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My yesterdays....

• Que paso? - 2006-09-10

Oh fun.
I just got off work. Work annoyed me today. I was told not to ring up transactions, which I have actually been doing since day 1. At the same time I was told that maybe in the afternoon I'd be opening a register with money and everything. So I was being told that both ends of a spectrum would occur that day. So what did occur? I started out just working with Brent and we would both sell the phone and plan and then I would put it into the computer, which was fun. Then I went on my lunch break and when I came back I just sort of jumped in and started helping people because the line was huge. I helped people solidly until it was time to go and I did not take a customer eventhough I finished with my last customer 6 minutes before time to go. Instead, I went into the back and asked annoying questions of my manager that I hoped would fill all 6 minutes. Oh yeah, forgot to mention the fact that I was 40 minutes late to work today and was made aware of this 20 minutes after I was supposed to be there by my manager calling me on my cell phone. It turns out that on Saturday when I left, Josh had not finished the schedule and it was still tentative so the times listed on there were not completely accurate, and had in fact changed between the time I left on Saturday and Monday morning.

So anyway, that was today. This weekend was interesting. Saturday I got off work and I drove to Kentucky as fast as my car could take me to meet up with my boyfriend. I got out of work 45 minutes late and still somehow managed to make it there in record time because I took a special route that Ben told me to take. We met up and then drove together to Franktown, which was an enjoyable trip, and met up with my parents at Chili's.

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I have had guys in the past tell me that my biggest flaw is my mother. My friends have always been scared of my mother, with the exception of Amanda who isn't scared of anyone. It's not that my mom is evil or even un-friendly, she's just picky. She has time constraints and she can not afford to make small talk with my friends or waste time being friendly. She doesn't cook or clean(my dad does) and yet she is always working on one of her two jobs. My friends never gave my mom credit for the times she would let 12+ obnoxious teen agers come over to watch 1-3 movies that would be playing all hours of the evening with them raiding the fridge and eating all the quiche and drinking all the diet rite(that's you, J.R.). She didn't get credit because she disappeared into her room the whole time, and I really can't blame her. She is always grading papers. But, at the time I'd have agreed with any of my friends who told me my mom was scary. I was stupid and immature. My mom has really good intentions, and I understand that. She is just somewhat naive when it comes to teenagers and tried too hard to shelter me when it was too late for that. In conclusion: No one with the exception of Amanda has ever even dared to make his/her presence known to my mother.

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So, he had more than enough reason to be nervous. And what happened? Exactly what I said would happen. My parents like him more than they like me, I swear it. They were talking alll through dinner and after dinner and then I kicked us out of our table so the poor server could get another table in there and make some money and then we talked outside for a good long while, well, perhaps using the term "we" would notbe entirely true. It was more like them. I just watched, giggling on the inside and beaming on the outside. Then we went and I introduced him to James and Araceli and I saw James' t.v. and home thater system. Then we went to Becka's so he could meet Amanda and ironically Becka and Brian were both gone, but Amanda was kickin it in their crib.

Then we drove back to Kentucky. I thoroughly enjoyed the ride back from Nashville as much or more than the ride to Nashville. He is absolutely incredible and I am the luckiest girl -ever-.

So then it was time for me to meet his friends. I stayed at a girl named Laura's house and she was extremely friendly. We talked for 30-45 minutes that night before going to sleep. The next day we went to church and I got to meet a lot of people who knew who I was before I ever opened my mouth. We went to lunch. It was awkward for me a bit because I really had nothing to talk about to the people at the lunch table and was afraid that if I tried to talk about something I would be horribly shot down. But, it's over and done with. I survived. We had a wonderful afternoon and then went back to church Sunday where I met more people and then we went to Steak n Shake(surprise,surprise) and we ate dinner and this Jonathan kid met us and he was a nice guy. Then we went back to the apartment and watched G.I. Joe the movie until he was too exhausted to keep his eyes open and then I drove home. I made it in less than 2 hours. Thank you, Ben, for introducing to me highway 109.

When I got home Ben and an incredibly inebriated Johnny were on the couch watching the Family Guy. They went out for a smoke break and asked me how the weekend went and I got to tell them the whole story. I was still giddy.

Anywho, this is an incredibly long post. I can't wait until Wednesday. I am the happiest girl -ever-.

Family Guy marathon time!

Check you later,
Jenn