Days of our Lives

Oops, I meant Days of "Min". (*New codename for resturant) Because that is truly what my work has become....a soap opera. At least I don't have to worry about catching Gossip Girl or Grey's Anatomy anymore. Nope, I get all the drama I need at work.

So where did I leave off? Well, You know that R. and N. have been going back and forth since she found out he cheated on her. I'm pretty sure they were still doing the hibbity dibbity and I know R. was still seeing "the other woman" Jen.

Now to throw in another player, and lets see if you can keep up. N.'s best friend at "Min" is C.. I got along well with her, she's a very pretty girl and just graduated in May. She's been dating her boyfriend S. now for about a year and a half and just last Friday they were planning to move to California together (where they know no one) because S. got an amaaazing job there (he's super smart). They've been planning to move now since about April and C.'s been very excited about it all. Everything appeared on the right track and S. even told someone at "Min" how in love he was with C. and how he was probably going to propose.

That was until N. and R. broke up that is. It's funny, because when the whole thing went down, it was me and C. telling N.that R. was a jerk and to not get upset about it. In fact, I would say C. was hating on R.even more so than me. But then a few things started to change about two weeks ago. I noticed C. was hanging around R.quite a bit. I noticed him flirting with her a bunch. He told me she texted him all the time. And I began to become suspicious about what was going on.

Last Friday (the night I went to bed at 5am) I went out with some people from work, including R. and C.. They pretty much stuck to themselves and when everyone was supposed to go to after-hours at a friends....they never came. Turns out, the two of them went back to R.'s place, and spent the evening in his hot tub....alone. Oh, and C.'s boyfriend was out of town that weekend.

The next evening at "Min" the two of them were all. over. each other. I KNEW deep down something had happened between them. That evening, N. was supposed to take C. out for a last night out in Champaign. Instead, C. ditched N.to hang out with R.. Riiight, always a good idea to hang out with your best friend's ex who cheated on your best friend.

Now this past week virtually every minute C. has not been packing for California, she's been at "Min" hanging out with R.. Literally everyone working there was becoming sick with their behavior and just hoping she would take off to California already with S. before something happened (if something hadn't already).

So I go to work yesterday, thinking C.was off in Cali with her boyfriend, hopefully starting a new life....sans R..

Oh wait, turns out.....Thursday night C. broke up with S.. Because he "went to a strip club". Riiiight, I'm sure you sleeping with your boss had nothing to do with it. So S. headed to California all alone, and C. showed up at "Min" last night (surprise, surprise).

R. told me that him and C. have been talking on the phone and hanging out a ton this week, and C. was just really confused and he helped her make this important decision. I'm sure you did R..

The worst thing is, is that poor N.(who has been through a hell of a lot) now has to watch her ex-best friend and cheating ex-boyfriend/boss act super cozy. Right before she left work last night she heard R. lean into C. and tell her, "You look so pretty right now, you don't know how bad I want to kiss you".

Ah yes, the drama. Soon, there will be another girl, C. will realize she stayed for nothing, and R. will continue to be womanizing schmoozer. Ah yes, stability in an unstable place. Gotta love it.

And sadly, this week was truly Joe's last. Sad business, but a part of a new adventure....I guess.

Weekend

Sign of a truly long week: Friday....wait, it's Saturday, 5am and I'm just now thinking I'll go to bed in the next hour or so.

True, I was out having fun which is why I've lasted so long. But equally true, the reason I've lasted so long is because my week has been so so exhaustingly full and I had to blow off LOTS of steam.

Summer classes blow. These next 6 weeks are going to SUCK!!! What makes it worse is all of my plans to go home and visit my parents and Kyle and quickly crumbling, and it's now looking like I'll be alone (yes all alone) in Champaign until August.

Save me! So sad, so very sad.

Well, the birds have been chirping for over an hour. I'm beginning to feel like a waste of space and it seems my bed is calling my name....Goodnight!

Losing Mojo

I know blog posts have been far and few since I've returned to Champaign and it's sadly looking like it may stay that way this entire summer.

Now that I've begun my U of I classes AND online classes I am sure I will have little to no free time until August. This sucks!

Who knew online classes would require so much work!? Who knew my U of I Comparative Politics class would be so. incredibly. boring? Who knew you could pay the University of Illinois $2,400 for two classes and have one of them not even be in an air conditioned building??!! Or even have a fan in it!? (Which thanks to much complaining by students has resulted in a room change, yea!)

I'm just sensing a sucky summer.
And all this stress, reading, and assignments has taken away my will to blog!!!
Damn you summer classes! Damn you!

So soon?

Well....I haven't even started summer school and am already refusing to do my assigned readings.

Some things never change.

Oddities in My Life

- Not only do I have fucking crazy pigeons living on my balcony, I now apparently have retard birds joining them. They were squawking and chirping up until 3am last night. Really birds? Really?

- I waitressed a wedding rehearsal last night where the bride and groom sat across the room from each other. And never. talked. once.

- My mom and dad are going to an Alicia Keyes concert tonight. Say what?

- I suffered through TWO tornado warnings WITH sirens Tuesday night and wasn't even that scared. Then Thursday I witnessed a Fear Factor sized cockroach in the workout room and wasn't even that scared. What's going on with me? I'm definitely not getting any braver...or am I?

- I suddenly find myself spending mucho time in the once hated Rape Park. Reading and mostly hoping not to get raped.

- I've worked out four times in one week. The oddest thing to happen to me yet.

- In one week I've been asked by six people if I got engaged while home. They all needed to see my left hand to prove I in fact did not get engaged. Upon learning the news they all seemed disappointed despite me explaining it won't happen for quite some time. Then, one of my questioner's still decided to give me 10 minutes worth of marriage advice.

- I have taken a shower EVERYDAY of the past week. A record I think!!

Back in Action!

Well my return to "Min" was eventful to say the least.

As per usual, I got the late tables meaning I was there till after 10:30. But whatev, that happens to me all the time.

However, unexpectedly I came to "Min" to find Joe still there! He was supposed to leave shortly after I went home from break so I didn't think I would see him for quite some time. But I guess he didn't think R. and J. were quite ready to take the restaurant over just yet. And I agree. While they both seem much more comfortable than before, they still struggle with so much.

And the drama....oh the drama.....

R. and N. have "broken up". He was cheating on her. Yes, with that girl. You know the one who came into "Min" to eat and I could just FEEL something was going on. And I debated on whether or not to tell N.. Well, I didn't need to, because she found out herself.

Apparently less than two weeks after N. and R. started dating he began dating and sleeping with this other girl. But after a couple of weeks of juggling two girls it became just too much for that poor little boy.

But he just didn't have the heart to tell either girl about the other so he decided the best idea would be to invite them both out to the same location one night and sit them together. Well as you would imagine N. went on and on about her boyfriend until R.'s other woman asked her "who is your boyfriend?...." Well when N. told her and the other girl told N. shit hit the fan.

And R. still cannot understand why N. is so upset. Because they never made their relationship "official". Hmmm I wonder how it was not official when he was telling N. he wanted to raise her son as his own and wanted the kid to stop seeing his real dad.

So last night N. and R. were fighting the entire night. Apparently everyone who works there now knows as well. They definitely weren't trying to hide the anger...except when Joe was around. And N. made it nice and awkward for me by continually bringing me into their argument which I really didn't appreciate.

Because lets be honest...since he's my boss I have to accept that he slept with my coworker, cheated on her, and flashed the other woman right in front of me. But if he wasn't by boss I would tell him to go fuck himself that little jerk ass creep.

Oh well, I'm sure the "Min" drama will continue. I think N. and R. will be an annoyingly on and off again couple. And I just can't stand that shit!

But what is work without a little drama anyway?

Double the Trouble, Double the Fun!!!!

Happy Birthday Marty!!!!

22 years of bringing me sunshine

and....

Happy Birthday Shubbu!!
21! Drink, drink, Hooray!

Summer Break Begins

All of a sudden I’m on my last week of break (at home) and I can’t believe where the time has gone! I’ve been away for three weeks now and it feels more like one half of a week. I swear, as I get older time moves faster.

My time home has been a blast. For once in my life I captured some things on pictures but not nearly enough.

My as per usual “highlights of break”:

- Tequila Dinner!! It was even better than the first one I went to. The food was excellent although we had to sit next to this incredibly weird Asian woman. Literally one of the oddest people I have ever met. She told us her daughter was a scary Goth. Sad. I did end up stealing four of the really nice shot glasses which was not sad at all.

- Mother’s Day. My dad and I got my mom a super nice Spa package because we are really nice people. Then we went out and had a really good Champagne brunch. Yum!

Brady and Kenna at Brunch. It looks like Kenna has a balloon tiara. Pretty!

My beautiful mom on Mother's Day! And my dad smashing that chocolate cake in the background.

- A lot of being lazy, playing computer games, watching TV, and not feeling guilty about any of it.

- Seeing a many of good movies. Narnia: Prince Caspian and the new Indiana Jones. Both sooooo good! And I’m going to see Sex and the City tomorrow which may according to some make me “slutty” but I’m still so excited!

- Kyle Turning 21! Finally. I’ve been waiting for that for nine months now. He had many celebrations including: A great cookout in Freeport involving ice cream cake! Hitting up the classy Freeport Bars and watching Kyle get absolutely trashed. Going out for a birthday dinner with my family and Kyle at a Beer Brewery. And having a Memorial Day/Birthday cookout in the suburbs involving a delicious cake decorated with race cars. But seriously, who gets that many celebrations? What a lucky dog. Although he didn’t get a birthday blog for me because sometimes I’m a bad girlfriend and forget.

At the Beer Brewery, Kyle ordered an extreme burger. What is a extreme burger? 1 lb. of meat, four slices of bacon, sauteed mushrooms, lettuce, mustard, ketchup, and a bun about the size of a loaf of bread. Coupled with some french fries the size of two fingers side by side.

Really, look at the size of this burger!! And that steak knife was humongous! Kyle had to cut the burger into sixths to eat it all. But by God, he did. My mom says 1lb. of beef used to feed our entire family. That night, it fed Kyle.

And then because it was his birthday, he got this surprise dessert! Really. But he, along with the help of the family did indeed finish this too.


Kyle's birthday cake from my family. Notice the #26 car. It's winning!


Again.


And the birthday boy himself. I know, lame picture.


- Kyle racing! He got sixth but deserved fifth and is driving better than ever. Still absolutely way to scary for me to watch though.

Yeah, these pictures are definitely from last year and last year's car but I never took them off my camera and I forgot to take some this last time. So there! Oh, and here Kyle is getting ready to go out.

Dave giving Kyle a pre-race pep talk. Or something like that.

Kyle out on the track!

Coming in after a successful race.

Getting out of the car like a pro.

- Getting to see my BFF Caitlin. I played beer pong at her house one day until four in the morning. And I still suck at beer pong. I also found out I suck at shot gunning a beer as well when my brothers peer pressured me into doing one.

- Going to watch Amanda run a half marathon. Actually, this may have been a lowlight too. It was amazing because Amanda was a machine and finished running 13 miles in under 2 hours. It was bad because I’ve never felt more out of shape in my entire life. Standing in the midst of 4,000 marathon runners can really do a number to your self-esteem. Actually, it was a really good time and I give props to people who can run like that.

The start of either a 13 mile or 26 mile run. I would call it the entrance to hell.

And they're off!!!

I saw one guy who had the most glorious legs I've ever seen in my entire life. They were tanned, smoothly shaven, and just the right amount of muscle in the right places. I swear to God I wanted to go compliment him before the race and I even more just wanted to steal his legs and make them my own. Note: he is not pictured in the above photo. Or sadly any for that matter.



The look happy now......


Look!! You can see Amanda! She's in the ice blue shirt with black shorts right next to the girl in the purple fuchsia shirt.


Me and Kyle doing what we do best, sitting and watching. We kind of look like hell and like we just finished running a marathon. We did get up at like 5 am which I would argue is almost just as tough. Almost.


Amanda's about to cross the finish line!! Congrats!! And proof of my superior photo taking skills.


- Shopping. Of course. I always spend at least a hundred dollars on cloths when I come home. Good for the soul, bad for the wallet.

I’m sure there were more highlights but I can’t think of them at this moment. I may or may not blog again before I go back to Champaign on Sunday but either way my normal blogging schedule will return shortly.

And as much as I love pleasing you readers, I’m not ready to go back yet and fall into my normal routine. I love break too much!!!!!!!!!