First thing in the morning, Nick called and told me a
very cool thing. He said that They Might Be Giants will be
performing at the McDonald Theater on May 2nd. OMG, this is going to
be awesome! I'm definitely going with him, and Amy if my mom lets me
drive her. I told him I was going with Randy to see "Spirited Away"
today and he asked if he could come as well. I didn't see why not. I
let Amy know it was going to show at 12:45 so she should get ready.
I went and asked my mom and, to sum it up, she said I can't drive
her. I asked why I could drive Nick and Randy, then. She said she's
not putting the restriction on me and whom I can drive, but rather on
Amy and whom she can ride with. So she didn't get to go. Nick called
and said he was getting a ride with his mom, instead, because she was
already going out.
I went and picked up Randy. He was watching Dale, his little
brother, and we had to wait until his mom came back. In the meantime,
he showed me his DBZ pictures. I either said, "I have that one",
"That one's cool", or nothing. I saw one that looked very familiar
and then remembered it was the Trunks collage one that Kelli has for
her background on her computer. That brought a few memories. We
waited and waited and his mom still didn't get there. It was 12:30
by the time he finally agreed to call his mom again to make sure
that she really was coming home like she said earlier. She happened
to be pulling into the driveway when he called :P
When we were at the light right before the theater, my mom called
on her cell phone she gave to me and asked where I was. I told her
and she said Nick was waiting around wondering where I was.
We got our seats and then I decided to get popcorn, and Randy
said he'd get something, too, and when we were walking, Nick came up
and said he wanted something, too, lol. Long story short, the movie
was really good, but Nick and I agree that it wasn't as good as
"Princess Mononoke". This one did have more wacky stuff, but not as
much emotion, nor fighting. It was longer than I was expecting and
was already time for me to be at work, so I told Nick I had to leave
right away and he said he would call his mom and get a ride since he
lives farther away from the theater than I do. Randy lives right by
Wal-Mart so I took him home and then got to work 19 minutes late.
Randy let me borrow his "Linkin Park - Reanimation" CD. Now I can
rip that too :)
At work, I found Melissa and told her about the TMBG concert and
she sounded less than excited, despite her appreciation of their
music. I got called somewhere so I had to leave, but when I came
back and quickly apologized for the abrupt ending of our
conversation, she motioned for me not to talk and informed me she
wasn't in the mood and wishes for everyone to stay 5-10 feet from
her today. It's not me, it's everyone. I wasn't concerned with her
mood, I was simply telling her about a concert by a group whom she
likes and giving reason for leaving so quickly like anyone should
for courtesy's sake. I still don't understand how someone can be in
a mood to not want someone to come talk to them. No matter how
terrible of a day I have, if someone comes up to me for the purpose
of talking, I'm glad to contribute to the chat.
I visited with Tracy off and on today. The carts were really busy
so I had to stay on task. I didn't walk her to her car simply
because she left when I wasn't around. When I went to buy something
to eat, I saw all the lines were longer than I wanted to wait for,
so I went to the Service Desk and paid for it. Lori rang me up and
also said that Tracy and I should go out. I asked her why she
thought so, and she said that we just seem good together and how we
are around each other. I nicely told her that it wasn't a matter of
what she thought, or what I thought, but of what Tracy thought. She
said to still talk to her about it and maybe take initiative and try
to get her to call off the long-distance engagement. Well, I've
taken enough initiative in the past and it's only gotten me in lots
of trouble and people being mad at me and/or not talking to me. I'm
done trying to make a difference, since I only make bad ones. I'll
just be a friend to my friends and if anything happens from that,
then great.
On a last note, Elisabeth came in (she now works the overnight
cashier shift [it makes $1 more an hour]). I told her she always
looks tired when she first comes in. She said she has the flu. :( She
went into the training room because they would soon have the
overnighter's meeting in there and she wanted me to sit in there
with her until the meeting and keep her company (sure, I don't get
many requests like that at all. Usual I'll be bugging someone if I
try to keep them company). She was saying how she threw up a bunch
today and was thinking of going home soon. She was sitting at a
table and I said for her to lay her head on her jacket on the table
and she did. Then I rubbed her back a little until she said that
that position made her stomach feel worse. The other overnighters
started coming in so I left and said I'd see her later, hoping to
catch her before she left so I could do a better job. She left while
I was getting carts in Garden. Oh well, I hope she feels better
soon.