i am shocked and confused, and i think happy, but too shocked for that right now [Archive]

insertnamehere

07-21-2007, 08:32 AM

my dad and his girlfriend are going to the zoo today, and stopped by here on the way to take me to breakfast, and i felt kinda bad that they were even doing that cause of the gas it would cost to drive here and to pay for my breakfast, but anyway, on the way bringing me back to my dorm from breakfast, i was telling them about how im working over 40 hours a week (i think close to 50 actually) now and how i think i'm actually ok on money for once, and they park for me to get out, and dads girlfriend turns around and hands me $300. at first i didnt even realize how much it was, and i was like, oh no, i'm fine, im working so much, i shoudlnt have any trouble paying my school bill. and she said please take it and it's $300 to make sure i can pay all my school junks and to save my money for other stuff. i tried to turn it down again after she told me it was 300, cause holy shit there's no reason they should give me $300 i know theres lots of other stuff they need, but they were insistent. so. wow. i have money. i feel a combination of guilt and relief.

i was told i was welcome to go in to work at 6am tomorrow to help build a catering order (boxed lunches for 1000 people), but i think the urge to work 12 hour shifts just died in me a little.

so uh, (y) :confused:

insertnamehere

07-21-2007, 08:50 PM

she's just trying to buy your love. and it was probably your dad's idea.

i'm sure it was a combined effort between her and my dad, and she doesn't have to buy my love. when i had to stay at my dads house cause i got so sick last month... my dad works a ton of hours and comes home and is beat and usually just wants to go to bed and is so hot from being outside all day he doesnt like to eat, but she came over almost every night and cooked a dinner. like, REALLY cooked a dinner. homemade mashed potatoes and mac and cheese and rotisseried barbeque chicken and shit like that. when i was home with mono, well, my mom works nights and gets off at 7 am, and the doctors told me i needed to get a follow up on my bloodwork cause my liver was REEEEAAAALY swollen and throwing my liver enzymes way off (there there are two that are supposed to be in their 30s that were in the 200s), and the day i was supposed to go, my mom got off work, turned off her phone, and went to sleep. then she called me that night and said she was too tired and that she would take me friday (that was a weds), when friday came she said she didnt have the money to take me to the doctor. then i had to go back to school. i never did get my bloodword redone, but it doesnt hurt to lay on my tummy anymore so im assuming my organs got un-swolen. it was my liver and my spleen and it hurt to push on my tummy but now it doesnt and i feel fine, so yeah.

but just the fact that sharon came over after work everynight to feed me, and, well she and my mom are both nurses, but for awhile i coudlnt put anything in my mouth or i threw up. like one night i was taking a shower and accidentaly got water in my mouth and puked, so i didnt eat or drink for about 3 days, thats initially what led to me having to go home becaue i was too weak to take care of myself, and had neither the money for proper medical care not the ability to really get myself anywhere (it was hard to stand long enough to get myself to the bathroom at that point)...anyway, i went to urgent care and got IV fluids and called my parents to come home, and they gave me meds to stick up my butt to make me not throw up, but sharon was saying how if i still had trouble drinking she could get all the stuff from her work to give me an IV at home so i woulnt have to go in anymore for that. and i thought that was real nice.

that got rather long winded, the point is sharon is awesome to both me and my dad, and my mom, well, not so much.

and yeah the money is sweet, now i know i will have plenty and i can get some things, like i reeeealy need some new shoes, so i can do that. i wont be working any less though, because i'm too nice of a person. both of my jobs need me, and one really really needs me. like, chaos would ensue if i didnt work at least 30 hrs there a week. a guy got fired and now im one of two cashiers, the other of which can only work after 5:30 on weekdays, and doesnt want a lot of hours cause he has a real job and a family and whatnot and just does that a little to get some extra cash. so yeah. they'd be pretty boned if i decided i didnt want to work much. likewise, my other job, where i am only scheduled for 6hrs a week but pick up extra, really has no one else to drive during those hours, and they'd have to have drivers from other stores come in and it would suck.

haha, one day i came in after the guy got fired on short notice, and agreed to work a shit ton of hours the following week, and when i came in my manager was like "hey there.... everybody, guess who gets a free sandwich today!!!"

im kind of a big deal :cool: