good old fashioned post
Time for a good old fashioned tell-you-about-my-weekend-and-such post... where to start... it's been interesting.

Friday was a good day, Jackie and I went to Target and bought some stuff for my room- new towels, and a small shelf unit to act as a pantry... it looks good... helps sort out what I have for food and stuff, instead of sticking it all in the bottom drawer of my nightstand/bureau. Went to Mama Fus for dinner, service sucked, their computer was down that transfers orders from the register to the kitchen, so they had to do it manually and peoples orders were wrong all over the place... which in the end really doesn't say much for the people who work the registers and the cooks attempting to read orders.. whatever... I got my food, but Jackie's food and our appetizer was no where to be seen... our server came over about 10 minutes later asking if we were missing something... uh yeah. They were apologetic, but they still weren't really making any extra effort given the situation. After all of that we got caught in the nasty rains that came around 8pm on Friday... not fun. Went to Borders, I got a cd the band Living Things, pretty good, but not as good as the reviews say, its good straight ahead hard rock, but their single is probably the best song on it... boo. Also got a magazine "Science of the Mind" a spiritual magazine that I would have never picked up if not for the cover article "2005 Spiritual Hero of the Year: Bono" Made a good read... talked about his religious side and how his faith directs some of his work... but then has to blatantly mentions that he drinks and partys and such.. yeah... it is a spiritual magazine. Came back to campus and hung out for a while before Jackie left for home.

Saturday was ok. Slept like 10 hours- 2am till about 12pm, got lunch, and by that time it was time to get ready for work. Worked a short mid shift.. 2:15-6:15pm, wound up being till 6:30, we were really busy all day so I stayed a bit after to help clean and make the store pretty for the closing shifts. Good timing thought, as soon as I got off, the womans basketball game was in half time, so I was able to sneek in and hang out with Jackie and drumline for the break and then the second half. Left right before the guys game, back to the room, ate dinner and got ready for bed. Why to bed so early? Well... Jeremy had to open the next morning at work 4:45am!!! Was all good though.. in bed by 9, watched some tv, talked to Jackie on her ride home from the game, and asleep by 11, hours of sleep was sufficient, given the 10 hours the night before lol.

Sunday... woke up at the ungodly hour of 4am to be at the store at 4:45am. Shift started smoothly enough.. can proudly say I had the first drink of East Blvd that day... had a triple grande soy black and white mocha in my hand by 5am so it was all good:) Had a rush from 6-6:30, lots of people getting off 3rd Shift at Carolina's Medical Center. Shift went well overall.. went quickly.. our 8-4pm midshifter called out (she was looking pretty ill on saturday so I'm not too surprised) so we were short a person all day.. but it was ok.. we got busy but the 3 of us: me, Jennifer, Elissa.. 3 of the most veteran employees there, handled it smoothly. Elissa and I have been with Starbucks for about 4 years, Jennifer's been around for a loooong time, mid 1990s I think. Eventually 1:15pm rolled around I headed out. Rested for a few hours and then met up with Jackie for church... yes my readers, you're favorite non-practicing half Jewish-half Catholic went to church! She and I were originally going to meet after mass to go to dinner and hang out, but then she asked and I decided to join her at mass. Was interesting.. and I now have this craving to go to Synagogue one of these Sundays. Went to Frank&Steins for dinner... good little place in the Stonecrest Plaza, kind of a Nathan's ripoff.. but pretty good nonetheless. Went to Borders and looked at some Grad school and scholarship books; got another cd, this one a lot better.. the band We Are Scientists, the best way to describe them- more rudimentary version of The Killers, or a less dancy version of Franz Ferdinand. But either way its a good cd.. and they ripped off a drum pattern from U2 for one song so of course that made me smile sheepishly. Went to bed around midnight.. and woke up around 8 this morning.. have some laundry going right now.. about to head out for some errands- Teeter, Borders to get the new Dave Barry book:) and some other things. Work 5-close tonight.. need to fit homework in there of course.

rock on.