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I think I figured out-- for now-- what I will do with my immediate future. Rocky Horror comes to an end this weekend and I was putting off decision making until then. But I think I've got it now. I WAS going to just dive right into going to WestConn but I always put off finalizing the application process. That's how I know I'm about to second guess a decision. And this time was no exception.
I went with Jimmy to WestConn to see City of Angels. First of all, the commute is just way too long. I can't do that every day and I am absolutely more than positive that I DO NOT want to live with teenagers again. I just can't. No. Wherever I go, it has to be commutable and WestConn is just too far.
So now I'm back to thinking I'll go to Southern. I don't have friends there (that was the biggest attraction to WestConn) but it's only 20 minutes away. I'll make new friends. And I'm going to be happier and friendlier because I won't be forced to live there. Nice.
I'm not going there until the Fall though. I don't like doing a transfer in the middle of the year. I already learned that lesson. This means I have time to go back to Excel to get a temp position that goes from now to next Fall. So just under a year. Of course, there is a local dermatology office desperate for a part-time receptionist. I'll give that a shot first.
But now that I have the time, what with Rocky being over (sad), I can commit to a well-paying job and save money for a car/moving out. Sa-weet!!
Also also, since I'm not going to be at Westconn or any school this Spring, I am free to do RENT at the playhouse. Matt's leaving and he was the one who wanted me as stage manager. I haven't schmoozed enough with the new producer so I'm doubtful she'd contact me again to work on RENT. However, I am very curious about actually performing in it. I'll take some voice lessons to freshen up, try out for Maureen, probably get ensemble, and I will be more than happy :)
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[09 Nov 2009|02:48am] |
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So much to write about...
Mema passed way unexpectedly on October 19th. I can honestly say I am still in denial about it. She was a second mother to me and I'm still not allowing myself to feel it all. So I'm not ready to talk about that yet.
I hate being 23 and living at home and not knowing what I'm doing. Being the stage manager for Rocky Horror is lovely and taught me a lot about what I'm really capable of. I could do this. I DID this. And I am going to be so sad when it ends next weekend.
Finally, this could just be my "womanly time" speaking-- in fact I know it is-- but I feel so paranoid on the relationship front. This being my first relationship, weirdness is normal. It's normal for any relationship. We've been together for over a year and I just feel so normal and safe, but I have nothing to compare it to and actually, I think that makes me lucky. But I never let myself have anything too good. I'm always bracing myself for the worst to happen.
My biggest fear is that I act like a total buzz-kill. I like his friends and as far as I know, they like me. But I party with them less and less these days. A lot of that has to do with me being so busy. It's also expected when you're the daughter of an emotionally-abusive alcoholic. I don't like to be around heavy frat-house style drinking. I can drink from time to time myself. Hell, I was throwing up on my way home from the Halloween party (though that IS because I'm a light weight) But I unexpectedly feel tense around drinking, especially around guys drinking. I could have drinks with girl friends and older people and totally relax and have fun. I get nervous around GUYS drinking. (Daddy issues maybe?) And yes, this includes Jay. Has he ever made me nervous when he's been drinking? Has he ever done something irresponsible when drinking? Has he ever been mean or abusive when drinking? NEVER. In fact, other than him being a little extra silly and then sleepy, you wouldn't even know he's drunk. But I can't help monitoring him. I hate it. I wish I didn't and I wish I could relax. But I get sooo nervous. He could potentially be the person I share my life with and I am so terrified of ending up with someone like my dad.
I've scratched the surface of this issue when talking to Jay about it. He understands, but he only understands what I've shared with him. Mostly I keep this to myself because I'm afraid. Of what, I don't know. He totally 100% gave up smoking pot just to make me happy and never mentioned it again. I have no reason to be afraid. Over one year together and he has never raised his voice at me. He has never put me down. He has never offended me. We've never really even fought. Maybe I should just emphasize the fact that drinking makes me nervous. I'm not saying I'll never drink again and I'm not saying he shouldn't drink either. But maybe if I just let him know I have a fear of being in a relationship/married to someone with a drinking problem...I don't know.
Another REALLY personal thing I probably shouldn't share but will anyway because it's 3 AM and I can't sleep and I'm not thinking clearly...I had a scare back in September. Right around auditions for Rocky Horror.
My period has always come around like clockwork. I could predict the exact day it would come and then wham! Oddly enough, it was supposed to come on September 11th. I was painting my room that day which meant heavy lifting and stress to deal with totally by myself. By that night, I was a mess. My period hadn't come and I immediately feared the worst. I ALWAYS practice safe sex, but there's always that .5% chance, y'know? I called Jay the next day, freaking out of course, but he laughed it off and told me it was probably just stress. The next day- nothing. I broke down crying and confessed to my mom what I was worried about.She told me the same thing happened to her when she was my age and that stressing about it would only make it late. But at the same time, she couldn't deny that she was freaking out a little too. Being pregnant at 23 isn't really scandalous, but Jay and I are in NO shape to have babies! So I wait one more day, still nothing. I go over to Jay's house that night and by now, we are both a little worried. He called a doctor for me to explain the details and see what the odds were. The doctor sad it was almost impossible for me to be pregnant, but you never know.
So I spent that night with Jay, freaking out, but he calmly told me that if it WAS what we feared, he had already made up his mind. He would be behind me and support me unconditionally no matter what I chose. But if I chose to keep it, he would do everything to make it work. Everything. Then his eyes filled with tears, he took my hands and said "I know it would be scary and we're not totally ready but Amy, I can't see myself regretting it." Even in the midst of a shitty situation like that, I don't think anyone has ever said anything that struck me to the core like that before.
Next day, I got my period. So that's the end of that story. But I know the caliber of the man I love. It's a good feeling and I won't ever forget it.
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[07 Oct 2009|04:51pm] |
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Oh my GOD I am so ready to lose my cool! Bad planning. It was all just bad planning. We can't rehearse a show for 3 weeks and expect to be ready when people keep missing rehearsal. We are just so not ready. And so what do the directors and producers do when they're stressed out? Just make AMY do it! All of it!
I want to rip my hair out. I wanted this experience so I welcomed this BS with open arms. I'll be proud when it's over but right now, I feel like someone will be reduced to tears after I explode tonight. I have a very low BS tolerance right now.
AAAAHHH!!!!!
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[29 Sep 2009|05:20pm] |
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ROCKY HORROR rehearsals started last night and I've known for quite some time this is going to be a huge challenge. First of all, it's not much fun being a stage manager without a director. The director won't actually be coming in until tech week. A lot of this is going to be trial and error.
The people in the cast who have returned from last year seemed really depressed last night. The newcomers seemed intimidated. I am feeling overwhelmed. I went in yesterday at 2 to interview a potential ASM. Then I was making copies for 4 HOURS. 4 hours. Standing there making copies. That was fun.
I have a job interview tomorrow for a bakery. Yep. I had been hired for a full time with benefits job at a doctor's office, turned it down to do ROCKY and now I might work at a bakery. As stressful as it is, I still can't convince myself it's wrong.
I want to do ROCKY, even through the shitty times. I desperately want to go back to school in the Spring. I can't do those things if I am tied down to a full time job, especially one 30 minutes away. It's just impossible. What worries me is that certain people in my life *cough*momanddad*cough* know that I have the capacity to be hired for a full time office job and instead, I'm working at a bakery. But my education is at the top of my priority list and the Playhouse is second to that. I'm still young and if I am going to have to eventually settle for a job I hate but pays the bills, I don't want to do that now. I haven't lived enough yet.
If I'm a bakery girl by day and stage manager by night, student in the spring...so be it. I'm not bringing in the big bucks by any stretch of the imagination, but there will be time for that later.
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[24 Sep 2009|11:14pm] |
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I'm tired but I just want to write how happy I am!! I had a meeting with Geoff, Julie and Alisson to discuss potential interns and in walk Kellen and Dylan! Yay! Happy reunion! It's sooo weird to be working with HCC people since I'm not a student anymore, but weird in a good way. Like Geoff said, I'm not their peer. I'm the professional. They have to report to me. But I'm just so happy to see them! I was sooo worried it would be certain students I've worked with who I never ever want to work with again. *cough*Colin*cough* I was just soo happy and relieved to see Dylan and Kellen! Awesome!
This is going to be fun :)
Now I have to go to another meeting tomorrow morning because Julie got a call from some creepy dude who wants to volunteer. She has to interview him but... major creepy vibes. So I am going to go there tomorrow morning just to keep an eye on things. Julie was afraid to be in the theater alone with this guy...don't know what I can do if things go awry, but strength in numbers I suppose.
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[24 Sep 2009|04:44pm] |
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OMG update!
I just finished making my own mood theme. I'm suddenly all about my LJ so I'm in the process of cleaning it up. Eventually, I want to have all my own icons that I made. Mood theme took for-freaking-ever too. Ugh.
Meeting with Geoff (woo!) and Alisson tonight to discuss which HCC students can work on ROCKY. My opinion matters! I'm still not used to that LOL Meeting tomorrow morning just so Julie won't have to be alone at this theater with some creepy guy who wants to volunteer. I'm just going to hover in case he really is creepy. Judging by what she said, it seems like she's getting worked up over nothing. He might be awkward, but so far I haven't heard anything to suggest he's creepy. Still, if she feels better having me there I'll go. Meeting Monday for possible assistant for MEEE! Then the rehearsals begin.
I don't know how to feel. I go back and forth from feeling like I will be better than their last stage manager (I hear she was an ignorant bitch) to feeling a bit intimidated. There are some big personalities and I do get flustered sometimes. But I feel like I will be stronger once the experience is over, especially if it's going to be really challenging. However, I feel like after Anon(ymous), I can handle anything. So we'll see.
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"CIA interrogators threatened to kill the children of one detainee at the height of the Bush administration's war on terror and implied that another's mother would be sexually assaulted, newly declassified documents revealed Monday as the government launched a criminal investigation into the spy agency's "unauthorized, improvised, inhumane" practices." AP
I suppose it would be unpatriotic of me to express my disgust. It's okay to threaten the life of a child if you're an American soldier, though. Of course. We're Americans. When we go overseas, we have every right to shed human decency and behave like animals. We're Americans! Better than everyone else! We answer to no one! We're at the top!
I'm so angry right now and I no longer have anywhere to direct my anger. Well...I suppose I could go shoot paint balls at the Crawford Ranch in Texas. I just don't understand this. Obama is president so suddenly all of the mistakes of the last 8 years are HIS mess to clean up ALONE and he's not doing it fast enough so he's instantly the worst president EVER! As for Bush, he can get away with it. Obviously. I just suddenly have this urge to track him down and humiliate him in the worst way. Who's with me?!
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[18 Aug 2009|10:01pm] |
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I'm still looking for part time work and I'm broke so I'm stressing about that, but I am looking forward to Rocky Horror. I'm meeting with the producer soon because he said he's going to want my input on a lot of things. The director won't be working on the show until closer to the performances, so the producer will be acting as director until then. And for some reason, he's going to want me to put in more of my opinions etc than a stage manager normally would. But hey, I'm not complaining. That's pretty cool actually.
I'm waiting around for 1. Responses to the millions of applications/resumes I have sent out 2. Matt to call me and summon my genius for Rocky Horror and 3. An appointment to talk to someone at WCSU about next semester.
Despite the stress over lack of money and employment, I still feel so much better now that theater is my business again. I have inner peace simply knowing I'm doing what I should be doing. That is a good feeling. A damn good feeling!
This heat is getting to me, though. I want to take advantage of this free time so I can work on some of my stories, but I can hardly concentrate. I feel so crappy. Slight headache, groggy, nausea...not fun. I think I'm dehydrated. That happens to me a lot. I'm like the little girl in Signs who is picky about her drinking water.
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| The Job Saga |
[12 Aug 2009|04:36pm] |
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Really long story under the cut...
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| Back again |
[09 Aug 2009|03:27pm] |
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I deactivated my Facebook page because it was driving me crazy. Maybe I'm just too sensitive, but I need to get away from a thing like that. I blow things waaay out of proportion. I freak out over who says what. If someone posts something negative or iffy, I either get paranoid or jealous or worried...I just don't need that. It was seriously giving me anxiety. I've found myself in the middle of too many tiffs and fights over facebook misunderstandings. Who needs it?
I know some people on my friends list would get upset and take it personally. But if you're REALLY my friend, then you should have my number and my *gasp* email. Yeah, remember email?? What's so friggin hard about that?!
So I'll probably use LiveJournal more now. Another thing that bothered me about facebook is that everyone's page is the same. You don't really get to express yourself there. I had to monitor everything I said because I knew certain people might take certain things the wrong way. I wanna be off the facebook grid so...I'm done.
And now for what's been going on in my life:
I got a new job and I start Tuesday. I'm the new receptionist at Women's Healthcare of New England. It seems like I'll be busy, but the work is doable. I hope that by this time next year, I will already have moved out.
The thing is, Katie and I have always planned on moving out and getting a place together and that's still the plan, but once Jay finds a better job and makes more money, then he and I will be looking for a place together. So although it's a bit confusing, we're all on the same page and Katie knows that we may not actually be living together for too long before Jay and I get a new place together. But we'll take it as it comes.
So I've been feeling weird about life in general. I don't know if I'll go back to school for theater or not. I'm going to be working for a while, but I have nothing else planned. I may want to go to school to be an ultrasound tech. They make good money. I'm so on the fence about things. And childhood is long gone. I just woke up one day and *poof* grown up. Well, sort of.
Jay is really the only certainty in my life. I wuv him sooo much :) That's enough rambling for now I guess. Time to spruce things up here at the old LJ and get back in touch. Feels good not to be a facebook zombie anymore.
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[04 Apr 2009|12:46pm] |
Mood: Thankful 
Music: Watching the Wheels- Vitamin String Quartet
Weird times, man, weird times. It seems that by existing, I randomly piss people off. Without warning, people just decide they've had enough of me, I'm no longer of any use so I can just fuck off. Here's my weird fucking day yesterday:
I wake up because Katie is throwing a fit like a 4 year old because she can't get through HER OWN mess in the closet. There's no room for any of my stuff in there. It's all her shit. She's the only one that uses the closet. Mind you, yesterday was my day off. I NEEDED it.
But because Katie is mad at me because she can't sort out HER OWN mess, I spend the entire day yesterday cleaning the whole house, top to bottom. I had a headache and I was tired, but I did it anyway.
Dad comes home, doesn't say anything to me at all. He just goes up stairs and starts drinking. Doesn't even say hi. That's nice. Katie comes home and does pretty much the same thing. Mom comes home and before she notices how hard I worked, she starts giving me a list of more shit to do so that SHE can start drinking and won't have to drive anywhere. But when I explain to her how tired I am, she helps me out. At last, someone with a little compassion.
Then Jimmy calls me telling me to get his head shot and resume updated and ready to go out to Roundabout. For some reason, he calls when he only has 10 seconds to talk so when I need him to clarify something important he needs me to do, he gets mad at me because he doesn't have time. I'm helping him out and getting my head bit off at the same time.
Jay couldn't hang out last night so I'm chatting with him online instead, but I think I was being kind of bitchy. When we're done chatting, he thinks I'm mad at him. 4 AM and I have yet to fall asleep. I smell something burning. Katie the genius got drunk, started making noodles and fell asleep on the couch, leaving the noodles to burn. The house was filled with smoke but the detector didn't go off. I open the windows, turn on the fan over the stove and just throw the pot of noodles outside because...it's a wreck.
No one woke up. I'm coughing up a lung taking care of this, and no one else even notices. If I had gone out, I probably would have stayed over Jay's house. I wouldn't have been home to take care of that. What the hell would have happened!?!
Jay calls me this morning before he has to go to work to make sure I'm okay, make sure I'm not mad at him. He wants me to tell him everything that makes me upset whether it's because of him or not. No one's ever said that to me. No one ever wants to hear me out when I'm upset. He's the only one who takes my feelings seriously and I took out my anger on him. I'm just feeling like crap. But I assured him I'm not mad, and he totally understands what was going on with me last night. So it's all good. If I didn't have him, I don't know what I'd do.
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[27 Mar 2009|08:21pm] |
Mood: Loved 
Music: Riverdance
Just wanted to write something positive to balance all my bitching and moaning as of late.
Life is good. I love my boyfriend so freaking much it's not even funny. God damn. I get to see him tonight which is exciting because I've been too busy to hang out with ANYONE as of late. He's a sweetie and a goof and I wuvs him :)
I'm having fish and chips for dinner tonight. That is fantastic.
I'm going to graduate from HCC at the end of this semester.
It's the weekend! YAAY!!! :)
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| Time to gripe |
[24 Mar 2009|12:53pm] |
Mood: Moody 
Music: Watching Little Women
At 3:00, I have to go to the Playhouse on the Green which is a local theater. I'm an intern there and I usually go 2 or 3 times a week. Then right after, I go to class until 9:30, theater arts practicum. I'm stage manager for the play this semester.
I'm generally having a good time but it's frustrating on certain levels. On the Playhouse front, I don't do anything worth mentioning. I clean or I put info into the computer in the box office and then I escort the kids to their classes. That's about it. When Geoff set me up for this, he said I'd be doing things with the design crew, I'd be working backstage and doing some cool stuff. But that is not what I am doing at all. I only have a month left so I might as well stick it out, but it's painfully boring and I'm disappointed with that.
On the school front, while I enjoy being stage manager, I'm frustrated because I'm just not close with anyone there. It is my own fault because I'm reluctant to hang out with people when I know I won't be comfortable with the sort of things they do i.e. heavy drinking and getting high. I'm just really disappointed with that as well. When I used to hang out with my old HCC friends, I never had to worry about crap like that. For us, it was about the art of theater even when we were hanging out on our own free time. We knew how to have real fun and I think that contributed to how close we were. We genuinely loved each other in those days. But the new HCC students are kind of like high school all over again. Stupid drama, loud and obnoxious, trying as hard as possible to get in trouble. I'm going to be 23 in a few weeks. That sort of thing just doesn't jive with me.
I know I always come off as a prude on this journal. I'm not really. There's just no room for normal anymore. Either you party hard core and you do drugs and you drink as much as you can until you're on the verge of alcohol poisoning, or you're a prude. There is no middle ground anymore. And frankly, I have always gotten the impression that people on the "prude" side of the spectrum are not worth anyone's time.
The whole thing disgusts me.
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[24 Dec 2008|11:22pm] |
Mood: Dorky 
Music: Watching Nightmare Before Christmas
Soooo it's Christmas Eve and I am tired but I just wanted to post about how much I am into Disney at the moment and now I'm trying out a new mood theme! Yay! We were just talking about "zen movies" like what we always watch when we're feeling down or whatever. My answer is Disney movies. Pretty much anything between Little Mermaid and Treasure Planet works for me. :)
Christmas will be good. I hope. Jay got me a beautiful gold necklace which I LOVE. Now I've just got to spend two days without him and instead, I get to entertain a hoard of drunk relatives....yay? Ah well. I love 'em anyway...
Merry Christmas!!
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I LOVE JAY!!!!
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I just want to complain about money if I may. Right now that is the biggest problem in my life. The play is coming to an end and it oddly doesn't bother me much anymore. There's nothing to be done at this point.
Money. When I was working at Old Navy, I was earning so little that I couldn't afford anything anyway and I was always getting suckered out of my money like when my laptop got a virus and I have to pay to get it fixed, like having to pay a grand total of $80 for my own costumes for a play in a class that I already paid $400 for.
I seriously need a job. But for all the Christmas shopping I've got to do...I'm screwed. I'm already knitting scarves for 2 people, but I won't have time to make more. What the hell am I gonna do!?
Ok. I'm done.
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1. Yay! Obama won!
While I'm totally excited and proud, I don't expect everything to instantly fix itself. It's gonna take a loooong time. But still, everything has already changed. At least for me. For the first time in my life, being an American actually means something to me. It's a new feeling I have never, ever felt before.
2. I NEED to quit my job!
Those bitchtards are working my last nerve. I had to work Saturday AND Sunday this week. I missed Jimmy's last show of Rocky Horror last night because I was working. And I have to go back to work today as well. That's insane. I get no respect or appreciation. It's not like I have a huge ego, but it'd be nice NOT to be treated like shit while I'm breaking my back and surrendering ALL of my free time in return for a pathetic little paycheck that really only amounts to pocket change at the end of the day.
I have missed out on soooo much these last couple of months and have absolutely NOTHING to show for it. No money, no rewarding experiences, nothing learned...well that's not entirely true. I have learned that customers are cruel, self-centered people who get a power fix by putting workers down every chance they get because it makes them feel big.
I refuse to sacrifice my entire holiday season for Old fucking Navy. They don't deserve another minute of my time. But I'm afraid to quit. They are going to be really nasty with me because I'm leaving before the holidays. They own me. They truly own my life.
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[04 Nov 2008|08:25am] |
I don't know what's going on but life kind of sucks right now in a big way. If I didn't have Jay, I think I'd be miserable ALL of the time instead of only most of the time. I hate my job sooo much and practicum sucks as well.
Old Navy blows. I have to go to work at 5 am on the day after Thanksgiving on from then until Christmas, we close at midnight. The managers are disrespectful and don't care about the workers at all. I never, ever have enough help and find myself running around constantly overwhelmed. My hours suck because I have NO free time left and I always have to work the weekends. It's not worth it for what little they pay me.
I can't sleep anymore because I'm always startled right out of my sleep thinking I'm only on break and that I have to get back to work.
I had a choice today between voting and going to work. I chose to vote. I was going to have work from 8-4 and then school from 5-9. I wouldnt have had time to vote. So fuck Old Navy. I can tell they were pissed when I called too but I don't care. This is way too important. God, I am so sick of that job!
I want to quit so bad but I can't find work anywhere else. Anything else would either be another fucking retail job or something I'm not qualified for. But I need to find something else. There is no way around it. I'm lucky I still live at home because I don't have rent and bills to pay but if I don't save any money, I'll never get out of here.
This year's practicum class has officially made me decide that I don't like acting anymore. It has become a chore. I don't know what the hell I'm doing with my life.
Oh well. To all my American LJ friends...GET OUT AND VOTE!
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 | You preferred Obama's statements 100% of the time Voting purely on the issues you should vote ObamaWho would you vote for if you voted on the issues? Find out now! |
Leaving for Nantucket on Friday around 4 AM. I still have a lot of cleaning to do. Instead of finding and washing clothes for the trip, I'm going to finally use my employee discount at Old Navy tomorrow. 40% off. Pretty friggin sweet. So I'm just going to buy new clothes for the weekend instead of finding a bunch of dirty clothes that won't dry in time. Makes sense to me.
I should start cleaning and getting ready tonight...but no. Going out with the boyfriend instead. Because I'm gonna miss him this weekend :(
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| Rough day |
[11 Oct 2008|11:38pm] |
So I had work from 1:00 to 5:00 this afternoon. I'm driving along, about 1 minute away from work when I come to this busy street. I am always careful on this busy street. Long story short, this guy pulls out of the bank parking lot trying to make a left turn without even looking and smashes the right side of my car.
I've never gotten into an accident before so I tried to pull over to get out of the crazy traffic. But he got the front right tire of the car pretty good so I couldn't even move the car at all. So right as I switch on the emergency flashers and get my cell phone out, he comes up to my car...and he's weirdly calm. He makes sure I'm ok, says he's sorry and that he knows it's all his fault. It sucks that this happened at all, but I'm lucky he was calm and honest about what happened. So he goes to move his car back into the parking lot and I call 911. Then I called work to tell them I'd just been in an accident so I wouldn't be going in, obviously.
For this being my first accident, I was surprised at how calm I was. I didn't even cry! I mean, I was kind of shocked at first but after about 5 minutes, I was totally in control of what was going on, and I was just as calm as the other guy. We waited for the cops to come and I called my parents to come pick me up since I'd need to get my car towed. I told the cop my side of the story but he assured me that we all knew it was the other guy's fault so as long as I was ok, I didn't really have too much to worry about. So my parents come to the scene and of course my mom feels sorry for the guy, since he is only 1 year older than me anyway, and then the tow truck comes to take my car away. So the cops give me my paper work and stuff for insurance. It was all cleared up in under an hour.
I come home, mom makes me my favorite comfort foods for dinner, I watch Kenneth Branagh's Frankenstein and Sleepy Hollow to take my mind off stuff, I take a bubble bath, and here I am just chillin' on the computer.
And that was my day. Ugh.
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