it don't stop 'til my hip don't hop anymore
My grandmother's surgery went well. She stayed in the hospital for about a week, and they let her go home.
I had switched a day or two around at work so that I could drive up to Bangor and see her before and after. Sat in the hospital all morning with my grandfather, aunt, mom, and Larry. It broke my heart and made me so anxious seeing my grandfather so anxious himself. He's such a calm man. He leaves the RAWR stuff to my grandmother. And he was pacing and on the verge of tears all that day. He was ready to throttle the hospital staff while he wanted for her to leave the ICU and reach her room.
I think he was so scared of losing her too after my Nana (his mother) passed back in March. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been able to deal. I think August is their 55th anniversary. <3
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Oh. My. Gosh.
I might be flirting very hardcore with my boss' boss. And she legit checked me out.
Some new young thing transfered into my store from Auburn. 22, cute, strawberry blonde, green/hazel eyes. Alicia and Mike were annoyed because she hadn't gone out of her way to be all, "OH HAY, THIS ISN'T MY FIRST DAY, BUT THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULES. I'M JESSICA. NICE TO MEET YOU." So, I lol'd because it was silly, and decided to just ~jump in and be friendly. I had her try and fix this gun at work, and she fucked it up worse, and spilled my stuff all over the floor.
Immediate attraction. I swear. She looked at me like she wanted to hit herself and apologized.
I WANTED IN RIGHT THURRRRR.
And the first thing that pinged for me when we were talking was "GAYGAYGAY, YOU ARE SO GAYYYYYYY."
Everyone in the store seemed to think so. So, a few days of casual talking in passing, and a lot of teasing (she thinks I'm trouble, lol idek), she says "my boyfriend." And I laughed. In her face. Because, really. GAY. And I told Krissy and Alicia that I was interested.
Alicia decides to be practial. "No Taryn! You can't! She's not allowed to even hang out with us by company policy!"
Krissy decides to be the devil on my shoulder, "YEAHHHH! GET IT GIRL!"
And I tell both of them that Jessica has a boyfriend. Nothing's going to happen. It's just fun flirting, right?
Fast forward a week, and I'm out for drinks with Kerri and Mike, and a certain gay guy at work who we aren't supposed to hang out or and socialize with because of his position in the store. I bring up the fact that my gaydar is off the charts with her but she said she has a boyfriend. He says he hung out with her before up in Auburn. And she was in a lesbian relationship for a year. And he basically bottom-lines it as she's recovering from that relationship with a straight one. Denial.
GREEN LIGHT GO.
Sooooo, yesterday, Krissy was fucking with my hair in the break room because no less than three times that day I had been complimented by people at work that my hair is gorgeous and I'm so pretty with it down. I walked out of there, hair down, and it was just curling ~perfectly. I swung by the Hardware desk and people were playing with it some more and saying more "pretty" comments very loudly. Jessica walked by. She was staring at me. We made eye contact, and she smirked. I was floored. I never think people check me out and I'm the first one to say they aren't, even if they are. She was BLATANTLY eye sexing me.
Later, I basically told her that she should hang out with a small group of us that knows how to keep our mouths shut so no one gets in trouble. She looked legit ~torn~ and I was worming my way in. I told her how our gay mutual friend from above hangs with us sometimes, and it's never gotten out.
And today I didn't see her until I was leaving. I went into the training room to kill the last ten minutes of my shift by applying for a new full time position in the store. She was working on the computer next to mine. So I talked to the HR guy, basically had my HR interview for the position. He told me that I would have to interview with Jessica, so I poked my head out of his office and started teasing her again, letting her know I wanted the position. And then I punched out, and seriously sat there for 30 minutes off the clock and talked to her while she was working. I told her I had to go to Bath for a bit tonight (which ended up being some changed plans so I didn't, which is TOTALLY relevant later) to hang with Alicia and a few other people.
She also commented that it's weird that my manager basically stalks my Facebook and Mike's too. Because she's not even supposed to be friends with us. "That's technically fraternizing." And I just smirked and said, "You added me back." And she just made this face, like it was almost confusion and a smile and said, "Yeah, I was just thinking about that..."
She got a call and had to leave and I didn't want to be a wicked creeper waiting around. So I drove home, slept for 3 hours, and then got up and went to Taco Bell. I get a phone call at 8:30, while I'm literally getting onto the on-ramp for the highway to go home. It's Alicia and she's frantic and trying not to squeal, and she tells me that she just left work and Jessica had immediately gone up to her and Sarah asking where I was, and that she thought that I was hanging out with them tonight. Not like, "Hey guys, what's up." But "Hey, where's Taryn? I thought she was going to be with you guys tonight."
The plan for tomorrow is to wake up early, go to work and grab my schedule for next week so my mom can make another physical therapy appointment that I can take her to, find out if Jessica is working, and if she is then gather enough balls to do the number exchange. Alicia said to use her leaving as leverage. "You don't work with Alicia anymore. If I happen to show up then that's just fate."
I can't even express this weird fucking pull I have towards her. Either way, this game is fun. :)
I had switched a day or two around at work so that I could drive up to Bangor and see her before and after. Sat in the hospital all morning with my grandfather, aunt, mom, and Larry. It broke my heart and made me so anxious seeing my grandfather so anxious himself. He's such a calm man. He leaves the RAWR stuff to my grandmother. And he was pacing and on the verge of tears all that day. He was ready to throttle the hospital staff while he wanted for her to leave the ICU and reach her room.
I think he was so scared of losing her too after my Nana (his mother) passed back in March. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have been able to deal. I think August is their 55th anniversary. <3
---
Oh. My. Gosh.
I might be flirting very hardcore with my boss' boss. And she legit checked me out.
Some new young thing transfered into my store from Auburn. 22, cute, strawberry blonde, green/hazel eyes. Alicia and Mike were annoyed because she hadn't gone out of her way to be all, "OH HAY, THIS ISN'T MY FIRST DAY, BUT THE FIRST DAY WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER BECAUSE OF OUR SCHEDULES. I'M JESSICA. NICE TO MEET YOU." So, I lol'd because it was silly, and decided to just ~jump in and be friendly. I had her try and fix this gun at work, and she fucked it up worse, and spilled my stuff all over the floor.
Immediate attraction. I swear. She looked at me like she wanted to hit herself and apologized.
I WANTED IN RIGHT THURRRRR.
And the first thing that pinged for me when we were talking was "GAYGAYGAY, YOU ARE SO GAYYYYYYY."
Everyone in the store seemed to think so. So, a few days of casual talking in passing, and a lot of teasing (she thinks I'm trouble, lol idek), she says "my boyfriend." And I laughed. In her face. Because, really. GAY. And I told Krissy and Alicia that I was interested.
Alicia decides to be practial. "No Taryn! You can't! She's not allowed to even hang out with us by company policy!"
Krissy decides to be the devil on my shoulder, "YEAHHHH! GET IT GIRL!"
And I tell both of them that Jessica has a boyfriend. Nothing's going to happen. It's just fun flirting, right?
Fast forward a week, and I'm out for drinks with Kerri and Mike, and a certain gay guy at work who we aren't supposed to hang out or and socialize with because of his position in the store. I bring up the fact that my gaydar is off the charts with her but she said she has a boyfriend. He says he hung out with her before up in Auburn. And she was in a lesbian relationship for a year. And he basically bottom-lines it as she's recovering from that relationship with a straight one. Denial.
GREEN LIGHT GO.
Sooooo, yesterday, Krissy was fucking with my hair in the break room because no less than three times that day I had been complimented by people at work that my hair is gorgeous and I'm so pretty with it down. I walked out of there, hair down, and it was just curling ~perfectly. I swung by the Hardware desk and people were playing with it some more and saying more "pretty" comments very loudly. Jessica walked by. She was staring at me. We made eye contact, and she smirked. I was floored. I never think people check me out and I'm the first one to say they aren't, even if they are. She was BLATANTLY eye sexing me.
Later, I basically told her that she should hang out with a small group of us that knows how to keep our mouths shut so no one gets in trouble. She looked legit ~torn~ and I was worming my way in. I told her how our gay mutual friend from above hangs with us sometimes, and it's never gotten out.
And today I didn't see her until I was leaving. I went into the training room to kill the last ten minutes of my shift by applying for a new full time position in the store. She was working on the computer next to mine. So I talked to the HR guy, basically had my HR interview for the position. He told me that I would have to interview with Jessica, so I poked my head out of his office and started teasing her again, letting her know I wanted the position. And then I punched out, and seriously sat there for 30 minutes off the clock and talked to her while she was working. I told her I had to go to Bath for a bit tonight (which ended up being some changed plans so I didn't, which is TOTALLY relevant later) to hang with Alicia and a few other people.
She also commented that it's weird that my manager basically stalks my Facebook and Mike's too. Because she's not even supposed to be friends with us. "That's technically fraternizing." And I just smirked and said, "You added me back." And she just made this face, like it was almost confusion and a smile and said, "Yeah, I was just thinking about that..."
She got a call and had to leave and I didn't want to be a wicked creeper waiting around. So I drove home, slept for 3 hours, and then got up and went to Taco Bell. I get a phone call at 8:30, while I'm literally getting onto the on-ramp for the highway to go home. It's Alicia and she's frantic and trying not to squeal, and she tells me that she just left work and Jessica had immediately gone up to her and Sarah asking where I was, and that she thought that I was hanging out with them tonight. Not like, "Hey guys, what's up." But "Hey, where's Taryn? I thought she was going to be with you guys tonight."
The plan for tomorrow is to wake up early, go to work and grab my schedule for next week so my mom can make another physical therapy appointment that I can take her to, find out if Jessica is working, and if she is then gather enough balls to do the number exchange. Alicia said to use her leaving as leverage. "You don't work with Alicia anymore. If I happen to show up then that's just fate."
I can't even express this weird fucking pull I have towards her. Either way, this game is fun. :)