I'm not vain, but I know this song is about me

So things with C are going as well as I could hope. That's I guess all I'm going to put about that. Again, sorry it's been a couple of days. The funniest thing that happened to me within the past couple of days actually happened to a coworker of mine.

Evidently, you can buy belts to keep maxi pads up. I had no idea. This old woman customer did. The package, in fact, read "belts sold separately." So she came to the counter and asked where. We had no idea...who knew? But, after a phone call to our wholesaler and no luck there either, my coworker hung up the phone and started laughing. I didn't know why. I asked. She said the woman on the other end of the phone line told her "tell the customer to check with the douche bags." haha. I would have laughed too!

I got my dining room mostly done. And I weeded about a quarter of my yard. And mowed. An old friend is coming to visit on the 24th, so I have to have everything done by then. Thank you, friend, for actually giving me a reason to get off my lazy ass and get that room done.

And my going back to school efforts are finally getting somewhere too. I got a letter that said I would have to return it to a certain building to be accepted as a grad assistant (thereby giving my free tuition). So I went there. They told me to go somewhere else. They gave me the wrong directions to the building. After getting to the right place finally, I filled out paperwork and was told to go back to the building...the same room actually...from whence I came not 10 minutes before. They said I was in the wrong place again, and sent me to the third floor. The third floor said I was on the wrong floor. The second floor could get me straightened out. The second floor could NOT get me straightened out, they said "the grad office can"...about half a mile away. The nice woman called though, and got everything taken care of on the phone. Thank you, nice lady on the second floor. So now all I've got to do is register for classes. I hope I can still work a decent amount of hours at the pharmacy. Not because I love it, but because I need money while I go to school. We'll see...I think there may not be enough hours in the day for everything I intend to do this fall...I'll make it happen. So that's my last couple of days in a nut shell. I bought food but have no pots or pans. Off to the outlet tomorrow to get a (hopefully) cheap set. I'll let you know. oh, and I woke up before work today. Like a long time before work. And cleaned, did laundry...before work? wtf. And it felt great. I'm going to try it again tomorrow. But I don't work...so I'm just going to wake up early. Victory! Weeding, sanding, painting, banking, driving, shopping, eating, sleeping. Maybe I can make a haiku for my day? I'll try...maybe like a database essay...haiku will be the summary. Full text will be...full text

I'll do it at the end tonight. For the last time.

Today I woke up
Earlier than I had to
It was a good day

****UPDATE!

I forgot, this was very sad today...one of my favorite customers (no, they're not ALL bad) told me today that she gets her results back from her Leukemia test tomorrow...

I was oddly sad when she told me. And moreso after this -- she points to the sky (ceiling, we're inside) and says, "I'm not ready to meet Him. But if He wants me, I guess it's my time." What do I say to that? I just said "I'll keep you in my thoughts..." which normally is just something I'd say to be friendly. But I actually will.

Is "up" relative or absolute?

Today I got up pretty early...like 7ish. Which, for not starting work until 5 (later 4), is pretty early for me. Admittedly, I took a shower, straightened up a little, and took a short nap...but I was awake.

I went to the University today. I made sure everything was good to go for classes/grad assistantship in the fall. So far so good. Things are taking a little bit longer than I would have hoped, but it's not going badly. Came home, straightened up some more. Tomorrow I work until 2. I'm going to do some yard work if it's nice. I know I said I would do that today, but I didn't. So sue me. I get a call at like 3:30 from O asking if I can come into work early. Fine, it's a little extra money in my pocket, no worries. Nothing too exciting happened at work -- it was pretty not-busy for a Wednesday night. Let's hope it carries into tomorrow morning...Today is the punchline to a joke. I just realized this. 7/8/9. Why was six afraid of seven?

I'm almost done reading a book I'm supposed to read. Usually I dislike books I'm told to read because I don't do them by choice, I do them because I have to. This was different. D (who is no longer just the general female population) was at work tonight, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. Well I guess that's all for tonight. I apologize for the boringness of this one, but I didn't really have too exciting of a day.

Untill tomorrow! Goodnight.

32 bucks for a year? sweet

That's a pretty good deal, right? Car's inspection and emissions for a year plus (good through the end of July 2010) for like $2.50 a month. Sweet! My mom drove me to work this morning cause I had no car, because I dropped it off to get inspected. I was at work 45 minutes early. It was a nice day, I sat in the grass. T told me I was on register probation. Basically that means because I've screwed up on register (or my numbers were signed on when someone did? Or I was one of the people who used the register during the day that it was off more then $____). Either way, it's a pain in the ass. So I get greeted with that 45 minutes BEFORE i even technically get to work. It's going to be a fantastic day. I get a phone call at 10ish. My car is done. It's $31.75. nice! Maybe it won't be too bad afterall. Wait, I still don't have a way to get from work to the garage. Okay, day's slipping slowly back to the bad category. A lot of people were willing to help out, which is good. C ended up picking me up from work though, at 2pm. She started in a couple of hours, and didn't want to go home between, so we watched Big Cat Diary and Meerkat Manor. Much better than the MJ tribute, blah. Stayed at my mom's house -- she was at Saucon Valley watching the US Women's Open practice round. We cut the old hot tub cover up, to get ready for the trash. Anyone want, or know of anyone who wants, an 81" x 81" square hot tub cover? It's new, we just ordered the wrong size. $200. Let me know. Then I came home. Then I realized I forgot my wallet so I went back to mom's house. Then I went to P's house to have him sign a letter of reference. I'm good to go. Tomorrow I don't start work until later, but it should be a pretty productive day. I'm going to the university with my letters, register for classes, get a worker ID so I can start my grad assistantship in August, and read for said assistantship. What else...depending how early I get up and do all that, I'm going to come back home and either mow the lawn and weed, or sand the dining room. Or both, time permitting. Then I work 5-9. Then I'll be back to blog more! That's about all that happened today. I started talking with 23 for the first time in a while. Which was good. And his dog 8. I have an eye doctor appointment on A's birthday, in the morning, and we (23 and I) may go to a cheap lunch after that. I'll keep you posted. Good day tomorrow! I'll let you know

July 6th!

Work was effing crazy today. I knew it would be. Monday. Early in the month. Day after a lot of doctors are out for 4-5 consecutive days. Yeah, people still need their drugs. I had pretty much the whole spectrum of people today, from pissed off to thrilled. Just remember Andrew...take nothing personal, they're not mad at me. They're mad at the situation, and I just happen to be there.

I'm getting my car inspected tomorrow. I can't get my car inspected if I don't have a updated registration. I couldn't do THAT on the website without the title number. Mazda Credit gave me the wrong title number. I was driving around like a madman (mad as in both crazy AND angry) tonight trying to find my expired registration card so I could get the accurate title number. Hmm...note to self: stop procrastinating. Eh, I'll start that tomorrow.

I just realized I typed "tital" each time I tried to write "title" before. I just did it again. It's a wave of errors.

I don't have my list of which girls are who. I left it at my house, I'm at my mom's tonight. But I think I'm going to lunch with A tomorrow, if she didn't drive home. Or C. Depends who's around, and if my car is done being inspected. I'm still looking to define more than 3. I did, but it's on my list at home so I don't want to mess too much up. Nothing too exciting happened in that department today anyway, so you're not missing too much. Mickey is back, in his urn. =( When my sister gets back from China, we're going to spread him in the garden, and over Mema. Goodnight. I have an early day tomorrow.

It's been a little while...

Okay, so it's been a little while. I apologize.

I think this is pretty much the first time I wrote on here since we put Mick down, so I'll start from there and go with it.

I went to watch Marley & Me the weekend after we did it. Not the smartest thing I've ever done. If you know me at all, you know I'm a sucker for cheesy movies and I do tear up pretty easily, but it's usually easily hidden. Just a small amount. No, I was bawling this time. Full-fledged crying. Well, I'm just glad I saw it with a fantastic friend instead of a girl I was trying to impress...sort of wish it was both, but hey, I'll take having good friends over nothing at all. Fast-forwarding to tonight, she's the girl I went to see fireworks in Longswamp with. Next year we're going to fly on the 4th of July, so we can see what they look like from above. With almost anyone else, I'd say it's just a plan we'll never follow through with. I think we'll do it though, I truly do.

OK, backing up again. I don't really know if chronological order is the best way to do this. How about this: love life, personal life, work life, family life.

4 paragraphs, then hopefully I'll be back to normal and have a regular-length post.

Love life: well this could be pretty short...
Girl A: We've been friends a long time and I know nothing will ever come of it, but I always feel like I have to put her there as an option
Girl B: We were becoming very good friends, but she got angry at me for something that wasn't completely in my control and won't talk to me anymore. I'm scratching B off the list.
Girl C: A little bit younger than I normally like (like to consider dating, mind you. Not like to look at). But we've gone out a few times and are becoming pretty good friends, I think. Surprise surprise, another good female friend. I'm not 100% sure what to make of this, so I'll leave C on the list.
Girl D: Well, girl D is pretty much the rest of the female population of the world lumped into one. This way I don't have to search for my 1-in-a-billion girl, I'll just look for 1-in-4. Otherwise I might as well be trying for the Holy Grail. If I remember tomorrow or sometime soon, I'm going to make a list of characteristics I look for in a girl ... I realized I can't be as picky as I once was, but these are pretty (almost all-or-nothing) important, so if you know of anyone, let me know too.

Personal life:
Living alone is pretty sweet. I wish I could afford to do so. I also came to the conclusion I need another job, which I have been looking for. I have ALSO come to the conclusion that it has to be close-by, geographically. If, in the Fall, I'm going back to school and will be needed on campus for my graduate assitantship, or at CVS to work, then I've gotta be within earshot of those. Anyone in the greater Kutztown area hiring?

Things are going relatively well at my church, but for that news I will refer you to the website of our church, or our blog.

Work life:
I guess this could tie into personal life, with things that are going on there. I will, however, say that I'm feeling a lot better about myself when I'm at work. I can't tell you how many times I've heard that I'm such a nice young man, or I explain things well, or whatever. It makes me feel good. It almost makes up for the other 98% of the people who are rude, obnoxious, loud, smelly, over-bearing, discourteous, etc...seriously, I don't come into your job and pretend to know how to do it better than you, please don't do it to me. Oh wait, most of the people who I am talking about get their shit for free because I'm paying for it with my tax dollars. It's amazing how they can spend so much time bitching that their gauze pads aren't covered by their insurance but no time looking for a job. I guess I'm not one to talk too much here, I've done my fair share of complaining lately. I did hear something good the other day though -- to said customer, who was angry that gauze pads (yes, 4"x4" gauze pads, the kind in the first aid aisle for like a dollar) weren't covered by her insurance, even though the doctor called in a prescription for them. "But that's what I'm paying my insurance premiums for. If the doctor wants me to have it, it's supposed to be covered!" Well, said Al (name changed to protect the hilarious), "your doctor could call in a prescription for coca-cola, the insurance isn't going to cover that." As I was trying to hold in my laughter, the (im)patient walked away angry. I wish I kept a tally.

Family life:

Not too much here really...Sister's leaving for China on Friday. She'll be in San Francisco for 3 days, then Shanghai/Beijing for 10.
Mom is leaving for Chicago on Saturday. She was in Egypt in May.
My dad is remodeling his house.
That's about it for my family...

If you made it this far, give me feedback. And by the way, I think I'm going to start using letters and numbers (If I get more than 26) for talking about people. No names, but I can go into detail. Then I would appreciate feedback. For instance: Hey Andrew, M sounds like a bitch, you shouldn't talk to her anymore. That sort of thing. Thanks everyone, and have a super night.

I am at Laura's watching a movie. Word