So Married Boyfriend #1 calls me tonight. Not really sure why. We talked for about 40 minutes, a lot about nothing. He's one of those guys that actually likes to talk on the phone. We're going to one of the Bruce shows together, so that'll be a lot of fun. And the wife isn't going to that show - they can't get a babysitter two nights in a row. I don't know if she knows I'm going.
Just very strange. He hasn't called me at home in quite some time. If we do talk on the phone, it's usually during the day at work. So this was kind of strange.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Monday, September 24, 2007
Me and My Married Men
What is it about me that attracts the married ones?? I swear, I can't meet a decent guy since they are all married! I got an e-mail from a co-worker from my last job. He was one of my favorite people there and he's the one that I miss the most.
So here's what Army Boy had to say:
"I'm sorry that we missed each other last week out west. I'm glad to hear that you are doing well and love your new job. I honestly can say that I do not remember making the phone call with Mike. I don't think that I had had too many beers by that time of the night. They were micro brews, so I'll blame the beer for that.
I do have something to tell you that I told Mike, so don't get to mad at me. I told him that I had a major crush on you the whole time that you worked there. You are smart, intelligent, beautiful, sexy, sensual and I could go on and on. I like you more than you know and miss you a lot.
Anyway, I hope that you had a good time at the game this weekend and we'll definitely have to all get together. Maybe dinner one night out in Chantilly, so that all of us could meet."
The sad thing is that if he wasn't married, I could see us dating. But that's neither here nor there since he is, indeed, married.
I told MB#1 this story and thought it was pretty funny and that I should feel flattered. I guess he's right, but still, why couldn't a single boy be saying this???
So I'm going to the Bruce concert with MB#1. We always try to hit one show together with every tour. We're both going to both shows, but for the second one, we'll be sitting together. That'll be fun.
So here's what Army Boy had to say:
"I'm sorry that we missed each other last week out west. I'm glad to hear that you are doing well and love your new job. I honestly can say that I do not remember making the phone call with Mike. I don't think that I had had too many beers by that time of the night. They were micro brews, so I'll blame the beer for that.
I do have something to tell you that I told Mike, so don't get to mad at me. I told him that I had a major crush on you the whole time that you worked there. You are smart, intelligent, beautiful, sexy, sensual and I could go on and on. I like you more than you know and miss you a lot.
Anyway, I hope that you had a good time at the game this weekend and we'll definitely have to all get together. Maybe dinner one night out in Chantilly, so that all of us could meet."
The sad thing is that if he wasn't married, I could see us dating. But that's neither here nor there since he is, indeed, married.
I told MB#1 this story and thought it was pretty funny and that I should feel flattered. I guess he's right, but still, why couldn't a single boy be saying this???
So I'm going to the Bruce concert with MB#1. We always try to hit one show together with every tour. We're both going to both shows, but for the second one, we'll be sitting together. That'll be fun.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
And It Keeps Getting Worse
So I finally talked to Kim today. Well, she chewed me out. Apparently I made things worse for everyone because of me talking to Eric. And this makes me really think. How is my telling him that they need to talk because they obviously think different things make everything worse for everyone? I think Kim really likes having all the attention from Eric (and Bill) and if he were to stop that, she would be upset. She apparently is very happy with being miserable, or complaining all the time. So it makes sense that she keeps putting herself in those situations. So let her be unhappy. Honestly, I don't care any more. I just think it's ridiculous that she is being such a bitch about this. It should be a wake up call. If you don't like the guy in that way, then don't go on vacation with him, or sleep in the same bed with him, or anything like that. Really.
So I'm going to the game, but I won't be around them at all. And actually I wasn't planning on being around much because of my fraternity's homecoming, but I would have liked to see F&J. But I'll see them another time. I sent D an e-mail telling her that I won't be around this weekend. What I would like to know is if they will be using my tent and stuff. Hmmm, I wonder who will be getting the tailgating spot now. I kind of hope that the other people take over the spot.
Okay, that's mean. I don't mean that for D&G or F&J. But for the others, I do. They need a good dose of reality. Life doesn't revolve around them. They need to realize that.
So I'll get a hotel room for the night and just stay there. And it'll be better - I won't have to get up so early. If Mark and Missy weren't coming down, I probably would just stay home.
I think this will be the last year of trying to go to all of the games. It's just not quite as fun anymore. I love hanging out with D&G, and R&M, but not the others. They remind me of little kids. Who need to grow up!
So I'm going to the game, but I won't be around them at all. And actually I wasn't planning on being around much because of my fraternity's homecoming, but I would have liked to see F&J. But I'll see them another time. I sent D an e-mail telling her that I won't be around this weekend. What I would like to know is if they will be using my tent and stuff. Hmmm, I wonder who will be getting the tailgating spot now. I kind of hope that the other people take over the spot.
Okay, that's mean. I don't mean that for D&G or F&J. But for the others, I do. They need a good dose of reality. Life doesn't revolve around them. They need to realize that.
So I'll get a hotel room for the night and just stay there. And it'll be better - I won't have to get up so early. If Mark and Missy weren't coming down, I probably would just stay home.
I think this will be the last year of trying to go to all of the games. It's just not quite as fun anymore. I love hanging out with D&G, and R&M, but not the others. They remind me of little kids. Who need to grow up!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Weekend in New Orleans, part 2
Boy, did the trip go sour pretty quickly. We were all at Ryan’s watching the games on Sunday. I had been annoyed with Kim since I had been waiting for her for an hour so I could give her shirt to her. Apparently she forgot about it and she and Bill went to get breakfast. Totally annoying. So I left to go to Ryan’s and saw the two of them eating at a restaurant. I basically threw her shirt at her and kept walking. Get to the bar and a bit later get a tm from Bill wanting to know where we were. I told him at Ryan’s. So they show up. I told Kim why I was frustrated and she apologized. No big deal. She had to leave around 4:00 to get to the airport. Eric and I are sitting at the bar just drinking. He was pretty toasted, well, we both were. And we were talking and I told him that he and Kim needed to clear the air. There is so much confusion between the two of them. He was upset by that because he thought he did that in Hawaii, but I said that she wasn’t getting what he was trying to tell her. And he was okay with that. I mean, he was upset, but he was handling it. Me, him and Bill started playing pool, then E just left. Bill was outside on the phone and E just blew past him. I didn’t think much of it – I thought he was on the phone. Apparently he was more upset (translation – very drunk) and was wandering and wouldn’t tell Bill where he was. So then Ed comes in and is all pissy wanting to know what happened to his brother and when I said that we were talking and something I said pissed him off, he went ballistic on me. And Bill just sat there and listened to Ed berate me. So that pissed me off as well. What I tell Eric is between the two of us. Ed left, went to find Eric. I left the bar and tried to get Ed to talk to me, but he was ignoring me. So I sent Ed a tm saying that our conversation was between the two of us, but basically here was the jist of it. And he went off on me for that. So now I’m pissed off as hell. So I go back in the bar and Bill is just sitting there. He wants to know what was going on and I tell him a bit and he’s just saying that Eric and Kim’s deal doesn’t bother anyone and I should be a big girl and get over it. Okay – it is a big deal since it does affect people because we have to hear about it. But I guess the difference is that I don’t want to hear about it every time and he doesn’t mind since it doesn’t affect him. But in a way, it does since he’s listening to it. So I finally left. Just walked out.
Now, they still have my shirt, and Ed has the key to the room, and neither of them would give me those things. So I’m pissed about that. Later on I met Debbie, Greg, Rex, Marianne, Sue and Sandy out by the pool and gave them the lowdown. They all agreed with me that this crap has to stop and that it does affect others. I mean when Kim says she won’t come to anymore games because of Eric, well, that’s affecting people. Right?? I also told them that I was fed up with the fact that I get the room and Eric and company just assume that someone could sleep in my room with me. No one asked, no one bothered to find out if I was okay with that. I was nice about it, but that’s the last time. I’m totally sick of it. I don’t deserve their treatment. And I told the guys down at the pool that I was fed up with it. So I’m done. I’ll hang out this year, but to be honest, I don’t know how much time I’ll spend with Bill or Eric. Bill and I were supposed to share a cab to the airport, and he wouldn’t even do that because I was leaving too early. My flight leaves at 6:00 and he wanted to get to the airport at 5:30 since his flight leaves at 6:15. I hope he misses his flight! It would serve him right.
So now I have to figure out how to play nice when I don’t want to be anymore. I’ll organize the tailgate this week since I said I would do it. But I won’t be sending any messages or calling Bill anymore. I’ll just do my own thing. I have a birthday gift for him which I’ll give him, only because I already bought it. But that’s it. As of now, we don’t have a friendship because I’m sick of this game playing. We’re not in high school anymore, and these people need to grow up. Kim and Eric need to get it all out, but then they need to follow their actions. Kim will tell Eric that she just wants to be friends, but then she’ll do things that makes him think there is something more. And that’s not right nor fair to Eric. We’ve all seen it. And Bill needs to quit sucking up to Eric and just deal with him. If he has a problem, he needs to talk to Eric about it instead of pussy-footing all around it (case in point – having to leave the tailgate last week to get Eric when he didn’t want to do so; having to sell the LSU tickets when he didn’t want to). Quit complaining about it and speak up.
So I’ll just be hanging out with Debbie and Greg, and Fred and Jayne for now. No more of this other shit. I haven’t slept all night and I’m exhausted. I wish I could just go home and sleep, but once I get home, I have to get ready for work. Maybe I’ll get lucky and my flight will get cancelled or something! But it’s okay – I can come home and sleep. I need to get some e-mails out and that’ll be it for the day.
And on top of all of this, my uncle had a stroke at the Iowa State game on Saturday and had to be airlifted to the hospital. And according to Bill, I’m not supposed to be bothered about this.
Now, they still have my shirt, and Ed has the key to the room, and neither of them would give me those things. So I’m pissed about that. Later on I met Debbie, Greg, Rex, Marianne, Sue and Sandy out by the pool and gave them the lowdown. They all agreed with me that this crap has to stop and that it does affect others. I mean when Kim says she won’t come to anymore games because of Eric, well, that’s affecting people. Right?? I also told them that I was fed up with the fact that I get the room and Eric and company just assume that someone could sleep in my room with me. No one asked, no one bothered to find out if I was okay with that. I was nice about it, but that’s the last time. I’m totally sick of it. I don’t deserve their treatment. And I told the guys down at the pool that I was fed up with it. So I’m done. I’ll hang out this year, but to be honest, I don’t know how much time I’ll spend with Bill or Eric. Bill and I were supposed to share a cab to the airport, and he wouldn’t even do that because I was leaving too early. My flight leaves at 6:00 and he wanted to get to the airport at 5:30 since his flight leaves at 6:15. I hope he misses his flight! It would serve him right.
So now I have to figure out how to play nice when I don’t want to be anymore. I’ll organize the tailgate this week since I said I would do it. But I won’t be sending any messages or calling Bill anymore. I’ll just do my own thing. I have a birthday gift for him which I’ll give him, only because I already bought it. But that’s it. As of now, we don’t have a friendship because I’m sick of this game playing. We’re not in high school anymore, and these people need to grow up. Kim and Eric need to get it all out, but then they need to follow their actions. Kim will tell Eric that she just wants to be friends, but then she’ll do things that makes him think there is something more. And that’s not right nor fair to Eric. We’ve all seen it. And Bill needs to quit sucking up to Eric and just deal with him. If he has a problem, he needs to talk to Eric about it instead of pussy-footing all around it (case in point – having to leave the tailgate last week to get Eric when he didn’t want to do so; having to sell the LSU tickets when he didn’t want to). Quit complaining about it and speak up.
So I’ll just be hanging out with Debbie and Greg, and Fred and Jayne for now. No more of this other shit. I haven’t slept all night and I’m exhausted. I wish I could just go home and sleep, but once I get home, I have to get ready for work. Maybe I’ll get lucky and my flight will get cancelled or something! But it’s okay – I can come home and sleep. I need to get some e-mails out and that’ll be it for the day.
And on top of all of this, my uncle had a stroke at the Iowa State game on Saturday and had to be airlifted to the hospital. And according to Bill, I’m not supposed to be bothered about this.
Weekend in New Orleans
This has been a very interesting weekend. Debbie, Greg, Marianne, Rex and I flew down to New Orleans Thursday morning. It was hot as the dickens!! Or rather humid as all. So we went to the hotel and checked in. My room was ready – theirs wasn’t, so we put everything in my room. Then we started wandering downtown, looking for a place to eat. Most things weren’t open yet (it was pretty early), but finally we found a place and got food. The food wasn’t that good. I just had a burger and fries, and the fries weren’t quite done. Then we tried to get beverages, but most of the places weren’t open yet. We went over to the casino for about an hour – Greg was probably the big winner there. I was playing craps and did okay, but didn’t play any bigger bets. Then we went back to the hotel and rested for a bit before heading out again. We hung out on Bourbon Street, mainly at a place called Razzoo’s – where Greg did Karaoke to Kansas. We met up with Sandy and Sue and did some drinking. Eric and Ed sent us a text message when they were at the brew pub, so we met them there. They all had dinner and we were watching the Saints/Colts game (for the record, the Saints got clobbered). Then we headed back to Bourbon Street and met up with a guy from Greg’s work at the Absinthe house. That’s where Kim met us when she finally got in.
They were filming part of the show “K’ville,” which stands for Katrina-ville, on Boubon Street, so it was kind of interesting to see that. We asked if we could be in a scene, but they said no. We were trying to figure out what the show was, but no one could remember it.
After a while, I was tired, so I headed back to the hotel and read for a bit before going to sleep.
Friday, I had a conference call at 8:30, so I got up and hung out in the room until then. My call lasted about 5 minutes (the guy who is filing for unemployment didn’t make the call), then I headed downstairs. I ran into Debbie and Rex, and they said that Kim, Eric and Ed were at Café du Monde, waiting on Bill. I got a bit annoyed about that. They didn’t invite me to meet them or anything. I know – pretty childish of me, but that’s how they are. Debbie was feeling a bit hung over, so I asked her to let me know when she was mobile. So I went out walking. I walked over to the Farmers Market, but that wasn’t open. I walked for about an hour, then went and had breakfast. And after that (maybe an hour and a half after Bill landed), I got a text message from Ed. He said that they were at Café du Monde and asked where I was. I replied that I was wandering around. I was near them so I headed over there, to find them leaving. So that got me a bit pissed again. If I hadn’t been so near, I would have gotten over there and they wouldn’t have been there. Then Debbie called and she was right behind me. So we came back to the room.
Now, here’s the room setup. We have 3 rooms. Debbie, Greg, Rex and Maryanne are in one. Eric, Ed, Kim and Bill in the 2nd. I have the third. I was fine with that – that was mostly Eric’s doing. The beds aren’t big enough for the four of them to all sleep there. Everyone knows that. I was asked a few times if Kim was staying with me, but she had not talked to Eric about that at all. Bill had asked me one time if I had room for him and I said yes, but when I found out that Eric did reserve a room, I told Bill that Eric was probably expecting him to stay with Eric. Eric get really picky about things like that. He has to plan everything for himself, but he won’t let anyone know about it. Friday night, Kim and Eric shared one bed and Ed took the other one, and Kim wasn’t happy with that at all. I still didn’t say anything – that’s their deal. I was taking care of myself.
So later in the day, Ed asked who was in my room – I said just me. So he said he would come stay with me. And I think Eric was expecting that. I said okay for this time, but that’s the last straw with all of that. First of all, if I’m not good enough to be included in the initial planning of rooms, then why should I give up my room to help him out. I was totally fine with having my own room – I like that because I can be on my own schedule instead of someone else’s schedule. And he shouldn’t assume that I want to share my room. But he did that with tickets as well. He bought tickets for the game for the 4 of them for $175 each, then was able to get other tickets for an additional $45. And he was expecting all of them to pay $210 for the tickets. Unless Bill could sell them. How bogus is that? Bill wasn’t happy with that – he always has to do that leg work for Eric, and he never committed to buying 2 tickets. I told Bill that I had sent a message to Eric asking if he had extra tickets because I needed one and he never responded to me. So I bought one of Jeff’s tickets, which was a better seat.
Anyway, back to Friday. We were at the hotel, sitting outside while Bill got his stuff in the room. Then the 4 of them decided to roam, so they (finally) asked if I wanted to go with them. I was a bit snarky and asked if I was invited and both Kim and Eric said yes. So they knew I wasn’t quite that happy with them. We wandered all over, and ended up at The House of Blues for lunch. Again, not the greatest. Had the same thing – burger (overdone) and fries (overdone). I gave my fries to Ed. His burger was cold! Then we roamed again and went over to the casino. I was trying to explain to Bill how to play craps and poker. I had won at poker, but then lost it when I as explaining it to Bill. No biggie. Then we went back to the room to rest and freshen up before going out for the night.
We went to our bar from last time – Ryan’s to watch the Rutgers game. Kim and I got pizza for everyone for dinner. We were having a good ole time, drinking beers and watching Rutgers play well. Everyone ended up meeting us there, even Randy and Steve (the guys next to our tailgate). So that was cool. After the game, we left and headed over to Bourbon Street for another drink before heading back to the room.
Saturday, I met Rex, Greg and Sandy in the lobby and we went to get the 2 minivans. We then went back to the hotel and on the way, I ran into Jon and Pam on the street! So that was cool. They were also heading to the game so we tried to make plans to meet up later. We picked everyone up and headed to Baton Rouge. The couples were in one van, and the single folks were in my van. Bill was helping to navigate.
We got into Baton Rouge and met up with the people we were tailgating with. Kim and I finally got to talk and she was pissed at Eric again. Apparently Thursday night he kept trying to put his arm around her in bed and she got pissed at that. So Friday night she slept in the bed with Bill and Eric got mad. This just seems so high-schoolish! But she’s decided she’s done with football after next weekend (her nieces are coming to the game). Eric wasn’t talking much to her for part of the afternoon. It was so frickin’ hot outside. It rained a few times, but that just made things worse. At one time, me, Kim, Ed and Bill went back to the car and sat there for about 30 minutes, trying to cool off. But as soon as we got outside, it was extremely humid again. We hung out at the bar nearby a few times trying to get cool.
I won’t even talk about the game except to say that it sucked and we were royally outplayed. It was the worst loss in Beamer’s history as a coach. Enough said.
So going home is where I was getting mad. I was driving (Bill had offered but I was fine to drive). Because of the humidity, the windows kept fogging up. And the only way to get them unfogged is to keep the defrost on, but when I did that, I would get yelled at because it was too hot. Hello – isn’t it more important that I see outside to see where we were going?? It took over an hour before I could finally actually see outside. It was a long drive home – it took us an hour just to get on the freeway out of town!
So everyone basically sleeps most of the way. Fine, I can handle the drive, but I’m also getting tired and it would have been nice to have company. Then as we were nearing New Orleans everyone seemed to wake up. I asked if anyone knew where to get off and no one did. So we took one exit and that lead us downtown, but then I couldn’t remember how to get back to the hotel. So I turned on one street and I shouldn’t have. But no one said anything until after when I was asked why I turned where I did. I said that no one said anything else and then I shut up. Debbie called to see where we were and I told her the same thing – We got on one street and I made a wrong turn but no one said anything about it. So we finally got to the hotel. Rex and Maryanne took the first minivan back to the rental place, so Bill came with me to meet them.
As we were driving back from the game, Bill asked about the minivans and I said that I would drop them off at the hotel then go return the vehicle. He asked how I was getting back and I said either a cab or I would walk. He was the only one to volunteer to come with me. The only one.
Anyway, so we get to the rental car place and we’re cleaning out the van and of course my bag is there. You would think that the others would have taken it in – especially Ed, but no. So that made me mad. And I don’t know if one of them grabbed one of my shirts since it wasn’t in my bag. I didn’t check the back of the minivan when we left, but I don’t think Bill would have left it in there. But you never know. So I might be out a Tech shirt, which doesn’t make me happy.
Maryanne also was a bit upset because no one in the other van would call a cab for us. It would have been nice for someone else to do so, but…
So we got back to the room and I went out in the hall to read again (I did that the night before). And it was frustrating me again because why am I having to make a sacrifice when I got the room for me? But no, the light bothers Ed, so I leave. UGH!!
So here’s what I’m wondering. We’re trying to make our Georgia Tech plans. And it’s been a pain in the ass because we can’t get answers from people if they want to stay longer and go to the UGA/Troy game. So finally, Debbie got a reservation for Thursday night – for the two of them, me and Bill. But guess what happens – Eric finally tells us that he’s going to the game as well. So I told Debbie that and now we have to decide what to do about rooms. I think Eric should be getting his own room. We made these plans and he decided to join us after the fact. But no, I’ll be the one in my own room again. And I’m getting sick of that. I made the hotel reservation for Clemson – do you think he offered? No. But he’s staying in the room that I got. But he’s sleeping on the couch. I’m not giving up my bed for him.
Kim is also annoying me. She never offers to help with this kind of stuff. Lately Debbie and I have been doing all of it. Bill was supposed to make the Georgia Tech reservations but he flaked out on that. If we gave him enough grief, he would have made some, but we decided just to do it. But Kim never offers to help. She never offers to drive, or make plans or anything. She doesn’t have tickets and expects to get them from either Eric or me. And that’s getting a bit annoying as well. I think everyone should pull some weight. When I was asking for drivers for the game, Greg, Rex, and Sandy all offered. Then when we got here, Bill offered, and later on Eric offered. But nothing from her. Now, it was fine that Maryanne, Debbie or Sue didn’t volunteer because their husbands did. But both Ed and Kim should have offered. Just to be fair.
Oh, well. That’s the way it goes. Most of the time it is pretty funny to watch the dynamics. But things will have to change before everyone starts getting pissed off more than normal. We’ll see how long that takes.
Now I’m off to get food and wait for the rest to wake up to we can watch football. Hopefully today’s games will be better than last night’s games.
Oh, and I did get to spend time with Jenie! Now we have to make plans for our next girls’ weekend.
They were filming part of the show “K’ville,” which stands for Katrina-ville, on Boubon Street, so it was kind of interesting to see that. We asked if we could be in a scene, but they said no. We were trying to figure out what the show was, but no one could remember it.
After a while, I was tired, so I headed back to the hotel and read for a bit before going to sleep.
Friday, I had a conference call at 8:30, so I got up and hung out in the room until then. My call lasted about 5 minutes (the guy who is filing for unemployment didn’t make the call), then I headed downstairs. I ran into Debbie and Rex, and they said that Kim, Eric and Ed were at Café du Monde, waiting on Bill. I got a bit annoyed about that. They didn’t invite me to meet them or anything. I know – pretty childish of me, but that’s how they are. Debbie was feeling a bit hung over, so I asked her to let me know when she was mobile. So I went out walking. I walked over to the Farmers Market, but that wasn’t open. I walked for about an hour, then went and had breakfast. And after that (maybe an hour and a half after Bill landed), I got a text message from Ed. He said that they were at Café du Monde and asked where I was. I replied that I was wandering around. I was near them so I headed over there, to find them leaving. So that got me a bit pissed again. If I hadn’t been so near, I would have gotten over there and they wouldn’t have been there. Then Debbie called and she was right behind me. So we came back to the room.
Now, here’s the room setup. We have 3 rooms. Debbie, Greg, Rex and Maryanne are in one. Eric, Ed, Kim and Bill in the 2nd. I have the third. I was fine with that – that was mostly Eric’s doing. The beds aren’t big enough for the four of them to all sleep there. Everyone knows that. I was asked a few times if Kim was staying with me, but she had not talked to Eric about that at all. Bill had asked me one time if I had room for him and I said yes, but when I found out that Eric did reserve a room, I told Bill that Eric was probably expecting him to stay with Eric. Eric get really picky about things like that. He has to plan everything for himself, but he won’t let anyone know about it. Friday night, Kim and Eric shared one bed and Ed took the other one, and Kim wasn’t happy with that at all. I still didn’t say anything – that’s their deal. I was taking care of myself.
So later in the day, Ed asked who was in my room – I said just me. So he said he would come stay with me. And I think Eric was expecting that. I said okay for this time, but that’s the last straw with all of that. First of all, if I’m not good enough to be included in the initial planning of rooms, then why should I give up my room to help him out. I was totally fine with having my own room – I like that because I can be on my own schedule instead of someone else’s schedule. And he shouldn’t assume that I want to share my room. But he did that with tickets as well. He bought tickets for the game for the 4 of them for $175 each, then was able to get other tickets for an additional $45. And he was expecting all of them to pay $210 for the tickets. Unless Bill could sell them. How bogus is that? Bill wasn’t happy with that – he always has to do that leg work for Eric, and he never committed to buying 2 tickets. I told Bill that I had sent a message to Eric asking if he had extra tickets because I needed one and he never responded to me. So I bought one of Jeff’s tickets, which was a better seat.
Anyway, back to Friday. We were at the hotel, sitting outside while Bill got his stuff in the room. Then the 4 of them decided to roam, so they (finally) asked if I wanted to go with them. I was a bit snarky and asked if I was invited and both Kim and Eric said yes. So they knew I wasn’t quite that happy with them. We wandered all over, and ended up at The House of Blues for lunch. Again, not the greatest. Had the same thing – burger (overdone) and fries (overdone). I gave my fries to Ed. His burger was cold! Then we roamed again and went over to the casino. I was trying to explain to Bill how to play craps and poker. I had won at poker, but then lost it when I as explaining it to Bill. No biggie. Then we went back to the room to rest and freshen up before going out for the night.
We went to our bar from last time – Ryan’s to watch the Rutgers game. Kim and I got pizza for everyone for dinner. We were having a good ole time, drinking beers and watching Rutgers play well. Everyone ended up meeting us there, even Randy and Steve (the guys next to our tailgate). So that was cool. After the game, we left and headed over to Bourbon Street for another drink before heading back to the room.
Saturday, I met Rex, Greg and Sandy in the lobby and we went to get the 2 minivans. We then went back to the hotel and on the way, I ran into Jon and Pam on the street! So that was cool. They were also heading to the game so we tried to make plans to meet up later. We picked everyone up and headed to Baton Rouge. The couples were in one van, and the single folks were in my van. Bill was helping to navigate.
We got into Baton Rouge and met up with the people we were tailgating with. Kim and I finally got to talk and she was pissed at Eric again. Apparently Thursday night he kept trying to put his arm around her in bed and she got pissed at that. So Friday night she slept in the bed with Bill and Eric got mad. This just seems so high-schoolish! But she’s decided she’s done with football after next weekend (her nieces are coming to the game). Eric wasn’t talking much to her for part of the afternoon. It was so frickin’ hot outside. It rained a few times, but that just made things worse. At one time, me, Kim, Ed and Bill went back to the car and sat there for about 30 minutes, trying to cool off. But as soon as we got outside, it was extremely humid again. We hung out at the bar nearby a few times trying to get cool.
I won’t even talk about the game except to say that it sucked and we were royally outplayed. It was the worst loss in Beamer’s history as a coach. Enough said.
So going home is where I was getting mad. I was driving (Bill had offered but I was fine to drive). Because of the humidity, the windows kept fogging up. And the only way to get them unfogged is to keep the defrost on, but when I did that, I would get yelled at because it was too hot. Hello – isn’t it more important that I see outside to see where we were going?? It took over an hour before I could finally actually see outside. It was a long drive home – it took us an hour just to get on the freeway out of town!
So everyone basically sleeps most of the way. Fine, I can handle the drive, but I’m also getting tired and it would have been nice to have company. Then as we were nearing New Orleans everyone seemed to wake up. I asked if anyone knew where to get off and no one did. So we took one exit and that lead us downtown, but then I couldn’t remember how to get back to the hotel. So I turned on one street and I shouldn’t have. But no one said anything until after when I was asked why I turned where I did. I said that no one said anything else and then I shut up. Debbie called to see where we were and I told her the same thing – We got on one street and I made a wrong turn but no one said anything about it. So we finally got to the hotel. Rex and Maryanne took the first minivan back to the rental place, so Bill came with me to meet them.
As we were driving back from the game, Bill asked about the minivans and I said that I would drop them off at the hotel then go return the vehicle. He asked how I was getting back and I said either a cab or I would walk. He was the only one to volunteer to come with me. The only one.
Anyway, so we get to the rental car place and we’re cleaning out the van and of course my bag is there. You would think that the others would have taken it in – especially Ed, but no. So that made me mad. And I don’t know if one of them grabbed one of my shirts since it wasn’t in my bag. I didn’t check the back of the minivan when we left, but I don’t think Bill would have left it in there. But you never know. So I might be out a Tech shirt, which doesn’t make me happy.
Maryanne also was a bit upset because no one in the other van would call a cab for us. It would have been nice for someone else to do so, but…
So we got back to the room and I went out in the hall to read again (I did that the night before). And it was frustrating me again because why am I having to make a sacrifice when I got the room for me? But no, the light bothers Ed, so I leave. UGH!!
So here’s what I’m wondering. We’re trying to make our Georgia Tech plans. And it’s been a pain in the ass because we can’t get answers from people if they want to stay longer and go to the UGA/Troy game. So finally, Debbie got a reservation for Thursday night – for the two of them, me and Bill. But guess what happens – Eric finally tells us that he’s going to the game as well. So I told Debbie that and now we have to decide what to do about rooms. I think Eric should be getting his own room. We made these plans and he decided to join us after the fact. But no, I’ll be the one in my own room again. And I’m getting sick of that. I made the hotel reservation for Clemson – do you think he offered? No. But he’s staying in the room that I got. But he’s sleeping on the couch. I’m not giving up my bed for him.
Kim is also annoying me. She never offers to help with this kind of stuff. Lately Debbie and I have been doing all of it. Bill was supposed to make the Georgia Tech reservations but he flaked out on that. If we gave him enough grief, he would have made some, but we decided just to do it. But Kim never offers to help. She never offers to drive, or make plans or anything. She doesn’t have tickets and expects to get them from either Eric or me. And that’s getting a bit annoying as well. I think everyone should pull some weight. When I was asking for drivers for the game, Greg, Rex, and Sandy all offered. Then when we got here, Bill offered, and later on Eric offered. But nothing from her. Now, it was fine that Maryanne, Debbie or Sue didn’t volunteer because their husbands did. But both Ed and Kim should have offered. Just to be fair.
Oh, well. That’s the way it goes. Most of the time it is pretty funny to watch the dynamics. But things will have to change before everyone starts getting pissed off more than normal. We’ll see how long that takes.
Now I’m off to get food and wait for the rest to wake up to we can watch football. Hopefully today’s games will be better than last night’s games.
Oh, and I did get to spend time with Jenie! Now we have to make plans for our next girls’ weekend.
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