This morning was a nightmare. Even though I got to sleep in, it was still not too great. I went to Delray to work today instead of Good Sam, and that is a half hour shorter drive than going to Good Sam. I got there ad as usual the little old ladies at the front desk wouldnt let me in. I have my Tenet badge and everything, but they wont let me pass. I always I have to stand there for about 10 minutes trying to get a hold of Julia to come and get me from the other side of the campus. Its ridiculous. Anyways, once I got inside Delray I went to the Heart Walk kick off breakfast, where I saw bob Krieger and he saud "Oh hello there Kate! Good morning!" Fuck. I cant remember if I wrote about this, but I saw him at the Jacksonville airport a few weeks ago and assumed he didnt recognize me and I blew him off. Apparently he did. So THAT was awkward.
After that I just sat around Julia's office with nothing to do, and I texted Jessica and I ended up being rescued by her and Shelley. I was supposed to meet them for lunch in Delray, but first I had to go and get some pictures developed for Julia. I went to 4 different CVS and Walgreens stores trying to find a place that could do one hour from one of the CD/card reader machines. Finally I found a place, but everyone that worked there was an asshole, AND it was pouring rain. So I was in full fledged bitch mode. When I finally figured all of that out I went to meet up with Jessica and Shelley. At Subway. Shoot me. All they said was "Subway on Jog Rd." So I got there, and apparently there are 2 Subways on Jog Rd. By the time I got to the other place I was so stressed and angry I was near tears. Jessica didnt realize just how frazzles I was until I sat down with my drink, which was full of ice. Her face was priceless. She knows about my deep set aversion to ice, and at that moment she knew my day was a wreck. So fixed my drink for me, then made plans for me to go back to Delray and get my stuff and tag along with her and Shelley for the afternoon meeting with physicians. That was so much better. We got my stuff and went to Starbucks, and I calmed down and enjoyed my afternoon.
Tonight I did nothing but watch Clueless for the first time ever. I fail at life, basically.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Day 62 - Week Six, Wednesday
Today was work. Usual. Then Jessica and I went out to dinner and shopping in Boca. I am going to miss her so much when I leave. She is adorable.
Although, I realized something very odd about myself this morning as I was blow drying my hair. Its one of things that I do all the time, and I am aware of it, but not AWARE aware. Whenever I am drying my hair, or taking a shower, or stuck in traffic, I find myself saying the same word over and over in my head, with different inflections each time: canapes. "Caaanapes. Canahhpes. Canapayyyys." I have a problem.
Although, I realized something very odd about myself this morning as I was blow drying my hair. Its one of things that I do all the time, and I am aware of it, but not AWARE aware. Whenever I am drying my hair, or taking a shower, or stuck in traffic, I find myself saying the same word over and over in my head, with different inflections each time: canapes. "Caaanapes. Canahhpes. Canapayyyys." I have a problem.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Day 61 - Week Six, Tuesday
Honestly, nothing happened today. At all. My ceiling leaked. I ate a grilled cheese for lunch. I wore pants. The End.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Day 60 - Jenn, Work (Week Six, Monday)
This morning Jenn and I woke up and went to get breakfast in West Palm at the Chickfila near Good Sam. Then I went to work. And that was that.
(650): the ice cream truck is coming omgomg
(1-650): dude, it's 2 am.
(650): but its COMING
(650): the ice cream truck is coming omgomg
(1-650): dude, it's 2 am.
(650): but its COMING
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Day 59 - West Palm, Breakers, Las Olas
Today was so much fun. It seriously felt like it was a week long. We woke up early this morning, at around 7:30, but we didn’t 100% wake up and get out of bed until 8:30. We headed up to West Palm so that we could go to the beach there and whatnot.
I wanted to take one of those Duck Boat tours of West Palm, so we drove there first, but the tours ended up being like $20 so we didn’t go on that. Instead we went to Palm Beach and to the Breakers. It is so pretty there. We walked around and took pictures and explored. Then we had lunch there, but I remembered it being pretty reasonable. Apparently not. Lunch was still fun. We had a good seat right by the window over looking the beach. Our waiter was so hot. Omg. Unfortunately he offered to bring us crayons so that we could color in our kid’s menus…. He took pictures of us and he was really sweet. He asked where we are from, and Jenn told him that I am interning here while she is from Jacksonville. Later on he asked me where I am “externing.” Um. Alright.
We left the Breakers and drove down Ocean and Worth Avenue, then got out and walked on the beach for a bit. The sand was scalding. I already had a small blister on the bottom of one of my feet but now it is so much worse. The water was beautiful though. The water at Ponte Vedra is brown and gross, but here is amazing and blue. I wanted to go swimming so badly.
We left Palm Beach and went to the mall at Boca, where I got a new dress and Jenn got a bunch of stuff. I thought about driving down to south Beach, but that takes a bit more planning. We ended up having a relaxing afternoon lying out by the pool and swimming on the roof.
We went to Samba Room tonight for dinner with Marsha. When we got there, there was music playing and all this cool art everywhere outside on the patio area. Apparently every Sunday night they have an art party right there. We ate our delicious dinners and I discovered that I love plantain chips, which I did not expect. Afterwards Jenn I went on a walk down to Yachtland and stopped in the shops along the way. And of course took more pictures. On the way back from Yachtland we were playing “Dare or Dare” but that just turned into doing a video project. We stopped random people and asked then what makes them happiest in life, and we got a lot of good answers. The very first couple we ask was two older gay men, and when I asked them one turned to the other and they kissed. And that was their answer. It was adorable. Some people said things like family, friends, etc. But there was this one guy who was walking along, holding a cup of coffee, and his eyes were about a mile wide. I stopped him and immediately h was like, “What? Can I help you? Do you need a picture?!” All in one breath and super fast. He was quite hyper. He and his wife were also a cute couple. His answer was “Good health, the people I love, and motorcycle racing. Yeah that’s about it.” Then he tried to get his wife to say motorcycle racing as well. Funny, she mentioned their kids and he didn’t.
We also asked a homeless man who had the most hilarious answer. Something about woman wearing pretty things and leaving a little bit to the imagination, and smoking cigarettes and throwing up on people that disagree. It was my turn to ask the question and Jenn had to jump in since I had no response to that one.
On the way back we walked back to Samba Room since we were going to buy some of the art. We met the guy that is in charge of all of it and he was really nice. He gestured to a table of drinks and was like, “go on have whatever, this is your house!” And we just got some water and he said, “oh that’s just water…” There were two pitchers on the table and one looked like wine. So Jenn was going to get some, but he said it was Mountain Dew. Ew. It did not look like Mountain Dew. We kept sipping the water and he brought us some cranberry juice and said, “Here this is to mix with the vodka!” Oooooh. So basically we ended up sitting on the artist’s couch, drinking the mango vodka reserved for the artist, and talking to the guy who is in charge of these events. He got my info and I may do it in December. That would be fun. As we were leaving he invited us to come with him to the Viper Room tonight, and it is gay night. He was like, “Yeah you come in, sit down in the back room, smoke a joint, enjoy a drag show and have fun!” We wanted to go, but I told him I had work in the morning. He said he would make sure that he kicked us out by 2:30, but I couldn’t do it. He was so sweet.
Today was so much fun. Seriously, it felt like we did a week's worth of stuff. I am glad Jenn came down to visit. I only have another week of work, then home for good1 Hoorah!
I wanted to take one of those Duck Boat tours of West Palm, so we drove there first, but the tours ended up being like $20 so we didn’t go on that. Instead we went to Palm Beach and to the Breakers. It is so pretty there. We walked around and took pictures and explored. Then we had lunch there, but I remembered it being pretty reasonable. Apparently not. Lunch was still fun. We had a good seat right by the window over looking the beach. Our waiter was so hot. Omg. Unfortunately he offered to bring us crayons so that we could color in our kid’s menus…. He took pictures of us and he was really sweet. He asked where we are from, and Jenn told him that I am interning here while she is from Jacksonville. Later on he asked me where I am “externing.” Um. Alright.
We left the Breakers and drove down Ocean and Worth Avenue, then got out and walked on the beach for a bit. The sand was scalding. I already had a small blister on the bottom of one of my feet but now it is so much worse. The water was beautiful though. The water at Ponte Vedra is brown and gross, but here is amazing and blue. I wanted to go swimming so badly.
We left Palm Beach and went to the mall at Boca, where I got a new dress and Jenn got a bunch of stuff. I thought about driving down to south Beach, but that takes a bit more planning. We ended up having a relaxing afternoon lying out by the pool and swimming on the roof.
We went to Samba Room tonight for dinner with Marsha. When we got there, there was music playing and all this cool art everywhere outside on the patio area. Apparently every Sunday night they have an art party right there. We ate our delicious dinners and I discovered that I love plantain chips, which I did not expect. Afterwards Jenn I went on a walk down to Yachtland and stopped in the shops along the way. And of course took more pictures. On the way back from Yachtland we were playing “Dare or Dare” but that just turned into doing a video project. We stopped random people and asked then what makes them happiest in life, and we got a lot of good answers. The very first couple we ask was two older gay men, and when I asked them one turned to the other and they kissed. And that was their answer. It was adorable. Some people said things like family, friends, etc. But there was this one guy who was walking along, holding a cup of coffee, and his eyes were about a mile wide. I stopped him and immediately h was like, “What? Can I help you? Do you need a picture?!” All in one breath and super fast. He was quite hyper. He and his wife were also a cute couple. His answer was “Good health, the people I love, and motorcycle racing. Yeah that’s about it.” Then he tried to get his wife to say motorcycle racing as well. Funny, she mentioned their kids and he didn’t.
We also asked a homeless man who had the most hilarious answer. Something about woman wearing pretty things and leaving a little bit to the imagination, and smoking cigarettes and throwing up on people that disagree. It was my turn to ask the question and Jenn had to jump in since I had no response to that one.
On the way back we walked back to Samba Room since we were going to buy some of the art. We met the guy that is in charge of all of it and he was really nice. He gestured to a table of drinks and was like, “go on have whatever, this is your house!” And we just got some water and he said, “oh that’s just water…” There were two pitchers on the table and one looked like wine. So Jenn was going to get some, but he said it was Mountain Dew. Ew. It did not look like Mountain Dew. We kept sipping the water and he brought us some cranberry juice and said, “Here this is to mix with the vodka!” Oooooh. So basically we ended up sitting on the artist’s couch, drinking the mango vodka reserved for the artist, and talking to the guy who is in charge of these events. He got my info and I may do it in December. That would be fun. As we were leaving he invited us to come with him to the Viper Room tonight, and it is gay night. He was like, “Yeah you come in, sit down in the back room, smoke a joint, enjoy a drag show and have fun!” We wanted to go, but I told him I had work in the morning. He said he would make sure that he kicked us out by 2:30, but I couldn’t do it. He was so sweet.
Today was so much fun. Seriously, it felt like we did a week's worth of stuff. I am glad Jenn came down to visit. I only have another week of work, then home for good1 Hoorah!
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Day 58 - Week Five... Saturday?
I had to get up early this morning and work from West Palm. The health fair was today and I volunteered to do that. It was pretty boring, and Dr. Addo only gave physicals to about 7 kids. So for the most part I sat around that played the Sims today.
After I left the health fair I went to Home Depot to buy some flower seeds for a DH Mission, but they were sold out. How can you sell out of flower seeds? I didn’t think that was possible. So instead I went to Lowes, got some seeds and finally made it home. On my way I had to get gas and I stopped at every single gas station but they were all packed. I was going to run out of gas, and I was in the ghetto No good. Eventually I got gas and made it back. Once I got back I cleaned the kitchen and my bathroom and took a nap. I fell asleep around 3, and I didn’t wake up until 8. Thank god I woke up. Right when I woke up and saw the time I texted Jenn to ask where she was and she was bout to turn on my street. I ran downstairs and waited for her, and one of the valet guys was standing on the corner smoking, and watching me bounce from foot to foot waiting on Jenn. When she finally got there I was helping her out of the car and he said in very broken English, “Is this your best friend?” which is a weird thing to ask someone in general. He continues to creep me out.
Anyways, Jenn and I went straight to Mangoes for dinner, and that was delicious. Afterward we walked down to the Riverfront and saw Bruno. I am the type of person that is difficult to offend, and thank god for that. Otherwise I would have left after the first 5 minutes of this movie. It was hilarious. I never saw Borat, I don’t intend to. Bruno was so funny. We left the theater and it was raining, so we tried to huddle underneath the umbrella and run at the same time. It ended up making me run like a sideways hunchback and Jenn was doing some weird sideways crab walk. It was the funniest thing. We were running and yelling and laughing and almost getting run over until we realized it wasn’t really raining and all of our hooplah was really unnecessary. We were passing the parking garage by the museum and we saw the ice cream truck drive by. We both got really excited, then realized “Wait, it is midnight downtown Fort Lauderdale. Why would there be an ice cream truck?” there was a guy and a girl in the truck so we just figured that they were on a date. That would be a weird date. We rounded the corner and then the music started playing. I literally threw my umbrella out of excitement. We turned back around and got ice cream and happily walked back to the apartment.
After I left the health fair I went to Home Depot to buy some flower seeds for a DH Mission, but they were sold out. How can you sell out of flower seeds? I didn’t think that was possible. So instead I went to Lowes, got some seeds and finally made it home. On my way I had to get gas and I stopped at every single gas station but they were all packed. I was going to run out of gas, and I was in the ghetto No good. Eventually I got gas and made it back. Once I got back I cleaned the kitchen and my bathroom and took a nap. I fell asleep around 3, and I didn’t wake up until 8. Thank god I woke up. Right when I woke up and saw the time I texted Jenn to ask where she was and she was bout to turn on my street. I ran downstairs and waited for her, and one of the valet guys was standing on the corner smoking, and watching me bounce from foot to foot waiting on Jenn. When she finally got there I was helping her out of the car and he said in very broken English, “Is this your best friend?” which is a weird thing to ask someone in general. He continues to creep me out.
Anyways, Jenn and I went straight to Mangoes for dinner, and that was delicious. Afterward we walked down to the Riverfront and saw Bruno. I am the type of person that is difficult to offend, and thank god for that. Otherwise I would have left after the first 5 minutes of this movie. It was hilarious. I never saw Borat, I don’t intend to. Bruno was so funny. We left the theater and it was raining, so we tried to huddle underneath the umbrella and run at the same time. It ended up making me run like a sideways hunchback and Jenn was doing some weird sideways crab walk. It was the funniest thing. We were running and yelling and laughing and almost getting run over until we realized it wasn’t really raining and all of our hooplah was really unnecessary. We were passing the parking garage by the museum and we saw the ice cream truck drive by. We both got really excited, then realized “Wait, it is midnight downtown Fort Lauderdale. Why would there be an ice cream truck?” there was a guy and a girl in the truck so we just figured that they were on a date. That would be a weird date. We rounded the corner and then the music started playing. I literally threw my umbrella out of excitement. We turned back around and got ice cream and happily walked back to the apartment.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Day 57 - Week Five, Friday
This morning started off terribly. Although I got to sleep in, it was still miserable. I rolled out of bed about an hour and a half after I usually am supposed to, and then Jenn called. She said that she has to work tomorrow so she can’t come down anymore. Ugh. I was about to cry. But then she said that she may be able to get Monday morning off from the UPS store so she could just come down after work on Saturday then leave Monday morning. So ended up getting Monday morning off so she is going to do that.
I worked out of Delray today and that was a nice change of pace. I took pictures of the hospital and staff for the website and newsletter and then Julia let me leave early. At like, 1. So I put my afternoon to good use. I went to Kinko’s and CVS and got some stuff ready to get some David Horvitz missions done. I did a bunch today, and those are posted at KateListensToDavid.blogspot.com.
I came home this evening after walking around Las Olas for a few hours, gross and sweaty, and I played Pokémon for a good few hours. I am about to go to bed, since I have to work tomorrow, even though it is Saturday. Blah.
I worked out of Delray today and that was a nice change of pace. I took pictures of the hospital and staff for the website and newsletter and then Julia let me leave early. At like, 1. So I put my afternoon to good use. I went to Kinko’s and CVS and got some stuff ready to get some David Horvitz missions done. I did a bunch today, and those are posted at KateListensToDavid.blogspot.com.
I came home this evening after walking around Las Olas for a few hours, gross and sweaty, and I played Pokémon for a good few hours. I am about to go to bed, since I have to work tomorrow, even though it is Saturday. Blah.
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