buzzed his hair off and colored it pink. The tats and piercings were still there. How was he going to go to church like that? I was he going to persue his career like that? I forced myself to wake up because I couldn't deal with it. ##
I finally woke up upset and sweating. I smoked a cig then headed back to bed. In my next dream, Josh was normal looking but decided that he didn't want us anymore. I don't remember the details of the dream but it woke me up shaking and sweating. I called Josh to tell him about the dreams but I think he is in Wimberly for his dad's birthday.
Well...It is 3:22pm (or 4:22 according to my computer...I have to reset that) and I am going to figure out what to do till I have to be at the club at 7. Tonight is the night we start re-opening on Sundays. I really miss Josh and can't wait till Wednesday to see him. It will be our 1 month anniversary and I am trying to think about what to do that will totally floor him. He is scared because he says "You just seem too good to be true...I am worried about that". Josh...I am not too good to be true. I just have a lot of love to give and you are the first person to make me feel like you are worth my time, me taking off work, and worth me involving my emotions. I may of been hurt many times in the past but I am not out to hurt you. We have something great here...And I think it will stay that way for quite some time.
To Thomas: Congrats on passing and getting certified! I want pics in your new uniform! Best of luck on the Paramedics course and we will have you in Austin by August!
To Jason: I am glad things are working out with you and Ty. I hope you make each other happy. I am glad that you will be staying in Austin for a while longer. Good decision. I am proud of you.
ASH: Where the hell are you, sexy? =)
Later Guys!
*Tommy*
Wednesday I just couldn't get out of bed because I stayed up way too late the night before, mainly because I took a nap earlier that day and couldn't sleep.
I was planning on being at Josh's around noon but once I finally got up, dropped some stuff off at the club, and made it to Austin, it was about 3pm.
Once I got there we took off for a day trip to Waverly. God it is beautiful out there. Rolling hills, nice houses, creeks & rivers. Beautiful. We are planning on going camping out there this spring. We stopped in San Marcos on the way back to Austin for lunch. We sat around the house for a while, went over to his friend Sara's apartment to carve pumpkins and I helped her make the pie. We were there for a few minutes then headed to Coyote Ugly, our typical first stop on Wednesdays.
As always, Coyote was a blast. Katie got us drunk, as usual, at lot quicker than normal. We then walked over to OCH since we parked between the two. We walked around, said our hellos, grabbed a beer, then sat down next to his friend Justin and this girl that I don't remember her name (SORRY!). After a few minutes we ran into my ex Trey from like 5 years ago. Still the same Trey. After a while we decided to head to Jack-in-the-box then head home to watch a movie.
We started watching 28 days and eating our dinner. After we finished eating I rolled over into Josh's lap and said "Baby...I am too drunk to pay attention to this...can we just go to bed?" We picked up and called it a night.
Thursday mornings are always so hard because it means that I have to leave my boy. =( I finally left around 1:30 and headed back to Killeen. On the way I stopped at Party Pig to pick up some stuff for the club. Since I was right there, I called Jason to see if he was working and he was. I stopped in and chatted with him for a while. Seems he is putting off SD for now, which is a good thing. He assured me that it was not because of Ty but because he realized how much his real friends wanted him here.
After visiting with Jason I headed to the bar to pick up the check book, bought some more stuff for halloween then headed home. I finally made it in at 6pm. Just enough time to shower and head to work. I opened the bar then Deven arrived shortly there after. I started decorating for Halloween and as usual, Deven was my right hand. We had our Pumpkin Carving contest and it went over pretty well. We finalized plans for Saturday then finally closed the bar.
On Friday, I had to wake up at 8am to call in the beer order because I totally forgot to do it on Thursday. Went back to sleep. Woke up at 10 to head to the bar to meet the delivery trucks. Unloaded the trucks, did some paperwork, stocked the bar, headed to the bank to make change, picked up more stuff for halloween, got lunch, headed home. Oh...I also split a big hole in the ass of Josh's pants when I was stocking beer. That was fun...Running all around town with a big hole in the ass of my jeans! UGH!
At home I ate my lunch and chilled out for a bit. Talked to Josh for a little while, then took a nap. Woke up, went to work. It was a bit slow at first but picked up. Amatuer Strip contest went over well. Closed the club at 3 and headed home.
Saturday was not my day to get out of bed. I was so worn out. I finally did around 1 or so and played with my niece and nephew. Around 4 I went to make change for the club and make 1 more attempt to find a halloween costume. Nothing. Grabbed some dinner and headed home. It finally dawned on me that I should just get a pair of my dad's scrubs and go as a doctor. Showered and headed to the club. Started getting everything ready...It wasn't easy since Deven and I were the only ones working that night. I asked Deven what his costume was and he said "A guy from Horror Flicks" so I decided I was and Extra from ER. A few minutes later I recalled how in the past people have said I look like Dr. Carter from ER so I wrote the name on my shirt and thats what I was. All night people kept saying "I never realized how much you look like him!"
The night went over really well. There were some awesome costumes. Just before midnight a hurst pulled up to the club. From the hust, 4 pallbearers pulled an 8 foot cofin from the back. The coffin was walked into the club while our owner, Nancy, recreated a pagan ceremony. The coffin was layed down then there were three knocks. Nancy opened the coffin and out came Sapphire, our Entertainment Director. The crowd went wild. We then celebrated the pagan new year with a Champange toast then had the costume contest.
Just when the night was about to come to a close and I was about to annouce last call, I remember that at 2am it became 1am so they had an extra hour to drink. Being short staffed and packed as hell, I worked my ass off. The tips prove it! So many people kept saying "TOMMY...Slow down....Go smoke or something!" Nope...I am a true workaholic.
After work Deven, Nancy, Lisa, Mel, and myself went to IHOP to have breakfast since it was Mel's last night with the club. He was our security guy and his other job moved him to Dallas and he has been making the commute for the past 6 weeks. Its beginning to take its toll. Mel is a great guy and awesome at what he does. We will truly miss him.
After dinner, I headed home and just passed out once I hit my bed. I think because of all the sodas and working so much, it triggered all of my bad dreams. The first dream:
## I go down to Austin to suprise Josh for our 1 month anniversary. Shortly after I get there he comes home from school. I stepped around the corner to meet him and the look on his face was priceless. Truly shocked and happy. Then I noticed that he looked different. He had colored his hair pink, had yellow, blue, and red extensions, had 3 tatoos on his face with piercings in the center. This wasn't my Josh. I flipped out and started crying. He went to kiss me then I notice his tounge was pierced 3 times. I told Nicole, his roomie, that I just wanted to go home. Josh left the room and I fell to the floor in tears. Could my love for Josh be that physical? But because of my pain, is it that emotional too. Josh finally pulled off the wig he was wearing to reveal that he had just buzzed his hair off and colored it pink. The tats and piercings were still there. How was he going to go to church like that? I was he going to persue his career like that? I forced myself to wake up because I couldn't deal with it. ##
I finally woke up upset and sweating. I smoked a cig then headed back to bed. In my next dream, Josh was normal looking but decided that he didn't want us anymore. I don't remember the details of the dream but it woke me up shaking and sweating. I called Josh to tell him about the dreams but I think he is in Wimberly for his dad's birthday.
Well...It is 3:22pm (or 4:22 according to my computer...I have to reset that) and I am going to figure out what to do till I have to be at the club at 7. Tonight is the night we start re-opening on Sundays. I really miss Josh and can't wait till Wednesday to see him. It will be our 1 month anniversary and I am trying to think about what to do that will totally floor him. He is scared because he says "You just seem too good to be true...I am worried about that". Josh...I am not too good to be true. I just have a lot of love to give and you are the first person to make me feel like you are worth my time, me taking off work, and worth me involving my emotions. I may of been hurt many times in the past but I am not out to hurt you. We have something great here...And I think it will stay that way for quite some time.
To Thomas: Congrats on passing and getting certified! I want pics in your new uniform! Best of luck on the Paramedics course and we will have you in Austin by August!
To Jason: I am glad things are working out with you and Ty. I hope you make each other happy. I am glad that you will be staying in Austin for a while longer. Good decision. I am proud of you.
ASH: Where the hell are you, sexy? =)
Later Guys!
*Tommy*