Meet Swag, the cow!

o_O It feels like I haven't updated in a while. Have I? I'm not sure. My online life is so weird these days.

Mm, okay. So I traded shifts with Joanna yesterday, and thankfully I got to sleep in... well, not really. I did something stupid and gave myself a doctor's appointment at 10:10am. Which I was late to. -.- And then since Larisa wanted me to drop off some manga at GWHS, I went and did that... And I stayed through lunch all the way to 7th period. Call me crazy or whatever, but I think it was worth it in the end.

At lunchtime I went down to the ROTC room to grab a soda (they have until spring semester before the new law goes into effect, and sodas and candy can no longer be sold on campus. That SUX!) and saw Jonathan. *blush* Ran out of there like a bat out of hell. I was so CHICKEN! Followed Larisa around after the meeting to Journalism, and the new issue that's coming out looks GREAT! I really want to get a copy, so I hope Diesel remembers to send me one! Then I decided to be somewhat bold and head down to ROTC for Echo company, which I learned Jonathan was *in.* And I waited down there for a while... the new Colonel wasn't there, and neither was SMAJ. But he eventually showed up, and I hung around and talked for a while... and waited out of the office.

Jonathan didn't notice me, even though I was leaning right against the trophy case and smirking at him. He finally looks up, and I say "What, no hello?" and he seriously stumbled backwards and clutched at his chest. "Almost gave you a heart attack, didn't I?" I say, and he nods in that cute-dumb way. ^_^ Much uncomfortableness and awkwardity (I'm making up words left and right people! Go me!) Anyway, I learned that he's hating the S5 job just as much as I did, and he's even QUITTING ROTC! Even though he's a captain and all... he's juggling band, ROTC, *and* wrestling. I knew he was strong, but he goes and says he's out of shape, so to make up for having 3 years of ROTC instead of PE, he's joining the team... (he mentioned something about football too. THAT scares me). Wow. I hope I get to see a game.

Anyway, so I stuck around for a while during the period, helped him get down Christmas decorations and whatnot. We didn't get a chance to talk PERSONALLY or anything, but still, it was nice hanging around him again. He can be really sweet without trying. ^_^ The dumb, shy ones are so cute! And by dumb, I don't mean stupid, I just mean... you know, that sort of lacking-in-social-sense way? ^^;; I like Jonathan too much to insult him and really MEAN it.

Augh, but where there's a rainbow, there's also a cloud. Apparently my checking account decided to drop 3 more bombs on me. All of them hydrogen... Yeah, so 3 MORE purchases that I thought were already ACCOUNTED AND PAID FOR suddenly have 'overage' charges attached to them. So a one-time $30 on a $45-some-odd check imbalance suddenly became another $30... then $60! Then ANOTHER $30! So I was shorted about $160!!!! I'm going to call customer service tomorrow and see what the heck this is all about, because I am DAMN pissed. I only have about $160 now, and I *know* that won't get me through the next pay period (which is the 17th) for Christmas gifts and the like. AUGH!!!!!

On the bright side (again) I do have WDKY7a UP! At FFnet, anyway. I'll get it up on my site and MMorg soon enough, but I MUST MUST MUST finish Part 7b. -.- Damn this chapter and its poor pacing and multiple scenes! X_X

Ah yes, Swag. Swag is my newest plushie! Swag is a gift from Joe, who also included this KILLAH FFX-2 poster... I saw the artbook today in anime club, and *dr00l* I so need the artbook. Better yet, I want to get it with the guide to the game... and the game, with a PS2!!! X_X Mom wants to know what I want for Christmas. But if I say a "PS2 and Final Fantasy X-2," I think she'll get it, and maybe a nice coat, but that'll be *it.* So I'd rather save up for the PS2 and FFX-2 on my own. It's a lotta money, and maybe a ways off, but when I walk home with that... <3_<3 I'd be all "Yeah baby, job well done, Mero-mero!"

Speaking of job well done... I wore reindeer antlers to work today. People called them "ears" for some reason... but anyway, it was nice seeing people smile and get into the spirit. It's non-denominational, you know. Reindeer are winter animals. Not Christian, Jewish, or anything else. They simply are.

FOOOOOOOK! My account is supposed to have $323.92 in it... less $30 which I *deserve* to have taken away... but NOOOO, they had to take away $120! GRRRRRR!!!

Oh yeah, back to the reindeer. Did you know that male reindeer lose their antlers in the winter? So if there really is a Santa Claus that gets carted around by eight or nine reindeer, they're all female. Yes, female reindeer have antlers. And you know that only chicks could cart around a big, fat, white guy in a sleigh around the world in a single night and NOT get lost. *snicker* I mean that in a humorous way, people. I heard that from somewhere else, anyway.

Also at work... made a list of suggestions, and revised it 3 times total! Got a lot of input from my co-workers, which surprised me, and even some managers and OCs had their say. ^_^ Naveed, my uberfavorite OC who is unfortunately transferring to Kabuki (well, he does get a better position) suggested I give the list of suggestions to Teh Head Honchoo (heheh) tomorrow, so that is what I shall do. And I decided that the Virgo or Taurus or whoever the neatfreak in me that's been coming out lately ... anyway, I decided to clean the break room. I got rid of ALL those damn dusty shoes that get in everyone's way underneath the locker bank... found a cool pen (which I kept), a lighter (had to get rid of it), and some umbrellas (left 'em in the break room for people to take). But there's still plenty of lockers that need to be emptied of REALLY REALLY old stuff. Some good things in there though. Maybe money. I hope that if I *ask* for the assignment of cleaning out the lockers, that I get to keep whatever I find. ^_^

I'm kinda hungry, but I have work in less than 11 hours, and WDKY7b is no more finished than it was when I got home. Darnit, and they even let me off work early today! I just ended up staying as long rewriting the suggestion list, talking to people, and waiting for the damned bus! -.- Grr.

Have to get to bed now. Hope the week's goin' well for you... and I work the rest of this week, as well. Call me if you wanna know my schedule or somesuch.

I just have to tell myself... "It could have been worse."

Tell me if this day could have gone worse-- I mean, within realistic limitations.

I wake up with the intention of calling Citibank customer service and sorting out that stupid overdraft charge ($130!) that ate up half my paycheck. "Sorting out" to me means removing $90 of it. But, no can do. Basically, they said that while I initially had money in my account when I made those debit card purchases (hence my not getting denied on the spot) I didn't when the merchant actually decided to withdraw the amount! So the bank had to cover for me, and they also charged $30/incident. And I thought it only happened ONCE, for an overdraft charge of $75 (total). But nooo, I find out that it went up even MORE, and there's not a damn thing I can do about it!

So beside that being INSANELY depressing (being December, time for gift-buying and all) and everything, I'm okay. Learning my lessons the hard way... But I decide to try and open up a Checking Plus account, which does charge me $5 every half year, but protects my accounts from similar "overdraft" charges. I hope. I'll probably get denied, given that my credit this past few months is SCREWY, or I don't HAVE any credit to begin with (being a newbie and all). So when I go out after work to try and pick up some stuff at the Container Store, I am BAFFLED when my card is denied. It's embarassing, too. -.- I don't HAVE another card. I walked all the way to Citibank (which is way out of the friggin' way) on Kearny, and they told me my Checking account is LOCKED! And I have NO money in my Savings account! ARGH!!!! I HATE THIS I HATE THIS I HATE THIS! I hate not having money! I hate having stuff I don't need, not being able to find the stuff I do have, and not being able to let go of all the junk inbetween!

*sigh* So I didn't go back to the container store. I'll have to wait until this junk with them is cleared up and I can access my goddamned money! Mom bitched at me when I got home, as predicted... oh, and GARY came over. I give up, I'm just never going to have a real mom that gives a damn. She pretends, she gives half-hearted attempts, but that's it. I think my co-workers talk to me more than my mom does, and in the end, she just blames that on me anyway.

And I'm working Saturday, so no Vince's party for me. Another suckage. No money to get presents with, no hard drive space to burn CDs with... Nothing is working in my favor today. Except for WDKY, which is going along smoothly, amazingly. Now all I need is to have more great conversations with my co-workers, get a good night's sleep, have fun at FX tomorrow, and have EVERYTHING GO MY WAY.