Ugh. So sick. There are three sick people living in this apartment although, luckily, with current schedules there's never more than two of us in the apartment. I was running Chad to the bank and since it was cold the windows stayed up. He was coughing without covering his mouth. My mind kept picturing him coughing directly into my mouth because that's about what it's like in my smallish Neon. And now it has spread to myself and to Jenn who is still trying to get over the pneumonia which had kept her out of work for two weeks.

I can tell when the medications I had taken wear off...I will go from not coughing to coughing to the point where my stomach wants to spill its contents. I am going to bed in a few minutes but I am not sure how comfortable I will be temperature-wise as I keep burning up and I hate that.

I will be getting up around 5:30am again to take Jenn to the train station like i did yesterday morning. I had been planning to sleep for an hour and a half after I got back. But I accidentally dozed for about an hour and a half before Conan O'Brien came on (Somehow I miraculously awoke 5 minutes before the show began) and therefore I may not nap after dropping her off.

I have to drop my car off at the garage at 8am when they open. For the first time every my car passed inspection without needing any work! But for the first time my car did not pass emissions. Nearly did. But not quite. So they are going to give my engine a tuneup until it passes. I am hoping that it takes care of some of the other problems that I have had with the car since I bought it as it would make the whole ordeal worth it. So hopefully my car will be fully inspected by the time I need to leave for work and at a price that won't kill us.

I work this evening 2-10 with the coworker that apparently is pissed..somewhat at me...because the manager of the food side at work gave me his Wednesday night shifts because she loves my work there and hates his. No matter how often he claims that it's a race thing..I have to remind him that the two of us workers that she loves on her side are white like he is haha He just doesn't do any work and shows up late every single day and always has. He also breaks a handfull of rules per day simply because it's what he wants to do. So i should be up to 36 hours per week which will be very helpful.

In the morning I intend to post an entry that isn't just a daily update. But admit it, you can't help but read about my days. Ehh?

Anyway, goodnight...and hope that A) I feel better and B) the car deal doesn't bankrupt us!

Thank you. And sleep well.

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The subject refers to my random but short-lived visits to NuTang. I stopped by about three times throughout the day I believe. I'd like to thank all of you who left me comments on the previous entries as it was very helpful! THANK YOU!

Well work went by pretty quickly. Only 4 hours but I got to drive my car and not take the bus so that was great. Had to fix someone's mistake and clean up after it. Normally it would be very slow and lax on a Sunday but due to the snow that started at 3pm, people were gassing up like you wouldn't believe. Sold, on average, over 1,000 gallons of gas per hour. Which leads me to this next point...:

Okay. I live in Southeastern Pennsylvania. We get snow. At times we get A LOT of snow. We should be rather acclaimated to it, no? Well apparently I am one of the few residents around here that doesn't freak out at the slightest hint of snow in the forecast. And I have a lot of problems regarding this. 1) Why would you buy 7 gallons of milk? How long do you think you'll actually be snowed in if we WERE to get an amount that would snow you in? In 1992 we received about 18 inches of snow. A foot and a half. Sure schools were closed and many businesses were closed the following day. But you could still easily drive around. We have a thousand plows in our area. And I can't remember, even in local history, there every being a snowstorm that stranded people for more than a day after it officially stopped snowing.

And 2) Why fill your car with gasoline?? If you expect to be stranded it would mean that you can't use your car. So a lot of good that gas does. And trust me....I know for a fact that the station where I work would be open no matter what amount of accumulation there might be.

And overall I feel that the worst part is that they acted in such a fashion that I thought a foot, at least, had been predicted for our area. 6 inch maximum! 3-6 inches! That amount of snow is by no means a catalyst for what was going on in the area (atleast where I work). A customer came in and honestly warned us not to go to the grocery store two miles up the road. He said that you'd think that they were giving everything in the store away for free by how packed it was and how people were acting.

Well the snow is coming down only very lightly. And there's MAYBE an inch of the snow on the ground. Hey people, good luck drinking your 7 gallons of milk before they expire!

And onward...

Jenn ( invisibleinkling ) starts back at the airline in the morning! I am getting up at 5am to drive her to the train station so she can avoid walking through snow because no one will have shoveled/cleared their sidewalks by 5am. And I'll probably drive her as many days as my schedule permits.

I am so happy that she's going back there. Shortly I'll have the medical coverage I really need...as will she. And the travel benefits will kick ass as soon as both of our schedules permit us using them to their full extent!

I had a talk with Chad last week when i picked him up from work on Sunday evening. I told him that between her two train rides and time at work, Jenn will be gone most of the day on the days that she works and things will be stressful enough (atleast in the first 6 months during her probation time) and that we'll need his help. He hasn't pulled his weight with there being three of us to take care of everything. I still end up cleaning up after him way too often and his room gets no attention from him whatsoever. I told him that she'll feel much better after the long days that she'll have if everything is kept up with and orderly. I asked for his extra help in taking the dog out and doing some of the chores that the three of us all take care of. And then i stressed that he take care of his stuff such as his room. It irritates me enough that it looks (and most time smells) when I told him before he moved in that since he wasn't going to have his name put on our lease that he'd have to make it look like no one was living in the room. Let's just say that the dog keeps his room far cleaner than chad's and smells marginally better as well haha God give us strength. But I will be reminding him often to help me keep everything looking better for Jenn's sake..beyond just our sakes.

Now, if you stop by Jenn's blog wish her luck as it will help me out as well in the longrun hahaha

And finally. The rock band we auditioned with decided to go with another bassist rather than ours and we're not breaking up our band by kicking out Brian just to play with them. And on Saturday we have an excellent musician coming to our practice. He wants to go for vocalist but he can also play drums, guitar, bass, keyboards..etc... So hopefully he'll sound great in some way with what we want to do as a band and he will want to join us.

Okay this has been long enough...but it'll give you plenty to read in case it takes me a little while to post again.

Have a greeeat night!

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