gaining another year under my belt, i have turned 27 years old. as i think back about reminisce about the past 26 years of my life, i can honestly say that i have been through hell and back again in the past 6 years of my life. but nows not the time to dwell on those things because i have learned and moved on. i live a beautiful life with many opportunities. often times i take for granted what i have. i can honestly say that i do....cause i know there are many people out there that would like to walk in my shoes.
in the past 2 years alone...i have really made a difference in my life. i graduated from college. having been rejected by so many employers because of lack of job experience, i decided to start my work experience at home depot. they were actually the only company that wanted to hire me at the time and i took advantage of it. i stayed there for 1 year and 3 and a half months. it definitely is not the best job out there. BUT, i did gain some valuable work experience, and gosh darn it, i think customer service is a great experience to have...especially in our society. last month i was presented with an opportunity that seemed, at the time, too good to be true. but what the hell, i thought, i may as well see where it takes me...i didnt have anything to lose. i really didnt want to start a new job until after the wedding just so that i have my vacation time in place for the honeymoon.
low and behold, 1 week after submitting my resume i was called back. i couldnt even begin to tell you how excited i was when the person on the other line said they were from kaiser. my heart nearly skipped a beat. it took nearly 3-4 weeks before i was actually hired. a process, from what i was told, that would nearly take 2-3 months. i really got lucky with this one. i have to admit, the work is boring but i got to tell you, i love my job...right now at least. i dont know of a job that is more laid back than this. this company really takes care of its employees and has awesome benefits. this is probably one of the best things that has happened to me this year.
anyway, the holiday season is definitely here. i almost almost done with my christmas shopping. i always tend to be one of those last minute shoppers. but i am happy to admit that i did not have to go to the mall this year for christmas gifts. i did a lot of christmas shopping online and i have resorted to just giving gift cards away, and those are always convenient to buy now at the local grocery stores. conveniences, gotta love it.
having chosen to quit home depot, i finally went back into the store today to buy something. it was nice to see everyone i worked with. to know that many of those people were happy to see me - made me feel good. i have definitely made some friends there. note to buddy...when am i gonna get a copy of those photos that we took when we dressed up???? send em my way buddy! oh and by the way, i miss you. but hey word to the wise, you'll be outta there soon and onto bigger and better things. take it this way...you invested time into home depot and that time will pay off sooner or later. customer service is a good thing to have under your belt. trust...it'll pay off.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Monday, December 17, 2007
quota
every day at work i have a quota to meet....which typically amounts to this...nearly 10-15 calls per day and 85-90 cases worked. thats a lot. i for the first two days was able to meet my quota. however, today, i wasnt able to meet that quota. i only got 56 cases done, in an 8 hour period. the worse part is that i didnt even have to answer phones today or for the next few weeks for that matter. how pathetic. a lot, i feel, has to do with how i was trained today. my trainer, did not understand that i am a hands-on learner. you can preach to me and educate me verbally till i am blue in the face, but i can guarantee you that i wont learn jack shit from it. i've always been that way since day one. my preschool teach mrs howard will tell you that. i've tried to change my learning style, but nothing has changed.
at any rate, the people in my bay are slowly opening up to me...so to speak. granted i sit at the end of the bay, thank god, cause i hate when people watch me work. but anyway, a few of them have talked to me on a regular basis now. the others...eh...not so sure about. the gay guy hasnt said a word to me since day one, the lady with the manly voice hasnt even acknowledged that i am alive. the runner chick, she's easing up. the fat lady, she's alright, she the only one thats jolly and talks to me. the filipina lady, not sure what to think of her, she's a loaner for sure, and she's retiring at the end of the month, so i dont give a shit about her, and she probably doesnt give a shit about me.
i have made any new friends at my new work, and i kinda like that. i am treating it strictly as work. i feel that this place is one in which, you are on your own. and such i treat as so. but i definitely dont want to get into the cubicle drama as most people are sucked into it. i dont care much about other people garbage when it come down to the nitty gritty. its bad enough that we have mandatory potlucks to tend to. people at my work love food. they see food and they have no problem eating it. come on now, they have potlucks every 2 weeks it seems like. kinda funny i think. it gives everyone a reason to have a 2 hour paid lunch. cant beat that. means i have time to run miscellaneous errands in and around my work, while people eat up and play scrabble or mad gabs.
i must say this...i definitely dont miss the customers at home depot. i miss my peeps tho. buddy i miss you too, you're like the little bro i never had. lindsay, i miss my lunch buddy. jasmin, i miss the talks about life with you. vicki...i miss the shit talking and horse play. anna, i've missed you since you left me and went to the vault...youre like a big sis to me...you, jasmin and lindsay. i definitely dont miss victor tho...ta hell with ya dude. mikey in appliances, i miss being your go to lady...you always knew how to cheer me up when the going got tough. buddy, jules and jasmin...when we gonna grub up on some sushi...yo? don in garden, eh man, i took your advice, i havent looked back since i left. sad part is, i have to go there tomorrow to buy some shit for the closet and some gift cards for my bros. oh well, at least i'm a customer now, and not donovan's bitch! i definitely miss you peeps!
at any rate, the people in my bay are slowly opening up to me...so to speak. granted i sit at the end of the bay, thank god, cause i hate when people watch me work. but anyway, a few of them have talked to me on a regular basis now. the others...eh...not so sure about. the gay guy hasnt said a word to me since day one, the lady with the manly voice hasnt even acknowledged that i am alive. the runner chick, she's easing up. the fat lady, she's alright, she the only one thats jolly and talks to me. the filipina lady, not sure what to think of her, she's a loaner for sure, and she's retiring at the end of the month, so i dont give a shit about her, and she probably doesnt give a shit about me.
i have made any new friends at my new work, and i kinda like that. i am treating it strictly as work. i feel that this place is one in which, you are on your own. and such i treat as so. but i definitely dont want to get into the cubicle drama as most people are sucked into it. i dont care much about other people garbage when it come down to the nitty gritty. its bad enough that we have mandatory potlucks to tend to. people at my work love food. they see food and they have no problem eating it. come on now, they have potlucks every 2 weeks it seems like. kinda funny i think. it gives everyone a reason to have a 2 hour paid lunch. cant beat that. means i have time to run miscellaneous errands in and around my work, while people eat up and play scrabble or mad gabs.
i must say this...i definitely dont miss the customers at home depot. i miss my peeps tho. buddy i miss you too, you're like the little bro i never had. lindsay, i miss my lunch buddy. jasmin, i miss the talks about life with you. vicki...i miss the shit talking and horse play. anna, i've missed you since you left me and went to the vault...youre like a big sis to me...you, jasmin and lindsay. i definitely dont miss victor tho...ta hell with ya dude. mikey in appliances, i miss being your go to lady...you always knew how to cheer me up when the going got tough. buddy, jules and jasmin...when we gonna grub up on some sushi...yo? don in garden, eh man, i took your advice, i havent looked back since i left. sad part is, i have to go there tomorrow to buy some shit for the closet and some gift cards for my bros. oh well, at least i'm a customer now, and not donovan's bitch! i definitely miss you peeps!
Thursday, December 13, 2007
the beginning
today was my very first meeting at work. the girls in the bay next to me warned me about how boring it would be...and it was. i seriously felt like i was in grade school. right when i walked in my manager asked me to sit way in the front right next to her. no big deal...i just dont like being singled out like that. then of course, as expected, she introduced me to everyone in the room. most people i knew or met because of shadowing. when asked where i came from, the manager mentioned home depot...so now my nickname there is ms home depot...or just home depot. whatever. who cares. cant let it get to me. but then there was the ooohhh and not so ahhh in the air becuase my co-workers love the transfers from the call center because they already know some of the system...whereas, i dont know jack shit about the system and i cant get into the next training until january 3rd...so for the next 2 weeks i am the mercy of my coworkers. my co workers dont seem to have a lot of faith in me just cause i got hired off the street. but i aint gonna let it bother me, i just got to show them that i can handle my own ground.
after the meeting, i was finally given my computer log in...and thank god it worked cause i was actually working today. i did member changes for the remainder of the day and boy oh boy i loved it. i have my own computer, my own place to sit, my own work....ahh,....is finally coming together. i had a lot of questions, but i only pended 17 cases and finished 97....i met the daily quota...and for a newbee i think thats fucking fantastic. it sure impressed my trainer and manager.
i also got my own emial address....its almost official. i just cant wait until they get me into their chronos system via the phone...and it would help if i had a working phone. i hope things really come together soon. all i need to do is receive my benefits package via the email and get my direct deposit going. i'd hate to have to go to the bank and deposit my checks every saturday.
so far the week has gone by pretty calmly. according to the manager, i will be fitted next week for my ergonomic comfort at my desk...i hope to god they give me a regular key board cause that ergonomic keyboard is cramping my style and slowing me down. so that'll be something to look forward to. i guess. tomorrow we have a mandatory pot luck, we'll have a 2 hour lunch to attend and shoot the shit with co-workers. hopefully i'll get to mingle with everyone....and try and become part of the family there. for whatever reason, i still feel like the outsider and i hate that feeling. kinda makes me sad. time will tell...only time.
so far the beginning has been tolerable....and its just the beginning....
after the meeting, i was finally given my computer log in...and thank god it worked cause i was actually working today. i did member changes for the remainder of the day and boy oh boy i loved it. i have my own computer, my own place to sit, my own work....ahh,....is finally coming together. i had a lot of questions, but i only pended 17 cases and finished 97....i met the daily quota...and for a newbee i think thats fucking fantastic. it sure impressed my trainer and manager.
i also got my own emial address....its almost official. i just cant wait until they get me into their chronos system via the phone...and it would help if i had a working phone. i hope things really come together soon. all i need to do is receive my benefits package via the email and get my direct deposit going. i'd hate to have to go to the bank and deposit my checks every saturday.
so far the week has gone by pretty calmly. according to the manager, i will be fitted next week for my ergonomic comfort at my desk...i hope to god they give me a regular key board cause that ergonomic keyboard is cramping my style and slowing me down. so that'll be something to look forward to. i guess. tomorrow we have a mandatory pot luck, we'll have a 2 hour lunch to attend and shoot the shit with co-workers. hopefully i'll get to mingle with everyone....and try and become part of the family there. for whatever reason, i still feel like the outsider and i hate that feeling. kinda makes me sad. time will tell...only time.
so far the beginning has been tolerable....and its just the beginning....
Monday, December 10, 2007
a new start
the color orange....is now part of my past. i have served my time and learned many things at the hell depot. finally on saturday december 8, 2007 i was able to put it all behind me. i threw in the towel and called it quits 2 weeks prior to saturday and patiently waited for saturday to arrive. and boy oh boy when it did, my grin was ear to ear. i was probably the happiest person in that store that day. i counted my time, hour by hour then minute by minute. i said my good bye's...hugged those that i care about and shook hands with those i couldnt wait to leave.
having been at home depot for over a year i was able to meet new people and create bonds with those that i care for. i have met quite a crowd there, and only a handful i have promised myself to keep in touch with...just a handful. i have an almost new best friend and definitely a confidant. these people have really got me through the worse at home depot and have definitely laughed with me and cheered me on when i succeeded in something. i walked away from home depot with an air of confidence.
jenn had definitely made it a memorable last day by shrink wrapping my truck...never thought they'd do it to me, but they definitely found my truck and wrapped it. then in my last hour, tony and jenn tapped me to a chair and shrink wrapped me and rolled me all over the front end....a departing gesture meaning they will me miss....i think. i will definitely miss some people there, but i no doubt am very happy that i am no longer in customer service dealing with customers one-on-one. no more retail for me. btw, you can check out those shrink wrap pictures on my flickr account. they are all posted there. having the home depot now behind me....
i started monday with a brand new start at kaiser. my first day....was....hectic. there was a lot of information that was presented to me. i hope to have retained a lot of it. i hope! i trained with a pretty cool lady...jeannie...she's a lot older, but she was a cool cat. unfortunately i wont be with her tomorrow....i'll have to rotate onto someone new. the system they work with is pretty complex, but with the right training i plan to master it.
kaiser is definitely something different that home depot. i am not able to have my cell phone on or i'll be written up. i have little access to the outside world..right now at least. i hope to have my own extension by sometime next week. i do, however, have my own cubicle. i must say, i have a pretty damn cool cubicle. i need to decorate in and around it. i definitely need to put up a photo of me and daniel so all them damn dudes hitting on me today know I GOT A MAN! i'm spoken for fools! and if you aint leave me alone you'll be answering to my honey.
anyway, kaiser is a real cool place. the people are extremely friendly and helpful. they have all kinds of incentives to work hard. they have competitions and reward you with amex gift cards, they seem to always have pot lucks, managers always provide cookies and brownies, and management walks around and actually shows you they give a shit about you. which i think is really nice. i feel like i'm part of the company and not just the bitch doing the grunt work to get things done. i look forward to working at kaiser and taking full advantage of any benefits they have to offer me. .... wish me luck in my endeavors.
having been at home depot for over a year i was able to meet new people and create bonds with those that i care for. i have met quite a crowd there, and only a handful i have promised myself to keep in touch with...just a handful. i have an almost new best friend and definitely a confidant. these people have really got me through the worse at home depot and have definitely laughed with me and cheered me on when i succeeded in something. i walked away from home depot with an air of confidence.
jenn had definitely made it a memorable last day by shrink wrapping my truck...never thought they'd do it to me, but they definitely found my truck and wrapped it. then in my last hour, tony and jenn tapped me to a chair and shrink wrapped me and rolled me all over the front end....a departing gesture meaning they will me miss....i think. i will definitely miss some people there, but i no doubt am very happy that i am no longer in customer service dealing with customers one-on-one. no more retail for me. btw, you can check out those shrink wrap pictures on my flickr account. they are all posted there. having the home depot now behind me....
i started monday with a brand new start at kaiser. my first day....was....hectic. there was a lot of information that was presented to me. i hope to have retained a lot of it. i hope! i trained with a pretty cool lady...jeannie...she's a lot older, but she was a cool cat. unfortunately i wont be with her tomorrow....i'll have to rotate onto someone new. the system they work with is pretty complex, but with the right training i plan to master it.
kaiser is definitely something different that home depot. i am not able to have my cell phone on or i'll be written up. i have little access to the outside world..right now at least. i hope to have my own extension by sometime next week. i do, however, have my own cubicle. i must say, i have a pretty damn cool cubicle. i need to decorate in and around it. i definitely need to put up a photo of me and daniel so all them damn dudes hitting on me today know I GOT A MAN! i'm spoken for fools! and if you aint leave me alone you'll be answering to my honey.
anyway, kaiser is a real cool place. the people are extremely friendly and helpful. they have all kinds of incentives to work hard. they have competitions and reward you with amex gift cards, they seem to always have pot lucks, managers always provide cookies and brownies, and management walks around and actually shows you they give a shit about you. which i think is really nice. i feel like i'm part of the company and not just the bitch doing the grunt work to get things done. i look forward to working at kaiser and taking full advantage of any benefits they have to offer me. .... wish me luck in my endeavors.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
holidays
can you believe that it is already december? the last month of 2007. the holiday season that manages to bring out the worse in most people and the best in the rest. the holiday season is definitely in full swing. everywhere you look there's a little bit of the christmas spirit everywhere. lights are slowly going up on people's houses, trees are being transported home, christmas music is being played in almost everywhere retail store and people are even starting to say happy holidays. i tell you, the holiday season seems to kick off earlier and earlier each year. soon we'll be in the christmas spirit by halloween, then the following year it will be labor day then the following year it'll be by the 4th of july. okay okay....thats an exaggeration...but the point is, people are getting into it earlier and earlier each year....i guess its not so much people, but retail stores.
so the verdict of the colorado trip finally came back this past week. danny finally shared 'the' email with me from the parental units. i tell you, i was nervous reading that thing. i wasnt sure if i even wanted to open the email. but i did. i got their approval. they stated that they liked me a lot and were very impressed with me. thats a good sign. i was finally able to sleep well that night...the anticipation of what they thought of me was really building up after the trip and i am glad that i sailed away in flying colors. the thought of getting along with my future in laws is almost the greatest feeling. it just means that there wont be hostility between us in the future. and thats good. it'll make looking forward to the holidays or the yearly trip out to colorado more exciting for me and danny. he was right, i should have never worried about it. i took his advice from the get go...he said to be myself...and darn it i was...and it paid off.
so this christmas will be me and danny's first christmas together. last year he went home for the holidays and i was not able to go with him. but from here on out, we are to spend all our holidays together. so this particular christmas is a special one for me...just because he'll be home for it. i'll get to wake up to him on christmas day and run over to the tree with excitement, ready to open my presents and watch him open his. it'll be great. i'm so excited. hopefully next week we'll be picking out our christmas tree and decorating around the house...more so this year than last...just cause he's gonna be home for it. i'm even gonna try and make some of them famous donna sugar cookies. i did most my christmas shopping for him already...just a couple more things to get and some stocking stuffers and i am pau...oh ya baby...started early this year!
so the verdict of the colorado trip finally came back this past week. danny finally shared 'the' email with me from the parental units. i tell you, i was nervous reading that thing. i wasnt sure if i even wanted to open the email. but i did. i got their approval. they stated that they liked me a lot and were very impressed with me. thats a good sign. i was finally able to sleep well that night...the anticipation of what they thought of me was really building up after the trip and i am glad that i sailed away in flying colors. the thought of getting along with my future in laws is almost the greatest feeling. it just means that there wont be hostility between us in the future. and thats good. it'll make looking forward to the holidays or the yearly trip out to colorado more exciting for me and danny. he was right, i should have never worried about it. i took his advice from the get go...he said to be myself...and darn it i was...and it paid off.
so this christmas will be me and danny's first christmas together. last year he went home for the holidays and i was not able to go with him. but from here on out, we are to spend all our holidays together. so this particular christmas is a special one for me...just because he'll be home for it. i'll get to wake up to him on christmas day and run over to the tree with excitement, ready to open my presents and watch him open his. it'll be great. i'm so excited. hopefully next week we'll be picking out our christmas tree and decorating around the house...more so this year than last...just cause he's gonna be home for it. i'm even gonna try and make some of them famous donna sugar cookies. i did most my christmas shopping for him already...just a couple more things to get and some stocking stuffers and i am pau...oh ya baby...started early this year!
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
under the weather
its about that time of the year that many people start feeling a lil under the weather. believe it or not, my danny, is under the weather. the man hardly ever gets sick. but for some reason, this bug has got a hold of him for sure. he's at home right now, i'm hoping, sleeping like a baby. he was instructed to take some nyquil, but he hates taking medicine. hopefully tonite he'll be able to sweat it out...and sleep soundly not having to worry that he might be keeping me up.
this month has been quite a busy one. the colorado trip really made it busy, but also having a new job opportunity arise made it even more busy. i, after 1 year and 3 months, finally walked into the hr office and handed jessie my two weeks notice. i cant even begin to express how good that felt. having worked for a company for so long - a company that i have learned to hate, has really made me ill-spirited towards them. having been able to place that two week notice in was like a slap back in their face. i know they'll be losing a real valuable employee to their workforce, not that they gave a shit, but it's there loss and not mines. i have gained a lot of experience from this company. i cant say it any better than robert x..." you were just buying time here...not wasting it...you were able to pick up some valuable skills that will get you where you eventually want to be." i was almost touched when he said that to me. this man has been working for the company for a long while now, and if ever you get to sit down with him, he really tells you how it is. he does not beat around that bush or sugar coat anything...he's very direct and to the point...the kind of man that home depot hates...but cannot afford to lose. pretty funny i think.
if all goes well, i will be starting me new job on the 10th. i cannot tell you how freaking excited i am. this is the type of job that i have seen myself doing from the get go. i'll have my own little cube, my own desk, phone, keys...security badge...the works. its so exciting. along with it, more responsibility...and i just cant wait to prove to this company what i am made of. i hope to go far with this company and possibly make it a career...move up the steps and gain seniority as i go. its a well paying job, well to my standards, the benefits are the damn greatest there is...and its monday through friday 8-5...cannot beat that! well you can if you only work a few days out of the week and have cash coming out of every crevice of your body...but who has that going on, huh bill gates?
many co-workers have heard of my departure and many of them are very happy to see me go...in a good way. i was warned by the majority that this company is not one to stay with as they do not care for the employees...which is so true i might add. they are happy to see that i finally am able to get out and away from the hell whole of which we work for day after day, hour after hour. a select few are angry of my departure because it leaves them short staffed...boo fucking hoo....get over it. i found something way better than what this company has ever had to offer me...and damnit i'd be a fool to not take this opportunity and GROW from it.
so here i am...living life one beat at a time...and at just the right time an opportunity presented itself...and here i am taking it....my life is slowly falling in sync with the rhythm and harmony life's music...
this month has been quite a busy one. the colorado trip really made it busy, but also having a new job opportunity arise made it even more busy. i, after 1 year and 3 months, finally walked into the hr office and handed jessie my two weeks notice. i cant even begin to express how good that felt. having worked for a company for so long - a company that i have learned to hate, has really made me ill-spirited towards them. having been able to place that two week notice in was like a slap back in their face. i know they'll be losing a real valuable employee to their workforce, not that they gave a shit, but it's there loss and not mines. i have gained a lot of experience from this company. i cant say it any better than robert x..." you were just buying time here...not wasting it...you were able to pick up some valuable skills that will get you where you eventually want to be." i was almost touched when he said that to me. this man has been working for the company for a long while now, and if ever you get to sit down with him, he really tells you how it is. he does not beat around that bush or sugar coat anything...he's very direct and to the point...the kind of man that home depot hates...but cannot afford to lose. pretty funny i think.
if all goes well, i will be starting me new job on the 10th. i cannot tell you how freaking excited i am. this is the type of job that i have seen myself doing from the get go. i'll have my own little cube, my own desk, phone, keys...security badge...the works. its so exciting. along with it, more responsibility...and i just cant wait to prove to this company what i am made of. i hope to go far with this company and possibly make it a career...move up the steps and gain seniority as i go. its a well paying job, well to my standards, the benefits are the damn greatest there is...and its monday through friday 8-5...cannot beat that! well you can if you only work a few days out of the week and have cash coming out of every crevice of your body...but who has that going on, huh bill gates?
many co-workers have heard of my departure and many of them are very happy to see me go...in a good way. i was warned by the majority that this company is not one to stay with as they do not care for the employees...which is so true i might add. they are happy to see that i finally am able to get out and away from the hell whole of which we work for day after day, hour after hour. a select few are angry of my departure because it leaves them short staffed...boo fucking hoo....get over it. i found something way better than what this company has ever had to offer me...and damnit i'd be a fool to not take this opportunity and GROW from it.
so here i am...living life one beat at a time...and at just the right time an opportunity presented itself...and here i am taking it....my life is slowly falling in sync with the rhythm and harmony life's music...
Monday, November 26, 2007
Lovely
making our rounds of saying good-bye, donna and i embraced, but before the embrace she said...come here lovely lady...or something to that effect. the main thing of that phrase is lovely lady. having been nervous as shit going there, i was eased by the end of the trip with just those words. i wasnt able to get a good feel on whether roger or donna liked me or not throughout the week long stay at their home. they are not easy people to read.....now i know where daniel gets it from. i couldnt read him for nothing even if my life depended on it.
Sunday....the week had a long long start to it....a thousand mile drive which ended up being about 16 hours. we drove through california, nevada, arizona, utah and colorado to get to a one stop light town named buena vista. its quite a small town, but not as small as most towns we saw enroute. anyhow, we left here sunday morning at 4:40....and arrived there about 9 in the evening. i slept here and there but was awake for the most part towards the end of the trip where i wished i would have slept. the switch backs up the mountain were making me and luthor feel yucky. daniel drove the entire way there...he wouldnt let me drive...something told me he wanted to prove is manly driving skills to me that day. ha...well, you proved em well babe. i was very impressed. we stopped about 5 times to gas up our little kia sportage. that car went through hell and back again. daniel picked it up nice and shinny and returned it gritty and grimmy. we arrived at the house, to discover no one was home. wasnt bad...for me at least. i felt a lil at ease...was kinda like...schwoo. shortly after unloading the car, his parents arrived. boy i tell ya, my heart started beating like there were no tomorrow. i didnt look very presentable to his parents...being that i was stuck on my ass for the better part of the day with no where to go but there. i was worried about first impressions with them...those are the ones that last the longest. anyway, daniel and his parents hugged and said hi...and then it was my turn...they hugged and said hi. shocked i was....didnt think i'd get a hug so quick from them. they were very at ease about everything. it was almost like we already met before somewhere. for the rest of the night, i was definitely on my toes. didnt really speak unless spoken to...that type of deal. we ate some home cooked meatloaf that was absolutely delish. i normally dont like meat loaf, but the woman made it so well. either that or i was just hungry. i was offered a shower...oh hell yes, i was taking one. definitely wasnt going to turn that down. having been warned that the hot water doesnt last long i was very nervous to take a shower. daniel said hot water only lasts 10 minutes. so here i was...starting to prepare for the long awaited shower...and i'm thinking ...shit...i think i only have enough time to wash my hair and soap half my body. i looked at my razor and said...fuck it....not tonite. so i got in and got out. huhm...funny thing, my shower was more than 10 min...i could have shaved my legs if i wanted it...damn it.
Monday....woke up and got ready to go sightseeing. didnt take long to see the town...a couple of hours if that. beautiful town it was...small but beautiful. took some photos here and there. nothing extravagant. we headed back a little after 12 then decided we would go and eat at sonics...had to do it. i always see the commercials and needed to conquer it. let me tell you, the food was so so. didnt like the burger, liked the tots and loved the shake. it only took us an hour to get to it and then an hour back. it was far....not worth the drive. i would have driven farther for filet mignon and lobster...but sonic was definitely not in that league. a lil disappointed but whatever...no big deal. the rest of the day was pure on chillaxing. did nothing but stay home and watch some football and sitcoms. it was great.
Tuesday....woke up and had some awesome biscuits and gravy. mmmm...were they yummy! after breakfast we started talking about the wedding. discovered that danny already had godparents in mind. didnt think he was gonna do it...but surprise...surprise he asked em over the phone. i'm pretty happy about that. he's taking an active role....great! went through the details of the wedding, shared the photographs that i had and even gave her color swatches. after discussing the wedding we decided to head out and search for a lingerie bag. unfortunately we probably went to every major store in town to discover that some people dont know what a lingerie bag is. darn it. but daniel told me that whatever i forgot we would be able to buy there. ha...so not true. i would have been assed out big time if i really needed it. that night we had a family dinner at the house. daniels brother's family came and his cousin jessica. nice people except for one....whom i wish not to name. but she's a one upper. i dont like those kinds of people. but anyway, dinner was superb. the lady can cook! some serious cooking. i was looking forward to the good food...after all danny was saying about it. was totally true. so i met most the family that night. nice people. the rest of the night was spend watching the nuggets game.
Wednesday...woke up to another scrumptious breakfast. but best of all, to some snow! we decided to do laundry. in the midst of it danny wanted to take me to chalk cliff and to st elmo...way back in the woods. beautiful scenery though. thats all there is in that area...beautiful scenery. got some great shots. got back after an hour or so...to find out his mom folded our laundry...ordinarily i wouldnt have a problem with it, but there's something about your future mom-in-law folding your intimate apparel...that i dont like. i dont mind her folding my clothes but she neednt see the kind of underwear i wear. i'm sure she was shocked, but it was a little disturbing. anyway, i got over it though...a day later. we spent the rest of the day watching mr brooks and some tv. more chillaxing.
Thursday...turkey day. we spend thanksgiving at the purple sage. it was a nice place to have a turkey meal. buffet style. good food. kinda miss having home cooked meal though. i was looking forward to turkey day the most cause of that, but they decided to have it elsewhere to cut down on time for preparation and dishes and all that other stuff. not a bad idea for such a huge party. after lunch we ended up at matts house for some games. i tell you, these people are gamers. they have almost every game imaginable. i'm not a huge game person, but i'm learning now that i need to be. didnt know how to play the games they had. it was horrible looking on my part. but its ok. i'll ease into it. it'll only be once a year that i'll have to do this. so i think i can manage one way or another. the rest of the night was spent watching gray's anatomy and another movie we rented.
Friday...the most exciting day by far. we headed out early to get to colorado springs where we visited and i met his grandma young. sweet old lady. i hope she's doing well. she was going into surgery the morning we left colorado for hip surgery again. before the visit we went to donna's favorite restaurant...red lobster. it was good. its always good. i wasnt impressed with what i ordered but it was eatable. after colorado springs we made our journey to denver...more specifically the pepsi center where we watched the nuggets vs timerwolves. it was a nerve racking game. they looked like they were gonna lose, but they pulled through and won. we had some awesome seats. i had a blast. i finally got my first nugget apparel...a hoodie and a hat. danny got the same. it was really neat. definately worth the long drive of a few hours...in the snow. we got in real late and hit the sack.
Saturday...we got up, showered and headed out the door to make our way back to san diego. we made it home sunday morning at 118am. danny drove 10 hours to vegas and i took over the wheel and got us home.
great trip. did a lot of relaxing...and now i can finally say, i met his parents....the wedding is still on for may. the best thing of the trip was the nugget game and the snow...the worse part of the trip is the drive up and the drive back down. i'll get used to it. we'll be making annual visits over the holidays in the years to come....thank god we dont have kids yet...that would make for a really long trip.
Sunday....the week had a long long start to it....a thousand mile drive which ended up being about 16 hours. we drove through california, nevada, arizona, utah and colorado to get to a one stop light town named buena vista. its quite a small town, but not as small as most towns we saw enroute. anyhow, we left here sunday morning at 4:40....and arrived there about 9 in the evening. i slept here and there but was awake for the most part towards the end of the trip where i wished i would have slept. the switch backs up the mountain were making me and luthor feel yucky. daniel drove the entire way there...he wouldnt let me drive...something told me he wanted to prove is manly driving skills to me that day. ha...well, you proved em well babe. i was very impressed. we stopped about 5 times to gas up our little kia sportage. that car went through hell and back again. daniel picked it up nice and shinny and returned it gritty and grimmy. we arrived at the house, to discover no one was home. wasnt bad...for me at least. i felt a lil at ease...was kinda like...schwoo. shortly after unloading the car, his parents arrived. boy i tell ya, my heart started beating like there were no tomorrow. i didnt look very presentable to his parents...being that i was stuck on my ass for the better part of the day with no where to go but there. i was worried about first impressions with them...those are the ones that last the longest. anyway, daniel and his parents hugged and said hi...and then it was my turn...they hugged and said hi. shocked i was....didnt think i'd get a hug so quick from them. they were very at ease about everything. it was almost like we already met before somewhere. for the rest of the night, i was definitely on my toes. didnt really speak unless spoken to...that type of deal. we ate some home cooked meatloaf that was absolutely delish. i normally dont like meat loaf, but the woman made it so well. either that or i was just hungry. i was offered a shower...oh hell yes, i was taking one. definitely wasnt going to turn that down. having been warned that the hot water doesnt last long i was very nervous to take a shower. daniel said hot water only lasts 10 minutes. so here i was...starting to prepare for the long awaited shower...and i'm thinking ...shit...i think i only have enough time to wash my hair and soap half my body. i looked at my razor and said...fuck it....not tonite. so i got in and got out. huhm...funny thing, my shower was more than 10 min...i could have shaved my legs if i wanted it...damn it.
Monday....woke up and got ready to go sightseeing. didnt take long to see the town...a couple of hours if that. beautiful town it was...small but beautiful. took some photos here and there. nothing extravagant. we headed back a little after 12 then decided we would go and eat at sonics...had to do it. i always see the commercials and needed to conquer it. let me tell you, the food was so so. didnt like the burger, liked the tots and loved the shake. it only took us an hour to get to it and then an hour back. it was far....not worth the drive. i would have driven farther for filet mignon and lobster...but sonic was definitely not in that league. a lil disappointed but whatever...no big deal. the rest of the day was pure on chillaxing. did nothing but stay home and watch some football and sitcoms. it was great.
Tuesday....woke up and had some awesome biscuits and gravy. mmmm...were they yummy! after breakfast we started talking about the wedding. discovered that danny already had godparents in mind. didnt think he was gonna do it...but surprise...surprise he asked em over the phone. i'm pretty happy about that. he's taking an active role....great! went through the details of the wedding, shared the photographs that i had and even gave her color swatches. after discussing the wedding we decided to head out and search for a lingerie bag. unfortunately we probably went to every major store in town to discover that some people dont know what a lingerie bag is. darn it. but daniel told me that whatever i forgot we would be able to buy there. ha...so not true. i would have been assed out big time if i really needed it. that night we had a family dinner at the house. daniels brother's family came and his cousin jessica. nice people except for one....whom i wish not to name. but she's a one upper. i dont like those kinds of people. but anyway, dinner was superb. the lady can cook! some serious cooking. i was looking forward to the good food...after all danny was saying about it. was totally true. so i met most the family that night. nice people. the rest of the night was spend watching the nuggets game.
Wednesday...woke up to another scrumptious breakfast. but best of all, to some snow! we decided to do laundry. in the midst of it danny wanted to take me to chalk cliff and to st elmo...way back in the woods. beautiful scenery though. thats all there is in that area...beautiful scenery. got some great shots. got back after an hour or so...to find out his mom folded our laundry...ordinarily i wouldnt have a problem with it, but there's something about your future mom-in-law folding your intimate apparel...that i dont like. i dont mind her folding my clothes but she neednt see the kind of underwear i wear. i'm sure she was shocked, but it was a little disturbing. anyway, i got over it though...a day later. we spent the rest of the day watching mr brooks and some tv. more chillaxing.
Thursday...turkey day. we spend thanksgiving at the purple sage. it was a nice place to have a turkey meal. buffet style. good food. kinda miss having home cooked meal though. i was looking forward to turkey day the most cause of that, but they decided to have it elsewhere to cut down on time for preparation and dishes and all that other stuff. not a bad idea for such a huge party. after lunch we ended up at matts house for some games. i tell you, these people are gamers. they have almost every game imaginable. i'm not a huge game person, but i'm learning now that i need to be. didnt know how to play the games they had. it was horrible looking on my part. but its ok. i'll ease into it. it'll only be once a year that i'll have to do this. so i think i can manage one way or another. the rest of the night was spent watching gray's anatomy and another movie we rented.
Friday...the most exciting day by far. we headed out early to get to colorado springs where we visited and i met his grandma young. sweet old lady. i hope she's doing well. she was going into surgery the morning we left colorado for hip surgery again. before the visit we went to donna's favorite restaurant...red lobster. it was good. its always good. i wasnt impressed with what i ordered but it was eatable. after colorado springs we made our journey to denver...more specifically the pepsi center where we watched the nuggets vs timerwolves. it was a nerve racking game. they looked like they were gonna lose, but they pulled through and won. we had some awesome seats. i had a blast. i finally got my first nugget apparel...a hoodie and a hat. danny got the same. it was really neat. definately worth the long drive of a few hours...in the snow. we got in real late and hit the sack.
Saturday...we got up, showered and headed out the door to make our way back to san diego. we made it home sunday morning at 118am. danny drove 10 hours to vegas and i took over the wheel and got us home.
great trip. did a lot of relaxing...and now i can finally say, i met his parents....the wedding is still on for may. the best thing of the trip was the nugget game and the snow...the worse part of the trip is the drive up and the drive back down. i'll get used to it. we'll be making annual visits over the holidays in the years to come....thank god we dont have kids yet...that would make for a really long trip.
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