Friday, August 4, 2006

I cleaned my room yesterday. I'm not sure what else I did? lol I'm a bit spacey right now. I saw that my sister Janice, had called me Wednesday night, and not left a message so I tried calling her in the morning, but her phone was busy. I tried calling her around 6pm, but her phone was busy. I called more than twice; probably around 6 times, but it was always busy.

I started getting another migrain. Migrains are often caused by changes in the weather, so from really hot, to cool, like yesterday. I took 3 midrin over the course of 2 hours, and I was thinking that Mark worked until 5:30, so I tried to get there at that time, but got stuck in some horrible traffic and didn't get there until 5:45. Then Mark didn't get off at 5:30, but at 6pm, which is when he gets off every work day, but I was thrown. lol

We went to CompUSA, and Best Buy. We bought some CDs (with a gift certificate) at Best Buy, plus I got "Clue" & "Wet Hot American Summer" for super cheap. We went to the Saline/Ann Arbor Meijer to get buns, soup, & Mark got some chips and stuff. I had someone call Karen on her work phone but she was on her break, and she didn't respond when paged. I was also hoping that Yvette Tower would be there as it was after 7pm when we were leaving, but she didn't appear to be.

When we got home, I finally got through to Janice and she told me that Grandma Wright had called her and she now had Dad's address. I wrote that down, got driving directions and went to find him, with 3 bags of clothes that he left in my care, while he was in the hospital. He apparently got out of the hospital in April or May. I found his place without any trouble, but never got into his apartment as dad wandted to go to Abe's for some coffee (my treat). He was happy to see me, but he was so thin that his clothes were just hanging from him, and he looked really bad. It kind of freaked me out. I was really tired, as I've been going to bed around 7pm, and it was already around 9pm. I told him I needed to go as I had to go to sleep, and he walked me to my car, as he told me that he wanted to stay at Abe's for awhile (he's famous there; he's been hanging there for years, and everybody who works there or is there on a regular basis knows him by name!).

After he left, I called Janice and told her about the visit and that I'd set up a meeting for us all on August 18. We usually get together sometime around that time, as my birthday is August 12, and Janice & our father's birthday is August 23.

I was shaking after the phonecall with Janice, and crying a little bit, when the phone rang again. It was Jeremy. I had called him earlier to let him know I'd be in Ypsi, meeting my dad, and I had asked him to call. I called him later from Abe's, when I couldn't think of anything to say to my dad. After the call with Janice, I had called Mollie, because I was going to go right passed her apartment, and I thought I might be able to get "Breakfast on Pluto" back from her, and get a hug, as I really needed one, but she didn't answer, and was most likely at work, or asleep.

So when Jeremy called, he asked me if I had gone to see my dad, and my voice was kind of shakey. I told him I wasn't ok, and how my father looked, and I asked him where he was, as I was going to see if he could give me a hug, but he was on his way to Brighton to meet some friends from cosmetology school. He asked me where I was though, and asked if I could maybe meet him at Geddes and 23, and I said sure. We agreed to meet at Concordia University, right off of the express way. I got there about 10 minutes before him.

When he arrived, he parked a space away from me and gave me a big hug. I wasn't crying anymore but I was shaking. He smelled really good, and I told him so. He looked really good too. We talked about my dad, and he told me that when he heard my message on his voicemail that I sounded so sad that he said he had to call me back right away. That's what friends are for. I told him that I missed him, and that I was really very selfish because I want to see him all the time, and he said he's the same way. But he's really busy with WRAP; lots of political bullshit going on there. Plus he's really broke, so he's been working at the salon a lot! I told him that I miss him, and that the other day I really felt single for the first time, and that I also realized it had been over a month since he'd spent the night. He told me we'd have to correct that. We kissed. And then the cops showed up. For those who don't know, Concordia is a Christian campus.

We got in our cars, and went our separate ways, while we talked on the phone. I asked him about something he said while we were dating - that we didn't have to rush getting to know each other and sharing things because we'd have many, many days like that to come, and I asked hims if he still meant that, even now, and he said that he did. He asked me what my schedule was like next week, and I headed to work to see what it was like, as it wasn't posted when I was there last. He said that he felt like we were still going through the process of figuring out our relationship; and I said that's how I felt too, but that not talking to each other wouldn't help that process. Communication is key. I asked him where he thought we stood, and he said that we were both trying to be very respectful of each others feelings, and going trying to be friends directly after dating, and we were mostly getting that right, except that we both still really cared about each other, the way we did when we were together. I told him, I agreed with all of that, and we started talking about our friendship/relationship, and I meant what I was saying, but I was still spacey from lack of sleep, the midrin, and the surreal experience with my father. I had made it to Hollywood, but the schedule still wasn't posted, which isn't unusual. About that time, Jeremy missed his exit, and told me that he needed to go get directions before he got even more lost, but that he'd call me right back.

Nate & Kyle were working, and it was nearly 11pm. Pat was working earlier but had to leave. He's very, very sick, and he understandably, usually can't finish his shifts. There were like a million returns on the counter, so I started putting them in order, and then started putting them away. On my 5th stack, Nate had me punch in. Mark called me, when I was nearly finished with the returns, and I told him what had gone on. When I finished the returns (which Kyle & Nate had a chance to help me with every once in a while), I headed out, with much gratitude from Nate & Kyle; the latter thanking me like a dozen times.

When I got home and still hadn't heard back from Jeremy, I got ready for bed, and called him to make sure he was ok. He had apparently found the bar he was meeting his friends at just after he'd hung up on me, and with that shock, followed by the joyous reunion with his friends, he had forgotten to call me back. I told him that was fine, but he insisted that I was "unforgettable" and that he wanted to do something with me next week. And when I told him I was just calling to make sure he was ok, and I wasn't mad that he hadn't called me back - just worried about him, he said that I was the sweetest thing ever. He sounded like he'd already had a couple of drinks, and I told him goodbye.

It felt really warm in my room. I know I slept some, but I tossed and turned. I got up around 1:30am, and checked my e-mail, and wrote this. I'll probably take a shower, to helpe me cool down, and hopefully get back to sleep soon after. I work today, 1-5:30pm. I have Saturday off and I close the store on Sunday. That's all I know for now. ;-0)

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