Just look at his face

At work there is this gentleman who has been there the last few days stuck in the weather. (yes it is snowing.... again). Anyways he has been hanging out there and of course flirting and giving me a hard time.

Well today he consumed some beer, was a little.... uh outgoing. At about 11:00 He walks up to the counter with his buddy, they adopted each other, puts his boat (little holder for food, a tray thinger ya know?) and says "hey Amanda look at my wiener!" Of course I looked down, not thinking, and I blushed understanding what was going on. He shouts to EVERYONE "Amanda looked at my wiener" and he went on and on about how I should take a bite out of his "wiener" I looked into his eyes, and told him I was just going to look at his face and pretend none of this was happening lol. He laughed at me, long and hard. Then commented on my blushing, which he took as a compliment, to him I guess his wiener looked appetizing... whatever

PS: just clarifying, the man was buying a polish hot dog, hence his wiener.

Home Sweet Home

Recently, in case you didn't know I made it home for Christmas!!

Sitting at the airport for only a couple extra hours wasn't too bad. I even made a few friends! One guy, I don't know his name, but he had lots of tattoo's. So we talked about which ones hurt the most. Lasted about 10 mins lol. But when I finally got onto the airplane that's when it was super fun! I met a guy, we will call him...LTL (lol). Anyways LTL was just fate, I knew I would sit to someone nice. He was 20 yrs old, very attractive!! and from Canada. He was headed to Michigan where his parents live now and had many connecting flights to get there so he was not so excited. Me being me, just figured I should just be outgoing and see where it goes. It turns out it went well! So this guys LTL and I talked about everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. We even talked about how often he takes his clothes off at work. And to top it all of, he told me about his lack of a big toe. There was an accident when he was 5, involving his dad, a lawnmower, and his big toe. You can fill in the blanks. He even showed me! EWW right lol. Anyways. it was the best flight ever. I have never gotten to know someone so fast, all in 50 mins. I will never forget LTL as I believe he will never forget me, it sure was a wild ride. Who knows, maybe next yr for Christmas, we will be on the same flight. This time I will get his number!

SO home was nice. It was really great to just be able to relax and not have to do anything. The comfort of knowing there was plentiful amounts for the making of a delicious fresh sandwiches. Breakfast in the mornings, games to play, and sleeping too! Oh yea, and it was nice to see my parents. But really the sandwiches! LOL I am joking mom, close your mouth. I love you. And I loved being home. It really was nice to let my guard down for a few days and worry about nothing. It was nice to spend time with the three of them. Because since I moved out, I have seen my parents but I had not seen my brother, let alone had us all in the same room for more then a min. So it was nice to just be a family again. Sad to leave, but then again it always is. Part of growing up.

I did get to look forward to coming back to Spokane! Because Panda and Mrs. Panda came home with me! It was a fun ride, me dancing and singing (in my head) to Mama Mia, then playing 6 degrees, and watching all the snowy hills roll on by the window. It was really nice to have them back to my Apartment too. Because they got to see what all their hard work moving me in did! They got to see the final project.

All in all, my mini Christmas vacation was relaxing and enjoyable, I would love to be back there now. MMM the sandwiches!

Citrus... and Such

When life hands you Limes, you make margaritas.

When life hands you Lemons, you make lemonade.

With me still?

When life hands you Shit, what do you make?

Just a question to ponder, let me know what you think. Maybe sand castles? or Mud Pies?

you NEED to leave

I don't remember if I mentioned a couple weeks ago about the guy who was stealing stuff. I wasn't sure if I really saw him put it into his pocket (even though earlier someone saw him doing it) but we didn't know if he.... anyways, when he walked out he turned and looked at me gave me the 'nod'. I glared at him, and tried to telepathically tell him not to walk out and that he was a bad man. Well as soon as he walked out I regretted it. Called Susie and Walker ran after him, but the kid was too fast...and walker is a smoker LOL!

Well this kid came back in about a week ago, I saw him walk in and I was like, I think that's him. So I told everyone on shift to keep their eyes out. He left, even bought something.
Last night he came BACK in, and this time I knew it was him! I knew it, he was wearing the same sweatshirt she was the first time and I KNEW it. So I told Susie, that's him. So Susie got PISSED! lol. Walked up to him: "Remember a few weeks ago when you were in here with a backpack?"
Stupid Kid: "uh... Yeah"
Susie: "ok, good. Get out. You aren't allowed to be here anymore. Never come back."
Stupid Kid: "Are you serious right now?"
Susie: "Do I need to get security to escort you?"
And the kid walked out, headed for the gas station right across the way.

Stupid people!

LOOK DOWN

Scroll to the bottom of the entire blog, you will see a new feature that I added, its a slideshow! You can pause the music on my playlist, and click the speaker button on the slideshow to listen to the song that goes with it. Or just enjoy the slide show with the music already playeing, its good either way!

Winter Wonderland!....kinda

SNOW SNOW SNOW

When is there too much? I will tell you, when you near 4 feet. thats too much

I didnt know the best way to show all the snow, cause theres tons! But the first pic is just some kids playing in it, digging tunnes to walk and crawl through, number 2 is of them throwing them selves into it and just falling right though, very funny! Then el numero 3, that is a pic of the pool area, and there are trashcans all around it, I figured that might give a good idea of how deep it is, now those trash cans are completly gone, you cant see them anymore! And the last pic, of the trees, just thought is was amazing, the just kinda stick out outthe snow. Weird winter, happy to hear im not the only one getting snow! Now we can all suffer together! HAHAHAHA

Family

There for you all the time, Some are. Some arent. Thank you for those to care about me, who plan things for me to make events and times special. To people who care enough to call and make sure things are fine. I love you guys!!!!!!

Wait...Did I move to Antartica?

No joke, I knew when I moved here that the winters were extreme. I knew they got lots of snow, an dit stayed around for a long long time. What I didnt know was how extreme the temps are! I guess I just assumed the snow stayed put just as well at 32* as it does... oh lets say -13*! Thats right, I am living in negative temperatures!!!!!! I have never gone out side, during the middle of the day and had it be in the negatives, low 20's yes, maybe even the teens, hardly. But NEGATIVE! Seriously I am comparing the weather here, to antartica. I didnt know it got this cold any where else, except Alaska, and the other country on the other half of the earth... What is that one called?

Went winter shopping with Anna today. Looked for a nice big jacket and accessories that are the norm here. We looked at everything but I couldnt find the eskimo shoes! You know the tennis racket shoes? Apparantly they are too cool for those. I bought a few beanies, my first winter beanies! Heres a pic of my favorite one. Soon enough I will be a winter babe!

Oh ps: I went to park in my garage tonight, I thought hey why not, my car wont be frozen in the morning... except my garage is frozen shut... Joy

Russia Maffia

Fa1 brought to my attention today that the Russia Maffia has strict directions to fall in love with me.

It appears that all Russians have a 'thing' for me today. Moms favorite Russian, Alex (my squirrel man) and these two Russian guys that were in today. They have a thing for me. Here is how the conspiracy goes (according to Fa1). Moms favorite Russian told everyone at a local maffia meeting to fall in love with me in which I will fall in love with moms favorite Russian....

I know...weirder things have happened.

This is for you Momalo

I better not go to Russia

I don't know what it is about me, something...odd. I attract Russians. Moms favorite banker, and now Alex.

At work the other night, I was with all the guys. Which usually I am with all the guys. But that's not a bad thing, they treat me like their little girl, they are very protective. Well this guy came in, was walking around the store, just shopping. He needed help getting something off one of the shelves that we keep locked. So there we were, me and Alex squatting on the ground, me trying to reach something for him and he looks right down my top! I see him look so I stand up so he cant see anymore. Finally he decides that he deosent want it. SO I put it back and went back to the counter. Walking past, my fav Janitor I say wow I don't feel violated at all! I told the guys what had happened and we decided that I wouldn't help that guy anymore. Well then Alex needed something else, and everyone was busy. So I had to help him again. This time I didn't give him the opportunity to see anything lol. The night goes on, he is still there shopping. Lah de dah. He goes to the joining restaurant, I see him watching me. Now I am getting a little freaked out. He comes back to do some more shopping. And he is buying this stuffed squirrel and something else. I said jokingly, hey where's my present?! He looks at me and he says "this is your present, I buy for you" LOL! I'm all like no you don't have to do that, I was just teasing, you don't have to do that. But he was just all about me having his squirrel. So I take it, and we decide to name it Alex, after my 'lover' lol.

He keeps shopping. And now all the guys are making fun of me, teasing me about how now I will have to go out to his truck with him... bla bla bla.

So Alex comes up to my counter and says (by the way he doesn't speak very good English) "uh Amanda, you have something.... (points to his chest)" I look down, I don't see anything, I am like where? where? I don't see anything. He tells me to lean forward (like and idiot I do, I know I know I shouldn't. I know pls trust me I know I am stupid) so I lean forward, he goes to grab it, then tricks me and grabs my nose! Thank god he didn't go through with touching something else! So we are all laughing, the guys are really laughing cause they know that guy had the perfect opportunity to score some garbage lol. Next thing I know he says my name again. So I look over at him and he grabs a lighter and starts sucking fire into his mouth! It was the coolest thing I have ever seen!!!! So now all the guys love him, and I am laughing now at them cause they are mesmerized.

The night goes on, we all decide that I will get an escort out to my car. So The night is over, I am all done and I am about to leave, I say goodnight to the night crew, say goodnight to our security guard. then I see Alex. Now he has been in the store for about 4 or 5 hours, and he has spent about $400. all at separate times. I say goodnight to Alex, thank him for my squirrel and I leave. The man was going to cry. No joke! He was ready to cry, his eyes for red and slightly watery. So I am standing out side waiting for my escorts to finish their cigs, and Alex comes walking out, says goodnight to everyone and heads to his truck. Poor little guy, I felt so bad, I hardly gave him the time of day. And it was so clear that he liked me. I broke his heart. I feel so bad! I have never broken someones heart before.

ALL NIGHTER!!!

OK who's ever genius plan this was (mine) and who thought it would be fun (me) needs to get a life.... (yep for sure me) Tonight I did my first all nighter, I should have, could have worked on my final paper earlier.... yesterday before work. But I didn't work so hard on it. So I pulled an all nighter. But here's my only problem...I couldn't stay awake. So this is what I did!

Went to my "local truck stop" and sat at the restaurant inside with my laptop, a few books, and my notes. I had friends from work there supporting me, and keeping me involved in what I was doing. I ate a very college snack... toasted cheese, with french fries, and a piece of apple pie with vanilla ice cream! They spoiled me they really did. What made this so fun was seeing some of the people who came into eat at 2 or 3 in the morning. For a long time it was only me and like 10 cops in the other room. Then a couple other guys came in (Not together) and one of the guys was clearly just wanting to read his book and eat his food, but the other guy wanted to have a convo with him. Lets just say it was pretty much a one way conversation lol. Then these three guys came in together and sat in the booth next to me. They were very chatty, wanting to know what I was up to. And finally I had another guy actually sit down and join me lol. Awkward at first but it was good time. We talked about college, and how he wished he had gone. Apparently now he plays the lotto every week hoping to win. And if he does, he would go back to school. lol. Alrighty then. So I got all my homework done, I am fully prepared for my last day of the fall quarter tomorrow. Although this was a lot harder to stay awake then I thought, it has been a really good time. Not ready to do it again though in quite some time... lol.

I guess I should go back to my apartment now, shower and get ready to go to school! I have a feeling this will be one of the longest days of my life. Love ya lots!

Wheres the coffee?

Yahtzee

I feel like I am one of the dice in the game Yahtzee. Being thrown into a cup and shaken up all the time. I wish there was a clean cut answer more often, I wish that just once I could roll a Yahtzee, and be the ultimate winner. Just once.

Deep huh?

Sorry

Sorry if I am not meeting your expectations. Im sorry if I am not handling things the way YOU think I should. Im sorry if I am doing things differently. But they are what they are, and I am the one who will get kicked in the butt in the end. It will be my fault, my wasted time. I know that. I can't blame anyone for anything that happens over here. I am here alone, there IS no one here to blame but one person. And thats ME.

Lot Lizards

Tonight I went out shopping with Ginger and her friend, Hawaii. Hawaii is so funny we had such a good time, def. need to do that again! We decided on the way bringing them back to school that we should grab something from the restaurant connecting to the truck stop. So we stopped and had some of that, it was as yummy as it can be lol. But with 50% it was DELICIOUS!

On my way back through to go back to my apartment I stopped to get some gas (I just reached empty, I saved $.85 with my discount, to fill up it cost $16.34!!!) And while I was in there talking to Jenna this other guy walked up... talky talky. Apparently the gentleman asked her what I was doing just hanging around. Her comment back was "she draws a paycheck from here" lol. I heard that but I didn't hear to next comment. it had something to do with my working there. I thought she said jokingly that I was a prostitute. And when I looked at the gentleman...well he had to that look on his face, that interested look. So immediately I held my hands up and said...."I'm not a prostitute!" Maybe a bit too loud lol Anyways that convo led to Lot Lizards. Which apparently is the lingo for Prostitutes. Interesting huh? I thought so lol.

I'M NOT A LOT LIZARD! So stop thinking about it!

Paranoia

You all know about the Train Man... my friend from back home who kept me company late at night wondering around the house! Well either I am crazy or he followed me to Spokane.

Laying in bed. Literally like 7 Min's ago. I cant sleep. Cant do anything, just laying there staring at my ceiling (really I am looking at the clock on the ceiling, it shines the time up there....) So there I am staring at the clock. I SWARE it says 11:32 SWARE! when all of a sudden it moved! (which is possible, for someone standing there to reach out and change the degree that it shines on the ceiling) I am not even kidding, I was staring at the time on the ceiling and it moved. A good foot.

So there I am laying on my bed, thinking oh god the Train Man has followed me here. staring at the clock still... it changed, its now 11:24. From 11:23 to 11:24! Is it possible that maybe I am dyslexic. Yes it is possible for a few secs I was retarded and not paying attention. But here's the real catch. even if it was 11:23 guess what that is? The number 23! THE NUMBER 23!!!!! or even if it was 11:32 guess what that is? 23 backwards! I know the Fa's will appreciate that finding.

I wish I had the Ouija board here with me. Please Train Man. Leave me alone, I cant cope with you right now. I need some normalcy.

Just thought I would share this info, since I cant seem to sleep. Goodnight.

Just Plead the Fifth

Trucker: (grabs an ice cream from the cooler and holds it up, it is a klondike bar) What would you do for a Klondike Bar?!"
Amanda: .... umm lol (burning bright red)....I dont think I'm going to answer that one!
Trucker: (Very Loudly) UH OH! We have a kinky one over here! (Points towards me)
Amanda: I didnt mean it like that! I just mean Klondike Bars are REALLY good.
Trucker: (laughs uncontrollably, walks away... looks back, laughs some more.)


And there we have it.
Heres another situation that happened today with another trucker:


Background info: we sell showers, it cost $10 to take a shower, or they can get special cards that build up points and gives them free showers. In order to get a key for the shower they have to come to us to get them.

Trucker: Yes I would like a shower please.Amanda: ok, are you paying cash or do you have a card?
Trucker: here ya go (hands over his card)
I run it all through and hand him his shower pass, explain a few things to him.
Amanda: .... And go ahead and just leave this pass in the room when your all done.
Trucker: What happens if I dont?
Amanda: I will be very dissapointed in you.
Trucker: Oh really? Will I get a spanking?
Amanda (bright red... again) LOL!


Last and not least... On the weekends lots of truckers get stuck at our station. They arent allowed to drive over the two days. So you tend to know the guys who are stuck as to the guys just going through. We have a little movie theater there that they can sit and watch movies, and they can request which ones go in and what not. So this gentleman walks up requests to watch Indiana Jones. I say yea no prob. And put the movie in. BUT when we get busy we often forget to hit "play" when it gets to the menu. So I forgot, yes I know Im a horrible person. The guy comes back up, buys a drink and says by the way hit play. Well he was giving me a bad time about it (jokingly) and I said hey mr. I have control of your movie, I might just stop it every few mins. He was so sure I wouldnt even dare. So betty (other girl I was workin with) and I decided to hit pause every few minutes on him! It was the funniest thing for us LOL. So these other guys, who had been watchin movies all day and had already seen this one, were hanging around talking to us. They finally asked what was so funny, So we told them. They went to go in and spy on him. And we hit pause again... Apparantly the guy laughed and said... "oh that girl" LOL so he came out and yelled at us. Jokingly of course. We promised not to do it again.... and we didnt.

Ok maybe we did it one more time! But is was SO funny!

I feel...

Odd. I've been on the floor all night.

Just another day

Today was just like any other day, went to school, went to Starbucks, went to jail, went back to school. Just an ordinary day!

PS: Kian and I saw 3 prisoners! They had orange hats!!

Santa is real!

**This blog entry is defiantly R rated**

At work there is a movie room. We put in movies for the truckers upon request. In order to put a movie in you have to be right in front of the cash register. Now that you know that... here is the story.

It was busy. A driver asked for me to put Hitman in for the next movies, I said sure. Now I personally like to put the movies in right away, or else I will forget and then the driver comes back and chews my head off. So I always put the movies in right away. Well Brock was standing right in front of the cabinet for the movies, helping a customer. I squat down and say quietly... "careful I'm going down on ya".

As soon as I said it I knew my biggest mistake. Keep in mind I consider Brock my creepy uncle of Spokane! Lol. He looked down ant me and raised his eyebrows. I looked back up to him and I just said "dont you say anything about that last comment" He is laughing, I am laughing....and red. Then he says "There really is a Santa!!!" The next woman in line... that's all she heard. I think she was in love with Brock, cause she kept laughing and saying oh that's so cute haha hehe. And the whole time I was cracking up ( I could not get control) and Brock had to walk away, he thought she knew everything. Turns out that she didn't hear anything other then the Santa comment. This made it even better though! She thought the comment was completely harmless.

Usually at work I am stuck with all guys and I am the only female on shift. Well today it was just another day. I was the only female. The guys love it, they love to tease me and make my blush. Its their goal. So the fact that I "went down" on my boss did not help anything! I have a feeling I wont hear the end of this one for a long long time.

You know your a college student....

When you have the night off, a paper to write, and all you have written is one sentence (In 5 hrs) and you decide to take a break and grab some chinese food.

Ultimate College Student Moment
(ucsm)

Brunettes have way more fun!!

I cant beleive I forget to mention this! Last Week one of my girlfriends from back home.... a barista (so you can figure out who it is) we will call her Kpat. Anyways, she took the train over and Ginger (another girlfriend, who lives over here and goes to EWU) and I went and picked her up. We hung out for a few days and had a great time! I was sad to see her leave. But while she was here we decided to cut my hair and dye it! My first time dyeing it! So I went from a dirty blonde (I mean that as in my hair color... nothing more) to a golden brunette. A very light brunette. Its not that dark but still its a change! So yay!!!

I have a bunch of pics of all of us, but I am trying to put them into something special, so stay tuned for that!

Pillsbury

Has anyone seen the new Pillsbury tv commercial? Its the one where there are like four people who they view. Each person inhales deeply then and tap their heels together three times. At the end of the commercial there is a family all together at home.

Since that is hard to imagine if you havent seen it, the people clicking their heels are like Dorthy from Wizard of Oz. When she clicks her heels and says "theres no place like home" over and over.

Well if you were here right now, you would have witnessed me trying to inhale the smell of home and clicking my heels three times. I'm still here, I'm still in Spokane.

http://www.Pillsbury.com/AALL/dancingdoughboy.aspx?WT.mc_id=FRD&p=8bKa3Y04SUQ=

Rudolph

Yes I know. I blush... ALOT! We don't need to point it out every single time it happens. At work, I know I have talked about this before, I blush alot of the time. If a guy says anything inappropriate in any way I will blush. I cant stop it I just cant. Its not that I am embarrassed or even uncomfortable, my face is, not me! I think... Any ways. Tonight Ms P. decided that instead of singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer we should all see Amanda Red Cheek Girl....

Back in what... um elementary school everyone thought it was funny to call me a tomato, Or look, shes turning as red as a tomato.

I think I am going to need counseling.

Thank You for Giving

So as you all know I live in Spokane...alone...and if you dont... where has your head been?

But as you all know the P's (that means parents) suprised me a few weeks ago with a turkey dinner! So it wasnt that I was dieing to have turkey. But more likely I was lonely. So diana (who I am not officially changing her name to Banana) invited me to her home for thanksgiving. But thats not the best of it. We made homemade apple pies! They were amazing and delicious and AMAZING! We baked 3 in total. Here are some pics.

Thats right on the first pic there is an "AA" stands for Banana's real name (starts with A) and Amanda. Lol cute.

Truck Stop..."Never say.."

"Can I grab something for you"

You'll get an answer that sounds like this

"haha ugh you can grab something alright!!! uh huh huh huh haha huh"

So never.... never say that to a trucker.

I mean a DRIVER* = politically correct?

RECAP

The last blog entry was about the man who was having a medicle emergency. This is what happened the next day:

I walked into work and people were talking about what happened. Everything just was going over my head, I wasnt even listening. Then I heard my name mentioned and my ears perked up. Next thing I know everyone was asking me about what happened and congragulating and calling me a hero. I shocked, I was not the hero, I feel like I hardly did anything actually. You know I sat with him for a while waiting for the ambulance, we talked but thats about it. So apparntly the man was having a sever allergic reaction to his medication, which is what he said the night before. They kept him at the hospital for the night, and part of the next day. As sson as he was released he was in contact with our corporate office telling them what had happened and how much he appreciated the people who helped him! I mean he really meant it. I have a copy of the email we get from corporate, I will post it on this blog. Anywho, later that day after my shift started I was walking towards the front counter when someone shouts my Amanda. I turned around and there was a man looking at me... It litterally took me 10 secs to figure out who he was. It was the man from the night before. He looked so different, so healthy! So ALIVE! He gave me a big hug and thanked me a million times, told me what had happened adn how much he really appreciated everything I did for him. This guy was so nice, I am so glad I was there to be part of the team who helped him. Im proud of us and what we did. Way to go crew!

ps. Cant get the image on here, post later seperatly.

WILL SOMEONE HELP ME!?

If only I had my windsheild wasnt covered in ice, if I had not stopped to talk to Daina (she's my fav shift manager, she is also a good friend that works there and we do stuff outside of work.) If only I didnt stop and talk to SM either. If I hadnt joked around with the guys. If I had just gone straight in and done what needed to be done, and left I would be in bed sound asleep right now. I would not have anymore drama in my life then what I had at oh say 8 that night. But here inlays the problem. I did stop and talk to those people, I did lollygag around in an un hurried manner, and I did have to scrape the ice off my wind sheild. And "what if" questions are pretty much pointless. Here is what happened.

I got off at 12:15. I said goodbye to everyone, ran out to my car, discovered it was covered in ice. Scraped my wind sheild, pumped my gas, started to go inside, stopped and talked to Daina, started walking again, stopped to talk to SM. Continued walking, teased the guys smoking. Walked inside. Stand at the counter wait for Rick to have a sec to help me at the counter. When this man walks around the corner right for me and scream...a slurred scream... "will someone just help me!!!". HAHA great right.

First thing that went through my mind is this guy is drunk, he is not happy, and he is going to hurt me. So I walk towards our night gaurd lol right he can help. The guy follows me "I need help! I need an ambulance!" Dirk the night gaurd has rich call 911. meanwhile the man just about falls over so we get a chair and sit him down in the hallway. I run outside and grab Susie (night manager) and run back in. Apparntly this man is having an allergic reaction to some new medication that he is taking for the first time. He complains that he cant breath, his heart is beating really fast, and and he thinks he is going to have a seisure. He asks Suzie to take his dog back to his truck, tell her where to find his wallet, his meds, and everything he might need. They tell me to stay with him and make sure he doesent move. And what does he do? OF COURSE he wants to get up and walk away. So I am trying to convince him to just sit, cause this is a big guy, this could end badly. SO he wants to go outside, I was like ok if your going to fight me then lets just do it, we were walking out there and the guys starts to collapse. I had to grab onto him and I was just standing there cradling this man like ok what now. I scream for Rick cause I cant hold him much longer. So Rick comes out and trades places with me so now I am waiting for the ambulance. Thankfully we switched because the man ended up pooping his pants and apparantly it was pretty bad... And I have a weak stomache.

So all in all, the ambulance took him away. We have two dogs just sitting in his truck, animal I guess someone is coming to get them, the police or animal control or someone who knows. Finally I pay for my gas and get out of there. LOL. If only I just left and never came back.

But the good news is... I am going Salsa Dancing on Saturday! lol. oh god... we will see how that goes.

Ta for now!

Happy Thanksgiving

Today KIAN and I went to Silent Saturday. It is an event that the ITP club (interpreter training program) puts on. Where from early in the morning to later in the afternoon club members, as well as friends, and people from the community are invited to come on out and spend time together. Interacting with games and food, and signing. It is a great chance to practice out American Sign Language skills. And very testing when you are forced to sign for your self among Deaf people.

Anyways...

Mom and Dad came over to visit. Ok no they really didn't, their really here to see Jeff Dunham. I am just a perk... and a place to stay. JK! Luv you guys!

So as a surprise when I got home from silent Saturday there was a whole thanksgiving feast being prepared! All the trimmings and everything. To top it off there was a small Christmas tree all lit up, and a few Christmas decorations spread through out the apartment. What a great thing to come home too! It looks so amazing! And it smelled amazing also. YUMMO!

I love you mom and dad, I appreciate this so much.

EVERYONE DOWN ON THE GROUND! NOW!!

Right... Famous words during a major robbery right?

Can you guess what this blog is about? Friday night I was in charge of hanging putting up Christmas decorations. I was towards the middle back of the store. now picture this, the store is crowded, the restaurant is busy, there is a long line at subway. I am back by the coolers humming along and tieing ribbons, counting down the seconds till mom and dad will be popping in. When all of a sudden there is a loud commotion and the words "everyone get down on the ground now!" came booming out of a mans voice. Instantly thinking out secret shopper from a couple weeks ago was back (the African American man that had threatened out lives, I call him our secret shopper) my heart was in my throat. I grab my cell phone out of my pocket and was ready to jump under a rack of clothes where I assumed he wouldn't know I was there. But when I looked up I noticed no one else was jumping to the ground. In fact no one seemed to be moving at all. Not to mention it was deadly silent. Finally I noticed about a dozen, if not more SWAT/police taking down a guy in the front of the store. I move up front to try and figure out what was going on, there was only one person behind the counter so I figured someone else should be back there to keep control on things. Once I moved up to the counter I noticed how many police there actually were! And every single one of them, except for the guy on top of the bad guy had their guns pulled.

As fast as they rushed in, they rushed back out. Confiscating our trash and emptying the coffee pots (to ensure he didn't throw any evidence anywhere) Everyone in the store was still left in a shock state. I know for me it took near ten Min's to stop shaking. It was said that it was a drug bust, evidently an undercover cop had just bought some drugs from this guy right down the road. And this is where they were able to capture him. Made for an interesting evening that once again I will NEVER forget.

PS: my Christmas decorations look amazing!

Bad Day

You know when you have a bad day. One thing after another just ends up going completely wrong. When I say that I dont mean you go to starbucks and find out that your fav coffee has been discontinued. Or when you go shopping to get those stilettos that you have been saving your money for over a month are not available in ur size (Believe me when you have size 11 feet that happens often!) What I mean is bigger then that. Such as your boyfriend dumps you, you get a speeding ticket, fired/laid off from work, death in the family. Those type of bad days. Well I had one of those a few days ago. Just one thing after another not going right. It made me realize something and I am very grateful for that. I do have a family in Spokane. I work with them everyday. As weird as it may sound my fellow workers at the truck stop (some not all!) are my Spokane version of family. No matter what time of day morning or night, if i call them they will come running. If something is wrong they are there. Twice that day I ended up leaning on my Spokane family for help and they were there. I am very grateful when I cant have my mom near by that at least I have someone, even though that person could never be as amazing as my real mom.

All through that day, people would ask me if I was ok and all I could muster was 'I just want my mommy!' Pathetic or not I love my mom and I still need her so much! My whole family, my mom dad and even brother I kept thinking about. I love you guys! I cant wait for you to get here, its tomorrow! or well right now it is considered TODAY that you get here! lol weird.

Luvs!

Srry

I feel like my blog has lost my umph. Become somewhat pointless. I think the truck stop and everything else has just become...mundane. I hate to say it, to think that working at a truck stop actually just feels normal is absolutely crazy! Less and less is surprising me. So I am in the midst of deciding the future of "Truck Stop Diaries". I want it to go on, but I feel bad because It is not as fun or funny as it once was.

Snooze Cruze

The funniest thing happened the other day. The truck stop is laid out very open. From my cashregister I can look in and see many of the customers at the connecting restraunt. The first row of seats is what they call a "buddy bar" Well at about 10 pm a man sat down by him self, ordered his food then fall asleep! It was so cute lol. Anyways, they brought his food out and set it down. He didnt even notice. He sat there by him self sleeping for who knows how long! When I left at 12:30 he was still there sleeping peacfully. I felt so bad for him. I cant imagine beeing on the road that much and always being alone. Being so alone and bored that you could fall asleep sitting right in a restruant. Any ways thats about all thats going on around here.

No school on Monday and Tuesday! YAY!!! I am super excited. Dont know what I am going to do. I am planning on my hike still, as long as it doesent snow, or keep this weird mist thing going on I just might go. Or go shopping. I dont know which. TTYL!! Luvs

6'2, 180 lbs, Male, African American

Since I have worked at the truck stop I have shared many stories of funny things, weird things, and some slightly scary propositions. Well last night/yesterday I imagine will probably be the most scary thing I will ever be able to report to you.

Before I go on with the story I want everyone to know that the truck stop handled the situation very well and we were very protected through the whole night. So please do not worry, I was in very good hands.

Yesterday, around 3 a tall slender African American trucker came in to get a shower. Not noticing anything in particular he was given a shower and he went on his way. Approximately 3:45 that same man walked back to the lube bay and started a ruckus. (when I was first told what was going on it was fast and I only got the basic of the story. But as the night went on more and more truth came out.) He allegedly pulled out a knife and flashed a gun at some of the lube bay employees. He then threatened that he would be back later that night and he was going to kill one of the employees in the store. He even had it all written down that he would be back to kill us.

The time when I got into work this was all happening, without our knowledge of course. By the time we were out on the floor running our shift, the lube bay had finally called us and told us the threat. The police were obviously called. For a couple of horse the police hung around waiting for him to come back, and I assume they were out on the road trying to find him but I really don't know that. 3 security guards were called in, normally we don't have a security guard till 11 pm. So we had 3 of them come in early. And the employees were all armed with "tire beaters" (baseball looking things, just shorter) behind the counter.

Luckily last night we had 5 employees working, which is unusual, and all of them were male except for Bobanna and I. The man never came back while I was there. And I am assuming that he didn't come back later either, Who would seriously come back?? But last night we had 2 employees working, plus three night guards. So they should have been safe.

This was defiantly terrifying, no one really knew what was going on and there were a lot of people panicking. The owner, plus other employees who had seen him were shaken up a lot which caused my nerves to go crazy. But we were perfectly protected and I have no doubt that if that man did show up again that we would have any problems, there were so many people there that he wouldn't have even had a chance to get to the front counter I am sure.

I called mom and dad last night to tell them I love them, you never know. I wasn't going to tell mom the story, I knew she wouldn't like it, I knew that everything she thought of about me working there was coming true the instant I told her. But I knew she needed to know. And I knew I was going to be ok and I could convince her of that. It was brought up that maybe I shouldn't write about this event. But I feel that the reason I started this blog was to really talk about all the crazy things that happen at the truck stop, and this defiantly falls under crazy. So I feel it is necessary to write about it. Please just remember that I was protected from any bad men who came in ad that the truck stop handled it with precision and I felt VERY safe! Maybe too safe, I had security follow me everywhere. Its amazing I even got my own bathroom stall!

I love you guys so much!!!

ps: Romeo said he would jump in front of a bullet for me!

History

Today is the beginning of history. Well for me Saturday was the day I made history. I voted for my first Presidential Election. And this Presidential election is huge, it will be a make or breaking point for our society. I do have pictures of me voting, you all know how I love to take pictures of anything special. So keep your eyes peeled for those. And We'll see who wins!

Somewhere in the Middle

Thats where I am, I am somewhere in the middle. I went home last weekend for a quick little visit. Had a good time, Hung out with both the Fa's and my parents. Went to a hockey game, Spokane vs Silvertips, Who to cheer for?

Not only am I not sure which team I rightfully belong to but it seems like even home doesent feel like home. This is my second time visiting since I moved out. The first time was just kind of a blurr and things went great. I came home, I was fine. This time, when I got to Everrett and I was driving around the streets that I am pretty familiar with I couldnt help but think how weird it felt. I felt like a stranger, I felt that it wasnt the same welcoming feeling. It was just different. Even at home on the island, in the grocery store. These places are not mine any more. I dont go there everyday I dont belong. So I feel stuck in a place and I dont know where it is. I thought I would go home and I would feel so welcomed you know (Not by my familyand friends, they were very welcoming) everything would be so familiar. Because in Spokane I dont feel that familiarity yet, the comfort and ease. So what I am trying to get at is, I no longer feel at home, at home on the island, and at the same time I dont feel at home in Spokane. So where is my home?

Spokane is so different the out West. Sure there are trees, and they change colors....kinda. But nothing beats what the west has. How beautiful it is. When I was home it rained everyday! It never rains here in Spokane. The trees had all turned colors and everything looked so festive! I miss all the trees, I miss the ocean, the crisp air, the never ending stars, I miss the smell of the island. I miss so much from over there. Its such a beautiful place to live.

It was a great italian fiesta! Next time only one thing of noodles!
Love everyone!

NOTICE!

I guess some viewers are having difficult with the movie adn music on here. The music player is and will always be located at the bottom of the screen. In the player you can change the song you are listening to, adjust the volume, stop pause play ect. So for instance if you were trying to watch my hamburger video, you would go to the bottom of the page, hit either stop or pause, and then hit play on the movie bach up top. Just for future reference!

I want to buy a hamburger

Long story short, I have been wanting to see this movie forever! And on my one night off it was on, so I was all like ok I will watch it. I only wanted to watch it for this one clip cause it looks so darn funny. But right when it started I was on the fa 1 called and Texas was on the phone too so I was chillin with them and next thing I know I missed the clip with the hamburger. So then it came on right after that and I was like oh good I can watch it again. But then I fell asleep. So now tonight it is on again. But of course I am talking to fa 1, fa 2 and Texas again tonight and I thought I missed it. So this is the clip to the part I wanted to see, and seriously I sat on the phone and laughed for like 3 1/2 mins while watching this. So enjoy!

Safe Sex

Today at work we were putting new barcodes on EVERYTHING! it is a very long and tedious job. Well I was working on the "health section" which has like the Tylenol, feminine products, and ..... condoms.

So right at the moment I was putting barcodes onto the boxs of condoms (which I am sure you can all imagine led to many comments from the truckers...) but really the best part was right then Romeo walks up to me. And of course I am blushing, who knows why, what I have to me embaressed about I dont know but I was RED. Romeo and I start talking about the importance of condoms and protection. It was kinda funny and somewhat embaressing, I mean here is this guy that I kinda like and I am fondaling condoms. I mean really. Just my luck.

Gas went back down!!! Yay now it needs to just keep going down and hopefully like on firday when I leave it will cost like $1.00 lol Ok wishful thinking but still.

Halloween To The Max

Ok so tonight was this huge Halloween party. Kian PRESSURED me into going lol. Not really. I wanted to go and it worked out perfect with my work schedule and everything.So you all know I have been stressing out about my costume. Finally got it all together. And off we go. We get there we walk in and we don't see hardly anyone we know. So standing there for like two minutes I look at Kian and I am like "are you ready to go?" like three minutes later we leave. We completely chickened out it was so funny. We vowed that the next party we go to we will stay longer then that. And we will go with a bigger group of people so we don't feel completely alone. But the rest of the night was super fun, We came back to my place, took some pics of us and ordered some Chinese food. Can you believe that Kian has never had Chinese food? I mean really that is odd lol. SO I had to share my wisdom, and we ordered a but load of Chinese. YUMMO! We watched Baby Mama, very funny, and the end of School of Rock.

All in all it was a good night. Tomorrow is another day at work but that's ok because it gets me one day closer to going home! I am so excited. I just got off the phone with fa and Texas. Lol get it fa?

See ya soon!


PS: Just so ya know, I am dressed as a hick, and Kian is a hippie. Groovey!

YEE HAW!

Ok the party is tomorrow, thanks for the idea Amy, but I am going to be a cowgirl! Should be fun. I will be sure to take pictures and stuff.

Amy you should text me tonight with your email if you have one. Or you can give me a call and we can chat, what ever, I have the night off so I am free!

Got tickets from mom and dad to the Jeff Dunham show! You so owe me dad, I had to sit on hold forever waiting to get those.

Ugh work, I was there till two yestgerday/this morning. I am so exhausted. Going to bed early tonight for sure!

New System

At work we finally got the new systems. They are definatly better then running on windows 95! It is all touch screen now so it makes it look amazing. We had the company who installed them there training us last night, the lady was.....not nice. So I am glad that she is gone today. Its weird learning the new program and its also hard because it is really sensitive so you have tgo be careful you dont touch like a million things at once.

Saturday I work the morning shift, and I am going to go to a halloween party after work. Kian and I are going together, in fact right now she should be thinking of a costume for me...lol isnt that right? I have no idea what I am going to wear, I dont want to buy a costume so it has to be made of something I already have. Any ideas? And then on Sunday I might be having like a little get together study group! Should be a busy weekend. Luv ya

Amanda

JeFaFa

Jeff Dunham is coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I am going!!!!!! To see him!!!!!!!!! YAY!

He is coming to the qwest casino which is in walking distance from my apartment. There is a small group of people going to the show and it should be a really good time. But now I am trying to figure out how to buy the tickets. And I am so confused. But so excited! I know everyone is jealous. Maybe he will be filming, and then next time the whole fam is over adn we are watching his DVD I will be like OMW that's me!

So yay! Yay for good laughing that will be taking place on November 17th, approximately 7:00.

Decisions Decisions

I know it seems crazy to already think about this but I am learning that these two years are going to go by so fast.

In order to get my federal certification in ASL I have to continue my education and get a masters degree in anything. I had been thinking maybe early childhood development. But then again I haven't really been able to experience anything else to know what I like. So that is why I am already thinking about it. I am trying to think of other things that I can take now while I am in Spokane to help me decide what I like. I know I love my Communications class, but I think the only reason I love it is because of the people in the class. I have no idea what other classes are like.

Maybe I should join the early child development thing to see how that goes. I do love kids. I just don't know. I guess I have a lot of time to think about it. It was just on my mind.

Beware of Monkeys With Banannas on Trains

Today in communications as table groups we were asked to write a news story about a word that was given to us by the professor. Our word was train wreck. OK yes two words but still. My group has discovered that we are very VERY competitive. And most of the time we win lol. So we wanted to make the best story. Well Kian has a slight concussion (I am pretty sure, you were crazy today lol and you know it) So she took the lead with making the story, with her base, involving monkeys and fireworks we created a hilariously random story. It was about the circus traveling on the train to Russia, and the monkeys got loose and started hitting all the passengers with their banana's, then one monkey took out the conductor and another one blew up the train with the fireworks. It was very cute and comical in the end, and through the rest of the class none of us could stop laughing or even look at each other. Our story didn't win, but we did come in second and we had a really great time!

So after school I got just a wee bit lost... I was like hey I should go to the mall and buy some new pants, so off I go, in the direction that I thought for sure would take me there. Well I missed the turn for I90 and I thought what the heck I should keep going and see what is down here. Well then it keeps going and going and going and... you get it. But it was so pretty I didn't want to turn around I was going along the river and all the tree's leaves had tuned color and were blowing in the wind. And it was dark and looked like it could rain, it was the perfect afternoon. So I keep going and I see Nine Mile Falls (or what ever it is) and I was like OMW I know someone who lives here. so I keep going and I end up in the like I don't even know where but there was this little grocery store so I stopped to grab a snack and something to drink. And it was so cute it was like a little western scene and it was wooden floors and so quaint! Then I went to the gift shop and talked to the lady there. Cause I was so lost, I kept taking turns and I was so turned around, I thought maybe I had crossed into Idaho or something. She told me no I was still in Washington and I was like Phew! So she told me how to get back to I90 so I could get to the mall. It was a good day. Oh and by the way the reason I didn't use Vicky (or as mom called it today 'birch') was cause I was so out there it couldn't find a satellite signal. SO ya that didn't help.

I was successful while shopping, I bought a birthday present for a certain someone, and a Christmas present for another certain someone, and finally for another certain someone (me) I bought a your an amazing person present. So yay! OOOH and at the outlet grocery store (first time there, and prolly the last) I bought a swifter duster thinger for like $1.50!! So I think I am going to do dusting.

I think I might be sick... Dust, really? Who am I kidding? I'll do it tomorrow.

Knight in Shining Amor

Tonight I met a man. His name is Ryan. and let me just say OMG! (oh my god) He was so cute! And friendly and everything. It was so nice to talk to a guy who was interested in me that really wanted to talk not just get me out to his truck. So we were having a good time talking. He has two degrees, one in culinary, and one in engineering. He is a truckers because he found out too late that both of his degrees didn't make him happy. So here he is, he goes through Spokane every month for a couple of days so I will get to see him again. But this is why he is my knight. There was this other guy, who was heavily intoxicated. That man came in to the store to buy another beer. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to be like hey I think you have enough. So I let him buy it. Well Ryan who would stand to the side when I had customers was watching this vulgar man. Eventually the man turns to Ryan and kind of got aggressive and asked if he had some money. Weird I know. So Ryan handed him some change and said that's all he has. Well it turns out I shouldn't have sold the other guy more beer, apparently everyone else was saying he had enough. So when Sharon came back from her lunch she saw the end of everything going on so she went chasing after him. Blah blah the guy never came back. But Ryan was there when he left and we talked about it and laughed about it. It was so nice to talk to him. I felt so comfortable just talking about school and everything. Not having to worry about what I say. I really hope I see him again tomorrow, He was sweet.

Anyways tonight It was all girls except for 'new guy' who if you haven't figured out I DO NOT like. But we had so much fun it was crazy, we turned the music up and danced and it was just a good time. The weekends are usually nice to work. Because most of the truckers are parked till Monday so you get to know them and they come in everyday and they aren't in a huge rush and impatient and cranky. Not to mention the fact the most of them have showered since they have the time, so that's one less thing I have to worry about. Well I have to be at work early tomorrow morning and ugh I don't want too but I have too. Pays the bills, and all the good times that eventually will be happening! LOL

I am a loser in Lotto

Too Late for You

By far the MOST entertaining evening I have had in a few days.

Friday 17th, 9:57
Cashed out my first Lotto ticket ever. I bought it because I accidentally printed the wrong one for a customer so I decided what the heck, I will buy it. I was so excited to see if I won any money. I told everyone I worked with that if I won I would share some of it. So everyone was just as excited for me as I was. Finally was able to take a break, ran and got my ticket. (I could win $32 million) stand in line. Decide to take my pic with me first Lotto ticket then finally Smith takes it to cash it in.......AND.....I lost. I was so upset like seriously.

Friday 17th, 10:02 Roughly
Mark is pissing me off! He is new and he needs to find a place. And his place is not sitting on the counter eating food from the deli.

Friday 17th, 11:29 Exactly (Keep in mind, at 12 I am off the floor)
I look out the window. Sitting at pump 13 is a blue car. 6 guys climb out. 4 of them walk in together. One comes straight for the counter. He want to buy Newport regulars. Ring him up cash it out. He is complaining about how expensive they are, and how in Seattle they are nothing like that. A man behind him asks a question. I know they are together, they walked in together. I answer his question. Man number one, we will call him Newport says: " what you say?"
Me: "I was talking to that man"
Newport looks over his shoulder, and at this point the other guy is gone again he says: "what guy?"
Me: "Your friend over there"
Newport just stares at me, "how do you know he is my friend? is it cause we are black? All black guys are friends? Is that what you think?" At this point I am flabbergasted, that is NOT how I meant it, I watched them walk in together, they were talking and everything. I try explaining it. Finally Newport laughs.
Newport: "I am just teasing you don't worry"
Now at this point I have two other employees down on my end watching this all go on. And yes they are laughing.
Newport: "what time do you get off? are you almost off? Let me take you to the club with us"
Me: I cant go I work all night I never get off"
Newport: "Come on, you have to be off soon" Now he looks to the other people, "hey what time does this sweet thang get off?" They shrug and say they don't know. So the rest of his buddies are all hanging out at the counter now. And they are all trying to persuade me to go clubbing with them. I keep saying no I cant. Newport keeps asking what time, and I keep saying I get off too late for him.
Finally they decide that they are going to go hit some of the clubs and they will be back a bit after two to whisk me off my feet....I said I would be more then happy, at two if they came back and I were still here! Of course I wont be.

But that wasn't it, after that the night got even more odd. A couple more guys came in after that buying some beer, and clearly they had enough already. Both we being very rude and going on and on about this girl (I am assuming a prostitute) and the one guy just was being very disgusting in what he was saying. I have never heard a guy talk about a woman like that and frankly I never want to hear it again. I wish I could have just reached across the counter and slapped him, or told him to shut up or something cause it was bad. Finally they leave. Now it is time for me to start closing.

Mark#2 (shift manager for night shift) Saw all this stuff going on says that he will watch out for the guys and if they come back I will just stay in the back till they leave. And for the first time since I have worked there I had to ask for an escort to my car. I was really concerned that from that last half hour one of the many guys I dealt with would be waiting for me just right out side. Brawk walked me to my car, and even checked my backseat for me. How sweat huh?! lol.

I have come to a conclusion. Everyday I get hit on, many many times. But out of all those times there is really only one guy I want to take notice. What makes me so shy that I cant just act like I do with the other guys hitting on me, Why am I so shy when it comes to really liking someone? So yea, still thinking about Romeo.

A few years here, a few years there

Looks like in a couple of years I will be moving to either Montana or possibly Oregon. As if Spokane werent far enough....

I Spent the Night With my Boss

Its true, the other night Brawk and I spent the night together. He even gave me flowers! I am sure all ya all's jaws are hitting the ground right about now lol. What I mean is the other night was my first time working the new shift and Brawk the shift manager was all tickled and thought it was funny because technically we did spend the night together. Considering I left him at 12:30. So we had some good laughs about that. Even tonight he brought it up again. It was our two night anniversary! He is just glad I am sticking atround longer then some of his wives....from his mouth I sware!

SO this new schedule is quite the change. I start and end work when it is usually just starting to get slow. which makes it kind of weird. I miss a lot of the fun action but then again at the same time I miss a completly different kind. Tonight I had my self a stalker.... LOL he was this little German man and he asked me where he could get some worm water. I showed him the area adn for the next two hours he wouldnt leave my side! He was telling me how he drinks a beer everyday to 'clear out' his system. He says it is what keeps him going longer. Finally Richard came over and rescued me, but then my German man started following him around. After a very long time he finnaly left. But not before asking Richard if he knew any women his age! And let me tell ya he was probably close to his 75th bday, and he was asking someone who is 22 yrs old. HMMM yeah he knows alot... lol.

At 11:00 A securtiy man comes in to watch over things. The guy who has come in the last couple of nights well we will call him Fredrick, or ffred for short lol. He is a really nice guy. And boy does it make the truckers act completly different around me when there is a guy standing right next to the register with a full police outfit on. No one is hitting on me lol I think they are all scared. It makes me feel special that Fred hangs out with me. I guess after all I am the only girl working these late shifts, the rest of them are guys.... Who dont do anything....anything at all! I do all the cleaning around there. But thats another story. Anyways, tonight Fred and I were standing there chitchatting and all of a sudden someone starts knocking on the window. We both look out and there is a man standing there. He points at me then waves his hand gesturing me to come outside. By this point it is just going onto 12. There is no way I am going out there! Are you crazy. Then he points down to his dog. Fred offers that if I want he can go outside with me, I said absolutly, either you come or I am not going to go. So we go outside, me and my escort Fred and meet this guys dog. His name was peanut. The dog not the man. Apparantly the last time the man was in he was telling me all about his dogs. Knowing he was coming back this direction he brought peanut with him... CRAZY!!! I cant remember this guy to save my life. But do you know how many guys I see a night? Many.

On the first night Brawk asks me as soon as I got to work, will you like and escort to your car? (I park in a well lit area, easily seen from the windows in the station) I said no I dont think so. Later that night one of the other guys ask me. Now I am starting to get a little worried, should I be worried about it out there? Do I need someone to walk me? So all night they kept asking me about it and saying if I need someone they can take me out there. I am getting more and more panicked every time they bring it up. Then Romeo (janitor) comes up and tell me how Sherry (another Janitor) had some guys come up to her while she was getting in her car and they were very uh... crude? and had many gestures to show her... lol. But Sherry is such a tough woman she can last through anything! So at the end of th night I decided I was fine and had Fred watch me as I walked to my car. It all worked fine.

Only a few more days left then I have a few days off. It has been a very long week...

PS: Romeo and Juliet can be together. Eavesdropping never pays off apparantly. I was wrong. Single is the key. Cha dig?

Worthy of Love

Crazy that's what Amanda means. This woman walked up to me, took one look at my chest and said Amanda huh? that's a nice name, do you know what it means? I said no and she informed me that it means worthy of love. Crazy and very romantic I guess.

So tomorrow is my first night working the new schedule so I am practicing for the rest of my truck stop career. I am trying to make it so that I wont be tired tomorrow during work and maybe when I get home from school I will figure out when my 'nap' time is lol.

I met a man tonight, of course like what else can happen there. His name was Rick and he had the same last name as I do. It was comical because I was teasing him how we are long lost family members (he is black) and how something terrible must have happened between some brothers or something and they never talked again. But that's why we have the same last name, and truly we are related. I don't think he bought it but it was fun for me! I gave him a free coffee and a free shower...after all we are family.

Last most exciting thing to happen today was we had an environmental study man come in and want to do a study. At the end of the night we closed all of our pumps down for 4 hrs! Do you know how much time that leaves for cranky customers to come in and complain?! A lot. Like for real, don't ya think if they see its closed they would have a lot better luck going to the station right next door instead of getting out of their cars and coming in to yell at us. Common sense I guess. Apparently people over here lack in that subject. No offense anyone.

Tomorrow for my first night with the new shift I will be the only girl on that shift. Should make things very interesting around there, I hope that everything goes well and none of the guys give me too hard of a time. I guess I will find out. Love you all, sorry it took so long for a new post. Talk to you later.

PS I finally figured out how to change things up on here, what do you think? Keep your eyes pealed there should be great additions coming shortly.

Scared For My Life!

So at work I have been concerned with some of the customers who have come in. Safety and what not. Well today was crazy. This man was in the back by where we keep the pops in the cold thinger thing. Anyways he was back there and a bunch of us were up by the front counter just talking. All of a sudden the CAPER started screaming and yelling at this teenager. We are all looking back there like what the heck. Then we see him start pushing the kid around and everything. So we called the back to get security out there and help out. Well before he had a chance to get out there the kid ran off and we still had no idea what was going on. So then the trucker came to the front and told us that the kid was shoplifting and he doesn't think that is right. Meanwhile this other guy standing at the counter was like 'you had no right to yell at him, it isn't your problem' and the two guys got into this huge fight over it and were throwing punches at each other. Luckily security got there in time and was all up in it stopping them. It was very scary. All I did was stand there and hang on to Jane's hand. LOL.

By the way "Caper" is my word of the day lol. Because I am watching Jerry Springer and it is an episode about cross dressing capers, and well I am on the phone with batman (fa) and she said that caper means like shenanigans or act of bad. LOL so I guess that would make that man a caper...

Today I stocked the cooler, it took a really long time and when I finally got out of there I was like and icicle! LOL. If I were in there much longer I could have been like a permanent fixture. The only other time I have stocked the cooler was like a week ago and I was back there right before I was suppose to get off and everyone was looking for me and I guess no one asked the person who sent me in there where I was lol. So when I came out they were all like ooooh theres Amanda lol. It was so funny cause there was all this drama going on and I had no idea it was happening. That was the night I worked part of the night shift... hmmm.

Virgin Ears

Apparently I have virgin ears. A trucker walked in last night. We had a new guy working on that end so when I saw the man walk in I went down there to help him. The trucker looks at me looks at 'mike' and says I was going to say something but she (me) looks like and Angel with virgin ears so I better not.
Can you believe that? I laughed and offered them some privacy. I guess its better not knowing what he said, at least some guys have some decency to not tell me all their intimate details.

So at work we get hitchhikers, homeless people, prostitutes, and pan handlers (is that what they are called) and when we get them we have to ask them to leave the property. And in movies you know how hitch hikers always you now are welcome for the most part, free coffee at the restaurant and stuff. It is so the opposite here! We are not nice about it at all. Last night I had to call a custodian to escort me to take care of these hitchhikers, it was a bunch of kids that were bothering the truckers. I felt really bad, but at the same time I didn't. I don't know what their stories are but then again I don't know. Its just weird. I have the next few days off so shouldn't be too much to talk about. Mom and Dad are headed for Mexico tomorrow, so I am on my own lol. I am so use to talking to mom everyday it will be strange for a whole week to go by.

Luv all around

PS my hours at work are changing, I will be working 4 to 12:30 starting next week, so I don't know exactly when new posts will be coming out.

The Nasty Ones!

APPARENTLY I like the nasty ones....

Not men, but dishes. I was doing the deli dishes tonight and Brawk brought some more back to me. They were the really nasty smelly ones which you cant wash without gagging every two seconds. Well he brought them and said "here I've got some more for ya. their really nasty." I said "oh thanks a lot!" and he said I know you like the nasty ones....

Which led to fits of laughter on both ends and ended up with water all over the floor and on me. I was soaking!

Ahoy Matey!
Tonight a sailor came in and whoooo boy was he cute! And had the best butox in the world! In the world I sware. One of the guys caught me checking him out and yells very loud OMG were you just checking him out? Which of course made me turn bright red and say no... and he continued to go yes you were yes you were. When my sailor came up to the counter he was originally in my line, then switched over to the other guys line. I couldn't help my self, my jaw was on the ground! The sailor looked at me and laughed and said "what?" Turning scarlet AGAIN I replied "what I wasn't good for you?" How embarrassing, why don't I think before I talk? Really.

Work is about to go under some really big changes. For instance all the programs I am just now mastering are going to change, we are getting all new computers and software so everyone has to learn it all over. Not to mention our schedules are changing drastically. To the point I am concerned I might not be able to keep my job... I hope that's not true, it is really nice that I get 40 hrs a week. That is really really nice! So we will see, it is defiantly going to be hard.

No sign of my lover Harry. Maybe tomorrow, defiantly Friday though!
Love you guys tons!

Guess what was in my garage?

You will never ever even guess what I found in my garage when I got home from school today?

Well let me say first it is super windy over here, like really really windy lol. Anyways, I pull into my garage and there was a little surprise for me! A tumbleweed! I love tumbleweeds like absolutely love them. Apparently one time I hit one. But I didn't know it till after the fact. So I touched a tumbleweed! and threw it in the dumpster... sad but true.

Ok so I no this is the first post in just a few days but hang in there, I go back to work tomorrow and I am sure something really exciting (not just a tumbleweed) will happen and I will have something to report to all ya all.

But I do have good news. I have been spending a lot of time looking at other peoples blogs and trying to figure out all the 'special effects' of blogger. And I think I am finally catching on. I will have such a cool surprise for you probably in the next couple of weeks I will have it done and I can have it posted. If all works well it has potential of being amazing!

Luv you guys and miss you terribly!

HAHAHA...

Best Three Minutes of my Life

That's what I was promised! Wow, I think that guy was brutally honest about himself. I should have told him we sell male enhancement products. In fact they were right there on the counter I so should have pointed them out! Darn.

So the other day one of the janitors was teasing me because I kept selling showers. (there are showers there for the truckers to use, they are $10 and we only have ten showers) So the janitors have to keep up on them because we don't have enough showers for everyone who wants one then they get cranky. So he kept teasing me and joking around about it. Well I haven't even seen a shower, I am forbidden to go back there for safety reasons. So he promised me that tomorrow (yesterday now) he would escort me and let me have a looksie. But after that I changed it I told him I would clean a shower for him. That way I can know what he has to go through every time I sell a shower. So I cleaned a shower! I cant believe it, it was so completely random and he didn't think that I would actually do it. But now he thinks I am a keeper lol. I guess I am clicking with everyone now. Even the janitors.

On a more serious note I have been doing a lot of thinking. (it was really slow at work). Yesterday I talked to mom about how not going to a university am I missing out on anything? Yes mom I know I told you I was talking about someone else, and I really was but now I am talking about me.

Is my going to a community college making me miss out on things that I could be doing at a University?I hear about some of my friends at the universities and how they are all going to parties and do just about nothing on the weekends. And I cant help but to be jealous. I want to go to a party. It isn't like I want to drink and get drunk, that is not my motive here. But am I missing on some critical things that all my other friends are experiencing? I know I am happy where I am. I LOVE my apartment, school, and I am starting to like work. I am happy where I am. I am making lots of friends, and even having some over. But I cant help but have that nagging thought in the back of my mind what else is there?

When I first started telling people my plans for college a couple years ago family friends would ask are you staying in a dorm? They all talked about their great experiences from their dorm days and all the good times they had.

Le sigh, why cant I just be happy. Why do I always have to find something that is getting me down. I am going to stop thinking like this, I need to be more positive about everything. Cause I am happy here, I know I am.

Except its starting to get really cold outside....the snow is coming soon... oh great.