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Business trips are annoying. Suzanna has been gone since... god, how long now? Friday afternoon she left and I just talked to her on the phone I guess she's not going to get back until maybe this Friday. Yeesh. I'm not really used to her being gone that long. Usually it's like this: leave Wednesday morning at an ungodly hour such as 6 a.m. then come back Thursday night around 7 p.m.
I'm not the needy type of girlfriend but I honestly do miss her. Besides that our little pug puppy, Vlad, is getting neutered on Wednesday and well, ouch. I feel bad for him but since we don't want him reproducing it sort of has to be done. Vlad's full name is Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ala the character from Dune but we call him Vlad for short. My brother came up with the name and although Suzanna and aren't Dune fangirls in the slightest we quite like the name. Not sure why. It's just cool, I think. lol. Although my Vet and others in the office staff at the animal hospital I take my pets to thought I named him after Vlad the Impaler. Ech.
For those curious, I finally got around to uploading pix of him...
http://www.dreiser.net/extras/vlad.jpg
He's so ugly he's cute! lol. At least that's my opinion on him. I still haven't told Suzanna that he chewed up a pair of her Jimmy Choo black satin evening high heels. I fear the reaction. I'm not sure but I think they're probably worth half the amount we actually paid for Vlad. So yeah. They're damn expensive shoes.
I started off work today in the worst way. This couple came in with their son who was around four or so and he basically ran around terrorizing the store but they were nice enough to me so I let it go. Until the kid goes into the restricted area of the store where the expensive hats are. The cheapest hat in this section is 55 dollars so we don't really like people messing around in there. He goes back there, picks up some hats, tosses them around, and I go back to pick them up and ask him to please leave the area. The kid ignores me, runs to his parents with one of our 65 dollar hats and starts tugging on it really hard. I honestly thought the kid would tear the damn thing. So I go over to them and ask him to please give me the hat. He just stares at me so I sigh and take the hat from him. This is where things go bad.
The mother freaks out. She demands I refund the money on the hat I just sold her because I "made her son uncomfortable" by asking for the expensive 65 dollar hat from the RESTRICTED section of the store back. Blerh. I returned the money and the whole time she's chastising me and calling me a slew of names. It was just very crappy. I called Suzanna, Van, then Pat about it. I dunno. I still feel shitty about it mostly because I loathe the idea I was mean to a child. But I really don't think I was... whatever.
This is why I don't want human children. Just animals. They're so much simpler and sweet and kind and good. Then again, I'm not exactly cuddly. I think I have a grumpy personality that fits well with animals and bitchy women like Suzanna. Heh.
I'm in this weird creative place lately. I have three different ideas for fanfics in my head right now and I want to write all of them so my time is really split between work full time, school full time, training Vlad, missing my girlfriend, and wanting to write these stories. The first one is just Chapter 11 of my Maggie/Kendall fanfic for All My Children, the second is a sequel to my BtVS fanfic Neither Angels Nor Demons, and the third is an Alice/Dana fanfic for The L Word that would take place after the season finale. I can't help it but upon the advice of my cop friend to watch the show just like it's a soap opera and ignore the creator of the show who insists it's a realistic portrayal of lesbian life (it SO isn't) I quite enjoy the show. The L Word is a good cheesy soap opera and I love that type of thing. Plus Alice/Dana are too cute as a couple.
That's pretty much that. I have tomorrow off work and school at 6 p.m. I haven't decided what to do with myself. I think I'll take Vlad out for a day on the town. Maybe go visit Tracy at the Karate dojo then Pip over at the Botanical Gardens and maybe do some work with Jake at the motorcycle shop. He loves visiting people so I bet the little guy will enjoy that. Plus my friends agree with the whole so ugly he's cute thing.
I'm not the needy type of girlfriend but I honestly do miss her. Besides that our little pug puppy, Vlad, is getting neutered on Wednesday and well, ouch. I feel bad for him but since we don't want him reproducing it sort of has to be done. Vlad's full name is Baron Vladimir Harkonnen ala the character from Dune but we call him Vlad for short. My brother came up with the name and although Suzanna and aren't Dune fangirls in the slightest we quite like the name. Not sure why. It's just cool, I think. lol. Although my Vet and others in the office staff at the animal hospital I take my pets to thought I named him after Vlad the Impaler. Ech.
For those curious, I finally got around to uploading pix of him...
http://www.dreiser.net/extras/vlad.jpg
He's so ugly he's cute! lol. At least that's my opinion on him. I still haven't told Suzanna that he chewed up a pair of her Jimmy Choo black satin evening high heels. I fear the reaction. I'm not sure but I think they're probably worth half the amount we actually paid for Vlad. So yeah. They're damn expensive shoes.
I started off work today in the worst way. This couple came in with their son who was around four or so and he basically ran around terrorizing the store but they were nice enough to me so I let it go. Until the kid goes into the restricted area of the store where the expensive hats are. The cheapest hat in this section is 55 dollars so we don't really like people messing around in there. He goes back there, picks up some hats, tosses them around, and I go back to pick them up and ask him to please leave the area. The kid ignores me, runs to his parents with one of our 65 dollar hats and starts tugging on it really hard. I honestly thought the kid would tear the damn thing. So I go over to them and ask him to please give me the hat. He just stares at me so I sigh and take the hat from him. This is where things go bad.
The mother freaks out. She demands I refund the money on the hat I just sold her because I "made her son uncomfortable" by asking for the expensive 65 dollar hat from the RESTRICTED section of the store back. Blerh. I returned the money and the whole time she's chastising me and calling me a slew of names. It was just very crappy. I called Suzanna, Van, then Pat about it. I dunno. I still feel shitty about it mostly because I loathe the idea I was mean to a child. But I really don't think I was... whatever.
This is why I don't want human children. Just animals. They're so much simpler and sweet and kind and good. Then again, I'm not exactly cuddly. I think I have a grumpy personality that fits well with animals and bitchy women like Suzanna. Heh.
I'm in this weird creative place lately. I have three different ideas for fanfics in my head right now and I want to write all of them so my time is really split between work full time, school full time, training Vlad, missing my girlfriend, and wanting to write these stories. The first one is just Chapter 11 of my Maggie/Kendall fanfic for All My Children, the second is a sequel to my BtVS fanfic Neither Angels Nor Demons, and the third is an Alice/Dana fanfic for The L Word that would take place after the season finale. I can't help it but upon the advice of my cop friend to watch the show just like it's a soap opera and ignore the creator of the show who insists it's a realistic portrayal of lesbian life (it SO isn't) I quite enjoy the show. The L Word is a good cheesy soap opera and I love that type of thing. Plus Alice/Dana are too cute as a couple.
That's pretty much that. I have tomorrow off work and school at 6 p.m. I haven't decided what to do with myself. I think I'll take Vlad out for a day on the town. Maybe go visit Tracy at the Karate dojo then Pip over at the Botanical Gardens and maybe do some work with Jake at the motorcycle shop. He loves visiting people so I bet the little guy will enjoy that. Plus my friends agree with the whole so ugly he's cute thing.
