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[17 Mar 2009|09:20am] |
Oh, I kept forgetting to make the announcement here. But I've switched my LJ.
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1) ginny_toxic. Friend that if you want to continue to hear from me. I've only bothered to friend a handful of people so far.
I had a whole plan of how I was gonna do this transition lol but I forgot it. Oh well.
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[18 Feb 2009|11:48am] |
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Jeremiah ended up not making it to work still this week. He's still feeling bad. And it's stressing me out too. I've been depressed lately about not being able to do anything to help him. About how long and tedious it feels to still be in school with however longer I have to go. Sunday I showed up for work 20 minutes late because I waited around to see Connor finally, as he hadn't been able to visit for a while due to Jeremiah's illness, and he'd be gone before I got home. When I got to work, the new manager sent me back home. Which was fine, since it meant I got to get some more rest, work on school shit, and actually say more than just hello to Connor for the first time in like 2 or 3 weeks. But still, I was expecting Jeremiah to be back to work this week, so the missing pay from that day wasn't worrying me. And now it is.
The budget I wrote up required only 4 of our paychecks, while we actually get 5 (Jeremiah and I earn about the same each paycheck, he just gets his every week while I get mine every other week). And we rented the room out to some people in town to sell VitaMix machines, which covered one week's of paycheck. But we weren't expecting to need to save that so we spent some of it on stuff we shouldn't have (ordered pizza, and other useless stuff). At least the vitamix people gave us their left over fruits and shit so we should have enough food for a while.
I think one of the major reasons for my depression is that I've not been eating very good lately. I got behind in my cleaning from being sick, and can't seem to get caugh up. Because I waste so much time feeling sorry for myself. It's annoying.
I'm really working on it. Work is annoying since they change my schedule every week. So it's not dependable and it just kind of throws me off. I've realized I need very structured time frames and such in my life to best opperate. I also need to ask if I can get a raise, since I passed my Tire Pro, Parts Pro, and Service Pro test. Which also means I've run out of things I can do while standing at the register that are least like work.
I should be getting about $300 back in taxes, so at least I'll have that to help out. Jeremiah feels bad that it'll probably end up going to bills. He wants me to buy something for myself. but I can't. Spending money on myself to get happiness now is just trying to cover it up. Not cure it. If we actually had savings and were secure, not living paycheck to paycheck, then I'd be able to be happy with buying stuff for myself. For now, working towards that goal is enough for me. Because I know it's worth giving up some joy now.
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| a rock |
[12 Feb 2009|10:15am] |
So, the other night, someone drove by the apartment and threw a rock in our window. Went through two layers because the window was up to fit the air conditioner unit. I told the landlord, but since we just got our landlord switched he's a little swamped catching up on everything. But this is the second window we have broken (the first we had to break ourselves, because we locked ourselves out of the apartment. The landlord didn't have a copy of our new keys yet, since we had switched them). At least this new one isn't big enough for the cat to get out of.
Speaking of cats, I don't think diamond is pregnant, since she seems to be going into heat again. We haven't let her out again so hopefully we'll be able to keep her chaste till we can raise the money for her surgery. Which will take longer than we thought because Jeremiah missed work all week from a cold/flu thing. He had a temp of 102 at one point, miserable, coughing, blowing nose, muscle pain, etc. He's on the mend, although yesterday I got a fever of 101.2 but this morning I felt much better.
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[02 Feb 2009|08:05am] |
Hallo Maenner! Ich bin s-e_xyAngelika und da ich immer g-eil und nass bin,
verbringe ich einen Großteil meiner Freizeit mit der Suche nach potenten
Liebhabern! Dabei lege ich viel Wert auf Kreativitaet, denn nur wer
ausreichend Phantasie hat kann sich beim Liebesspiel immer neue heisse
Moeglichkeiten ausdenken, den Partner zur voelligen Extase zu bringen! Wer
es schafft, mich voellig willenlos zu machen, mit dem probiere ich gerne
alles aus und lasse mich Iive im ch-at immer wieder zu neuen Abenteuern
verfuehren!
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I just got this in an email. what does it say?
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| weekly schedule |
[27 Jan 2009|10:27am] |
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So, I've been reading flylady.com to help me in my forever weak area of cleaning. And so far it's been pretty helpful. Mostly stuff I already knew, but it helps me focus and put it into practice (clean for short periods at a time, take breaks, etc). But it has helped a lot towards getting the dishes done on time. I keep the sinks empty, and have one of my spare drying racks (I have 3, wtf), under the sink to put dirty dishes in. Then every day, I wash dishes for like 15 minutes, taking one dish at a time from under the sink. The sink always looks nice, and I have room to do the dishes without it being an all day thing.
And I've been working on a schedule for myself to ensure I can keep my apartment nice and clean, and acceptable for guests to come over unannounced.
( weekly schedule under here, to see how my mind works )
I've found that when I have a specific schedule, with the times split up into 15 minutes or similar time slots, and say 'I can only play on the internet for 15 minutes before I have to *whatever*' it helps a lot. Especially when I set the kitchen timer to ding.
I'm printing out this schedule (organized a bit nicer looking) and plan to lamenate it, so I can put it on the fridge. So I can write on it and mark off things I do through the week. I even have space for TO DO list.
I need to start making plans for what we'll be eating through the week. I know that'll help a lot. Make sure we're not eating the same thing over and over again.
I've also been working towards having like, a monthly game night, which the first day went pretty well. It was me, Jeremiah, Rikki, Rikki's boyfriend (Shawn or Kevin or something), and some guy from CL named Matthew. We tried playing Munchkin for a bit, but since no one else had ever played, I don't know if it went well. So we ended up playing Never Have I Ever, which was fun. Everyone seemed interested in playing Clue if I can ever get a copy of that game.
I'm thinking of trying to do a monthly study group for my two history classes, since both of their tests are generally the same week. So that would be useful.
I wish I had a scooter so the task of walking to and from class wasn't so daunting. It's really not that bad, and probably takes like 10 or 15 minutes at most. But still.
And my printer is out of ink :( that was stressful last night when I was paranoid that maybe it was just broken, but everything but the ink part of it works, so I guess that really is the problem. Not a big deal, although I'm miffed at why the printer would tell me the inks are all full when it's not.
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[19 Jan 2009|12:30pm] |
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oh god my cat is in heat. How long does this last? It's been going on for two or three days now. She's all confused since this is the first time lol. I need to save up $70 to get her spayed, unless there's a way to get it cheaper?
Anyone know of a community or website I can go to and get suggestions for how to organize my apartment? It's small and I don't have any ideas that I'm willing to invest in just yet. But since our finacial situation seems to be on the mend, we'll be able to put money aside towards bettering this place.
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[16 Jan 2009|01:36pm] |
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I am so cold. My fingers are freezing. Sadly, only internet is reachable from the front room, and that room is too open for the heater to actually work.
But I'm kind of worried. The cat and rabbit stay out in the living room. And it gets really cold out there in the morning. I mean not as cold as some places, since this IS south louisiana. So I'm just sitting here in long sleeved pj's complaining about being cold. But still. Should I be doing something to keep my animals more warm?
We're considering bringing the cat into the bedroom at night, with the extra litter box. But what about the rabbit? I can't even just bunch up the electric blanket for him since he'd probably chew through the cords. I have a space heater but I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving that on all night.
Any suggestions? Or is it really something to worry about?
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[14 Jan 2009|11:44am] |
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You'd think, after a year, I'd be over it. And I thought I was. But certain dates just get me all... upset.
Although a nifty dream about Jeremiah beating up Jeff in secret for the last 6 months, that cheered me up.
Today is the first day of classes. So that should help things too. I'm gonna try and get into the same class as Kino for art & computer. Which means I won't be working at Popeyes but they haven't called me again yet so not a big deal. I have a job at Pepboys that I enjoy.
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| falalalala |
[16 Dec 2008|06:03pm] |
So thursday we actually had snow! it was pretty cool. of course, I start work at 6am so I got to see it at it's finest.
We almost didn't have work that day. But not from the snow. Because there was a grease fire in the kitchen the night before. But at least the night workers decided to use flour to smother the fire, instead of the fire extinguisher, since that would have required to do a thorough cleaning of the whole grill or whatever. Instead we just brushed the flour off (and hey, better than what his first idea apparently was: water)
Jeremiah got off work for the snow. So not fair >|
We got Super Natural, season 1, for christmas from Jeremiah's brother. I'm enjoying it. I didn't watch it on tv when it was out cause I didn't really have cable. Although a bit more sit-comish that I was expecting, with each episode having a very 'what kind of evil thing are we battling THIS week?'. I was expecting more long stretching plots like in Heroes. But not a bad thing.
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[07 Dec 2008|05:54pm] |
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Jeremiah got a bunch of child custody stuff fixed last week. He now has joint custody of Connor, 3 weekends a month starting 5:00 friday and lasting til 3:00 Sunday, plus a full week in June and July. and he gets every other Holiday. Which means Connor will be driving with us out to Texas to meet my parents this christmas. April says he's really good in car rides so it should be fine.
I've also got a job woo! Working at Popey's Chicken. And since school is out finally, I'll get to work full time. I even got the morning shift, 6am to 2pm, which is PERFECT, since that's pretty much Jeremiah's schedule. So we could even carpool in the morning and I could just walk home at 2 since it's just a few blocks from my house.
We lost the wifi at the apartment, since people moved out and took it with them. So now I have to go to campus to get wifi. It sucks. But I guess it's good for me since it means I get to do actual work at my house and try and keep it clean. Got it looking pretty nice last week, although haven't picked up after Connor's visit yet.
I should be getting an A in Drawing and Design, and a C in Art History and Chemistry, which keeps my gpa at what I want it.
Over all life seems to be going really good for me.
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[30 Nov 2008|05:55pm] |
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So, we're trying to figure out the christmas plans.
We're suppose to get Connor for Christmas Day, which is a thursday. Technically we wouldn't have him that weekend, but I think we could switch with April and let her have a different one. Because my idea is to get Connor Christmas day, drive out from Lafayette with him, to Dallas. Spend the weekend there, and drive back Sunday.
Thing is, it's a 8 hour drive. Jeremiah had agreed to it in the past, but is starting to think it's not a great idea. The last time he rode on a car trip with Connor, Connor screamed the whole time and that car trip was only 4 hours. But Connor was also 2. He's 4 now, and seems to handle car rides really well but we've never had to be in the car with him for more than 30 minutes at a time.
He has gone on long road trips with his mom, like during the hurricane. So I think it'd be possible. Drive for 4 hours, stop in Shreveport at a Waffle House or IHOP or some other place like that which would be open on Christmas Day, and get lunch. Then drive the other 4 hours. Jeremiah could sit in the back with him the whole way since I've driving it plenty of times before on my own.
There is the option to drive during the night, to let Connor sleep through the trip, but I don't think that would work very well since Connor isn't easy to get to sleep.
Connor seems interested in the trip, but how much can you trust a 4 year old's opinion on these things?
Jeremiah got to meet my parents for Thanksgiving this weekend and things have been going really well. :) Makes me very happy.
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| thanksgiving |
[25 Nov 2008|06:09pm] |
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So we'll be driving the 8 hr trip from Lafayette to Dallas tomorrow night, starting around 10, so there won't be any traffic. Jeremiah is all nervous about meeting my parents. Hopefully they like him. We're a lot more interactive than Craig and I were, which was a big complaint from their pov I guess.
My phone has like completely died =/ it won't charge for the life of me. It'll turn on if I plug it in, but won't hold the charge long enough to actually do anything. But I'll be getting it replaced this weekend. Would have gotten it replaced sooner but the t-mobile shop here didn't seem to understand that I can get an upgrade for free. nor did they have a very big selection.
I've been applying at some more places, so hopefully a job will turn up. And I'll be able to work full time during winter break, minus like 4 days to visit home for christmas. Which, hopefully, will be including Connor.
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| class and job |
[18 Nov 2008|07:18pm] |
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So I'm trying to figure out which schedule to go with for my classes next semester, to best be able to get a part time job that isn't in the food industry.
Option 1:
Tuesday/Thursday:
8-11 Drawing II
11-2 Sculpture
2-3:30 Art History I
Monday/Wednesday:
4-7pm Art and Computers
So I could work all day MWF, from like 7-3:30
OR
Option 2:
Tuesday/Thursdays:
11-2 Sculpture
2-3:30 Art History I
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
8-10 Art and Computer
10-12 Drawing II
So I could work in the evenings, MWF 1:00-9:00, TR 4:00-9:00.
A job as a cashier at a store, or possibly a front desk / receptionist position.
Any suggestions for which one to go with?
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[06 Nov 2008|02:49pm] |
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I'm feeling all sad and shit today. And guilty cause I've just been sitting around the house not doing anything while Jeremiah is working hard for 10 hours. I need to clean and cook and shit. And should have gone to talk to my adviser and so much other stuff.
I woke up at 4:30 with Jeremiah, helping him get ready for work. And I figured I'd just stay up instead of falling asleep, so I wouldn't sleep through when I was hoping to get stuff done. But then time went by and I was too sleepy to go out. Unmotivated.
And then I started to feel guilty about that. And that made me feel sad and wanting to talk to friends or something about other stuff. But I don't have anyone to talk to.
I'd probably do good to go out to the park or something. But Jeremiah will be home in an hour or two so I figure I could just wait for him to get home and talk to him then.
:(
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[06 Nov 2008|10:58am] |
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I wish I could get a video of my cat. She has this pathetic whiny sort of meow that sounds more like a chirp at times. She's so scrawny lol.
I feel bad that she has some sort of skin condition and I don't have money to take her to the vet (we almost had the electricity turned off a few weeks ago =/. I'm just hoping Jeremiah's new job pays well and quickly, so we can get our bills paid off before they get turned off). The rashes don't seem to bother her, and I got her a flea collar and I'm trying new food to see if that helps. Is it bad if I figure providing food and shelter to a stray cat is alright until I can do more? If she seems to have any major medical issues I think I could borrow money or whatever to get it covered. Although I think I might add a request for a general vet check up and spaying for her to my christmast list.
Like the next day, Jeremiah and I managed to work things out like. He realized he did some major over-reacting and apologized a bunch, and admitted that it really wasn't as big of a deal as he made it out to be. So no worries there anymore. We're wondering if his diagnoses last year of him being bi-polar have any weight to them. He doesn't have any sort of manic-phase, and his depression phase usually only lasts between a few hours to two days. But it does seem like there is something chemically off when he's in that depressed state. And it's different than his diabetic states.
I applied for a job at Joann's Fabric. That'd be cool if I worked there. I also made some money selling plasma. I got a giant bruise to show for it cause the first arm they tried ended up clotting and shit.
Halloween went okay for the most part. Connor went as batman, and was really adorable. I've got some photos I'll post later. He got a big bag of candy, and was scared at one haunted house but over all seemed to have a really good time.
( it was afterwards that the drama started... )
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[23 Sep 2008|12:49am] |
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So once again, I am having roommate troubles.
Andrew has been living here since August 1st, and still doesn't have a job. And not because he's been too busy, or has other life-pressing things going on. It's because he won't get off his ass from his computer. Simple as that.
After a few weeks without any calls for jobs, I got him a job on the weekends as a dishwasher at Waffle House. He makes about $100 if he works both nights. But after the first week, he turned in his application to the Crackle Barrel down the street and went all 'oh gosh I might get an interview / have to work tomorrow there. I want to be well rested.' and I had to get Kino to cover his shift last second.
But then the CB guy said 'I'll call you next monday' and Andrew didn't do anything. Then he realized 'oh gosh he meant NEXT monday' and wasted another week, without ever even stopping by to check up on it. When he did finally stop by Monday (or possibly Tuesday, I forget), the position had been filled.
During that week, he could have been training at Waffle House, getting money, and a skill. but no. He didn't want to. He doesn't feel like working in foods. And doesn't think he can handle being a waiter.
Hasn't bothered to learn the bus routes, or learn how to walk to any of the nearby places that are hiring. Jeremiah has driven him to a nearby Hoogie Shop, that had giant HELP WANTED signs out front, but Andrew refrained from getting applications because 'they're too busy'. As if getting an application is really that hard for the people on shift.
He also was suppose to go over to the nearby hotel this morning, to turn in his application. But ended up not, because he didn't have Jeremiah's phone number for a personal reference. When a) I only suggested it as a joke. b) he knew that Jeremiah's phone number is out of service, so even if they called, they couldn't reach Jeremiah. c) NO ONE CALLS PERSONAL REFERENCES FOR AN ENTRY LEVER JOB (okay, there might be some, but the chances of it applying here are very slim).
He just is either on his computer, or sleeping. And brags about how easy he is to be content. He has no money. I told him a week ago that if I have to cover ANY of his share of rent, when he pays me back, he also owes me $50. Because I really don't have money to spare to cover his rent, and I don't know how long it will take for him to pay me back. He was hoping that if he could pay at least most of it (since he stole the dishwasher job from Kino, who also needs money, although to a less eviction-notice degree, he should have about $250 of the $300.) But since him having no money means he doesn't contribute any to the 'house hold', (food, toilet paper, soap, other paper goods, etc), and it's his own damn fault for not having any money (and yet also one of those 'Poor people don't deserve welfare, they should get off their asses and work if they want to get ahead!!', although to a lesser degree than the other roommates).
But yeah, I'm not letting him get out of the $50 fee for covering his ass, if it comes down to it. He doesn't want to have to ask his mommy, since he thinks she'll say no. But even if she does say no, how will he be worse off? At least then I'll feel like he's doing something active for himself, instead of being a lump on a log.
But I will let him know that for the next utility bill, he can pay only $30 (or maybe $50, I need to decide) at first, and pay the rest of it when he has a job (although a time limit on how long I'll put off that). Since our last bill was like $200, because our toilet is broken again. But I think it's not so broken now so it should be less. Anyways, since I'm strapped for cash, I only paid $50 towards that bill, and figure Andrew should have the same 'luxury'. But paying them off is a high priority.
Anyways, I spent the first month or so, avoiding any sort of nagging on him to get a job, since he's 21, he's an adult, he should be responsible for himself. But I forget, the whole point his parents wanted him to move out was for him to learn to be an adult, not that he already was (otherwise he would have moved out way before now from his parents.) So Jeremiah and I have both started to get on him about it, and it feels like we care more about getting him a job than he does. If he doesn't start acting like an adult soon, I think I'm going to start treating him like a child. And ground him from his computer (ie: remove the power cords from the back, and things like that). Possibly letting him know he needs rent money by the 29th (I'm already bumping the deadline back a weekend so he can at least get one more waffle house paycheck in), or he owes an extra $50 for me covering his share. And he needs a job by the 3rd, or I'm taking his power cord until he has one.'
But I'm also possibly having PMS so maybe that plan is too bitchy? He stays up all night, sleeps all day, and doesn't leave the house except for when we force him too.
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| zombies |
[13 Sep 2008|05:32pm] |
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So I just argued with a 4 year old about if zombies pee standing up or not.
Connor is fully potty trained, but he sits to pee. His mom wants Jeremiah to learn how to pee standing up. We bought a step stool for the bathroom, but haven't really done much beyond that. Connor has seen Jeremiah pee a few times, and I'd think knows the general idea. But doesn't seem to have any interest in standing up when he's peeing.
So when he went to the bathroom earlier, I told him 'zombies pee standing up', since he's been in a zombie fixation since almost the entire time I've known him. But Connor argued 'no! Zombies pee sitting down!'
Any suggestions? We know it's not a big deal, and I'm guessing he'll just pick it up on his own eventually, but is there any way to help encourage it?
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| we are inside |
[11 Sep 2008|09:50pm] |
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Last Sunday we had Connor, and went to visit Pete. Pete's girlfriend is pregnant with their second kid, and we were all hanging outside around the patio furniture. The other kids were either at school, or down for a nap.
Connor, the whole time, kept insisting we should go inside, that he wanted to go inside, etc. Because all the good toys were inside. So we kept telling him no, that we're hanging out with everyone outside. Eventually I started to tell Connor 'we ARE inside! see, roof is up there (umbrella), furniture, we are inside!' and he'd get all upset "NO THATS THE ROOF THATS NOT A ROOF I WANT TO GO INSIDE!". It was pretty funny. :X I'm so mean. He wanted to try going swimming in their pool, but it was dirty from the hurricane, and he didn't have a swim suit. But he wouldn't listen. So eventually I picked him up to show him how dirty the pool was, and teased him and threatened to toss him in.
But since he still likes me at the end of the day, I don't feel too bad for being mean. Even if I am a tyrant, and make him put away his trains before taking out his lego.
Jeremiah is looking into a job with construction again, since cook-pay just really isn't cutting it. Especially at Waffle House. And something where he has the weekends off would be great, so we can arrange to get Connor easier.
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People who don't tip suck. Like half my tables friday night didn't tip me. And one table left only $22 for a 23.41 tab. wtf. And there was a note up today listing things people need to make sure they do, and one was 'get walk-outs signed by the manager' and I kept trying to get the manager on shift to sign it but she just kept saying 'just put it to the side and I'll deal with it'. :(
Some other guy also got kicked out for calling me a bitch. I didn't hear, but another waitress did and she kicked him out. His group didn't even leave a tip (and apparently they get kicked out of waffle house often).
Am honestly considering adding extra tax for Drunks and Jackasses, to ensure I get some sort of tip. >.> Would that be wrong of me?
And there's this one guy that's a regular that keeps trying to ask me out, and NEVER LEAVES A TIP! He's only been my customer like once but I've called him on his lack of tipping before and still no tips. (I felt bad once cause another girl let me take one of her tables, and said she'd just take the next person in my section, and it was HIM. So I was like '... he's not gonna tip you, wanna take next next one also?'. The first time he came him, he asked for my number, gave me his, and left no tip, but I thought maybe another waitress took the tip). Next weekend if he shows up, I need to tell the girls to let me take him, so I can be like 'oh gosh, I don't know if I want to wait on you. You gonna tip me this time?' Or have him put his number in my phone and then give it out to some spam site stuff.
But I do get some awesome people that tip me like 10 or 20 dollars. Hell, one group I got $50 from. it was like 2 months ago and it still cheers me up. :3
Jeremiah gets even more depressed when he's a waiter (he was originally trained as a cook, but they need waitstaff more) and gets bad tips. Feels like he can't provide and shit. :( And since he's not a hot young girl, he's less likely to get tips just for being cute.
But at least it turned him into a great tipper. So now when we go out or order food, we try and tip $10. $5 if we're having a particularly poor-cash day. I've always tried to tip at least 20% rounded up before, but now try and tip more.
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| returning |
[03 Sep 2008|12:46pm] |
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We're about to head back down to Lafayette. 41% of the town is without power, but since we live near the school, it shouldn't include us. And even if it does, Jeremiah's brother has power still so we can go to his place for any electricity needs we have.
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