December 16, 2005
Hey,
No, this time it is strictly my fault I have not posted a new entry. No power outages, no shut-offs, nothing but good ole' fashion home grown laziness.
Actually, I haven't been all that lazy recently. At work I have been racking up the overtime every night for the past week or two. So far I put in about 25 hours of OT in the month of December. Starting work at 12:30 in the afternoon allows me to go to bed fairly late (5:00 AM typically), but now I have been working from until 11:00 rather than the standard 9:00. A simple two hours each night and I get time and a half. The only true draw back is that my body has gotten used to being up for about 8 hours after work each night, so now that I have been going until 11:00, I am finding myself going to bed between 7 and 8 in the morning and having to get up 10:30 to 11:00.
Tess at work and her sister have been quite sick lately. In fact, I can probably count around seven people who have all come down with some odd virus that mimics the symptoms of Strep Throat but is in fact not actually Strep. Go figure, I get a ridiculously low amount of sleep, refuse to wear a jacket or coat and did not get the flu shot and I am healthy but the people who get their full eight hours and dress warm are getting sickly.
At work, I have let it slip to a friend/co-worker that I am carrying a bit of a torch for Dee and Tess and he has been hitting at me for it since. Will's a great guy and I know he wouldn't say anything that would tip of these two ladies, but he has been having some fun lately. Dee is in a position of a bit of authority and Will has been asking Dee to keep coming over to his station to talk and even kind of flirt with her. A few days ago, he ever jokingly asked Dee out to dinner. I trust Will enough to believe him when he says he isn't interested in her (he's got a steady and is head over heels) and if she had agreed he would have gotten out of it. All of his overtures have been a little to... flamboyant... to be legit.
He has been doing some of the overtime with me and when everyone around us leaves at 9 he and I just shoot the shit for 2 hours and he has basically admitted he wouldn't want to date Tess or Dee. Not because he thinks that they are not worth his time, but he feels they are a bit to immature for him. In fact he might be right on the money when it comes to Dee, who is 19. Tess is 21 but carries herself like a 24 year old to me.
Earlier today during lunch I heard Tess pontificating about romance and relationships to a co-worker. I tried not to listen in, but she has a distinct voice and my hearing is damned near perfect so I just can pick her up whether or not I want to. She was saying how she was single and enjoying having regular friends, but than mentioned how she thought all of the 'good' guys out there were taken, and most by women she considered to be sub-par. I was tempted to break in and mention that the majority of guys in off kilter relationships tend to be so as they have not been given a better alternative, hence they stay in a romance they may or may not be happy in as that is perceived as being better than being alone. I must say, there are times late at night where I will find myself hugging a pillow, or waking up for a bad dream (which I frequently get) and just wanting to hold someone so bad it feels like I am dying inside. However, as I said before, I am not up to Tess' standards. I will NOT cross any lines. If that means I have to watch her get into another relationship than so be it.
In other news, that '69 Charger I was so optimistic about seeing hasn't happened yet. I actually drove around the town he is in to no avail, and the guy just doesn't answer his phone. Maybe before winter really kicks into gear, but the more time passes the more I lose hope.
Speaking about winter, the first real snow storm is forecasted to slam into my state early tomorrow morning. They are talking about ice, freezing rain, sleet and copious amounts of snow to fall in a 12-14 hour window. With any luck, I will just get snow and not loose the power, but...
Anyhow, I'll try to post again before Christmas. I'm going down to my dads place for the holidays, but only for two or three days at the most. Talk to you later!
No, this time it is strictly my fault I have not posted a new entry. No power outages, no shut-offs, nothing but good ole' fashion home grown laziness.
Actually, I haven't been all that lazy recently. At work I have been racking up the overtime every night for the past week or two. So far I put in about 25 hours of OT in the month of December. Starting work at 12:30 in the afternoon allows me to go to bed fairly late (5:00 AM typically), but now I have been working from until 11:00 rather than the standard 9:00. A simple two hours each night and I get time and a half. The only true draw back is that my body has gotten used to being up for about 8 hours after work each night, so now that I have been going until 11:00, I am finding myself going to bed between 7 and 8 in the morning and having to get up 10:30 to 11:00.
Tess at work and her sister have been quite sick lately. In fact, I can probably count around seven people who have all come down with some odd virus that mimics the symptoms of Strep Throat but is in fact not actually Strep. Go figure, I get a ridiculously low amount of sleep, refuse to wear a jacket or coat and did not get the flu shot and I am healthy but the people who get their full eight hours and dress warm are getting sickly.
At work, I have let it slip to a friend/co-worker that I am carrying a bit of a torch for Dee and Tess and he has been hitting at me for it since. Will's a great guy and I know he wouldn't say anything that would tip of these two ladies, but he has been having some fun lately. Dee is in a position of a bit of authority and Will has been asking Dee to keep coming over to his station to talk and even kind of flirt with her. A few days ago, he ever jokingly asked Dee out to dinner. I trust Will enough to believe him when he says he isn't interested in her (he's got a steady and is head over heels) and if she had agreed he would have gotten out of it. All of his overtures have been a little to... flamboyant... to be legit.
He has been doing some of the overtime with me and when everyone around us leaves at 9 he and I just shoot the shit for 2 hours and he has basically admitted he wouldn't want to date Tess or Dee. Not because he thinks that they are not worth his time, but he feels they are a bit to immature for him. In fact he might be right on the money when it comes to Dee, who is 19. Tess is 21 but carries herself like a 24 year old to me.
Earlier today during lunch I heard Tess pontificating about romance and relationships to a co-worker. I tried not to listen in, but she has a distinct voice and my hearing is damned near perfect so I just can pick her up whether or not I want to. She was saying how she was single and enjoying having regular friends, but than mentioned how she thought all of the 'good' guys out there were taken, and most by women she considered to be sub-par. I was tempted to break in and mention that the majority of guys in off kilter relationships tend to be so as they have not been given a better alternative, hence they stay in a romance they may or may not be happy in as that is perceived as being better than being alone. I must say, there are times late at night where I will find myself hugging a pillow, or waking up for a bad dream (which I frequently get) and just wanting to hold someone so bad it feels like I am dying inside. However, as I said before, I am not up to Tess' standards. I will NOT cross any lines. If that means I have to watch her get into another relationship than so be it.
In other news, that '69 Charger I was so optimistic about seeing hasn't happened yet. I actually drove around the town he is in to no avail, and the guy just doesn't answer his phone. Maybe before winter really kicks into gear, but the more time passes the more I lose hope.
Speaking about winter, the first real snow storm is forecasted to slam into my state early tomorrow morning. They are talking about ice, freezing rain, sleet and copious amounts of snow to fall in a 12-14 hour window. With any luck, I will just get snow and not loose the power, but...
Anyhow, I'll try to post again before Christmas. I'm going down to my dads place for the holidays, but only for two or three days at the most. Talk to you later!
posted by Matthew Shine at 12:20 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home