Alabama + Graffiti

I am finally back from my week long vacation of awesomeness. I never knew that I could spend so much time with someone and only want more when I got home.

We left out of Atlanta on the 25th, and went down to the beautiful island paradise of Aruba. Yes yes, the place made famous by a girl who didn’t live too far from where i’m writing this very post. But this is not some crazy crime-ridden island; it could have happened anywhere. I won’t bore everyone with all the little details, but I’ll give some snippets, and possibly some pictures down the road.

Got into Aruba on Sunday, and since most places are closed on Sunday there, we went to this fun little restaurant called Mulligans. It sits close to a golf course and this thing called the Infinity Pool (which I will get to later,) and it was soo good. Went to bed early; everyone was tired from the traveling, but then the next day we were all up by 6. Went down to the beach all day, and had some dinner. Went to a grocery store, where we proceeded to buy the week’s liquor. That night, between the four of us, we drank an entire bottle of tequila in margaritas. Needless to say we would not be getting up at 6 the next day.

So on Tuesday, we went to do some sightseeing. Just a little of it, then it was off to the beach. Then to Jimmy’s for some bar fun. This guy Jimmy, he’s Asian, and he rememberd my dad and step-mom from the last time they were there. We soon became good friends with Jimmy. Ahh, yes, Jimmy and his frozen concoctions. Wednesday, we did a little more sightseeing, and then it was shopping day in downtown Oranjestad. I really wanted to find an inexpensive yellow diamond ring, just for fun, but that didnt’ happen. $6000 was the cheapest, so I said, yeah, nevermind. Didn’t really buy a whole lot, but it was fun walking around.

Thursday….Bennett and Dad played golf, while I hit the beach. Yet again. They joined me later, and then it was followed by Bennett’s and mine cooking day. We made lasagna ( I should say bennett did), and then some more drinking, and then picture taking time on the beach…

Friday…Baby beach. Snorkeling time! This place is well-known for it’s great snorkeling, so that’s what we did. Got back, went to the beach, then off to the casino! Bennett and I won a grand total of $12.50, but at least we didn’t lose anything! We tried to understand the game of three card poker, but it was slightly confusing . Not like I really know how to play real poker to begin with. Oh, I think I got those days mixed up. I think Friday was Soprano’s bar night. It was. Casino night was Thursday. Friday night we went on this thing called the Mi Dushi tour. It’s on an old sail boat, and it was so much fun. Can you say open bar? Then after that, off to dinner, and then to the Soprano’s bar. Fun stuff.

Saturday, Bennett and I went to the Infinity pool. IT’s this gigantic pool with a slide and a swim-up bar. I had never gone to a pool with a bar in it, so I definitely had to check this out. Got a pina colada. yum. And then that night, we went to downtown oranjestad for some late night fun, but it wasn’t really all that fun. We got ice cream and went home.

Ahhh, I miss it already. I want to go back. 🙁

So it seems that God is going to make my last few days before vacation impossible to deal with. maybe that’s His way of telling me to be grateful for the days i’m going to have off, but whatever. there are so many things that are getting me down…mainly these last few days of work. it’s a hard location on your own, and i’m tired of running it without a boss. and i’m not a weenie, i’m tired. I cannot run this place, nor am i paid to do so. And i got myself trapped into doing sales calls tomorrow, and i’m soo not a sales person. all because of stupid joel… MAN.

so then there’s this thing on my finger. It’s not really a wart, because it it were, it would have spread by now. but it hasn’t. I’ve had it there since i worked at ruby tuesday and I blame the hot plates that I carried around there. But bennett has mentioned it more than once, and mind you, this is something that i never really noticed. I mean I knew it was there, but it didn’t really bother me much. I guess it bothered him though. so I’ve been wearing these wart remover things, because you couldn’t pay me to use over-the-counter burn off yourself things. no thanks. but these things aren’t completely painless either. they actually burn sometimes, so i guess the completely avoiding the burning thing can’t happen when you’re using something to take one of these off. i refuse to say it’s a wart, because it isn’t. maybe that’s why it’s not working….

anyway, I, in my musical prowessness, have found a new guy that I actually really like. His name is justin nozuka, and I bought his CD for $8 at some music store a couple weekends ago. i didn’t actually discover him, I found him on VH1’s you oughta know, but he’s really good. his song that’s on there is “after tonight,”. you should check it out on youtube or your song downloading thing of choice.

anyway that’s all. 30 mins and i’m out.

When this week first started, I knew it was going to be a slow one, because I have something to look forward to. I finally got the phone survey; came in all its lovely glory yesterday afternoon. I rocked it, I think.

The new 280 opened, and that is my residence for this Tuesday. It’s nice in here; it smells good. they have those mister things in here, that periodically scare me. They’re not quiet. I’ve done all my reservations with no deposit and my collection calls. I will wait until two to start the call backs. gotta love those callbacks.

I made this promise to myself that I’m really going to start studying hard for the GMAT. I want so much more, and I think that having an MBA can help.

Quick update, maybe more later. Or tomorrow, or Thursday. We’ll see.

So it’s phone survey day, or supposed to be. It was supposed to be phone survey day yesterday too. I hate phone survey week. I’m always on my toes constantly waiting for it, and I waited all day yesterday for it, and it never came. I think today may be the same as yesterday.

I was supposed to get all the newbies to come over here today, but they never did. Not that I’m too upset about that; I don’t know what I would do with them.

It’s been a pretty boring week so far, have the Braves game to look forward to this weekend, and seeing Robin. Just getting ready for the Aruba trip in almost one week. Technically tomorrow will be one week for me, seeing as how I don’t work on fridays or saturdays. I think Bennett is finally amped up for it.

I’m sorry I’m so boring. I honestly have nothing interesting going on. There’s pizza in the breakroom, and if I weren’t going to Aruba in two weeks (even Bennett has limited my French fry intake and replaced it with healthy crap), I would be all over that meaty Pizza Hut pizza just sitting back in the break room. I mean I’m glad that we’re on this healthy/gym kick. We set a goal and we stuck to it. We eat out once a week, on Fridays, and cook (well, he does) every other day. I help too, sometimes. When I can. I’m not all Betty crocker in the kitchen, but I can do some things. Or try to do some things.

Anyway, I guess I just write to take up some time. Don’t even know if anyone’s out there anymore….