Kylara | The Raging Tech

Ch-Ch-Changes

August 19th, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in Daily Life, My Life

I thought Monday at lunch was going to be my final goodbyes to Kylara, and the end of our relationship. But then when I showed up at lunch our friends were there hanging out, so we didn’t really get to spend much time together. As they got up to go get food, Kylara said she’d drop in to see me later. So while I was prepared to deal with the hurt of seeing her the last time before she moves at lunch, that got delayed.

I wasn’t upset that I’d get to see her again before she left, my heart was just shaken up because when I thought it was over, it wasn’t quite over yet. It was just stressful. So now, we’ve said our goodbye and had our last hug and kiss before she leaves. I’m single again. I think my heart officially broke a few days ago when it started to really sink in, so now I’m mostly just sad about her leaving.

Tomorrow, Wednesday, is my first day of class for my master’s degree in project management. I’m not quite mentally prepared for that yet. I need to be. It’s awkward because I need to get my third book that I couldn’t find in PDF format, but I won’t have money until tomorrow so I guess I’ll have to have it overnighted from Amazon.

I’m about halfway through with the 12 days straight of work (due to the students moving back on campus), and I’m on a weird work schedule, 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. It’s nice to sleep an extra hour, but apparently the traffic between my house and work is lighter but full of stupid people who can’t drive.

Friday evening can’t come soon enough. I can’t wait to unwind, destress, and relax with some friends and some games. Maybe some Huddle House, because I love me some waffles.

Tags: Kylara, Life, stress, Work

Hot Date: Olive Garden and Baby Mama

May 1st, 2008 | 1 Comment | Posted in 30 Rock, Business, Daily Life, Education, Entertainment, Food, Lifestyle, My Life, Technology, books, celebrities, free stuff, movies

Last night I had a hot date with my girl. I showed up at her place and I was dressed up to try and look good for her, but it was pretty irrelevant next to the sight I saw when she opened the front door. She was gorgeous! She wore this little black dress she has borrowed from a friend. It’s a little low cut but tasteful, straps, bows, etc. and an open back. She had her hair down but back, and she was glittery (she calls it shimmer). She was also wearing fish nets and combat boots. Yeah, that’s my girl! Be jealous.

We drove out of town, because our small mountain town doesn’t have too many good restaurants, and went to an Olive Garden, which happens to be one of our favorite restaurants. The breadsticks were delicious as usual. I had the potato and sausage soup, which was delicious but I burnt my tongue - my own fault. She had salad. She ordered the Tour of Italy (basically three entrees: lasagna, chicken parmigiana, and fettuccine alfredo) and I had the Steak Gorgonzola over fettuccine alfredo. We followed that up with dessert (and more than half our food in boxes) - tiramisou for me and a black tie chocolate mousse cake for her.

The waiter came by with the check and said “Oh, by the way, don’t tell anyone, but dessert is on me.” That must have been about $12 worth of free dessert he just gave us. Overall, our dining experience was awesome. The waiter gave us excellent service, and I spent the money I would have spent on dessert on his tip.

We left Olive Garden (or the “OG” as I refer to it) and went to Books-a-Million to window shop. Kylara picked up some bargain bin books, and I picked up Cracking the GMAT (2008 with DVD) to help me study and pass the GMAT sometime soon. I think I’m going to have to use my Economic Stimulus Payment to cover the test cost - it’s about $250 to take it, and I don’t intend to have to take it more than once.

We finished up our evening away by seeing “Baby Mama” - the new movie with Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Dax Shepherd, Steve Martin, Sigourney Weaver, and Greg Kinnear - where Tina Fey needs someone to be a surrogate mother, so she hires lower-class white-trash Amy Poehler’s character to do the job. There are some other plot twists that weren’t mentioned in the trailers, but certainly make it slightly more interesting than it looked in commercials. I enjoyed the movie and laughed a lot - but if you’re on the fence about seeing it in theaters or waiting to rent the DVD - wait to rent it.

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