Thursday?

So this week has just been dragging on and on and on. It just doesn’t seem to stop. I was hoping that this week would go by fast, which, I guess it kinda has, but at the same time it hasn’t because it is only WED! Grrr.

Speaking of it being Wed. So far every day this week at some point in the day I’ve thought it was Thursday.. But thank god, tomorrow is FINALLY Thursday, the last day of work, and the last day of school for the week. I can’t wait.

And then once this week is over, only one more week of classes left! YAY! I’m so excited. Hopefully I’ll do better on this next MIS test. I never did go into that story did I? Well the first question on the test you had to assume some stuff. It was a registartion program, dealing with classes and the pre-reqs for those classes. Well in the ERD I added in the Student and Teacher relationships to those classes, and well, he didn’t want that, so he took off 20 fucking points! If I hadn’t over-assumed on that one question, I would have got a 92% on the test. Fucker!

Oh well I’m over it.

Tuesday was good, class as usuall. I also did some other stuff, but I’ll get into that story a bit later. Anyways, I talked to drew for like an hour that night, and that was good. We’ve been talking about tons of random stuff, and we’ve been talking much more then I think we would have had he been in Iowa. Very crazy! lol.

At work we bought a new firewall, that was uber exciting. We got her to go with the one that has 4 trusted ports so we can make a DMZ sometime in the future. Also talking her into Gigabit switches to replace the 10/100 switches we have now, and also racks for the server room. I’m really looking forward to the firewall and the racks. The firewall will be here on Thursday, so that’s exciting. We haven’t got the racks for sure yet, still trying to convince her that we need them! Which we DO!

Also while at work I came up with, what I think to be a sweet idea. Originally I asked Andrew for his address while he was there to send him a little card or something, but plans change, and I came up with the idea to send him some flowers. So I start looking up places to get flowers from that area and couldn’t really find anything that sounded good.

I call up the place that his family rented the apartment from and asked them for a recomendation for a place that’ll deliver flowers. They told me to call this place called ‘Belva’s’, so I did. Asked the what it cost to deliver and it was only $7, so I was like that’s fine. So I start telling her what I want. I just wanted to send him some, like 3 or 4, Spider Mums, because those are his favorite flowers. First of all, she only had 2 colors, yellow and white. So I was kind of annoyed with that, I was hoping that they’d have more colors. So I tell her that stuff and then she’s like, what else. And I’m like “That’s all.” And then she informs me that you have to buy a total of $35 worth of shit before they’ll deliver.

Now this took me by surprse because Hy-Vee will deliver for like $6, and there’s now limit that I know of, cause last time it was only like $15 total. So I’m like, well I don’t want to spend that much, so I asked her for to recommend somewhere else. Which she nicly did, we hung up and I called them.

This time it was $25 for delivery and $30 minimum order. So I was like, fuck them. And looked online for a g-store or something Hy-Veeish. I found this place called Publix and called them up.

Get this, there it was $15 delivery fee, and a minimum order of $50!! I was like, HELL NO!

Finally the last place I called was “Piggly Wiggly Florists” there it was only $5 delivery, which I find the weirdest because they are the farthest away from where Andrew was compared to all the others. And the minimum order was $25. So I felt that I could deal with that. I asked her if she had any spider mums, and she said she did, but only like 6 purple ones. Well, Spider Mums were like $1.50 each, so once you took the price of the vase out of there ($6) I could have gotten him a dozen of those. Which I really didn’t want to get him a dozen or even six (long story) of anything. So I ask her what else she has that she would like. She mentioned a few things and I didn’t know what any of them were. So I decided to just go with something simpler.

Ended up getting him 6 Yellow Roses with Orange tips. The woman said they looked really good, and it was a good choice. So I hope that they really do look good. After we got all that done she asked me when I wanted it delivered.

I knew that they would be gone from the house by the time I had called her (About 2ish Central time) and that Andrew and family probably wouldn’t be back to the house by the time the florist closed. So I just told her to deliver them first thing in the morning. So like 10ish.

Well come to find out when I talked to Andrew last night that they tried delivering them that NIGHT! I was so annoyed because the florist left a note there. I wanted this to be a super surprise. One of those, things where someone knocks on the door and you go and answer it and boom, there’s some flowers. But no, the stupid florist went and fucked that all up now.

This morning I came into work at 8 (because I had left the number here for them) and called them up. I asked the florist who had helped me the day before what was going on. She explained that she had a delivery in that area and just went ahead and tried delivering it then. So I accepted that, I wasn’t going to get mad at them since they were doing so much for me and helping me out so much. I asked her to call me back if Andrew hadn’t been in to pick them up before 1pm.

So I’ve been uber nervous all day. I didn’t think about it tell I was in class this morning, that his PU’s might not like him getting flowers or something like that there. Too gay or something, you never know. And everytime the phone here in the office rings I just like freeze hoping that they’ll buzz me and say “Andrew McGeehan is on the phone for you.” And I can say, “Thank you, put him though.” But nope, not yet.

I also have my cell phone next to my monitor, and everytime I get a call… Just a few seconds before my monitor flickers. Well today it’s been doing it even when I’m not getting a call. But still everytime my monitor flickers I just sit there for a second looking at my phone and hoping that it’ll start rining.

But it hasn’t YET!

Ok, stirke that last part… It just rang and it was the florists. They haven’t heard from Andrew yet. Very annoying. I would think that that would have been the first place they went to this morning. At least I know I would have… Grrr. I’m very annoyed and very anxious right now.

I hope that everything turns out well. I gave them Andrew’s phone number so that they can call him and find out what’s going on.

Well other then that not much else has been happening in my life lately. Last night I went running for almost an hour, and then did my abslide.

This morning I got up at 7, did my abslide and go ready for the day then went out. Rode my bike here to take care of the florist dilemma. And then rode to campus. By the time I got to campus my shirt was soaking wet from sweat, so I went to the bathroom in Carver and took it off and washed my face with cold water to cool down some. I forgot my water bottle this morning and I’m not happy about that either…Anyways, the point of the story is that I was standing in front of the mirror shirtless there in carver and I really liked the way that I looked. Maybe it’s just me, but I thought it looked like I’ve lost some weight recently. Crazyness really.

Class was class. I started reading Branned since I just finished Culture Jam. I really liked that book and recommend that everyone go read it! lol.

Now I’m at work and I’ve got quite a bit done for being as jumpy as I am. I’ve implemented SNMP on 5 machines and I’m working on getting it on the linux boxes, but the config files for it seem to be confusing me.

Hopefully things will get better!

Laters.

We Get What We Want.

So yesterday was a very busy and productive, yet unproductive day.

I slept in much later then I had planned on. I haven’t slept that late in ages, so I felt like I had wasted the whole day. I showered and then went out side.

Changed my oil, which took a while since I couldn’t figure out where the oil plug was on that car. It endedup being right in front of my face the whole time. STupid me. lol.

Then I washed my car. I wanted to wax it as well, but by the time I was done waching it I really didn’t care anymore.

After that I went to Ankeny to Goodwill. I found a ton of really cute shirts and some Frat ones from Andrew, but all were REALLY big. What is it with that, it alwasy seems that it’s the fat people that give thier shit to goodwill. I tried going to SalVal as well, but they were closed. After that I went over to PetSmart to pick up some fish for my dad. There were two of Adam’s friends working, I don’t remmeber thier names right now, but they completely ignored me, even though I was standing there obviously needing help with the fish, and they were obviously capable of doing that shit. Whatever.

I got those, went home and put the fish in water, one in the pond the other in the house. Very amusing times. We’ll see which one dies first this time! lol

After that I was going to help my mom with my room. We’ve been trying to peel the wall-paper off the walls for ages. There’s only one wall left, but it hasn’t been done yet.

I wasn’t really in the mood to do that, so I said no, and just sat on the couch for a couple more hours. Then I drove back to Ames.

Once I got to Ames, I went off on a bike ride. Andrew called me just as I was starting it, so I stopped and talked to him for a while. I saw Eric Solan while riding, very odd. Why’s he so fucking hot, but such a stupid asshole??

It was good to talk to Drew again, I can’t wait tell he gets back. I’m just glad this is a short week, and that he returns on Saturday. (Morning even, which makes it way better). I think we’re just going to hang out at my house Saturday and hot tub/swim.

After we were done talking I rode to the library and checked out two books. It’s amazing how easy it is to find books in that library. I don’t see how people can have problems.

Then Iw as off to go lay in the grass somewhere and read. Which I did, for about 2 hours. Then the bugs started to really get to me, so I rode home and read the rest of the night.

Today has been alright. Got my MIS test back. And we’re having a group meeting tonight here at work.

Other then that not much going on here today. Andrew should be calling me here soon. So that’s exciting!

::scampers off::

Not Much To Say

Not much to say here. Friday night had potential to turn out bad, we were both in bad moods. Thank God it all turned out alright. I was just in a bad mood b/c of the trip, and all the driving and whatnot, and Chris was annoyed b/c I was annoyed. At least that’s what I assume. I was really upset when he just went I just want to go home. I wanted to cry, but I kept up my stone façade.

When the fireworks started and his arms went around me, I realized that none of it was a big deal and what was I doing fucking up the last few hours we had together before I left? So then I was fine, and we had an enjoyable rest of the night.

Hard saying goodbye, but eventually we did and it was really cold.

The next day we had a pretty good day, well a pretty good few hours. He came over and I finished up some last minute stuff then we headed to HalfPrice Books. Anyways, we went to the airport. I wished that I could’ve taken the flight that got in today instead of yesterday so that I could spend the night with Chris.

But alas, they found me a new flight so I had to leave. Saying goodbye wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be. I mean, it was hard. Luckily, both of us were able to resist from crying, though I wanted to. We hugged and kissed for a really really long time, though I don’t think the people who kept walking past us really enjoyed it. But whatever. So we said bye, and I love you. and then I didn’t want to leave.

Talked to him once from Ohio, and then once when I got back to the actual villa/apartment thing. I tried calling him today, but he hasn’t called me back yet. Hopefully he does soon. Or else I’ll cry.

Shall We Do It Up There?

Today’s been sad. After the last update I went and picked up Andrew. From his house we went off to the Used Book store, it’s much larger then I thought it would be. I was expecting some dumpy little place with like 10 books. But they had TONS!

We looked around for a bit, but we didn’t have much time to get Andrew to the airport. Drove him there and went to check him in.

There’s weather in Chicago, so he was either going to have to fly there tonight and spend the night, or stay here and leave tomorrow morning. Ended up they got him on a Delta flight to Ohio and then to SC. He had a 3 hour layover there though, sucks to be him.

After we got all that straigtened out we walked over to the area before the security. It’s really annoying now that you can’t go past there unless you have tickets. I hate the new rules. I want to be able to be there at the terminal to say goodbye, so that we have as much time as possible together. I also like being there to be the first thing they get to see when getting off the plane. It’s like when someone comes out of coma or something, they should see someone that they care about.

We stood at the top of the stairs hugging, kissing. I was holding back the tears as much as possible, and I did a pretty good job. I didn’t want to start crying because I knew that if I did, they wouldn’t stop, and it’d just make it harder to leave him there.

We didn’t stay long, it was a short goodbye. A stupid fat child stared at us as we hugged, he didn’t say anything, just stood there staring at us as he waited for his slow parents to come up the stairs. Once they saw us though, the quickly grabbed the child and walked briskly the other way. The kid kept staring, and we kept hugging.

It’s sad to have him gone, though I’ve talked to him a few times already since he’s like, just for like 5 or 10 minutes at a time though, because we’ve both been busy when the other calls.

The first time he called I was just getting ready to go to Biaggi’s with my family… That’s a whole nother story. The second time he had already gotten to the villa they’re staying in, and was with his family and getting ready to go to bed. As was I. I was fairly annoyed though that he waited untell he got to the villa to call though. I wished that he would have called once he got into SC, but I suppose there was a reason for his waiting. I’m guessing that his father/family was there, and had to be nice and not just suddenly get on the phone and talk for a while. So it’s fine.

After that I tried to go to bed, but I just can’t sleep. It’s now 1:03 AM, according to my computer here.

I’m at the PU’s house, tomorrow I’ll be painting all day, then I think I’ll go up to camp. Another thing to make me more depressed.

I don’t want him to go to college, I’ll miss him too much. My mom and I made a bet this evening that he wouldn’t make it a year there. I say he will, once he’s there he’ll stay, maybe not a Chapman, but he’ll stay in school in Cali. My mom says that he’ll either come back to Iowa, and go to school here, or go to NJ with his family and go to school out there. I know she’s wrong. I should have upped the wager, though I’m not realy sure what it is now.

I wanted to get drunk tonight, or at least a little tipsy, but the PU’s don’t have any alocohol in the house.

Didn’t go to Angel’s wedding today, didn’t think I’d really be welcome there. Not after what happened last night. And also since she’s yet to call me since she’s been back. I was going to call her and at least wish her congradulations. But never did. I felt to stupid, perhaps I’ll call her tomorrow. Andrew wishes that I would call her, and find out why she won’t talk to me. She hasn’t since last summer, or perhaps it was the Christmas before that since she’s talked to me… In any case, it’s been far to long. I do know that I last attempted to contact her last Christmas break. Left her messages on her cell phone, and at her house. But never once did she return a call.

Ran into her at Wal-Mart a couple times that Christmas break, she always said she’d call, and that we could hang out. Never did. Though, I did try calling her. What did I do to her to deserve this? Nothing, I don’t think I was anything but a great freind to her. I respected her religious beliefs, I wasn’t mean to her. I always thought that we had a very close friendship. What happened?

I beleive I know, but that’ll stay between Adam and her, and I guess me and Andrew since we both know as well. But it’s not our place to tell.

Though after 14 months of dating Adam, I finally found out why he dumped me the first time. Should have left it that way.

Perhaps tomorrow I’ll have time to swim some more. I went tonight and I thourghly enjoyed it. Much great times in the at pool. I want to have a swimming party, but I guess I don’t really have enough friends to make that happen anymore.

See why I need to get drunk.

Maybe I’ll go buy some Vodka and OJ.

Night.

Oh, Hello…

So I really hate DM, and I hate all the people in it.

Andrew and I went out to the Arts Festival last night, that in it self was good, seeing all the people that I hate was bad. Seeing all my “friends” was even worse.

… Last night I had alot to say about this subject, but it all seems to irrelevent now. Just lets say, that I’m pissed at all these people that claim to be my friends, but have taken what Adam said as being the truth and never even bothered to ask me my side of what happened. And now don’t talk to me because of that. I can’t wait to get out of this town/state so that I don’t have to see these people any more. I’m sick of it all.

Once Andrew leaves my journeys to DM will diminish.

Other then all the annoyances with stupid people in DM last night, it was overall a good night. Though I was fairly bitchy, and I appoligise to the people that I was with.

It was a very long and stressfull day at work yesterday. We’ve been working on making all these streaming presentations…”http://www.doe-sci-comp.info/presentations/” <~~Go there if you'd like to see what we're doing (And then click on one of the Real Media Links, Tony Mezzacappa always has the best presntations, so if you're willing to sit through the full 45 minutes, I suggest looking at that one. I don't want to link to that site because they watch the refs and I don't want my site to show up and sparck curiosity). Well we had them all nearly done, only 3 of the total 20 left. When Nazanin makes the brilliant decision to encode them all in V8 Real, instead of V9 Real. Now for those of you that don’t know what I mean when I say encode. It means that we take the origianl AVI file of the presentation, usually anywhere between 1 and 2 gigs, and use a program called Helix Producer to format it in a differenct codec (in this case RealMedia) so that the files are smaller. Essentially it degrades the quality, and drops the duplicate frames from the motion video. If you need more of an explanation go look it up. lol. The story is that, we’ve been working all week on encoding all these videos, most of that time was taken remixing Audio, but now we have the original AVI’s with good Audio, etc. So we just had to put those through Helix. Now this doesn’t sound like it’s that big of deal, but it really is. Because each AVI files takes about 2 hours to encode into RealMedia, and we had already done them all once. I was just UBER pissed about all of that, and then I was working on the last 3 that had to have Audio and Video remixed and that pissed me off more because the Audio man cut the tapes for one of them, so I had to splice those together before I could do anything else, and yeah. Just everything that could go wrong went wrong. I was not a happy camper by the end of the day, luckily though I only had to work 5 hours instead of 7 hours. Thursday was also an annoying day. Just a lot of little things. Although Andrew did call me on his break, and that was nice of him! After work on Friday I drove to DM, and that just pissed me off even more. Stupid stupid people were out driving. Between the East mix-master and the hickman exit, people were going 65 exactly in the left hand lane, and all the other lanes were only going 55. I was like, “WHAT’S THE HOLD UP!” I swerved in and out and got past a ton of people, but it was just uber annoying. Got to Andrew’s shorly after 5:30 and we waited around tell Jenny got there. Then off to the Arts festival. Which was tons of fun, though I would have liked to look at more of the art that was there. Too bad it’s all so expensive, cause I would totaly buy a ton of that shit! After that we went and got Ice Cream and Andrew made me pay. The ice cream was really really good. I don’t remember what I got though. Mmmm, ice cream. From there back to Andrew’s where we dropped Jenny off and then back downtown… Which is where this entry started. Laters all!