A Tale of Two Nights

So it's been a couple of days since I've posted. I'm sorry. I don't necessarily feel sorrow about it, but I do apologize. What do you care if I post or not? Your lives don't require a post by yours truly, right? I sure hope not. . .

So yesterday I woke up and went to school:

PHILOSOPHY - More boringness. I was on less than 5 hours of sleep so I used my time in class to study more for my history test which was after this. I'm hoping for some excitement here soon. I have also been hoping for this for about 4 weeks now. Here's hoping. . .

HISTORY - Took the test. I'm pretty sure I got an A on it. There were less than 4 questions that I was unsure about. I like tests like this. They make me feel much better about myself. Yay for self-esteem boosters!

MATH - Got my test back from last week: 79. Boo for self-esteem knocker-downers. Not sure what happened, but I guess when each question is worth 10 points, you don't have much leeway. Here's more hoping that the next test goes better. I have an 89 in the class right now. Talk about hangin around!

So I left school and went to work to talk to one of my managers to see if I could switch over to Table Tender (that's Busser for those who don't understand) cuz I was fed up with my fellow hosts. I ended up talking to Charlie (the general manager) for almost 15 minutes and decided to give it a little more time. He said that a lot of our issues might be coming from the amount (at times up to 7) of hosts on at one time. Plus, Table Tender is not a move up, but a move across theoretically. There's nowhere to go from there. With a host, I can move up to Server at some point. I just gotta be patient.

I met my friend Justin at BAJA FRESH so that I could eat something, and then we went to BEST BUY. I bought the new FRANZ FERDINAND cd (which rocks - they're my guilty pleasure music - I have liked them since before they were really popular) and a new STRAYLIGHT RUN ep. It's only 6 songs, but it's almost a half hour long! It's pretty good; it's a lot like their full-length album.

We met up with Cy at the Mall and went to RED ROBIN so that he could eat (funny how most of our activities deal with food) and we could hang out. He is leaving for the Phillipines on the 23rd for about 6 months, so we're trying to hang out as much as we can before he goes. Justin and I are trying to get our parents to agree on letting us go over there his last week (around Spring Break) and then flying home with him. We'll see how that goes. . ha ha ha

So we ate some bottomless fries and then we headed our separate ways. I went upstairs and browsed the internet, trying to not focus on my work I had to do. I wounded up going downstairs at the tail end of dinner, and eating some pineapple - I was still full from my burrito. Around 1930 I laid on the couch to watch the baseball game and within 5 minutes - I kid you not - I was asleep. My brother woke up me up once very briefly, but I slept solidly til 1230 AM (that I guess would be 0030). I found my way to bed at that point. This was not a waste of a night. Just an early night. Those are okay occasionally.

So this morning I slept til almost 1000. Lots of sleep. Yay! I dilly-dallied for awhile and finally decided to work on some math homework after I ate some lunch. I got almost 2 lessons done and then I had to get ready for work. I thought I had to work at 1600 and I needed to run by STAPLES first, so I wanted to leave around 1520 or so. I did and I was at the STAPLES in Palmdale around 1530. I looked and could not find what I was looking for - overhead projector transparencies for math tomorrow - so I called my mom. She got them for me at a Teacher's Help Store (aren't mom's the greatest?) while I was at work.

Well, turns out I didn't work til 1630 so I had a half hour to kill. I headed to JAMBA JUICE to get my "Dinner". I drank that while sitting in the parking lot of my work listening to some FRANZ. I really like the CD. Then it was work time. I didn't feel like going, but I had to. Boo to that. But yay for money!

Tonight went really well. There were only 3 hosts on tonight, and we officially tore it up! I was stoked about how tonight went. We worked as a team and there was no bickering or anything. A Woohoo!!! I had to close, so I didn't get outta there til 2230. I came home and watched a TIVO'd episode of THE OFFICE from last night while eating a bowl of FRUIT LOOPS. The episode was funny and the cereal hit the spot.

So now I'm tired and I have to go to bed soon. I have to tie up a few loose ends in the math department, but that shouldn't take me too long. Sleep well all.

It's Thursday now. Almost Friday. Get to see Heather tomorrow! I'm stoked again - Restoked :D

- - - "Being a professional means doing your job on the days you don't feel like doing it."
- - - David Halberstam

Night,

JUSTIN