Fun times and more to come

Well, lets see, last time I left you I didn't have an answer about my jobby job, but I can happily say that the manager of the art supply store FINALLY called me back last night to inform me that I got the job, and she CAN hire me full time! YAYYY!!! The downside is that I'm only going to be making 9 bucks an hour for the first three months or so and I don't start until next Monday so thats one more week that I don't get a pay check. I'm really worried about not being able to pay my rent or insurance and shit next month because I'm currently living off of what my mom loaned me (which I was supposed to give her back and now I can't). Oh well, can't do too much about it.

Another piece of good news is that the owner of the dance studio that I teach at just gave me three ballet classes to teach on Monday nights during the fall, so that will be an extra $250 each month to add to my income.

Now a few sad things, first off my mom who has been visiting me since Friday is going back to AZ today. It has been a fun few days, went and picked her up from the airport in White Plains, then went to Greenwich to visit with my great uncle and step-aunt. Had a nice dinner outside with them, except for the fact that the following morning I woke up with over 40 mosquito bites all over my legs...yeah...FUN. Saturday I took my mom to West Hartford and we saw Julie and Julia which was AWESOME! So cute and funny, you should definitely go see it. Then we walked around and shopped, visited the store I used to work at and caught up on all the gossip. Bought a few things here and there, my mom go new jeans and I got a new skirt and an awesome jade necklace from an imports store, it's from Peru! Then to top it all off we had lobster and fish and chips at Max's Oyster Bar for late lunch! So awesomely good. Then we went back to my apartment and we watched a movie and some tv before I took her back to her hotel.

Then, Sunday Chris was off work because he took the whole week off to be with his friend Ben and his girlfriend Laurie who are now visiting us until next Sunday. So, Me, my Mom, and Chris all went out to breakfast together. We wanted to do Denny's but it was too packed so we just went to Starbucks and got coffee and breakfast sandwiches. It was funny because while we were there the manager of the art supply store came in and I ended up flagging her down and she just told me that she had been out of town for a funeral so she would call me on Monday. So, perhaps it was meant to be.

After breakfast we took my mom to two different antique malls because if you know my mom you know that her passion in life is antiques, specifically children's glass dishes. The first mall was fun but by the second my legs were itching me to death so I had to sit most of the time. After the antiquing we ate at Panera Bread and I was able to stop and get some anti itch gel which helped sooooo much. After that we headed home and me and my mom watched tv while Chris went to the airport to get Ben and Laurie. Then after they came back and dumped their stuff we all went out to dinner in Hartford at this amazing sushi place called Feng. I had this crazy awesome lobster sushi roll and some spicy tuna and everyone loved their food. After dinner we went back to the apartment for a while and after I took my mom back to the hotel we played guitar hero for a little while and then Ben and Laurie passed out so we all decided to go to bed.

Then, yesterday I got up early to drive my mom waaaaay out to Bethlehem which is a town that is so tucked away it felt like we were driving out into the woods. My mom has a friend from her antique club that lives there that she wanted to visit so I obliged her. It took forever to get there and although her antique dollhouse collection was really impressive, my interested only held for the first hour and then I was bored to tears while her and my mom painstaking went through box after box of glass and tea sets. Luckily my mom knew I didn't want to stay very long so by noon she told her we had an appointment and we finally got to leave. We were starving at that point so we met Chris, Ben, and Laurie at a local cafe for lunch and then Chris took them to ESPN to show them around and me and my mom went to go get manicures, except for the fact that the salons are all closed on Mondays which I totally forgot about until we got there. poop. So, instead we decided to check out this carousel museum in Bristol that I had never been to, and which ended up actually being pretty cool. After that we went back to the apartment and hung out till they got back and then we just decided to spend the rest of the afternoon playing Trivial Pursuit which I eventually won after almost four hours! WOOHOO!!!

After the game Chris and I fixed salmon and veggies for everyone which was delicious and after dinner we all went out for Cheesecake at Cheesecake Factory. I got Snickers Cheesecake and it was devine. Not as humpable as the mocha health bar cheescake, but pretty amazing just the same ;) After that I took my mom back to her hotel one last time and went home, watched some tv and went to sleep.

This morning I woke up at 5:30am partly because I felt Chris get out of bed to take a shower because he and Ben and Laurie had to leave at 6:30 to go to Atlantic City. I'm sad about this trip. It's not that I can't go really, because technically I could but I have a lot of reasons why I shouldn't. Reason 1, my mom needs a ride to the airport and although she could take a shuttle I just feel bad making her spend more money than she needs to because she has done so many nice things for me this weekend. Reason 2, they are planning on going to six flags tomorrow morning and staying there most of the day, and since I don't know how long they want to stay I don't know if we would have made it home in time for me to teach my last Irish Dance Class and I really couldn't miss that. They told me that they would leave early for me, but I feel bad because it's their vacation and I don't want to make them change their plans for me. Reason 3, I have no money. I mean, technically I have SOME money but it's borrowed money that I need to last me through the end of the month and possibly to help me pay my rent next month so I'm trying not to touch it at all if possible. And although my room would be free I would be tempted to gamble and buy things and I would have to pay for meals and six flags itself is like $50 so, it's just best if I don't lead myself to temptation. But it still sucks because I feel really left out and it's not just Chris and Ben and Laurie it's like all of Chris's work friends who are also my friends and it just sucks that I don't get to hang out and drink and have fun with everyone. I feel like the kid with Chicken Pox who can't go on the field trip. It blows. But, I guess on the bright side I get to sleep all day. I feel like I haven't had a good night's sleep since my mom got here because I've had to get up early every morning.

At least I get to go with them to NYC on Thursday, or at least that is the plan as of right now. We are just going to do a little day trip but it should be a lot of fun. Again, I hope I can refrain from buying too much shit.

Well, I think I'm going to go call my mom and see if she wants to hang out for a while before we have to leave for the airport, because lets face it, I'm not going back to sleep at this point and I'm not doing anything important right now. I'm already sad and now her leaving is going to make me even sadder. I really wish she could stay all week, but I guess she has to get back to my dad and life in AZ. I so wish I could go with her. At this rate it looks like I might not even get to go home for thanksgiving depending on how this job works out. Oh well. Life goes on.

I'm sure I will be blogging more later just for the fact that I wont have anything better to do with myself.