Friday, November 25, 2005
Thanksgiving went well and resulted in the fridge here being a little bit more full; my brother, Dan and I went to my dad's and my stepmomma sent us back a little bit of everything that was left over. Which means we won't have to buy as many groceries next week hopefully.I set up the Christmas tree by myself last night because my brother was being lame and Dan got home from his grandparents' kind of late. Then went and played Warcraft. I wish I wasn't the only one around here excited for Christmas....but what can you do, I guess.
My lip is bleeding. Damn cold weather making them chapped.
Only 30 shopping days left til Christmas. It's pretty chaotic at Old Navy today; all the registers are open and the lines are still huge.
I still have 20% off passes for next week if anyone wants one. No one seems too interested though.
I gotta go back to work now.
Posted by Rachel at 1:05 PM |
Monday, November 21, 2005
Posted by Rachel at 10:03 PM |
Friday, November 18, 2005
I'm rather happy to say that after 730 tonight, I don't have to go back to work until next Wednesday. But I'll still get my 20 hours for the week.I have a pack of "friends and family passes" from Old Navy again, it's november 28 through december 24. Lemme know if you want one; they're post cards, so I can mail one to ya if I never see you. I've gotta get rid of these things.
I'm excited to put up the Christmas tree I bought (from Value City, for $30 after my $10 coupon). I was going to wait until after Thanksgiving, but I don't think I want to anymore. So probably tonight or tomorrow. I want to Christmas-ify our apartment. I just need to find my other Christmas decorations. And people will be amazed when the come over and see my apartment/Christmas wonderland. Ha.
Posted by Rachel at 3:33 PM |
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Happy birthday Anna!
Since you aren't online so I can tell you, I'll tell you here.
Yay for 20! :P
Posted by Rachel at 4:12 PM |
Monday, November 14, 2005
Last night was our Christmas meeting for work (I think basically everyone had their Christmas meeting last night; Bath & Body Works next door was still going at it when I left). We split up into groups and did different little activities. There was a game - a wheel of fortune sort of game, only in the sense that we used a wheel with points values. My team won first place, which resulted in being awarded a Take 5 bar, my favorite of the moment. This was more exciting for me than the extra 5 minutes for break that we get on our next shift.I was a fashion model too, woo hoo. A select few of us (i.e., the ones who volunteered) were chosen to assemble an outfit out of the "latest winter fashions" that Old Navy carries.
Perhaps the most notable news of the evening was that we're allowed to get overtime hours during the Holiday Season this year. Last year we were allowed to average over 30 hours for a couple weeks, but we definitely couldn't go above 40. But this year we can, which means that I don't have to try for a second job to get extra money over my Christmas break...My manager said that they're only hiring 3-4 extra people total for Christmas so that the current employees can pick up the extra hours.
We used to get "on-call" shifts, where we'd have to call 2 hours beforehand to see if they needed us to come in or not. I disliked them because you couldn't make plans for the day until then. They stopped doing this a few months ago and I'm hoping they don't start them again during Christmas. So far no word that they will, but they never told us they were stopping them, either...
Only 41 Shopping Days left til Christmas! And that's counting today.
Posted by Rachel at 11:40 AM |
Thursday, November 10, 2005
hooray for picturesSo it took me a little longer than expected, but here they are. I'll just go in the order they were taken (I think).
Me and Ryan: me a goth fairy thing, Ryan a Jack Sparrow pirate.
Marae and Kelly as goddesses. Anna as a whore dressed up like a cowgirl (j/k...haha). I like this pic, it's pretty much my favorite one.
A drunk Jeff as Willy Wonka, Johnny Depp style.
Alex as a priest denying his love for small boys (or just drunk as well).
Dan as The Joker (Jack Nicholson style, plaid pants and everything [even though you can't tell here]).
I helped do his makeup. Which could be why mine looks sorta crappy.
Matt was a plumber. :P
Those are the important ones. I'm pretty sure I got at least one of everyone on here. At least, one of everyone that I got a picture of.
Posted by Rachel at 11:49 PM |
Tuesday, November 08, 2005
school-related thingsI got my schedule in order yesterday and registered for winter semester. Here it is:
Tuesday:
1130-1250: Sociology 112: Intro to Anthropology (my required honors class of the year)
100-220: GS 100 - Intro to Gender Studies (I'm just taking this one because my previous experience with gender studies has proved interesting)
230-350: Geology 101 (a required class - fills both my science requirement and a Communication Intensive requirement)
600-850: Intro to Black and White photography (now I just need to buy a camera...)
Wednesday:
400-650: Political Science 100 (also a required Gen ed)
Thursday: same as Tuesday
Yeah, that's right, I don't have to be to school before 1130 ever next semester; I get to sleep in EVERY DAY (other than days I work). I have to go 3 days a week, instead of two like this semester, but eh well. It's worth it. Especially since my photography class is 6 hours a week instead of the usual 3, but is still only 3 credits (darn lab classes). I have 15 credits altogether.
In other news, I finally got my financial aid check yesterday as well. A $625 check to do whatever I please. Unfortunately, it isn't too exciting, because I'm going to pay bills and start a savings account. The check I get for winter semester, however, might be a little more freely available for shopping...
Posted by Rachel at 10:03 AM |
Thursday, November 03, 2005
This morning I had a dream that I went to work with Dan for some reason or another (only it was different from his real-life work). There was this girl there that apparently he worked with. And I assume they were friends, because she wanted to play some game with him or something (I'll not elaborate, because it was weird and hard to explain) but then she leaned in and started kissing him. And I was standing there, watching her lean in, and trusting him to stop her. But he didn't push her away, and I wanted to slap her or punch her or something, but for some reason I physically couldn't. Finally I think I was able to push her and she disappeared, and then he was laying on like a bed or a mattress or something, telling me how this was why he didn't want to move in with me, because he wouldn't be able to go anywhere to be alone. So I gathered up all my stuff and left, only somehow I was like in a mall, leaving a store...he followed behind me, trying to get me to stop and let him apologize. So in my head I decided that if it was worth it to him to follow me all the way to the exit and outside, I'd stop and listen to him. But he didn't; he stopped as I walked through the food court and let me go.Anyway. There was more to it but it's not relevant. When my alarm went off and we woke up, I told him about the girl in my dream and I said, "You're not going to leave me for some girl you work with, are you?" (even though there's like no women where he works). He was like, "Serious questions this early in the morning?" And he wouldn't answer me. He said it was a ridiculous question. It's like, don't I deserve a straight answer? If it's so ridiculous, then why doesn't he just answer it and move on?
I'm retarded, but it made me feel like crap. I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd like a little reassurance every now and then, especially since I can NEVER tell what he's thinking. He thinks questions like that are stupid. But I want to be reassured. I'm not just going to assume that he feels as strongly about me as I want him to. I want to KNOW that he does (or maybe doesn't). But of course he won't tell me. Matt has hinted around that Dan has talked to him about me (good things, I think...) but of course he won't say anything more. So how am I supposed to know? He's told me before that if he did want to leave, he would. But he's pointed out too that we have "a lot of time invested" in each other. Which apparently is a deterrent for leaving, maybe? I don't know.
Ugh. Enough of my emotional/relationship problems.
Posted by Rachel at 10:02 AM |
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
So I'll admit, the party weekend was a little bit of a disappointment. I had fun, mind you, just not as much fun as I'd anticipated having. I couldn't get my hair the way I wanted it to for my costume (plus the crappy red dye I bought wouldn't stick, so my hair is sort of a faded pinkish brown, if you can imagine it), and my fairy wings were more of a nuisance than anything - trying to maneuver through crowds of drunk people while wearing them just wasn't happening.I'd post a picture, but nobody took one. I have several of me with other people in them though, from anna's party. I didn't bring my camera to the parties Friday night. Dan, Jeff, and I went to Atom's party first, but I only knew like 3 people (him, Noah [his bro] and Jared [one of his roommates]). All 3 of them were busy with other party people, so we left and went to a Halloween party hosted by some of the people I work with. That one was a little more fun - sadly though, it was the first time I've hung out with anyone I work with outside of work. One of the drawbacks of keeping to myself all the time, I guess. Some of them are pretty fun people. I was tired that night though. And irritable too, according to Dan and Jeff.
Maybe because I hadn't been eating much the previous couple days. I dunno why, but I just hadn't been hungry. I haven't been much recently, either.
Moving on. Anna's party showed more promise on Saturday night, until people started pissing me off. Like the girls who came over from the party across the street to start shit with Ryan (long story, those who need to know it already do), among other things. And the asshole who threw a full cup of something at me while they drove by as I was getting into my car. I swear, if I could have caught up to that person, I would have punched him/her (probably a him, guys seem to be bigger assholes than girls when drunk) in the face. Regardless of whether he/she could have kicked my ass.
There were good parts too though, which maybe I'll get to later. Along with pictures. Aren't you excited?
