Red Robins has Pasta?!

It all started out as any other day on Saturday until I got a call from Susan - All I planned on Saturday was do some Tae bo and laundry - did Tae bo in the morning and I was in the middle of doing laundry. Earlier in the day Bri asked me what I was up to? Laundry, video games and... that was it. What can I say, I'm boring. Bri goes out do to some shopping (laptop and pants) while I continue to do my laundry. Just as i was to go down for a nap, that was when Susan called me. She tells me that she and Stefani are meeting at Red Robins and invites me along. Having no other plans, I agree to meet them. Trying to avoid eating too much at Red Robins, I eat some salad before heading out. I then get ready and head to Red Robins.

Something about driving alone on the highway, I start contemplating about life; where I am heading, how'd I ended up here and just a lot of random questions... It was then I realized I missed a call. Really?! I was daydreaming so much that I missed a call, yet still managed to stay on the road. Anyway, I checked the voicemail and it's Melissa. I haven't seen her or talked to her since her birthday last December. Well, she wanted to have dinner, but unfortunately I was headed to another dinner. Man, I feel so needed (let me relish this for a moment)...

I ended up calling Melissa today, on Sunday, and ended up just leaving a message. Yay, phone tag. I would have called earlier, but I got to some heavy congestion on I-405. I hate traffic! After a long wait in the slow downs, I finally made it to Red Robins. As I'm heading into the restaurant, I see the lobby area, completely full. Oh, god, I hope the wait isn't long. I find Stefani and Susan in the crowd and they immediately stare at my long hair. I guess I've had short hair forever. After their initial shock from my hair, I ask them if they know how long the wait was. Stefani says about 20 minutes (LIES). I look over the crowd and I notice a bunch of teenagers all dressed up. I realized its homecoming week, hence the gaggle of dressed up high schoolers. Stefani notices one of the girls have way too much make up. I see the girl she's talking about and JEBUS CHRIST! Too much eye shadow and bright red lipsticks, yeah, she needs attention. I tell the girls to give her some advice on make up. They hesitate. I ask them if they're scared of the boys. I offer them protection, since the boys look like...kids. Did we really look that young when were teenagers? Anyway, after a long wait, we finally get our seats.

The waitress comes to our table fairly quickly and asks if we're ready to order
"No"
"Yes"
"Yes"
What?! The girls were ready, I wasn't. I tell the waitress to take their orders first. I decide to try something different and something I could save later. I fine a pasta dish. Red Robin's only pasta dish. With my order, the waitress disappears. We then play catch up. Well, mostly Susan, since Stefani and I have boring lives; we work and just hang out. Susan tells us about her busy life, grad school, and part time job. She also tells us about her stay in Victoria, B.C. She tells me of the hotel she stayed at had a strip club in it. What, what?! They is such a place in the Northwest?! She then tells us it has no cover charge. What, what, what, what, what! Hmmm, I'm really having trouble remembering what happened for the rest of the night.

Anyway, we enjoyed our meals and tried to make plans for another outing; Stefani has a halloween party and I also suggest we go to the haunted corn maze. The party is set for the Friday before Halloween, but we still have to plan the corn maze. I think we have to do it next weekend since Bri also wants to go and she'll only be free next weekend. Well, time for planning for next weekend and probably continue the phone tag.

Mental Illness Awareness Week

Mental Illness Awareness Week is October 7-13th. I think we all have had experience with mental illness, I think most call it the "teenage years". Naw, really - if it's not ourselves, then maybe a schizo friend, an ex with bipolar (lol), or someone we know who is or have been depressed. Well, next week is a way to observe these issues. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), seems to have a lot of information and treatments if needed so - So yeah, learn it, know it, love it.

YOU ARE NOTHING!

YOU ARE NOTHING! I knew you couldn't beat me, never have, never will. Are you giving up already? You think you did all the exercises yesterday? No! You missed the Gilad abs, hahaha! It's only been a week, fine two weeks and you're going back to your games already. You really think you'll have time for both? That game can take up to four hours of your nights - hence I have gotten better... and you, at best stayed the same. Are you giving up on foods too? I see you eyeing that coke, go ahead, drink it, it'll give me more edge over you. Yeah, go ahead, walk away. I'll be over here, always getting bigger, faster, and stronger than you.

Email Flashback II

From: Yoon-Mee
Sent: Mon 8/02/04 9:05 AM
To: Joram
Hey hun,
So yeah I went camping with my kids for three days and it was fun. This weekend I went to nice pool party at a ritzy hotel. I can't wait to go home. It's SO hot and humid here. I swear I shower twice a day because I get really sticky with sweat. Plus I am getting sick of the people here. In other words I want to go home and rest.SO, do you like traveling around the Northwest because of your new job? Well, it's one in the morning here. I need to sleep. Talk to you later...
~Yoon-Mee

Then There's Yoga

...Well, Bri's Yoga DVD came today and we, yes we decided to give it a try. Totally unprepared for it. After moving some items in the living room, we started the DVD. I initially didn't want to try it, but since it started at some easy stance or is it called pose? Whichever, I started along with it. Sure enough, things got more complicated. I ended up not being able to bend in certain ways, Bri ended having some weird bowel movement or whatever and we called it quits after just under an hour of doing the poses. I actually called it quits about 10 minutes earlier when the "Eagle" pose came and the human body was just not meant to bend that way! Anyway, I'll probably give yoga a few more tries, being extra bendy wouldn't hurt!

I am Tired

I am Joram and I am tired. I'm still having trouble getting through my head that in high school, I did weight training for 60+ minutes then had 3+ hrs of football practice and be pretty ok, but now, I do about 35-40 minutes of aerobics and I'm exhausted. Sure, I've been sitting on my butt for years and only decided recently to try to be active (no WoW!), but for over a week now, I work out and just be exhausted. Maybe more caffiene would help.

Things Are Missing...

I am Joram and things are missing from my life. What am I talking about? Well....

The McDonalds down the road is gone. Sure, I go to McDonalds only a few times a year now, but having the convenience of having it just down the road was nice. Knowing that if I was in need for some fries, I could just go down the street and get it. Unfortunately late night walks to Mickey-Ds won't happen again. There is a Dairy Queen next to the site and a Safeway, but that will just not be the same.

What else is missing? All the Coca-Cola products in the vending machine at work are gone. Not sold out, but absolutely gone. I knew that vendor was slowly phasing it out, but to absolutely get rid of it is farce! Sure, I don't drink coke that much anymore, but knowing its available if I wanted one was nice - that's gone. I haven't checked all the vending machines in the building yet, but hopefully coke is still available at the other machines.

I'm certain I could rant on and on about other things missing in my life, larger things, but I won't, these two small things will suffice for now.