Jun 22, 2007 13:14
It’s been a while, so I’ll try to shorten everything as I can.
First, the motor of my car had a problem; I accidentally bought a Transmission Oil instead of Motor Oil, and poured half of it to the motor. Yeah... pretty stupid, they were both beside each other, I was going to pick the motor oil, but a friend called, and without looking I grabbed the oil, bought it and poured half of the bottle to the motor. When I got home, I told my dad, he started screaming and insulting and screaming again. He told me that he’d have to get a new motor, because the pistons might die. I was actually a bit scared, the day after, before I went to work, I bought some motor oil, triple checked it, just in case, and mixed the two oils so that it won’t ruin any pistons, and well, my plan worked, bout a week after, and the car’s running just fine.
After that, my dad got pissed again, not because a car, but because I did him a favor shopping and didn’t bring him the paper special of the market, and that I bought four types of bread that are 10 cents more expensive than the ones he buys. I was like: “What? For ten cents of difference?” Went to my room, took forty cents and put them in the table and told him: “Here, forty cents, if that’s how much you cry for forty cents, I wouldn’t have bought anything”. He started screaming, telling me that now that I have money I can spend and bull crap... he hit me in the shoulder, I was about to hit him, but then I remembered my mother, I didn’t want to make her worry, so I said: “If you’re going to be so angry for me doing you a favor, then don’t ask me to buy anything, buy it yourself so that you won’t have to scream anymore” And then, things started slowing down, telling me: “Yeah, I should do that... blah, blah, blah...”.
After like, one or two days, my mom called, I got home from University, and my dad told me that she wanted to talk to me, it was the first time I talked to my mother so openly and that she’d understand me this well. Told her everything that had been happening “Outside the House”; didn’t want to worry her, and told her about my F on Chemistry. First time she handled an F calmly from me... hmmm... wonder why... then she asked me about what had happened in the house, and I was like: “Shit...” and told her: “Erm... well everything’s calm right now, and everything” She asked me: “How’s your dad treating you” and I said: “Normal, screaming and shouting and I try to just tell him, Yes dad, No dad, Ok dad.” Don’t remember what happened later, that my dad started yelling at me when I was on the phone, and my mom on the other side: “Don’t answer, just stay calm” and I was like: “I’m not, it just gets worst” and she said: “Try handling this until I get back. Later that night, I got a call from a friend: Maria, and wanted to talk, so we talked for straight 80 minutes, told her I’d call her the next day and I went to sleep.
The day after, I went to the university early at 12md and called Maria but didn’t answer (I like keeping my word, because I like people know they can count on it), went to tutor just so it can help me on my class and help me understand, then like at 5pm, Maria called, I was helping Esteban (a good friend of mine in the University, who from now on will take 2 to 3 classes each trimester with me, just so that we can move forward and helping each other) fix his computer, she was at San Juan, told her I was at the university and came over. Talked and Laughed together with Esteban. At 6pm, I got a call from my sister, Rona, telling me that she talked with mom and told her everything, that dad hit me in the shoulder, that he threatened me and shouted at all mouth. I went running out of the area I was, saying: “Why did you tell her” looking all preoccupied and angry at the same time, which made both Maria and Esteban worried. She told me that mom called dad and punished verbally at him, and that dad stayed quiet. She told me that my brother, that jerk, took the $70 I gave him for the ticket the police gave him because of me, and gave it to dad so that he won’t give him $200 straight. Many ideas came to my head at that moment, like this one: “What if he got a friend and erased that ticket, and practically stole those $70 from me” I was really pissed, I’m working hard, getting scolded at work, and on the other side, I have my dad shouting and my brother stealing from me? Damn it... I got back like, at 6:45pm, didn’t want to go to class, so I got Esteban’s notebook and copied everything, well, part of it, because we where laughing so much that I couldn’t write down anything, so Maria took my pencil and started writing down, after she got away from me like 2 times and handled my tickles... well, I gave up, she wanted to do it, and I didn’t, so I went to talk to the professor, telling him why I didn’t go to the class and that I couldn’t go the next day, and that I wrote down everything from a friend. Later I went to where Maria and Esteban where, and Esteban left, I stood at a window, watching Maria through it, and she looked, saw my arm, but didn’t notice me (because of the reflection in the window) and I started hitting slowly at the window and then she saw me and gave me... :( the finger... I offered to take her home, to her home, because it was late, and I don’t like people walking late at night, especially people I know. So she went with me, talked in the way and left her at her house. Went home and there she called me and we kept talking. Told her I’d visit her at her store just to pass time on Thursday, she agreed.
Wednesday, woke up, went to work, everything was nice and relaxing at work. Got out and went home. Maria called me and said: “Bachour, would you like to move to a house with me?” I was like “Waaaaaaaaaaaait...” What was that all about, it was all in a bit too hurry, asked her what happened, and she told me that things got a bit too far at her house (we’re having a bit too similar situations with our dads), told her to calm down, I wanted to move out not 3 days ago, and she was the one who told me to take it easy, and now I was the one who told her to take it easy. She calmed down and went to her senses, and I kind of though about it, it was a good idea, but I have my morals and I can’t go and move in with some girl I have no affection relationship with her, so I left it at that. Took a bath, ate, changed my clothes, and waited for my sister. When she arrived, I went with her to “Player’s”, a Pub-Bar in Fajardo. On the way there, my sister called my mother, which was the original plan, so that I can talk with her, without my dad interrupting every word, every second. Stayed there for like an hour (didn’t drink) and then, decided to go to a pizza station and play pool. Didn’t eat, ate before leaving home, so I played a little arcade, like just 2 “bubble trouble” and 1 mortal kombat 4. Didn’t get to play pool, just kept laughing with my sister, her future husband and their friends. After I got out, Maria called me, wanted to talk for a while, so we talked, until half way to my house, the phone died; no battery. When got home, charged the cell phone and called her, we kept talking till like 12:30am and hung up.
Thursday, got to work, it was hell. The high ranked chiefs where like bullying me, so I just kept ignoring them, there was a point when I had to fry some products, she said, well at least my comrades told me she said: “You better have meat and everything, I tired of you making the people wait for the food” when in reality, I wasn’t the one causing the waiting. So, I didn’t hear that and I though: “Too many orders, may be I’ll throw more” and out of my mouth came: “Acho, que clase de Cojones tiene esta gente” which means, “Man, what balls these people have” and the chief though I said it to her, so she threatened me with a Memo (I get 3, I’m fired, Have none.) and told me to stay quiet. So I stayed quiet while my other two comrades laughed it out. I stayed quiet for 3 hours, and the higher rank chief asked for a Grill Chicken, I said, “There are no Grills”, she asked “Why are there no grills?” And I said “Because I say so...” there, I said it without I noticed, she said “What did you say?” when I realized, I said: “I said there where no grills at the moment and I said so earlier” and she said: “That wasn’t what you said, your looking for me to fire you?” I stayed quiet, I actually wanted to get fired, but not now, I still had to find a new job. The rest of the day, or the rest of the hour was calm, the chiefs didn’t talk to me, they already knew my problems, and out of anger I would say such things, so later I left. Went home, took a bath and changed clothes, ate and waited for my sister to arrive. She came home, took her to Fajardo again, and went to my university. On the way there, I got sick, actual sick and started coughing a lot. And then decided, have 20 minutes till class, I’m one who like keeping his word, I promised I’d got and visit Maria at her work, so I went there, it was like 7pm, I arrived with a smoothie at my hand and she smiled when she saw me. I kept waiting till she was unoccupied and then she hugged me and dragged me so that I’d walk with her, she had to put some products in their respective places while she was on the cash drawer. We talked for like 2 hours or so, and at 9, she asked me if I could stay outside, they had to close. I stayed outside, called JL, told him that I saw a friend of his and that she send her regards (not Maria, forgot her name...), told him it was forbidden fairy, then he knew who she was. Told him I was waiting for Maria, and he told me good luck, I was like, good luck for what, he told me that Good luck on waiting for her, she always gets half to one hour late, I was like, damn it... any ways, I stayed, when she got out, like 9:50pm, we walked a bit, talking and everything, when I asked her, how are you going to you home? She said, good question, so I offered once again to take her, it doesn’t bother me, and it’s not too far from there either way. So I took her, and I saw that she bought a baby shark, I was like cool... looked like a catfish to me. Left her there, telling her that for whatever the purpose, she can count on me, 24/7. She experienced worst hell than me, and for that I’d do anything to help, because sometimes I feel like I need someone’s help, but nobody was there, so I want to be that helpful hand for her, the hand that not much friends could be. Later, I went home and called it a day.
Today, I woke up at 10:30, my brother was the one who told me the time when I woke up, and I was like Damn it, I’m late for work, worked at 10, so, I said, what the hell, either way, it was going to be bad if I went, I have the chiefs against me, so... what the hell. Kept writing down this journal since 11:30, while watching my myspace and everything... it’s 2:01pm right now, so :P cya
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