Thursday 5:05 am, I roll out of bed and curse myself because I wanted to be on the road at 5. We actually are on the road at 5:45 and I wonder how the hell I'm going to drive 12 hours when I'm tired as a whore who just worked 20 hours. After a 30 minute Wal-Mart stop in Kilgore, TX and 5 bathroom stops for Kendra, we make it to Alabama. I think we saw 320 billion trees on the way there. Mississippi is really pretty, but they should consider putting up some billboards along I-20 so people have something to look at besides trees.
We got to the hotel around 6:30. An hour & a half later than I expected. (Sorry, Ev.) The hotel was ok - I think we were the only ones checked in, so that was a little creepy. Evan had to work on Friday & Saturday because a bunch of people quit. We met him for lunch on Friday and then went to Clay & Tony's in Atlanta Friday night.
Tony did a great job with directions even after I woke him from a dead sleep to get them. :) Got there around 9 or 10 and then headed to a bar. I did a shot of goldschlager which tastes like crap ---- I don't know why I ever liked it. Then Clay was on a mission to get me drunk, so I had um, 3 or 4 buttery nipple shots. He succeeded. We played darts and Tony won. Other than me hitting the eraser, there were no major damages done. We left the bar around 3:30 or 4 and went to Kroger. Kendra & Clay got in the motorized wheel chairs and wheeled around the store while Tony & I took turns laughing at them & being embarrassed by them. :)
Saturday we went to Linda's (Clay's mom) apartment & ate at this cool place called Vortex. It's in 5 points which is like South Street in Philly. Bunch of shops and strange looking people who I'm sure are very nice. We went to Target and then went home. Kendra made us Chicken Spaghetti for dinner and it was very yummy. It was an early night since we were all tired from the night before.
Sunday we left around 12:30 to go back to Alabama. Met up with Evan and went to this bar called On Tap. We had to "join" for a dollar so they would serve us. So I'm now a member of some bar in Alabama. I had 8 buttery nipple shots and was a little tipsy, but definitely not drunk. It musta been the goldschlager Friday night. We went to Winn-Dixie & Kendra bought stuff to make lasagna which we had for dinner. It was also very good. Wonder how much I'd have to pay her to cook for me on a regular basis?
We (Kendra & I) got Yahtzee and we played it for a few hours. Mostly just to shake the dice in the cup because it was on Evan's last nerve. We met his roomie Chad who seems nice although he got me the wrong cigarettes after I specifically told him to take the box. Since I'm a princess, that irritated me a tad, but I got over it rather quickly. Incorrect menthols are better than none at all.
We also met their friend Mike who I didn't really talk to. He started a debate about how kids will be teased more because they have gay parents & it's wrong to bring a child into something like that. I kind of understood his point, but my point was that kids are teased for everything: Not being in the right clothes, their parents not working the right kind of jobs, etc. They aren't teased *more* because their parents are gay --- there aren't degrees to the teasing. He didn't get it, although he did say his son is teased for having red hair. (which proved the point I was trying to make). You can't shield your kids from teasing. All you can do is teach them how to deal with it and hopefully they won't turn into a psycho killer.
Went to bed around 2. Kendra wanted to leave around 8, I said 9. We hit the road at 9:15. Evan didn't say goodbye to me - that's not his thing. It's not mine either. :) Whenever I visit Harrisburg, I hang out with my friends & when leaving, I say "see ya" - that's it. No long drawn out dramatics.
The drive back was going very well - we were making great time. Until we hit Terrell, TX. We'd received 6 weather/traffic reports) on Kendra's cellphone (Thanks Patty, Kendra's Mom, Kendra's Sister, Landon, Tom & Evan!) so we knew that the sleet and snow had hit the Metroplex. We were about 47 miles east of Dallas when all the sudden, we came to a halt on I-20. And I mean a HALT. We weren't moving at all. We sat there for 55 minutes before we moved more than 10 feet. Out came the Yahtzee again, but we only played one game. I lost one of the dice after my first roll and we spent about 10 minutes searching for it before Kendra found it under her seat. Once we hit a gas station & took care of some business, we were on the road again to Dallas. We couldn't drive over 30 because of the road conditions. It took us an hour to go 30 miles.
We made it safely to Kendra's house in Plano and were greeted by her mom & sister. Her mom is so nice. They let me stay there last night and it was the best night's sleep I had in a long time. The call center is closed today due to the weather. The news says it's the worst winter weather to hit DFW in 20 years.
When I woke up this morning, Kendra's mom made breakfast - scrambled eggs, potatoes & Kendra made sausage balls. It sounds gross but it was sausage, cheese & onion all made into meatball shaped things & baked. It was excellent like everything Kendra seems to make. After we ate breakfast I hung out for awhile & decided to venture home. I missed my hubby & my sims lol
The 1 hour trip from Plano took me 2 hours, but I got home safely. Called a lady back who called me about a resume I submitted. I got a preliminary phone interview & guess what! She's scheduling me for an interview!!! I *finally* got an interview. YAY! Go me, Go me. :)
That's it - update from hell. Sorry. I'll be back to the boring stuff tomorrow.
posted by Chris O. @ 2/25/2003 01:41:00 PM
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