So,
In case you haven't heard or seen, I just turned 21 yesterday (Friday the 23rd). Although I have literally never drank before in my entire life (other than like communion) I was legitimately excited for the mayhem which would ensue. Originally, I really didn't expect to do anything big. I've never been a huge birthday party person, and plus I don't do anything crazy ever so I had no idea what I should do for my birthday. Also, I am not trashy so that threw out the "power hour"/party bus option right out the window. I wanted to remember my 21st, and make sure that it was memorable (other than waking up in prison, etc.)
So I decided that I would just plan to go somewhere that was both 21 above and under friendly for dinner and then go from there. After quick debating I settled on Old Chicago. I didn't want to go somewhere really trashy like BWW or AppleBees so I thought this was a good option.
Additionally, prior to the night of mayhem, Grant, Rachel, and Ryan all took time out of their busy schedules to come down and help me celebrate, something that I am eternally grateful for. On Thursday, they drove down that evening and after some minor setbacks (car trouble and roads randomly ending in South Dakota) they made it safe in sound in time for dinner. After dinner we visited Bakers and did a quick tour of Omaha, hit up Village Pointe for Ice Cream and the Apple Store and then caught the late showing of "Inception".
Friday, the day of my 21st, we hit up the zoo and despite the humidity we had a pretty good time. We then proceeded to Bakers where I made my first alcohol purchase of the day (a 22 ounce Bud Light Lime) and then headed back to my Mom's for a quick lunch and cake. After that we just hung out for a bit, and then loaded into Rachel's car and headed to Old Chicago. Shalee and Dan were already there and Stephanie caught up with us later on. We ordered and I got my first drink there, a Jack and Coke. It was pretty intense and set the bar pretty high for the evening (no pun intended). I then took a breather and got a strawberry margarita and finished the evening by downing half of a Long Island Ice Tea.
Did I get drunk? Maybe, I was definitely buzzed. Only for about 10 minutes though and then I just had the bloodshot eyes and red face for the rest of the evening. After Old Chicago we headed to my Moms for some hanging out and game playing where Austin, Jared and Jana, Laura, Erin and Nicole and Pete joined us to hang out.
All in all, it was a nice evening and a great way to begin the closing chapter for the summer.
Wow, I can't believe it. My summer of exile is nearing its close. Am I ready for school to start again? No. But I am ready to be out of Nebraska. I move in August 11th and then have nearly a month until classes actually start. This way I'll have a nice breather before classes and CHOIR begin!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Post-Trip to Moorhead Blog
In case you didn't know, this past Friday I drove up to Moorhead to visit Shane and those that are there for a quick release from my Nebraska life.
After working a 4-Midnight shift on Thursday, I let myself sleep in and didn't get on the road until a little after 10. Shane worked all day Friday so I thought it would just make sense to spend most of the day driving rather than getting there ridiculously early. I got to campus right around 4:30 (would have been there sooner but was delayed because of heavy road construction) and after some quick unpacking and relaxing met up with others for some p90x action. Following working out we got some dinner quick and then headed off to Bruno's for a bonfire and then hit up Hornbachers for some necessary supplies.
Saturday, slept in until 9:30!!! Woohoo! This somewhat unimportant event to most is monumental to me as usually "sleeping in" means getting up at 7 instead of 5:30. So it was certainly nice to get some sleep. After a quick breakfast we did some Ab ripper X, got lunch, and then headed to downtown Fargo and checked out a local car show and then a street fair. The weather was warm, but it was really nice considering that there wasn't any humidity. After the street fair we headed back to Shane's apartment, grabbed dinner at Panchero's and then met up with Jared at the Safari for "Get Him to the Greek". Although I hadn't seen "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", I needlessly had low expectations for the movie but was pleasantly surprised. Finally to round out the crazy busy day we met up with people at Sarah's apartment and played ridiculous games. Shane spelled Popsicle "popsickel"... needless to say he will never live it down.
Sunday, went to Church, relaxed most of the afternoon while Shane did room checks, walked around downtown Moorhead and then I grabbed dinner with Abby at Juano's before meeting back up with Shane and the Summer Programs staff at Reagan's beautiful townhouse for some Quelf! Ended the epic evening with some more P90X.
Needless to say I am probably leaving out a lot. It was a fabulous weekend and a great escape from the misery which is my home Lifetime movie homelife.
Whilst getting dinner with Abby at Juano's we decided that at the end of the summer I'm going to be writing a series of short stories and compiling them under the name "Exhiled: Learning to Live with Loss"... it's gonna be great!
Upcoming great events: this week Ryan, Grant, and Rachel are coming down for my 21st on Friday, the week after I'm headed to Colorado, and then it's my last week home!!!
Wow, summer has just flown by!
After working a 4-Midnight shift on Thursday, I let myself sleep in and didn't get on the road until a little after 10. Shane worked all day Friday so I thought it would just make sense to spend most of the day driving rather than getting there ridiculously early. I got to campus right around 4:30 (would have been there sooner but was delayed because of heavy road construction) and after some quick unpacking and relaxing met up with others for some p90x action. Following working out we got some dinner quick and then headed off to Bruno's for a bonfire and then hit up Hornbachers for some necessary supplies.
Saturday, slept in until 9:30!!! Woohoo! This somewhat unimportant event to most is monumental to me as usually "sleeping in" means getting up at 7 instead of 5:30. So it was certainly nice to get some sleep. After a quick breakfast we did some Ab ripper X, got lunch, and then headed to downtown Fargo and checked out a local car show and then a street fair. The weather was warm, but it was really nice considering that there wasn't any humidity. After the street fair we headed back to Shane's apartment, grabbed dinner at Panchero's and then met up with Jared at the Safari for "Get Him to the Greek". Although I hadn't seen "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", I needlessly had low expectations for the movie but was pleasantly surprised. Finally to round out the crazy busy day we met up with people at Sarah's apartment and played ridiculous games. Shane spelled Popsicle "popsickel"... needless to say he will never live it down.
Sunday, went to Church, relaxed most of the afternoon while Shane did room checks, walked around downtown Moorhead and then I grabbed dinner with Abby at Juano's before meeting back up with Shane and the Summer Programs staff at Reagan's beautiful townhouse for some Quelf! Ended the epic evening with some more P90X.
Needless to say I am probably leaving out a lot. It was a fabulous weekend and a great escape from the misery which is my home Lifetime movie homelife.
Whilst getting dinner with Abby at Juano's we decided that at the end of the summer I'm going to be writing a series of short stories and compiling them under the name "Exhiled: Learning to Live with Loss"... it's gonna be great!
Upcoming great events: this week Ryan, Grant, and Rachel are coming down for my 21st on Friday, the week after I'm headed to Colorado, and then it's my last week home!!!
Wow, summer has just flown by!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
It's not a summer at Bakers without a trip to the cooler...
So,
Looks like it's been more than two weeks since my last entry. That's pretty pathetic. Oh well, this entry should help to make up for my absence.
Today was super hot and super humid. Seriously. It was like 95 and with 80% humidity the heat index was in the triple digits. We weren't especially busy which was nice, but at the same time it wasn't since the first half of my shift just crawled by. We did a great job keeping most of the carts in, it was just too hot to have people getting lots of carts later on so I insisted that the baggers pull their best "used car salesman"to make sure that they went outside every time, regardless of whether or not the customer wanted help or not.
Additionally, I was informed when we got there that the weather was only going to get worse later on during the shift, mainly the hot, muggy day was going to produce nasty thunderstorms later on. By mid-afternoon, it was so hot that one of the condensers broke down, which meant that the huge cooler-display cases that the deli uses for all of the pre-made salads, etc. had to be taken out since they weren't getting cooled.
The heat kept most of the customers away, although we weren't dead we weren't busy by any means. I sent two people home early as the flow remained steady during our normal busy period from 5-7. However, the boring day was going to get really shaken up.
Right around 7:15, the sky turned black and it started pouring. I took my lunch right around 6 and watched the weather the entire time. The storm didn't look too bad during the news cast, we were in just a Severe Thunderstorm Warning which here in Nebraska is nothing to be afraid about. However, things went from bad to worse at 7. The rain came and the wind gusts increased to nearly 70 miles an hour. Suddenly, I heard the sirens...
Now at Bakers when the sirens go off, by law we have to stop everything immediately and go back to the dairy/produce cooler. Even if the transaction is almost done and we just need them to sign their check, we can't. The tills lock, and the registers go blank. We're done, no questions asked.
Customers are allowed to stay or come back with us and once we all got in to the cooler there were about 30 customers who had decided to stay with us and not brave the storm. We got some jackets for people to wear, it's not freezing in there but it's probably cold around 50ish degrees. If you're only wearing a t-shirt and shorts, it's frigid.
I've been back to the cooler several times in my 5 years at Bakers and honestly it's kind of fun and it never gets old. It's just not a summer home without a trip back there. This time though everyone remained pretty calm. We knew that there wouldn't be a tornado, they just blew the sirens because the winds were getting so out of control. We hunkered back down there for about half an hour and then we were free to go.
There were countless abandoned carts in the store, some filled with groceries. We pushed those back to the coolers, they'd be re-stocked later. And then it was back to business as usual..
Just a day in the life in Nebraska.
Looks like it's been more than two weeks since my last entry. That's pretty pathetic. Oh well, this entry should help to make up for my absence.
Today was super hot and super humid. Seriously. It was like 95 and with 80% humidity the heat index was in the triple digits. We weren't especially busy which was nice, but at the same time it wasn't since the first half of my shift just crawled by. We did a great job keeping most of the carts in, it was just too hot to have people getting lots of carts later on so I insisted that the baggers pull their best "used car salesman"to make sure that they went outside every time, regardless of whether or not the customer wanted help or not.
Additionally, I was informed when we got there that the weather was only going to get worse later on during the shift, mainly the hot, muggy day was going to produce nasty thunderstorms later on. By mid-afternoon, it was so hot that one of the condensers broke down, which meant that the huge cooler-display cases that the deli uses for all of the pre-made salads, etc. had to be taken out since they weren't getting cooled.
The heat kept most of the customers away, although we weren't dead we weren't busy by any means. I sent two people home early as the flow remained steady during our normal busy period from 5-7. However, the boring day was going to get really shaken up.
Right around 7:15, the sky turned black and it started pouring. I took my lunch right around 6 and watched the weather the entire time. The storm didn't look too bad during the news cast, we were in just a Severe Thunderstorm Warning which here in Nebraska is nothing to be afraid about. However, things went from bad to worse at 7. The rain came and the wind gusts increased to nearly 70 miles an hour. Suddenly, I heard the sirens...
Now at Bakers when the sirens go off, by law we have to stop everything immediately and go back to the dairy/produce cooler. Even if the transaction is almost done and we just need them to sign their check, we can't. The tills lock, and the registers go blank. We're done, no questions asked.
Customers are allowed to stay or come back with us and once we all got in to the cooler there were about 30 customers who had decided to stay with us and not brave the storm. We got some jackets for people to wear, it's not freezing in there but it's probably cold around 50ish degrees. If you're only wearing a t-shirt and shorts, it's frigid.
I've been back to the cooler several times in my 5 years at Bakers and honestly it's kind of fun and it never gets old. It's just not a summer home without a trip back there. This time though everyone remained pretty calm. We knew that there wouldn't be a tornado, they just blew the sirens because the winds were getting so out of control. We hunkered back down there for about half an hour and then we were free to go.
There were countless abandoned carts in the store, some filled with groceries. We pushed those back to the coolers, they'd be re-stocked later. And then it was back to business as usual..
Just a day in the life in Nebraska.
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