Yesterday I was out with my sister and Franko at a CCA ex-coworker's birthday bash. It was real low key and a little intimidating since I barely knew anyone there outside of a couple good friends from CCA who I actually really got along with. I'm not a drinker at all, I occasionally have one drink (Once every couple months) but at the party I had 4 ( Read more... )

Dude, what a Saturday night I had. Sarah, one of my medical records coworkers from back at CCA, got a bunch of us to go out to Embers, a gay/lesbian bar in downtown Portland. FYI: I'm straight as an arrow. Hilarity ensues. But really, it was pretty fun! I was awkward and uncomfortable at first, but once I settled into how things went on I mellowed ( Read more... )

So on Friday, my last day at work, Sarah got me to ask Katie out. She's technically not available anyway, so what's to lose by asking? Apparently some self pride. Katie claimed she was busy all weekend so I called her back today. She said that, given her current situation (Just a couple weeks into a divorce), she doesn't want to start anything. I ( Read more... )

Good friends and readers, today is my 24th birthday!!! Never have I been so reluctant to look back and so eager to look at what's coming down the pipe. Last year at this time, I was confused and apprehensive, unknowing what my future held. This year, with my road trip around the corner and fresh opportunity for employment, I would say I'm in high ( Read more... )

Thursday mornings is when the DBS copy girl, Katie, comes in to our workplace and copies like crazy. We didn't talk a whole lot and I was surprised that I wasn't teased or anything by Sarah. But I did study Katie. She looks much younger than she is ( Read more... )

So today at work wasn't as bad as I thought it would be in terms of being ridiculed for my attendance Friday night at the bar. The whole office knows but no one really said much. Sarah and the other Val (Not my sister but the other Val who came with us Friday) did tease me a bit but everyone who did say something was more happy for me than anything ( Read more... )

After I notified the office that I really have decided to end my time there, Sarah made some side remarks that she's going to try to get me out Friday night and get me plastered. Now, I don't drink. I will drink, but only in very small amounts on special occasions and I don't do it unless I'm very very comfortable and safe with people I trust. So ( Read more... )

So yesterday I talked about how I was asked to stick around my current temp job until well into 2006. Today, the plot thickened. I get to work same as usual this morning and Sarah, one of my two departmental coworkers, is on the phone with a family member and on the verge of tears. Without any explanation to the rest of us (Save possibly our bosses ( Read more... )