Our bus to NYC ended up leaving a few minutes late because some woman's friend was late. We'll call the non-late woman Betty because she was just a b*tch, and her friend will now be known as Lala because she was a space cadet lacking a few brain cells. Not even 5 minutes into the trip Betty, who was sitting behind Steve and I, started complaining loudly that she was not going to be able to sleep because Steve had the reading light above us on. "Oh my god! How am I going to sleep? Can you believe this guy is reading? What's wrong with him? Who the hell reads on the bus?" Blah, blah, blah. Enough!
Me: Ya know what? There's an empty seat up front. Why don't you move up there?
Betty: Why don't you move?
Me: Because I'm not the one complaining.
She shut up about the light but spent the entire ride up complaining about anything and everything. "Are they ever going to start the movie? The volume on the TV isn't loud enough. The TV picture sucks. It's too cold on this bus. These seats are uncomfortable." Will someone please put her out of her misery?
At the rest stop, Betty, Lala, and crew had to be rounded up because they weren't on the bus after the 20 minute stop. Pain in the asses.
Before getting off the bus in NYC, our driver and the lady who coordinated the trip made it very clear that we had to be on the bus by 7:00pm to go home. If you're not on the bus, the driver could not wait around and risk getting a very expensive ticket. Well, Betty is on the bus, but wouldn't you know it, Lala is missing. Betty thinks that Lala is standing outside, so the coordinator lady gets out and finally finds Lala. Turns out Lala got on the wrong bus because she didn't pay any attention to what bus we were on. If I were her, I would have been embarassed and felt awful for making everyone else wait. Instead Betty and Dip Sh*t Deluxe laughed about how funny they thought the whole situation was and how they hated this bus trip because they didn't like being told what time they had to be somewhere. Um... it's a bus trip. What did you expect?
Riding back to MD, one of the girls on the bus asked if they could put it in a movie she brought. So the driver puts it in and Lala and Betty start up with "What is this stupid movie? I don't want to watch this. Ugh! Isn't there something better to watch?" I dozed off to this but woke up because my sister snapped. I guess Betty had continued complaining and making snarky remarks when other people on the bus would laugh at the movie. My sister finally had enough and told Betty, "Would you stop complaining?! People are trying to watch the movie!"
My sister is friends with the coordinator lady and told her just how annoying Lala and Betty were. Coordinator lady says they will never be invited or allowed back on this trip. Yay!
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Weekend recap
Friday - Trekked up to Chris & Joe's to spend the night since our bus for NYC was leaving at 5:45 Saturday. For dinner we had caldereta that Joe made and finished off Great Harvest chocolate chip cookies. We watched Wall-E and I loved it! There's such little dialogue in the movie so it's funny how much we (okay, I) loved the little cartoon machine
Saturday - After an annoying start to the trip (see rant), we arrived in NYC around 10am. We strolled up to Central Park and spent a few hours checking it out. Fun! I've always wanted to go there after seeing it in so many TV shows and movies.
Went to Gene's Diner for lunch and had a hefty Swiss mushroom burger: Mmm, Mmm good. I think it's the first burger I've had since January when we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise with my family. We rode the subway downtown and strolled around Chinatown and Little Italy for about an hour or two. I don't think any of us were particularly impressed so we rode back up to Times Square. Killed some time in a few stores including Toys R Us where I confirmed that children are just not for me. Grabbed dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner where the wait staff sings while you eat. Swung by a few more stores including the Hershey store before having to head back to MD. Pics from our trip on Shutterfly.
Sunday - I was going to go for a run but my shins are killing me. Spent the day sewing a knitting needle case and finishing up a knit hat that turned out to be way too big even for my oversized coconut.
Saturday - After an annoying start to the trip (see rant), we arrived in NYC around 10am. We strolled up to Central Park and spent a few hours checking it out. Fun! I've always wanted to go there after seeing it in so many TV shows and movies.
Went to Gene's Diner for lunch and had a hefty Swiss mushroom burger: Mmm, Mmm good. I think it's the first burger I've had since January when we went to Cheeseburger in Paradise with my family. We rode the subway downtown and strolled around Chinatown and Little Italy for about an hour or two. I don't think any of us were particularly impressed so we rode back up to Times Square. Killed some time in a few stores including Toys R Us where I confirmed that children are just not for me. Grabbed dinner at Ellen's Stardust Diner where the wait staff sings while you eat. Swung by a few more stores including the Hershey store before having to head back to MD. Pics from our trip on Shutterfly.
Sunday - I was going to go for a run but my shins are killing me. Spent the day sewing a knitting needle case and finishing up a knit hat that turned out to be way too big even for my oversized coconut.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Halloween Weekend Recap
Thursday: We had a costume contest at work and surprisingly had 20+ people dress in costume. Being that our company primarily does work in aviation, we had a "Best Aviation" category. Both my project manager (left) and our intern from Germany (right) had the same idea.
Friday: Not much to say for Halloween. We were invited to a party, but opted not to go. The highlight of my day was finding a cashmere sweater at Nordstrom Rack. I've always wanted one, but never wanted to pay the price. I stumbled across this lime green sweater on the clearance rack which was originally priced at $168. My price: $14.69. Score!
Friday: Not much to say for Halloween. We were invited to a party, but opted not to go. The highlight of my day was finding a cashmere sweater at Nordstrom Rack. I've always wanted one, but never wanted to pay the price. I stumbled across this lime green sweater on the clearance rack which was originally priced at $168. My price: $14.69. Score!
Spent the night handing out candy to kids who no longer say "trick or treat" or "thank you." I actually found myself asking those little boogers who simply held their pillow cases open as if I owed them something, "What are you going to say?" Should I just hand you my wallet? Or perhaps you'd prefer my TV? Ugh. Maybe I should have gone to that party after all.
Saturday: Went to the gym in the morning then spent most of the day painting our living room. Two more walls to do before I'm finally done with the living/dining area.
That afternoon we went to Eric and Kelly's wedding in Burke. The reception was at the Fairfax Country Club - very nice. There were a handful of people there who I used to work with so it was nice to catch up with them. More pictures from the wedding on Shutterfly.
Sunday: Ran for the first time since the marathon. Steve and I decided to make it a "field trip run" at Carderock where we ran along the C&O Canal which was a nice change from W&OD.
After our run we headed to my parents. Took a quick trip to the Filipino store for some goodies and then spent the rest of the afternoon feasting on some crabs.
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