It's list time
What You've Missed or What I Should Have Written About During The Past Week:
1. Travis came to visit for his Birthday. He arrived Wed (April 10) night and left Sunday night. I took off work Thursday and Friday and we had a blast. His BDay was Thursday and it POURED allllll day long. We spent the day in Schaumburg and went to IKEA and picked out our future furniture and also ventured for the first time to the ginormous Woodfield Mall. It is HUGE and has everything so much that we had little to on Saturday when we went downtown. I got the jacket I have been eyeing for months at H&M: it's a windbreaker with a topographical map design all over it. I love how 3 out of 4 of my most recent H&M purchases have been in the men's department. Anyway, there are jackets and hats and pants and it's silly but I adore it and found one that is charcoal with a black pattern that has a very nice subtly about it. THEN we went to the OTHER Nordstrom Rack (our regular one is downtown and there is another one in Oak Brook by where his old office was before it moved to downtown and that one we call the "other" Nordstrom Rack so the Schaumburg one is the "OTHER" one haha. Anyway, Travis got shoes right after noting that neither of us needed more shoes and that is really the only reason we go to NRack. Then we went back to the mall and ate at Red Robin because I never have and it's my name! (my screen name and many login names and email address that I made up before hearing about the restaurant for the obvious reasons that I have red hair and my middle name is Robin. Ha! I am clever!). It was delicious except for my Mango Margarita which was the most terrible thing I have ever tasted in a long time and luckily many people think so and they took it off the bill.
Oh, and the hilarious thing, I thought, about going to Ikea is that every time I go with Annie we miss the exit because there is this overpass right after it that hides Ikea, so you pass the exit and see the big glowing yellow letters and then the next exit is not for like 5 miles or something ridiculous! So I told Travis this and noted that we would not miss it finally because we had the GPS. Well, even with the GPS we missed it! I blame GPS voice for saying to exit right only once and not far enough ahead of time. Well it made for a good laugh...
2. Friday we went to Wal-Mart and then to the grocery. I wore my new jacket and it was excellent. I think we were lazy the rest of the day and drank some fruity alcohol and watched Roxanne and Hot Fuzz.
3. Oh but BEFORE that we came back from the grocery and then took a non-nap while laying on the bed for a while and THEN...well I have this big star bean bag ottoman thing that the cats LOVE like nothing else (except perhaps Doritos) and so they were settled on that and we decided to get up and go to the other room to watch more Heroes. So Travis picked up the entire star to take to the other room with the cats still on it. It was hilarious and I bounded down the hall to go open the door to the other room. But my hardwood floor decided to take a bite out of my foot! There is a loose end of a board that is sort of springy and I stepped on it while bounding and I guess because I was bounding it went down pretty far and when my weight shifted off of it the board pinched the side of my foot against the adjacent board and actually pinched off a good size hunk of skin. At first I thought it just pinched it...you know when you get pinched and it doesn't break the skin and bleeds on the inside a bit and hurts like hell? That's what it felt like and I collapsed inside the room cursing the pain and it even LOOKED like that too....and then it started actually bleeding....and bleeding and bleeding and bleeding! eek! I hopped to the bathroom and started rinsing it in the tub while I sent Travis to fetch my neosporin and band aids. It took a while to stop the bleeding and hurt like hell.
4. Because I hurt my foot Travis said we should watch Enchanted. Muhahahaha! He didn't really enjoy it but it was a sweet gesture. He DID find my favorite part as hilarious as I do, which made me happy. The part where Edward is in the park and hears Giselle...it's the part RIGHT BEFORE the commercials where he jumps off a bridge and starts to sing and is run over by bicyclists. Well right before that the shouts, "GISELLE!" and bites his fist. I die every time!
THEN Travis decided it was time for him to watch Heroes. Yay Netflix Watch Instantly! I love it so!
5. Saturday we were going to go to the Aquarium but go started so late and then the train was broken and stopped for a while so we decided to go on Sunday instead. So we hung out downtown and I hobbled around and had a lot of trouble getting my foot into a shoe but did and found a way to walk. We ate at Big Bowl and had the exact same thing we did before because it was so damn delicious. Then we came home and watched more Heroes and I discovered Netflix changed it's Watch Instantly rules and it's now UNLIMITED! YAY! That was the most exciting news.
6. We did not end up going to the Aquarium on Sunday because we were feeling lazy. We spent the day laying in bed watching MORE Heroes until the end of Season 1. Then Travis had to go home :( But it was a lovely weekend minus the foot incident.
7. I quit my job on Wednesday. Yes, some more bullshit happened that was the straw that broke the camel's back and I realized I could not return on Monday. So I had a fabulous weekend and after Travis left I was all over Careerbuilder and Mosnter.com
8. Monday I didn't show up for work and the fools sent me a TEXT message "r u coming" and then called but did not leave a message. I continued applying for jobs.
9. Tuesday I got another text similar to Monday's as well as 2 calls and finally a message. They didn't get the hint that I was done with them...fools.
10. Tuesday I also realized that I had no income and even if I got a job right away I wouldn't get a paycheck in time for rent. I panicked and cried and almost called old job to say I would be back on Wednesday and Travis said I would be happier struggling with money than staying at my old job even if I was working at McDonald's. It's true.
11. Tuesday night I cried some more and freaked out some more and watched Empire of the Sun and Of Mice and Men and should have been watching happy movies instead. At least Empire of the Sun had a very happy ending after 2 1/2 hours of horrible war conditions.
12. Wed morning I applied to over 50 ads on Craigslist and then cried an ocean of tears and cried so hard I almost threw up. Then I got calls and had 3 interviews scheduled. Then 4. Then I asked someone to lend me money for rent and they said yes. Calming down. Did I watch a movie? hmmm. Oh yes I moved my laptop back to my living room because I had been sitting on my bed for 4 days straight. I watched Big Fish and chatted with Travisty online and left a bunch of people comments on MySpace randomly around midnight.
13. This morning I was getting ready for today's 2 interviews and got 3 calls. I called one back and suddenly had a 3rd interview today. Goodness.
14. I went to #1 and was late but they didn't notice. Stupid bus!! It was great and they loved me and I barely said anything haha. The 3rd guy I talked to there was the main guy and said that the other guys loved me and he doesn't like doing interviews but had one more today and would give me a call after 4.
15. Interview #2 also loved me but I didn't love them as much. It's a small family owned company and I've done the family owned thing and immediately that was a red flag for me. And I like small but the description just sounded like a lot more work/responsibility/RIDICULOUS amount of organization than I'm willing to do for only 5 months, and they say it takes about 6 months to REALLY get the hang of it. Oh, I have told no one I am moving. Then I would never get a job.
16. Interview #3 was at Staffing Agency #3 for me. I must say I liked the feeling of this one the best so far and the girl I talked to was very friendly and through and also from St. Louis. And she was honest...she has something right now but it's only for 2 weeks. Right now they are busy but after 2 weeks when that is up they will probably be slow and there's not too much of a pattern to it. I mean...I would prefer a temp job because it's gonna be lame to get a job and then have to leave after 5 months but I would need a temp job that lasts 5 months! haha. Oh well.
17. Finally at 3 I was done and went to the Mart to have lunch with Annie. Finally food! mmmm burger. It was a fun time.
18. Then I went home and a little later I got a call from Interview #1 and they want to hire me and want me to start on Tuesday! HOORAY!!!! And to think I was stressed to tears yesterday! YAY I HAVE A NEW JOB! It's Thursday-Monday so my weekend will now be Tuesday and Wednesday, but I don't care because I am lame and and just lazy and sleepy on the weekends and now I can run errands in peace while everyone else is at work! And do laundry! The only sucky part will be if Travis comes to visit I have to work! But it's for the greater good because in a few months I will get him for always.
19. I forgot how damn good Big Fish is. Love it.
20. I wanted to have a 20. Hmm. So...here's to the end of the psychotic boss era! I'm going to have to write him a letter detailing why he forced me to leave.
