Long-Ass post of the week

Wow it has been a weird weird week. I had to do cross training with people from the bridge. So I worked 8-7 with an hour lunch break. Well it goes without saying that I do not like getting to work at 8am. The two people I had to train were Larry in the morning and John in the afternoon. Nobody in the department likes these guys. I can't say that I do, but everyone was warning me about them and all I could think about was "you should warn them about me in the mornings." It went ok I guess, but they seemed to be more overly friendly and talkative more than anything. And honestly I didn't want to hear about %90 of what they had to say. And in the evenings I was helping out with with VBS at church. I found out that I would be able to help with vbs last weekend. And as soon as I told people that I would be there they all told me that I HAD to be the skit guy at the end. So once again I am making lots of kids and adults laugh by making a fool out of myself. And I love it. The only problem is that by the time the skit time rolls around I'm pretty tired from working and have been up for to long to do much good. And the skits this year are kinda lame so I'm not getting as many laughs. Oh well.
On Tuesday I found out that I'm not getting the job downstairs. One guy had more multimedia experience than me and the other guy had more tv production know-how. So I was screwed either way. And then I got turned down for a job that I had applied for in DC. This coupled with the fact that I spent 8 hours around two guys who were bona fide losers and had been working for the university for longer than I had been alive put me in a really bad mood. And talking to Troy didn't help. He was talking about how he was trying to decide if he wanted to try and get another job that was coming open. He said that he'd think about it but they'd have to offer him close to 80k to quit his current job. So I was kinda depressed. I went over to Jen and Julie's after VBS was over. When I got there Jen and Julie were pissed/stress/depressed about the funeral they had just been to. And the hard parts of the trip that included getting the keys locking in the car. It made me feel horrible and selfish for worrying about my little problems. So I kinda cheered myself up by trying to cheer them up. I don't know if it worked but I at least felt a little bit useful and less like a loser.
Last night I got to talk to Kate for almost an hour. It was wonderful to hear her voice again, to laugh with her again, to tease her again, to tell her I love her again. It was very refreshing to say the least. I can't wait to see her again. It looks like it will be next weekend for sure. I emailed Troy and he said it would be alright to stay at their place. Scott won't be there for much of the time becuase he's going to a con or something. Troy also said that he might put us to work helping to get ready for pennsic. I don't mind and I'm sure that Kate won't either. I can't wait! This morning was really really creepy. Last night I was tired at about 10pm. But I forced myself to stay up and watch a movie on principle, there is no way I should be in bed that early. Also I didn't have to get up very early this morning. And I hadn't been sleeping well at all so I wanted to be as tired as possible. Well it worked, I didn't wake up until 11:30. The creepy thing was it was quiet. I thought that my family was going to leave for the family reunion at 4 this afternoon. Turns out they were leaving at 4 in the morning. So there was no noise to wake me up by 10. And when I did wake up there wasn't any noise anywhere. I was totally confused for about half an hour laying in my bed. But I got up and enjoyed the quiet and having the house to myself. For some reason Mom felt the need to leave me a bunch of food to eat this weekend. She left me soup and hot pockets and pizza. I'm not going to complain obviously, but I eat so very little at the house now that it was very surprising. I think I want to have a bunch of people over to watch movies or something. And I wish Kate were here so we could make out in my house somewhere. That would just be so weird. It's gotten me thinking about how much of a different person I am around my family than not. Maybe someday that will change, but not while I'm still living at home. That's all for now I will relate any and all experiences that this weekend brings. It's shaping up to be interesting.