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[tater_mae]

 talk about being on a roller coaster of emotion...

I'm gonna break it down into days, so... its not just one giant... blob of words. but lately i've been word-y, so... be warned...




friday night was good. I spent some time with the Boys - Drew, Jamieson, Kyle and Reuben!! YES, THAT'S RIGHT, REUBEN!!!

i was hanging out with Interphase. We watched Sherlock Holmes.

Drew has Mono right now, so he kinda fell asleep before the movie had even hit the halfway point, but it was still all good. After the movie (which is awesome and i'm going to have to own it because OMFG RDJ IS A SEX GOD!!!), i was pretty beat, it had been a rough week, so i got to bed fairly early.






Saturday was good too. Mares and I had a kick ass brekkie - fried egg on toast with tomato, avocado and melted cheese. MMMMMMMMMMMM so good. Then we watched the first disc of Firefly (yes, I rewatched it again, kinda. I had a couple phone calls). Well, ok, we watched the Full Pilot and the next epi. then we each took a nap, and then got ready to go see Alice in Wonderland.

So... Maren's friend Courtney also had a pretty rough week. Her bird flew away and was lost for a couple days, but now he's safe and sound at home. but for those couple days, she was distraught. and work has been pretty shitty for her too. so SHE was in kind of a bad mood, but i think that the night out helped and made her feel better, even though she was still kind of crabby.

Anyway, we had dinner at Boston Pizza, and then we were off to the theatre, and Mike (Court's BF) bought me Peanut M&M's. He's the one that we play Rock Band with - I'm his only bassist, and Mares is his only singer, so he has to keep us happy so that we don't quit the band. hee. Anyway, the movie was good. Didn't see it in 3D because we're cheap, and i'm probably going to see it again anyway, so whatever. Johnny Depp is awesome, as usual.

So... Saturday morning, one of my phone calls was Kieran, asking me if i was up for going for the Grilled Cheese sandwiches he's been promising Sarah and I on Sunday. So i got REALLY excited, because I've been looking forward to this outing since he first told me about it, which was probably a month and a half ago, or thereabouts.





Sunday... was great. Kieran and I decided on taking my car to the Grilled Cheese place in Squamish because it's bigger, but he'd drive, since he knows his way around the area and i have absolutely NO DIRECTIONAL SKILLZ whatsoever. So on sunday, i woke up at a decent hour, i did my thing, i cleaned out my car a bit, filled him up with gas, and prepared myself for deliciousness.

It was a good thing that we decided on taking my car, since Nick joined us as well. So Kieran came over to my place, dropped off his car, and then we were off to pick up Sarah and Nick.

Now... Sarah and I are... special, to say the least. As i've probably mentioned before (but am too lazy to check) we have this whole kinda co-dependency issue. At work, its noticeable, i know. we know that. its ok, we're bff, and that's just how it is.

When we're in a car together... well... We Sing and Car!Dance like nobody's business. And we have certain Car!Dances down pat. We're pretty awesome, if i do say so myself.

So... Kieran has never been in a car with Sarah and myself before, and Nick hasn't ever really fully experienced our amazingness either. So this was kind of a... surprise for them, i think. Sarah and I Car!Danced to Spice Girls' Stop, and to Tina Turner's Proud Mary. So that was quite a sight for the menfolk. 

All in all, the trip there was enjoyable, filled with kick ass tunes, some Crazy Car!Dancing Skills, and good times.

Grilled Fromage is what the place is called, and its pretty much Grilled Cheese Heaven. They have all sorts of different kinds of grilled cheese (if you google grilled fromage squamish, you'll get to the site, and you can take a look at some of their sandys.) I had the Fromage a Trois (Swiss, Cheddar & Mozza), as did Sarah. Nick had the Cheese & Chong (cheddar, bacon, pickles & mayo) and Kieran had something with roast beef and horseradish in it. And i paid for him, since he drove, and it was my turn to get the meal anyway.

BUT, it wasn't a double date. 

Also? this place is SOOOOOOOOOOOO cheesy. its got 80s albums on the wall (like Lionel Richie who i totally adore, btw), pics of awesome stars (Like Tom Selleck, who i totally adore, btw), and an  awesome billboard full of awesome stuff (like ads for cars that are NOT for sale, hair design courses {that really, no one in their right mind would EVER want to take, because its hair FROM THE 80S and some of that shit should just not come back, EVAR}, random articles and jokes, etc), and theres a big tv in the back with couches so you can watch sports or play video games or smth. its pretty nifty. i'm totally going again. 

The ride home seemed shorter, and less dancey, but still fun. We went back to Sarah's and chilled there for a short long while, then we left. Kieran and I ended up going to Late Night All You Can Eat Sushi, even though Sarah offered us some dinner at her place earlier. but honestly, i wasn't hungry then - we had a late lunch!

So Kieran and I had a nice meal, and actually, it was kind of funny. apparently i've given him a complex cuz i always tell him how big and fat he is (i say with with love, i swear!!) and call him Gigantor, and stuff like that. So we he went to pay for our meals, the little asian lady at the cash register asked him if he was 7 ft tall. and i thought it was pretty funny. he had just finished telling me that i was starting to give him a complex. hee! 

So, right after he pays, we got back in my car (which he was still driving because i was tired and lazy), he turned to me, looking all serious, and....

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I FINALLY GOT MY RING POP!!!!! <3

sorta. its a no-name brand kind of ring pop, but i didn't care. i was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy and thrilled. He said it was more like a promise ring, as in 'i promise to get you an actual Ring Pop'.

but still, it was probably the best way to end the night.


So my weekend? Pretty amazing. got to see good people, and a good movie, got good food, spent time with my friends, and got a surprise in the end!



Monday morning? well, earlier, it started out not too bad. I remembered it was jeans week again, for the Paralympics. My Boss Sonia got back from her month long trip in India that day too. So that was good.

Later that morning? Probably one of the worst mornings of my life, period.

I noticed Ambee wasn't at work when i got in, and found it a little strange, since she had been coming in early recently, but she works odd shifts because of her hubby's schedule too.

around 9am, my actual boss calls us in his office. Apparently Ambee wasn't there because of a death in her family. He said it was her mother, who died unexpectedly. So... i lost it. I couldn't help it, i couldn't stop myself, even if i wanted to. It was just overwhelming. I was in tears, and blubbering, and I called Sarah immediately after I left his office. I had to get away. i needed air.

So we walked downstairs and went outside, and i was just a mess. and I think Sarah was perfectly right when she said that I knew exactly what Ambee was going through. I know what it feels like to lose your mother so suddenly, out of nowhere. and it was the anniversary of my mother's death the next day.... it was just... too much. it was too painful. so i cried and i wept and i sobbed... pretty much everything that i had kept in the week before came out that morning.

a little while after i returned to my desk, Gloria informed us that it wasn't Ambee's mother, it was her grandmother. so then i felt kind of... foolish, tbh. i had a breakdown for nothing, it felt like. but in a way, it was good, because i had been pushing all that emotion down for a while. 

Actually, when we got back upstairs Sarah had a talk with my boss, just to make sure he KNEW that Tuesday was going to be sensitive for me, and all that stuff. So apparently he thanked her because he knew she'd check up on me and he told her he wasn't sure if he should have taken me aside and told me about Ambee first, just so i had a heads up or something. But thankfully Sarah knows me better than that. I don't want to be treated differently by my team. Shit happens, you cope, you move on, you move forward the best way you know how. and thats what i'm doing. 


Anyway, Tuesday was... a day. It had to be. I couldn't make more of it than it already was. Sarah was very aware and made sure to ask me how i was doing only once or twice. I seriously don't know what I would do without her in my life. She's My Person, and that's that. (Kinda like how skullycat is My Woman...) But anyway, Tuesday was a day, and I survived. I did cry a little, but only because i was so touched by my friends. i really couldn't ask for better people in my life. anyway, that night The Sis and I went to Sarah's, as we had to shift our day from Wednesday to Tuesday anyhow since Glee will be on tuesdays soon, and we chilled with her. Actually, it was a good night. Sarah's BF's brother was back in town, and he's kind of hilarious. so we had a few good laughs.




Wednesday was St Patrick's Day, and I didn't go out. Well, I went to goldenrockstar's and watched Boondock Saints with him (made him watch it with me, but whatever), and then we watched 500 Days of Summer (his pick) and I quite liked it. So i had a nice night in with my Drewbie (because he's sickly)



Thursday I just stayed in with The Sis. Friday... was probably one of the best friday's off I have had in a while. I had planned to go to Steveston and chill at Waves while timeblind worked, but friday morning goldenrockstar texted and was all 'sushi?', so i called Vix to see if she minded me kinda bailing on her, but she didn't since she had pretty much just gotten to work and wouldn't have been able to chat much. So i went to sushi with Drewbie and Ryan (omg yay!) and... honestly, it was like old times. Like High School, when it was ALWAYS Drew, Ryan and Myself. We always hung out together, and it was always fun. it was very high school, but GOOD High School. After sushi we went to Waves and saw timeblind , and walked with her on her break to get food, and walked back to Waves and hung out there a little more. After i finished my coffee (as the boys were already done their drinks) we went to Drewbie's place and i watched them play Call of Duty: World at War and kill Zombie Nazis. it was fun. then we played Band Hero or Band Tour or whatever the Rock Band version of Guitar Hero is. We did some awesome songs, like Wannabe (Spice Girls) and some Taylor Swift songs cuz Ryan hearts her. Then kyle arrived home, and he played with us, and then Jamieson came over and Amber showed up, and people got food, and the boys killed more Nazi Zombies, and Amber left, and more boys showed up, and... yeah. it was a guys night. plus me. but i'm "One of the Guys" so it was all good.



Saturday was a lazy day. The Sis and I had brekkie at IHOP and had some good food (mmmmmmmm loaded hash browns), then she went to work, and I played Happy Pets on FB for a while, took a nap, and proceeded to get ready to go to a party. In the end i didn't end up going, because goldenrockstar is sick and i didn't want to go alone, and i didn't really want to go with anyone else (and the people who i would have gone with weren't available). so The Sis and I stayed home and watched Hercules and Alice in Wonderland (the Disney Versions!)



Sunday was a good day. The Sis made pancakes, and we also had little hash brown patties with melted cheddar, avocados and sour cream on them... OMG SO GOOD!!!! it was delicious! and then we had a "Disney Day" so to speak. First we watched Anastasia (which i know isn't a Disney movie but it falls into the same kind of category, ok? ok!) followed by Lion King and Lion King 2, and we finished off the night with Beauty and the Beast. It was a good day. I love having Movie Marathons <3



Monday... was good. I can't remember anything memorable about Monday except going to Daddy's for dinner, and talking to Sarah on the phone while she drove home from Langley. And tv shows were on!!



Tuesday was interesting. My friend Jen at work is having... boy issues. And my boy issues are resolved. and Sarah's boy issues are... complicated. Jen had a whole "friends with benefits" with her best guy friend, and last week things came to a head. She was going to break it off with him and try to be his friend, but he kind of beat her to the punch - not by breaking it off, but wanting to talk about their complicated relationship (which they never talked about before, thus it being simple). So last week, she was on an emotional roller coaster as well. She had to figure out her feelings for her guy, and go from there. So she's decided that she likes him, but as he's kinda dating someone else (which was part of their arrangement i guess. they were always allowed to see other people, but she never really did as she had him. But he did, and she didn't like that too much, but she never really said anything....) ANYWAY, so he's KINDA seeing someone, even though he hasn't really told her about it (she found out by other means), and so now she has to fight for him. So its kind of exciting. I hope she wins! I want her to win! As for my boy issues... well, i guess i'd been waiting for a sign to see how he felt about me, cuz i wasn't sure, so i wasn't going to invest a lot of my feelings into him, until i WAS sure. So he calls me on tuesday (after ignoring EVERYONE last week. no, seriously, no one could really get a hold of him. He texted me on sunday night saying he was sorry but he'd been busy with work all week) to apologize again sorta for being silent the whole week (and ok, i will admit, i was a little bitter, because hey, i don't like being ignored. if you're going to ignore me ALL FREAKING WEEK, at least let me know, so i don't get upset. i'm probably overreacting but i don't care. i really don't like being ignored!) and then he goes on to tell me that he had a date on the weekend. So i took that as my sign, because really, its pretty clear. But its a good thing. To be perfectly honest, i was relieved when he told me. 

But anyway, so we chatted about that for a few mins, and i sincerely hope she's not crazy like that last couple of girls he's dated. he deserves someone who isn't completely batshit insane. I really hope she's nice. 

Anyway, so my issue has been resolved, and that's a good thing. that night, The Sis and I went to Sarah's and ate hot dogs and mac&cheese, and greek salad, and we were going to watch Glee, but we couldn't find it. so that was kinda *sad face*. but i still had a great time, and had... 2 laugh attacks (the last one involved hyperventilating&snorting!)




Yesterday, I stayed at work til 7pm, but had a nice chat with goldenrockstar around 5-ish for about an hour. So me and The Sis didn't get home til about 8, as we went food shopping beforehand.

OMG, we had SUCH an AMAZING dinner last night. Roast Beef Sandwiches!! ok ok, it was one of those pre-cooked in gravy, ready in 10 mins roasts, (but whatevs, it was late) on toast with melted cheese and mustard, with mashed potatoes with sour cream, broccoli&cauliflower in cheese sauce, and buttered corn. seriously, it was fabulous and totally hit the spot. AND we watched Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and that movie is STILL hilarious.

but yes... that's my life update.

i know, i know... i suck at being Posty Posterson. way to fail at life, Tater. way to fail at life....

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[skullycat.livejournal.com]

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[tater-mae.livejournal.com]

seriously... if you read all that, you must have been bored. i started this post... last week. and besides, you basically know all of this, since i tell you pretty much EVERYTHING!!!

♥ i love you too. i wouldn't be who i am or where i am without you...