.......and what a HAPPY THANKSGIVING it was!!!!!

i drove to Indy the night before thanksgiving....and arrived at tina's house around 10:45 indy time.....i was greeted by tina (sporting a cute new hair-cut), her boyfriend mike, and Jessie the dog....

thanksgiving itself was a FEAST. we prepared a 3 pound turkey, i made stuffing, mike made broccoli, tina made mashed potatoes, rolls, and her fabulous jello mold.

however.....a couple of problems arose

as tina prepared to make the gravy....she discovered that we needed the drippings from the turkey to add to the gravy sauce....which wouldnt be a problem, until we opened the oven and discovered that there was a hole in the bottom of the pan, and the drippings were burnt all over the bottom of the oven......sooooo tina just added more water to the gravy. then....tina's sister, michelle, noticed that it was getting unusually smokey in the kitchen. turns out the turkey was just a little crisp around the edges, and the rolls were almost completely black.

but, it was a great meal. and i would like to thank christina for inviting me. i had a great time and i love you!

now....im alone back at USI. its so lonely.....there's about 4 cars in my whole parking lot.....i have nothing to do,except work of course. today was an absolute NIGHTMARE at walmart. and tomorrow i have to go in again. it never ends. i should be at home with my friends that i miss :( but noooooooooooo walmart thinks its necessary to work me every damn day.

well....i guess i'll go to bed now. gotta wake up bright and early.

ok........so last night at work, an interesting thing happened.

2 old men came through my line, and it became apparent that they were both deaf. They were signing back and forth to each other and whatnot. and it was all good until the old man couldnt figure out the debit machine. i struggled to help him with it and tried to show him what buttons to push and stuff.

well...i guess he accidentally asked for cashback...40 dollars actually. when it went through and i went to give him his receipt and his money, he FREAKED out and started grunting and yelling at me through sign language. then his friend joined in. i had two guys signing to me frantically and looking all pissed off.

i didnt quite know what to do, and i stood there trying to tell them that they asked for cash back. then i remembered they were deaf.

so i called over a supervisor, and with my back turned to the men, i whispered that they were deaf and they didnt understand what was going on. Why did i feel the need to WHISPER this in front of deaf men? because my name is Linda and im a DUMBASS.

anyways, my supervisor ended up having to write notes back and forth to the deaf men until they understood the situation. they were cooperative overall, but not with me. as they were walking away, i got a few more disgruntled signs from both of them, and im pretty sure i saw the universal sign for "fuck you".

i also had an interesting encounter with a mexican immigrant who could barely speak english. it made me flash back to my days working midgnights this summer at the gas station, where a similar man who was 40 years my senior asked me out everytime he saw me and then came in at 3 in the morning to see me. it got really scary when he told me one night that he just moved in a house across the street and now he could "watch" me in the middle of the night. thank god that's all over now.

anyways.....things are going well here. i've finally decided to cut up my credit card. ( i cut up my other one a while ago, but i recently found this one, which i thought i left at home, while i was cleaning my desk.)
it will be difficult for me, cuz im addicted to spending money, but its for the best. (did i mention my credit card bill is up to about $900?) ya, id say its time to get rid of it.

i would also like to say that i miss emily, eva, chrissy, jules and tina very very much!! it will be awhile before i see any of you :( (except tina, who i will see on thanksgiving), so i just want to let you girls know that i love you!!

thats all for now.

the one great thing about USI.......Assessment Day. A day when freshmen are forced to take a stupid test, and everyone else gets the day off of classes. which means we've had the whole day today to do absolutely nothing. i've laid in bed all day and watched all the ABC soaps. its so great. i bet everyone is jealous. i also dont have to work today!! woohoo.

Interesting tidbits:

i finally got to see the movie ive been dying to see!!!! The Ring is the scariest movie ever made. im serious. i love horror movies and i dont get scared easily, but this movie scared the be-jesus out of me. i was on the verge of tears the entire time. i highly recommend it.

im going to see james taylor next week!!!!! ok so im a huge nerd, but i like him. and he's coming to roberts stadium. so why not go. plus i get to skip my biology class that night.

TINA!!!! it looks like we'll be spending Thanksgiving together this year. ive come to the decision its the smartest thing to do, plus i really miss you!!! i was either going to go to keith's for thanksgiving, or go to Indy at Chrisitna's. my family isnt having thanksgiving because my mom is working and my dad is having surgery, so i wasnt planning on going home. but it seems kinda shitty to drive 5 hours home to keith's and not even spend the day with my dad, and i dont really want to....so im gonna make the shorter drive and see tina!!!! plus, i have to work at 8 in the morning the next day, so i wont have to leave her house as early.

My tongue is normal once again....no worries.