Work and School

Once again, I don't have a reference of where I left off in my last journal entry. I can only assume my timeline was last updated before Friday or on Friday because I don't know when else I could have written.

For right now I'll skip Friday completely in case I already did touch up on events. If I never did, I'll write a new journal. I should have time. Muse is the problem. Often is.

Saturday was rather interesting. I left the house at about one o'clock to go shopping for my family. I made a list of where I needed to go, what I needed, and I went. First I went to Briarwood, taking my time in getting things. I thought that I would buy my dad socks and the shirts he requested, but Sears had next to nothing and the socks I got him were more than I had been anticipating.

All I needed after the mall was to go to Bed Bath and Beyond for Mom and the Learning Express for Ben. On my way to Bed Bath and Beyond, however, I missed my exit and got terribly lost. I wasted about a half or to an hour trying to figure out how to get to Ypsi.

Eventually I did get to the right place. I quickly picked up the pillow for Mom and tried to find Ben's present in the Toys R Us. The shelves were stocked so sparsely, it was pathetic. The only dinosaurs there was a pack of four for fifty dollars or a huge Spinosaurus for, like, forty. If I was willing to pay that much for one person, I would much rather have bought a better pair of headphones for Joe.

I left that store without buying a thing. Knowing my way home a little better, I stopped quickly at the Learning Express for Ben. The selection there wasn't much better. But I did get a small Dilopocus or whatever.

By that time, I needed to be at work to cover for Zach. So I worked phones and carry-out, ending the day by making pizza sauce.

When I got home, my family had gone to the movie store without me. It meant it was easier to hide the presents from their eyes, but it was slightly disappointing. Whatever.

I did watch My Idiot Brother after Ben and Joe went to bed. It was rather good, if I don't say so myself. Though after that, I said I was going to bed. Turned out that I started working on a seedbead bracelet. I gotta say, I'm rather proud of it.

Sunday wasn't as exciting. I totally blew off the morning, went to work and learned I had to work Monday on top of Thursday, Saturday and Sunday of this work. At least I have Friday off. 'Cause that's our new geek day.

I got the rest of my homework done by eleven that night and the school week began.

Monday actually wasn't that bad. Caitlin and Emily didn't show up until late that lunch. I nearly tackled Caitlin when I saw her. She grumped at me. So I followed Emily to our table. We really only had time to play a hand or two of hearts before lunch was over, but they were at least there. They did come around eventually.

Work that night was interesting. Ralph had me as phones and carry-out first, but since it was so slow, he just had me do breadsticks. He left just as I finished the last tray and then it was Jake in charge.

Jake is completely different from Wes and Ralph. He complained at me that I never ate when I worked there. "Yeah, I do. Just not when you're here," I said. Yet, he still offered to let me make whatever I wanted--not that I know how. Ralph hasn't taught me a whole lot yet.

Offers aside, Jake then told me that when Ralph left, he had told him to have me participate in some of the weekly cleaning activities. He had me clean out the mop sink, scrub the dough mixer and clean the door handle to the walk-in. While it may not sound like a lot, old and hardened dough is nearly impossible to scrape off even stainless steel with a course glop of steel wool. At least, I think that was steel wool. All I wondered whilst scrubbing was why the place didn't have cleaner. Some Comet or something might have helped.

He didn't make me clean much more. He had me fold boxes--surprise--take a couple calls, showed me how to cut a pizza. After that, he said I was free to leave. I took him up on his previous offer, made a half order of cinnamon bread sticks, put them in the wrong oven, and went home.

Joe said that the sticks were good, but I screwed them up. Not to mention the sticks I grabbed were the ones I rolled. I had some issues rolling out that batch. It showed.

I skipped out on my homework, not in the mood, and still went to bed relatively late.

Yesterday I copped out on my homework, too, but I didn't even have work. I watched episodes of Breaking Bad and wrote another chapter for Fallen Apart, though.

Have I ever mentioned how much I enjoy that story? It helped me relieve some of the tension I was feeling while scribbling down Remy's woes. To emerse myself in such a gritty and unforgiving world takes quite some imagination. Yet it doesn't depress me. Thank the Air.

Not only that, however, but a lot of people love the story. People have been commenting on it, telling me how amazing my details, setting a characterization, are. Fucking good! Because this story is my challenge to myself. My details on emotion and plot were my focus. I need to strike the hearts of my readers.

And Emily and Katie happen to be a couple of my audience. I gather new people every chapter I post. Their feedback drives me.

Anyway, lunch was an interesting ordeal yesterday. Caitlin showed up on time, but Gilly was nowhere to be seen. It turns out she was on the consortium field trip thing. I kind freaked out. XD But she doesn't know that.

Without Em, we hadn't any cards, so we resorted to talking. I totally forgot what we talked about, but I know Summer was there. *shrug* She even asked where Jessica was. Hell, I dunno, but I'll tell her you said that.

Still without Emily, I followed Caitlin to class and got to Soc early that day.

Turns out that we had a group activity. We assembled ourselves into groups of five and one person was chosen to be an outsider. Caitlin turned out to be that person. Our task was to ignore her.

Emily showed up halfway through class. We accepted her no problem. XD

But I came up with the wrong answer for one question, and Cara and Emily rejected me. I held out on them. They teased me by shaking hands.

That's really about it.

I told myself last night that I'd admit to Emily that I like her, and I figured out how I'd tell her. I had at least one chance to confess to her, but I choked. I've been looking for windows of opportunity since, but haven't found it. First Caitlin was there. And I certainly don't want to be on her bad side or anything. I tried catching her before fifth hour, but she was talking with Mattner. I won't have a chance afterward unless I wait long after school.