Monday, June 27, 2005

So the weekend came and went. Some of it went well, some not so well. It started on Friday at the e.r., yeah b/c that's always fun. Earlier in the week I found a cystic abcess on my leg which I thought I would be able to take care of myself. Things were going good until Friday when I saw a gaping hole in my leg...time for the e.r.. Sat there for an hour, did the triage thing, finally saw the doctor and he didn't even do anything. Stuck me with a needle to check my sugar and covered the hole back up, told me to see my doctor in a few days and wrote me an rx for antibiotics. Total waste of my time, what he did I could have done myself, with the exception of the rx. So, the pain starts and I go home and watch tv for a bit and go to bed. Go to work on Saturday and my boss tells me that they're looking for a little nore help during the week. The new girl that they hired isn't working out so well and they might need permanent help sometime soon. That's all fine and dandy, I know I'll be losing my f/t job soon (after this week most likely. Happy 4th to me!!!), and I'll be willing to help out where I can, but hello...doesn't the man realize that maybe since I went to college and graduated with a bachelor's that being a receptionist might be a little too mundane. It's ok for part time and all but I didn't go to school to push paper, enter insurance claims or listen to whining kids all day. I guess I'll just use it as $$ coming in while I look for something else. Leave work, was feeling pretty crappy and waling like a gimp. Skipped my sister's recital which I was a little upset about. I wanted to go but I just wasn't feelign up to sitting in a hs auditorium wooden chair for 5 hours with a hole still in my leg. I rested for a while and stared to feel better so I decided to go through with the plans that I had made with my chick-e girl a month proir. I had told her earllier that I was going to skip it but I felt well enough that I thought I could take going for a while, plus I brought my own car so if it started acting up I'd be able to leave. So, tb calls right before I'm about to leave, she sounded disappointed so I asked if she wanted to come, she said she'd come since she hadn't seen chick-e in a while. She'd been dead set on not going for so long that it didn't cross my mind to ask her beforehand if she'd want to come. Thought it would be a standard no, but to each his own, she changed her mind. Whatever. Got there, tried to "shake it" as best as I could b/c of the leg, met this guy and a few of his friends. They were pretty cool, kind of goofy and I was having a really good time with them. Things just got stupid with everyone at one point. It just ended up being wierd and oddly unsociable, but I wasn't about to spoil my own good time by appeasing others. There have been too many a time that I've done things I didn't want to, gone places I didn't want to go, stood wing man/3rd wheel and not complained about it for a second, much less get a 'tude about it. Put simply, I was finally selfish and self centered for once. Times when I'm selfish in the least way come few and far between, but I really didn't think it was too much to expect something I asked to be gone along with. I go along with shit all the time and never question it, a friend needs a little back up when talking to a guy and I'm there. Silly me, I expected a return favor. Fool me once shame on you, Fool me twice shame on me. Oh well, live and learn. Lesson of the weekend, look out for yourself more often than you probably think you should. Anyway, things with the guy went well, had a blast. He seems like a genuine person, has simple values, we like a lot of the same things. We spent some time together after going out and talked a lot, went to the beach and just sat around for a while. It was actually really nice. He's a little younger than what I'm used to though, but I'll deal with it and see how it pans out.

OK, so started D&D last night. It was fun, though a little strange and difficult to follow. I have to be more vocal in playing but I chose a character that is difficult to understand without reading up on it and' I wasn't sure of the things my character would be able to do. Since I don't have my book yet (grrrr.....amazon) that makes it a little tough. But we had a good time. Mb loves the newbies(and cooking), and it was refreshing to do something out of the norm. It requires a lot of concentration, and basically just jumping out there....I'm sure with experience I'll eventually get it. It was good, and I got to buy cheese.....yay.

Tuesday, June 21, 2005

Ok, said I would write about the flight home..so here it is. First off, checkout was at 11:00, had to fight with the hotel to allow me to check out at 12 instead, any later and they would carge me $45.00. So now I have to wait for the shuttle bus to pick me up at 1:20 for a 4:00 flight. Helped out this woman who was traveling alone with her 3 year old daughter and 2 gigundo suitcases in tow. Poor thing...her holding the kid's hand was a little more important than me sitting around doing nothing, so I hepled her with one of the bags until we checked them at the airport. Weird that we were on the same airline, but anyways...check-in, pick my seat, Emergency escape window. I guess I was feeling the good samaratin deal after helping that woman, plus it's more leg room. I actually didn't realize how much leg room there was in the row, I felt like a big kid, and the door kept making noise as we took off so that was freakin' me out a little. Thus begins the torture of my flight home. Shortly after take off I realize there are about 7 guido-meatheads being uber obnixious and loud. Then came the baby 5 rows back who continuously cried through the entire flight. Next up...of course the token 300lb man whjo no doubt is sitting behind me and feels the need to get up to "adjust himself" around every half-hour. Sitting next to him was his daughter who had her game boy volume on high. You should all experience how much fun that is. Then we have the lady sitting a seat apart from me that was very nice, but felt the need to offer me something every 5 minutes(i.e. gum, candy, magazines, cinnamon rolls, tissues, thought she would offer me her soul or her first born next.) And of course there was finally the turbulance from the storms we were going through. I must say that it was fabulous to watch though, took some video of the lightning in the clouds. Digital cameras rock, but the battery life is the suck. So, that was all in all the worst experience I have ever had on a plane.

On to better news, spent a pretty quiet weekend. Went to the movies then to a spot that used to really good on Fridays. Now it kinda sucks. Had a few drinks, another bud came down for a bit then we called it a night. Went to work on Saturday, wasn't so bad...not a single screamer which I was thankful for. And also thankful that they didn't stick me with a new girl. My Deb is staying on Saturdays for the summer. So glad. Saturday was kind of a waste, nowhere to go. Didn;t want to go too far at first and by the time we realized, once again, that Staten Island suck, it was too late to go anywhere else. Stopped at a few places on the island anyway though, First place was dead so we left, 2nd was full of old men so we didn't go in.WEnt to yet another place, saw a guy I used to work with, he was acting like a tard so we left there to go to another place that a friend was bartending at. Yeah, so not paying as much as they wanted to get into a dirtbag place on the island at 2 a.m. So we resorted back to the first place for the remaining 2 hours of the evening. Sunday was Daddy's day, spent it with my dad, and at my grandparent's house (usual BBQ thing). Pop's not looking so hot lately and it's pretty scary. He's lost a lot of weight and had lost most of his appetite. The rest of the fam is doing well though. So I did the family thing then went to mb's for some friend time. Missed those guys, I didn't really see them for like a week before I left for Sin City. So I thought we were going to do the usual spades thing but we ended up doing characters for d&d. I was in shock about it since I've always had the impression that chicks don't play d&d...that it was mainly a guy thing and that there are strict and weird unwritten rules about chicks playing. I've watched a few times but was never asked to play. It's super cool that mb asked mgb and myself to join...though mc wasn't so very excited about it. Think he just exaggerates his dislike of us playing though, and there's so much to learn an understand that I'm sure it's a pain in the arse to explain to those of us who don't know anything about it whatsoever. Anyway, glad to join them in it, should be tons of fun.

Carpal tunnel is beckoning....must go type now.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Well, back from my trip and back to the blog. Trip was pretty decent, though it could have been more productive than it actually was. Figured since I was invited that I wouldn't have spent so much time by myself, but alas that was not the case. Alone time was good though. Did some reading, reflecting, thinking and just chilling out and not being bothered by anything or anyone. It meant I didn't have to go by anyone's schedule but my own...except for Saturday night which I was kind of not so happy about. Went to a show around 10:00, did a little touristy stuff and then hung out in a friend's friend's backyard. I could have done that at home, seriously. It was cool meeting his friend and all but there were other things I could have had more fun doing instead of watching people in a jacuzzi.

In reality, I had an awesome time the first night I got there before my friends were even in the state yet. They were supposed to come in at 12 on Friday night. So I had a ticket to a show...Cirque du Soleil / Mystere, which was absolutely fabulous and should be seen by anyone who has the chance. Figured I'd go to that, Chill out for a little bit and by the time I lost some money, which is what ended up happening, it wouldn't be long until they got there. Wrong answer... 12:45, nothing.... 1:00...still nothing. So I went to a bar that was close by and hung out by myself for a bit...Dueling pianos on stage changing the words to songs and making them hysterical and uber perverted....(Hmmm reminds me of a few people... lol). Met this guy, we'll call him cm, who was really nice. He was there wiht a party of 6 for a bachelor party, but the celebrator got obliterated and taken back to the hotel, leaving cm at the bar, not ready to go in yet. I had seen the bachelor earlier and he was really not in good shape, it would prove to be one of those foggy drinking nights for him. Anyhow, cm and I started talking, met some chick that was taken on vacation by her dad for her 21st b-day, bought her a shot. The place we were at started to empty out and the dj sucked royally, so the two of us packed up and headed to club. Line was too long to get in, it wrapped around the whole freakin' casino! At this point my feet were almost bleeding from the stupid shoes I had on so he offered to pay for a cab to check out another club. We went, got a little tipsy...danced a little...did some people watching...caught another cab and got walked back to my place at 6 in the morning...that made it 9 a.m. here and it made cindo a very sleepy girl that was ready for bed.

Woke up around 12 on Saturday and had a little bit of a headache so I went back to sleep for another 2 hours. Spoke to cm who came to hang out at a casino right by my hotel. Met up with him, the pooka and pbf. Went to a shark exhibit, gambled a little bit, went back to my place and then did the whole comedy show/backyard thing...see above. Was supposed to meet up with cm after the concert he went to. That was before I found out about the exciting evening I was about to partake in. CM was leaving to go back home the next day and by the time I actually got back to the strip it was too late. It's really too bad, I enjoyed his company. It's also too bad that the dude lives 3000 miles away.

AAAAARGHHH....work calls, I'll have to finish up about the trip tomorrow.

Monday, June 06, 2005

Blah, another Monday. Weekend went pretty well, again nothing too exciting. Friday felt more like a regular old weekday. Went to bed fairly early because of work the next day. Found out that the office hired two new girls last week since they've been shorthanded and one already quit. That's the suck for one of my co-workers, I won't be in next saturday so she'll either be alone or with the other new girl that doesn't know much yet. I feel bad, but hey, I rarely take off so they'll deal with it. Saturday night went out with some friends. PG has a friend of her bf staying with them and another of his friends visiting for the week. Major testosterone rush going on there, so I went to help her out. She's so funny, she forgot to bring the aero-bed from her parents for the visiting friend to sleep on. She calls me up freaking out, so i told her I'd pick it up from her house before I came down, had to tell the bf that they were borrowing mine so he didn't freak that she forgot hers. We almost got busted when he asked me if there was a pump for it. Good stuff. They're a whole lot of fun. pg and pg's bf are trying to convince the temp. roommate to come with us on vacation. I think he was thinking about it, but he doesn't think he can take off work. Oh well, told him if he really wanted to come I'd have no problem if he roomed with me, considering I didn't have to pay for the room. We'll see I guess. Should be a lot of fun either way. Gotta do some shopping tonight, figured I'd pick up a few things before I leave. I found out I'll be by myself for the first day though. My flight leaves at 8 in the morning and theirs leaves at 8:30 at night. Think I might just hang out at the pool till I check in at 3, maybe take a nap then go see Cirque Du Soleil. Tix for the one I wanted to see were just way too uber expensive, so I'll go see the other one, which is fine with me.