Mini-Congress
So I'm back from Iowa. And, yeah...it was...different. I'll go through it day by day.
Thursday:
We left from the gym at about 9:45, making a quick stop at my house because I , being the genius that I am, forgot my ID. It was a four hour drive to Coralville. We discovered that we were staying in a really nice place, the Marriot. I made it my goal to steal as many things from the hotel as possible. We had to go to safety certification at 3, so we quick checked in and put our stuff down and headed there. Safety certification took four hours...and it was mostly basic info. "If someone gets hurt, call 9-1-1." that kind of thing. Here we met the man we later referred to as the velvetine rabbit. why? cause he was wearing velvet pants. We mocked him a little for asking too many stupid questions, took the safety test, passed, and went on our way. We found out there was a mall not to far away, so we went to dinner at Chili's and then went shopping. I didnt buy anything...but we had a good deal of fun trying on different sunglasses at Kohls. We went back to the hotel and began party time. I kinda just watched for a while, until people noticed I wasnt drinking and forced me to have a Mike's. Laura and I went to bed around 12, only to be woken up by a drunk Liz at 4...who came into the room being loud and obnoxious. she got a call from Rick (the gym's owner) and said she was gonna go to his room. Laura told her not to sleep with him, to which she replied, "I'm not going to sleep with him...I'm gonna get a raise!" We went back to sleep.
Friday:
Lectures started at 9, so we woke up around 8. They werent bad. Our first one was cancelled, so we went to one about overcoming fear, which was packed, so we had to sit on the floor. Lectures continued until 12:45, when we got a lunch break. we all scurried off to culvers, which , due to the fact that we only had an hour for lunch, made us late for our next lecture. Again, lectures ended at 5:30, and we skipped dinner and got ready for the reception at 7. Liz and Laura took forever, so we didnt actually get down there until 8. We got to have to free glasses of wine, so we did that. and chit chatted. Squeedge called me around nine, and i talked to him for about a half hour. the whole reception dissipated around...11? so we headed off to the after party. First everyone went to angie and sharon's room. Liz started totally throwing herself at this married guy named named bob, so angie asked us to go elsewhere. On the way down to the hotel bar, liz spontaneously got off the elevator on the fourth floor and disappeared. no one could find her for about a half hour, and when they did, i was supposed to take laura and liz back to the room. Once we got there, i tried to get them to stay so we wouldnt have out of control drunk people running around the hotel. Laura started telling me what to do, and then liz told her we werent at the gym. Laura responded with "Yes, we are! we literally are at the fucking gym!" She then started yelling at liz...saying some pretty mean things. Liz laughed at her the whole time. then she left the room and started crying and saying that she wanted to see Rick, so I went and got him while she waited on his floor. A bunch of people ended up in rick's room and he bought everyone pizza. at about 1:30, i went back to my room. Laura was passed out on her bed, wearing a baseball cap, and had the hotel phone in her hand. I watched the Fifth Element for a little while and went to bed.
Saturday
Laura wanted to know where Liz was when she woke up. I had to explain to her that Liz slept in Sharon's room because Laura yelled at her. Laura didnt remember any of it, so I had to tell her all the things she ssaid. She felt really bad. Liz came up and got ready, told laura it was okay because they were both drunk and she knew laura didnt mean it, and we went off to lectures again. For lunch we went to this little restaurant in the bar. the service sucked balls. Seriously...all I ordered was a bowl of french onion soup, and I didnt get it for like 40 minutes. Needless to say, we were once again late for our post-lunch lectures. After lectures, Laura Liz and I wanted to know what was going on for dinner, but everyone disappeared and no one was answering their phones. Bob and another guy, Justin< called us and asked if we wanted to go to applebes with them. We went to meet them, but bob punked out, so we just went with Justin. Liz hit on the waiter, and Justin paid for us, which was really nice of him. We made another stop at the liquor store on the way home (third one in three days) and got ready for the party again. Everyone went down to angie's, but i wanted to call squeedge first, so i did that. From Angie's, everyone went down to the bar again. Then they decided they were gonna go downtown to the bars. By this time it was already midnight, and I didnt want to be out until 3 AM, so I neglected to go. I went to my room, watched star wars episode 3, and went to bed.
Sunday
The phone rang at 3:45 am. I picked up and a drunk Laura told me she was on her way home. I went back to sleep only to be woken up 15 minutes later by a frantic and drunken laura telling me that she lost her phone and asking me if I knew where it was. I told her I didnt, and it wasnt that big of a deal, and to go to bed and worry about it in the morning. Instead, she started packing because she was leaving earlier than everyone else. She packed and then told me she was gonna go put her stuff in the car. I was still in bed trying to sleep, but I got up and told her that she wasnt gonna go anywhere near a car. She wouldnt listen, though, so I sat down in front of the door so that she couldnt open in. She started telling me that she wasnt drunk anymore, and that she needed to go, and that she was an adult and could make her own decisions. I still sat in front of the door. She told me that I was a control freak, that i always had to be right, that she couldnt have an employee like that, and that I was fired. I told her that was fine, but i still wasnt moving. She called her husband like 5 times, who yelled at her and begged her to just go to bed. I talked to him and told him that she wasnt going anywhere. I ended up sitting in front of the door for about a half hour. Then Laura called the front desk and said she was being held in her room against her will. Legally I couldnt hold her there, so she left. I was so frustrated and tired that I cried for a half hour. Then I went and took a shower and got all my stuff together for checkout. Liz came back at about 8:20 and told me that she slept in Rick's room and rick slept on the floor. I told her the whole story about Laura, and we went to lectures. When I went to my second lecture, Julie (one of my bosses) and came in and told me we had a lot to talk about on the ride home, and that i should go to her lecture instead. I went to the last two lectures, and we left for home at about 1. We stopped for lunch at Steak 'n Shake and julie payed, which was nice. I told her the story about laura, and listened to her repeat the story over the phone a couple times. I joked that i should just not come into work, and when laura asks me why, I should say that I was fired. Angie called julie, and we found out that laura told angie that she was mad at me. Angie told her that she didnt want to discuss that while she was driving, but everyone was really disappointed in laura. We got home at about 5:15, and I waited to squeedge to pick me up.
Last night i went to jills to watch a movie..then i came home and past out. Laura just called me and told me she wants to meet to talk about this weekend with me. So I'm meeting her at starbucks later. this should be fun.
Thursday:
We left from the gym at about 9:45, making a quick stop at my house because I , being the genius that I am, forgot my ID. It was a four hour drive to Coralville. We discovered that we were staying in a really nice place, the Marriot. I made it my goal to steal as many things from the hotel as possible. We had to go to safety certification at 3, so we quick checked in and put our stuff down and headed there. Safety certification took four hours...and it was mostly basic info. "If someone gets hurt, call 9-1-1." that kind of thing. Here we met the man we later referred to as the velvetine rabbit. why? cause he was wearing velvet pants. We mocked him a little for asking too many stupid questions, took the safety test, passed, and went on our way. We found out there was a mall not to far away, so we went to dinner at Chili's and then went shopping. I didnt buy anything...but we had a good deal of fun trying on different sunglasses at Kohls. We went back to the hotel and began party time. I kinda just watched for a while, until people noticed I wasnt drinking and forced me to have a Mike's. Laura and I went to bed around 12, only to be woken up by a drunk Liz at 4...who came into the room being loud and obnoxious. she got a call from Rick (the gym's owner) and said she was gonna go to his room. Laura told her not to sleep with him, to which she replied, "I'm not going to sleep with him...I'm gonna get a raise!" We went back to sleep.
Friday:
Lectures started at 9, so we woke up around 8. They werent bad. Our first one was cancelled, so we went to one about overcoming fear, which was packed, so we had to sit on the floor. Lectures continued until 12:45, when we got a lunch break. we all scurried off to culvers, which , due to the fact that we only had an hour for lunch, made us late for our next lecture. Again, lectures ended at 5:30, and we skipped dinner and got ready for the reception at 7. Liz and Laura took forever, so we didnt actually get down there until 8. We got to have to free glasses of wine, so we did that. and chit chatted. Squeedge called me around nine, and i talked to him for about a half hour. the whole reception dissipated around...11? so we headed off to the after party. First everyone went to angie and sharon's room. Liz started totally throwing herself at this married guy named named bob, so angie asked us to go elsewhere. On the way down to the hotel bar, liz spontaneously got off the elevator on the fourth floor and disappeared. no one could find her for about a half hour, and when they did, i was supposed to take laura and liz back to the room. Once we got there, i tried to get them to stay so we wouldnt have out of control drunk people running around the hotel. Laura started telling me what to do, and then liz told her we werent at the gym. Laura responded with "Yes, we are! we literally are at the fucking gym!" She then started yelling at liz...saying some pretty mean things. Liz laughed at her the whole time. then she left the room and started crying and saying that she wanted to see Rick, so I went and got him while she waited on his floor. A bunch of people ended up in rick's room and he bought everyone pizza. at about 1:30, i went back to my room. Laura was passed out on her bed, wearing a baseball cap, and had the hotel phone in her hand. I watched the Fifth Element for a little while and went to bed.
Saturday
Laura wanted to know where Liz was when she woke up. I had to explain to her that Liz slept in Sharon's room because Laura yelled at her. Laura didnt remember any of it, so I had to tell her all the things she ssaid. She felt really bad. Liz came up and got ready, told laura it was okay because they were both drunk and she knew laura didnt mean it, and we went off to lectures again. For lunch we went to this little restaurant in the bar. the service sucked balls. Seriously...all I ordered was a bowl of french onion soup, and I didnt get it for like 40 minutes. Needless to say, we were once again late for our post-lunch lectures. After lectures, Laura Liz and I wanted to know what was going on for dinner, but everyone disappeared and no one was answering their phones. Bob and another guy, Justin< called us and asked if we wanted to go to applebes with them. We went to meet them, but bob punked out, so we just went with Justin. Liz hit on the waiter, and Justin paid for us, which was really nice of him. We made another stop at the liquor store on the way home (third one in three days) and got ready for the party again. Everyone went down to angie's, but i wanted to call squeedge first, so i did that. From Angie's, everyone went down to the bar again. Then they decided they were gonna go downtown to the bars. By this time it was already midnight, and I didnt want to be out until 3 AM, so I neglected to go. I went to my room, watched star wars episode 3, and went to bed.
Sunday
The phone rang at 3:45 am. I picked up and a drunk Laura told me she was on her way home. I went back to sleep only to be woken up 15 minutes later by a frantic and drunken laura telling me that she lost her phone and asking me if I knew where it was. I told her I didnt, and it wasnt that big of a deal, and to go to bed and worry about it in the morning. Instead, she started packing because she was leaving earlier than everyone else. She packed and then told me she was gonna go put her stuff in the car. I was still in bed trying to sleep, but I got up and told her that she wasnt gonna go anywhere near a car. She wouldnt listen, though, so I sat down in front of the door so that she couldnt open in. She started telling me that she wasnt drunk anymore, and that she needed to go, and that she was an adult and could make her own decisions. I still sat in front of the door. She told me that I was a control freak, that i always had to be right, that she couldnt have an employee like that, and that I was fired. I told her that was fine, but i still wasnt moving. She called her husband like 5 times, who yelled at her and begged her to just go to bed. I talked to him and told him that she wasnt going anywhere. I ended up sitting in front of the door for about a half hour. Then Laura called the front desk and said she was being held in her room against her will. Legally I couldnt hold her there, so she left. I was so frustrated and tired that I cried for a half hour. Then I went and took a shower and got all my stuff together for checkout. Liz came back at about 8:20 and told me that she slept in Rick's room and rick slept on the floor. I told her the whole story about Laura, and we went to lectures. When I went to my second lecture, Julie (one of my bosses) and came in and told me we had a lot to talk about on the ride home, and that i should go to her lecture instead. I went to the last two lectures, and we left for home at about 1. We stopped for lunch at Steak 'n Shake and julie payed, which was nice. I told her the story about laura, and listened to her repeat the story over the phone a couple times. I joked that i should just not come into work, and when laura asks me why, I should say that I was fired. Angie called julie, and we found out that laura told angie that she was mad at me. Angie told her that she didnt want to discuss that while she was driving, but everyone was really disappointed in laura. We got home at about 5:15, and I waited to squeedge to pick me up.
Last night i went to jills to watch a movie..then i came home and past out. Laura just called me and told me she wants to meet to talk about this weekend with me. So I'm meeting her at starbucks later. this should be fun.