A Crazy Day in the Neighbourhood

We decided last night that I would go to work a little early this morning due to the fact we would be a little understaffed today. I could pick up the slack for a little while. So I trott in an hour and 45 minutes early and sit down at my desk. I don't even get logged into the system and my phone is ringing,have everyone log off the system we are going to do some upgrades! On a friday. Afternoon! They have to be kidding. I should say that I work for a company that takes emergency calls for elevators across Canada as well as maintenance and repair calls, on average we recieve more than 2000 calls daily. Working off the system is like a surgan doing your stiches blindfolded. When you are off the system where I work you cant dispatch the calls because it tells you what mechanic takes the calls, it also houses all of the phone extensions for the whole company. So for 20 minutes we are forced to take manual calls and wait to dispatch them until we can get back on the system. Finally it is time to boogy and we discover the upgrades have caused all kinds of system errors which kick us out of the system everytime we save a change or dipatch a call. Back off the system again. and this cycles all day long! Finally they kick us off the system for a final time so they can remove the system "upgrades" so we can get the job done efficiently for once. The fun doesnt stop here though now you have 40 calls on the screen that need to be dispatched and mechanics yelling because the calls are a frw hours old. I don't blame them for being upset about it though, they are on the road and now need to rush around to a bunch of calls in an hour or two that they should have had spread out throughout the day.

I got home tonight tossed my bag on the couch and thought to myself home sweet home, and TGIF! I have to do some laundry tonight but I intend to lay around for most of the evening with my book and a bottle of water and relax. I think I earned an evening off!

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All You Can Eat Sushi With Rules

Last night I had plans with some friends from work, we went to dinner at a resturant that offered all you can eat sushi. Now sushi is one of those foods that looks like you can eat a lot but once you get started you fill up fast. The resturant was not an all you can eat buffet so some people order a course from the menu and others can order all you can eat which for $17 you can pick anything you want off the menu. What I didn't know is that you have to finish what is on your plate or they charge you for each thing you ordered individually. So being causious, I ordered vegitable tempura, salmon rolls and Las Vegas rolls, thinking I am hungry I can eat 12 pieces of sushi. Apparently my eyes are bigger than my stomach because 1/2 of the tempura and 8 pieces of sushi later I could bairly breath. If I payed for each item individually dinner would have cost me near $40 but only half of that if I could finish what was on my plate. Another rule is you cant share. So there were three other people at the table I could not pass this extra food on to. When the waitress went in the back to get someone elses order I quickly tossed some of the sushi on my plate to one of my friends who had ordered the same thing. I then went outside for a smoke thinking if I waited a few minutes I may be able to squeeze in the last of the food in front of me. Not so much. There were two pieces of Las Vagas rolls staring up at me from the plate and a few more pieces of tempura. I am sitting there staring back at the plate thinking I don't want to pay twice as much for dinner because I can't eat this little bit of food left..... So, I put my hands in my jacket pocket and eurika! There was a bag in my pocket, a vacant pick up bag left from a previous walk with the dog! Thank God. When the moment presented itself I quickly took the remaining food from my plate and disposed of it in the bag, secretly thanking god that I didnt have to choke down the rest of what I knew wouldnt fit in my stomach. Needless to say I will NEVER order the all you can eat sushi from the menu again. I felt like a little kid whose parents wont allow to get up from the table until they finish all their veggies. I was so full I wanted to cry looking down at my plate thinking I am going to be here all night. Saved!

We then moved on to one of the local gay bars to watch a drag show. The show was scheduled to start at 11pm. But like most things with gay boys it ran late. 12am the show starts and the bar fills up. It was very much worth the wait! Not only was the show great but we went on the introduction night for Smirnoff Black Ice and got free drinks out of the deal too! You can't ask for a better deal than that.
I forgot to forewarn my streight co-worker friends of my known antics with gay boys at clubs... Oops! I will proclaim loud and proud that I Love Gay Boys! Love them. I always have and I attract them like a big ol' lesbian magnet! Get enough drinks in me and I have been known to make out with them. There is not feelings there which makes it all the more fun, I dont want them they dont want me, so what the hell. It didn't get to that point last night because I have to work this morning, I am too old to play too hard on school nights! So I will say they got a small taste of Jenn with the gay mens... LOL.. It was just a little shocking to them to see me react that way to men period. The night was so much fun, I haven't had the opportunity to go out and have fun like that in a while. It was really nice. Just don't order the all you can eat sushi if you cant eat all you think you can!

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Time apart

There was a time long ago that my partner and I were inseperable. We wanted to be with eachother at all times. It was painful to be apart, a few days seemed like an eternaty. I would well up with tears as she left the house to go visit a friend for a few days, thinking how much I was going to miss her. How could we be apart? How could I sleep in our bed without her breathing next to me? Every moment apart felt like an eternity. I would despriately try to find something to fill my time with while she was away. I would busy myself with housework, friends, extra hours at work. I could never just sit back and enjoy having the house to myself.

Now after ten years together and some difficult times we have come to the reolization that some time apart every now and then is healthy. Having friends that we can enjoy the company of without eachother is healthy.
Today I will be taking my partner to her friends in Grand Bend, where she will be staying until the weekend. In past history for a few days before a trip like this I would feel needy and clingy, I would feel the need to suck up all the love and attention I could get from my partner before she were to leave. Today I would be emotional, it would feel almost like loss, like she was going forever even though I knew logically it was only for a few days. Now I joke about it, last night we were laying in bed and I turned to my partner and said (sarcasticly) "you are LEAVING me! Forever!" And we laugh. She comes back with "you are right, I am running away to Grand Bend and never comeing back... So your coming to pick me up on Saturday?" We laugh some more.

It is nice to no longer feel that insecurity, to be able to enjoy my time alone. I have to work everyday that she is away but on Wednesday I have a work function in the evening, on Thursday I am going to dinner with some friends and Friday I will just spend my evening here at home reading and relaxing. I will miss my partner when she is away, I like to come home to her beautiful face each night. I like to hear her voice before I drift off to sleep, etc. But missing her is different now than it used to be, it is no longer a desperate feeling. No longer does a few days feel like an eternaty without her. The time will pass and before I know it she will be back home and her voice will be the last thing I hear before drifting off to sleep.

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