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December 17, 2004
Party, Irritable, and a great ending
Ok, so 3 1/2 hours sleep and up at 5am... Did I mention UGH!
So I am exhausted and have to work. Thank God I have that training which I can sleep in. Ok perhaps not sleep but avoid everyone and everything that comes in my way.
The training was only till noon. My main thought at that time was getting home and taking a nap knowing Josh would be there. At 1:30, we were all given the option of going to a Christmas function at Chevys in Alameda which is just down the road from Oakland. Heres the catch.
If you choose to go, you get to leave at 1:30 to make it to the function from 2-4. If you dont go, theres security regulations that state a manager must be present in the office otherwise no one can be there. Everyone originally agreed to go because who wants a manager to have to miss the Christmas lunch because of you.
As of around 11am, I started thinking I wanted to stay. Theres a few reasons I wanted to change my mind. 1) I wasnt in a social mood. 2) the people I actually do like there, decided not to go. 3) I wanted to get home around the same time as normal so I could spend some time with Josh and take a nap (we were going to dinner and the movies with Steve and Chad) and if I stayed till 4 I would be hitting the BART late and getting home later than normal.
The outcome: 1) The managers had no idea the other 2 people were staying so when I asked if I could, they made it sound like I would be the only one. I played it off as having flexibility and I would NEVER want to be *the one* who made them miss the event. So in a way, I felt forced to go to an event that was optional. 2) the 2 girls who were staying got to take vacation time (which I would have been more than happy to do) and they got out of it so they werent even there. 3) the girl who I rode with, who promised to leave around 3:30 was a bit late leaving (which was understandable) and that made me just a bit late getting to BART. 4) Muni was slow and delayed in getting me to Castro. 5) I had to stop to buy xmas cards since we didnt have time to finish the one we were making. 6) get home and Josh went out with our friend Rick. 7) Josh decided to pick up Christmas cards after I mentioned I was going to get them but forgot.
The only good part of the party was that I had free food, free margaritas, and a free cosmotequini. I was grateful for the drinks and food.
So with all of this I decided to be angry, cranky, miserable, and downright crabby. I knew I was tired and needed sleep so I laid down.
No sooner do I lay down, Chad comes knocking at the door. Ok its 5:30 pm, Steve doesnt get home till 7. Why is he here? If this continues, I may have to politely tell him that from the time I get home from work, till the time Steve gets home, is my "personal space" time which I like to have to myself. Its the only time I really get the apartment to myself and its only for about 2 hours.
Irritated now from being woken up less than 5 minutes after closing my eyes, I let him in, told him to make himself at home, and went back in the bedroom to try and nap. I couldnt get to sleep. Josh gets back, I decide the world hates me, and pretty much needed to get out of that mood. Just having Josh there helped and finally around 7:30, I was up and about and ready to try and take another shot at making somewhat of a good evening.
We decided against the movies but went to dinner at Chow. Expensive but good. I still dont know if it was worth the price but the bill may have been more expensive due to the bottle of Red Zin that we drank. We had a great time and on the way back, we stopped at Tower Video and I bought Harry Potter (Prisoner of Azkaban) and March of the Wooden Soldiers. Steve and Chad were in his bedroom which was nice to have alone time with Josh. We watched half the movie and by now it was about 11:45pm, I was definitely in a better mood, and tired enough to fall asleep. I went to sleep mumbling about how I could sleep forever. Guess forever is only till 7:30am, because thats what time I woke up.
Saturday will be much better......
Posted by Des at December 17, 2004 08:48 AM
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