Sunday, January 4, 2009

Friday, January 2, 2009

THE ray miles

That's right. THE Ray Miles was here. He arrived Tuesday evening and I'm sad to say he just left a little over an hour ago.

On Tuesday night we went to wing night with some of my friends and then went to see "Yes Man" at The Mills. It wasn't really how I expected it to be, which was probably for the best because I wasn't expecting much. I thought it was pretty funny.

On New Years Eve, we attempted to find a salvation army store downtown. The mission failed miserably. We ended up at the Good Will on McKnight Rd. Ray ended up purchasing a plaid winter vest. It was a good find. We also went up to Ross Park Mall and found an interesting machine-type thing which we believe is supposed to help with your posture, but who knows if thats right. Here's the video below.



Afterwards, we went to try to find him some shoes at Burlington, but had no luck. All of this was just filler while we waited for the half price appetizers at Apple Bee's. And it was worth the wait, because it was amazing.

Then, we went home and took a much needed nap. It was so nice to get to snuggle up with him for those couple days. I don't think it gets any better. We then went to a party at my friend Tim's house. Um, it was an okay party I guess. As good as a party can get. It was nice to see familiar faces. But at the same time, most of the people there I wouldn't consider true friends. Just people I hang out with during the summer because no one better is around.

We stayed for maybe an hour and left for a party at my neighbor's house. I liked the party at my neighbor's much better. I probably should of just said forget the friends and hung out there the whole time instead.

I got my kiss at midnight... twice, because my mother wanted to catch it with the camera and forget to take the lens cap off.


New Years Day, we went to my gram's for dinner. Then we decided to go on a little adventure for a coffee shop with wifi and ended up getting sushi in the South Side. We then took a walk around the Point and froze to death. Then, we went home for awhile and Ray decided he needed some more half price appetizers so we went to Apple Bee's for round two and it was a great decision.

Then, this morning we were going to go to the museum, but instead, slept in. We decided we'd save the museum for another day.

It was so nice to finally get to see him again and I was sad to see him have to leave. Thankfully, we'll both be back at SRU next weekend, so it won't be long until I get to see him again!

I don't want to get too mushy on here, but I'm thankful for every day I get to spend with him. He just brings so much into my life, and now that he's such a major part of it, I don't know what I'd ever do without him.

So, I'm starting the new year with an amazing relationship, I'll be Rocket free, I have a new internship, and I'm going to try to learn a thing or two from Ray and become more confident in myself and the things I do. And I'm going to try not to stress about things as much.

Sounds like 2009 may shape up to be quite the year.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Semi Annual

Thats right ladies and gentlemen. And I guess you can only assume I'd work the first day of the sale, for 6.5 hours, during the busiest part of the day. I was talking to Emily too much during my shift. Our sales lead separated us in the store. So after Emily was somewhere else, work was even more boring. The first couple hours were dead, then all of a sudden, it was a mad house. The lines stretched to eternity.

The sale was kind of weak, to be honest. There wasn't nearly as much stuff on sale as we usually have. On my 15 minute break, I bought a bagel and cream cheese from the coffee shop outside Nordstrom. Then after I ate it, I went and sat on a bench outside of Express and watched two repairmen attempt to fix the store's gate because it was closed and stuck. The old lady working the kiddy train ride small talked with me about how retail is awful and how she likes to work with kids. And she also made fun of the repairmen, because they were idiots.

And that is all i have to say about work.

Tonight I may or may not be going out with some friends. It all depends on if Lauren calls me. We'll see.
Tomorrow Ray Miles will be in the Greater Pittsburgh area until Friday. It will be amazing.

Other than that, my life hasn't been very eventful since my last post.
So we'll just keep this one short and sweet.

Until next time my faithful readers.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Let's go to the bar!

So, I had a rather eventful day yesterday. Surprise, surprise.

I woke up and showered. Then I washed my car in shorts and flip flops. It was amazing.

Then, I went to Kohl's because my gram bought me a Kohl's giftcard for Christmas. Such a grandma thing to do. lol
I bought some things that the apartment was in need of.

Then I came back to some dinner that my dad made. Chicken and shrimp pieta? I think thats what he told me it was. It was good, just a little too spicy for me.

Then some of my dad's family came over. And surprisingly, my cousins danielle and dina also showed up. Danielle's on-again, off-again boyfriend was with her too. They stayed for maybe a little over an hour and left.

The highlight of my day, however, was going to the bar. Of all the bars in the area, my friends decided to go to this place called Fody's. The average age of anyone in that bar was maybe 45.

It was kind of funny in a way though, because this bar was right in the neighborhood I used to hang out in throughout high school. It was funny thinking how I used to be right across the street swimming, hanging out behind the A Plus, or whatever we would do.

We also met some interesting characters. Three in particular. Willy (who claims to be as good as Willy Nelson on guitar), Shaggy (who said we could kill people) and Bugsy (who literally could kill people because he was a boxer).




So, obv. those pictures, in order, are our lovely friends in all their drunken glory.

Willy wanted to "jam" with Josh. Apparently, at this bar, they let ppl come in and play music and Willy is a regular. Josh said he went to the bathroom and Willy was in the urinal next to him telling him how he wanted to jam, right here, right now.

Next, there was Shaggy. Immediately he took a liking to us because he told us we were his road dogs for life and if we ever need him, he'll be there. As he says this, his arm is creepily on my shoulder. He told me I was his little rock and roll girl.
Needless to say I was flattered and tempted to run away with him. He had "Etna" tattooed on his stomach. And I wish I was lying about that. For those who are unaware, Etna is a town in Shaler along the river. It's...um.... not the nicest part of Shaler. We'll just say that. lol

Lastly, was Bugsy. Obv. Rocco was the most fascinated with Bugsy. They both like getting in fights. It was a friendship made in heaven. Just so you know, Rocco is missing a piece of his ear from a fight he got in. No lie. I wish it was a lie, honestly. lol Bugsy gave Rocco fighting lessons right in the bar.

After all three encounters, my male friends urged me to never go to a bar alone. lol.

I have this video, but i'm not sure if it will work. If it does work, I'm sorry it's upside down lol

Saturday, December 27, 2008

Oh I guess I'll talk about work some more

Dear blog,
My lack of non-family related human contact continues. Each day I feel more and more like a loser. But all is well, I know once I'm back at SRU I will be on an overload of contact with college-age drama and rediculousness. When that time comes I'll wish I was back here again lol

So yesterday at work I was greeted first by traffic, then by cars creating their own parking spaces (yet somehow I pulled off the best parking space ever), and then by what I can only assume was millions of people in the mall. And I had a headache. It was looking to be such a great shift already.

Then I enter the store to see that an apparent pink panty tornado had struck the panty bar. I prayed to god that I wasn't zoned in pink.

But, once I was on the floor and asked Lauren where to go, of course she said pink.

I mostly walked around pretending to work. Not talking to anyone unless they asked me for help, pretending to help people when lauren walked in the room, and fixing the panty bar, one agonizing tray at a time.

I alwayys love when people see you fixing the panties, and then they come up to them and mess them up again right in front of you. It gets me everytime.

One thing I love about victoria's secret shoppers, is they think our bras have a lifetime warranty for some reason. This is probably the one thing that puzzles me the most.

I would never dream of bringing any article of clothing that I've worn and washed several times back to the store because there was a hole in it.

But all the time, women come in with worn and tattered bras that look like they've been through a shredder, expecting us to take them and give them a brand new bra in exchange. Where is the logic in that?

Oh well, I've officially decided this is the last time I'm working there. I know I've said that before, but I really mean it this time. And besides, during the summer I don't plan on being in pgh, so I will need to work somewhere else anyway.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hopefully one of these days there will be something more eventful going in my life than work. Ah, I could only hope.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Miss you Luke

So, although it is Christmas, and today is supposed to be fun, happy and full of family, I can't help but be a little sad on this day.

Last year, on Christmas, my family's dog, Luke died from an undiscovered cancer that destroyed his heart. Coming home to find him dead in our dining room was without a doubt, the most traumatic thing I've ever been through and never, ever do I want to see my mother go through something like that again. Or my whole family for that matter.

My mom didn't eat or do anything for nearly two weeks. The day after Christmas I stayed in bed all day because I didn't want to go downstairs to see he wasn't there.

And even months after that, there'd be those moments where you'd forget for a mili-second that he died. When I'd have nothing but pizza crust and look for him to feed him it. When I'd walk downstairs in the night to get a drink and look for him so I wouldn't step on him. Or when I'd walk in the door from being out, waiting for him to run up and greet me.

Anyone who knew my dog, knew he wasn't just a pet, he was my little brother. And he was the kindest, sweetest dog you could ever imagine. And although he died much too soon, I can say, without a doubt in my mind, he lived a good life.

So, this post is for my snuggle buddy, my lukey-bukey. I miss you!

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

I never know what to title these things

Okay, I'm pissed because I wrote a post and when I clicked to publish it, an error came up.

agh.

I will summarize what I wrote.
1.) I went to the mall and lunch at Chili's with Lizzy.
2.) Matt, Paul and DJ work at Chili's and thats so something they'd do.
3.) I'm going to my aunt's tomorrow for Christmas Eve and there will be a lot of traffic because its by Hartwood Acres light display.
4.) Christmas Day= dinner at my house with my aunt elaine, uncle mark, and cousins christina and matt. That is a usual family gathering compared to my boyfriend's 40 people.
5.) In the evening I'm going to a movie with Lauren, Brandon and other unknown ppl.
6.) I work Friday and Saturday.

The End.