03. Holiday Madness

Well, today was my last day as the department manager of toys at my store. Monday I move on to be an assistant manager trainee in another store, and in eight weeks I'm thrown to the wolves as a full-fledged assistant manager in yet another store. I was dreading having to say something at the…

Well, we’re back together! We went to lunch together on Tuesday (her idea) and we talked it out. We’re both happy about it. We’ve been spending a lot of time together the past few days so that’s why I haven’t updated.I think she’s a little worried about the tim...

Well, it’s over. I spent a lot of time thinking out loud with Ember last night, and my brain said, “end it” while my heart kept saying “save it”. I had no idea I cared as much as I did for Dirty Girl until this happened. Even today, I was willing to give us another&h...

Sorry, I couldn’t cram this into a note and didn’t want to leave twelve of them on your entry.I’m not treating you any differently than you deserve to be treated. You are a beautiful person. You’ve made some bad choices; we’ve discussed that. You’ve also had a ...

Three weeks. That’s a record even for me. Three weeks almost to the day and my relationship with Dirty Girl is already falling apart. There I was, sitting and waiting, occasionally calling because I was worried, but I was repeatedly assured that she was “on her way”. Five and a ...

OK, the cool thing is looking more official, but I still haven’t been Gazetted, so to speak, so I’m not going to say for sure just yet. I will know for sure on Monday, but still a little cautious right now. Definitely not wearing any red shirts in my immediate future. I’m gettin...

I’m still sick. Work isn’t real happy with me right now but unless they’re going to pay me to sit on the toilet all day then I’m staying home. I stopped taking the antibiotics yesterday morning so I should be fine by tonight but I’m not there yet. Dirty Girl and I wi...

OK, all Ember wanted was to talk because she was bored. I’m kind of sorry I missed that because those are usually the funnest conversations we have, but I’m glad it wasn’t an emergency. She told me if it had been an emergency she WOULD have gotten in touch with me somehow, not t...

Anna Nicole Smith died today in Florida and the media, even Bill O’Reilly and Anderson Cooper, are going nuts over it. Why? She was blonde, had big boobs, posed nude and married a rich dude ten minutes before he died. Big deal. I mean, yeah, with a few exceptions it’s a tragedy when a...

I’m sorry. I wanted to come over but I just couldn’t, it didn’t feel right. Besides, if I was nervous then the gains we made previously might have been lost, and who know how long it would have taken to get back to where things are now. If that’s not clear I’ll expla...