| I did it! |
[Oct. 12th, 2005|12:23 pm] |
I got married on Saturday! Let's see if I can remember how the day went:
8 am- woke up and took a shower, felt like I couldn't breathe. My heart was beating so fast
9:50 am- left with my mom to get my makeup done and hair done. I had to resolve some issues with the DJ (he tried to get out early unless we paid him more- jackass) Still feeling like I can't breathe because it's still misting outside which isn't ideal for an outdoor wedding
10:45- makeup done and I felt tons better
11:30- hair getting done and turned out so beautiful!
12:45- Lunch with my bridesmaids and cousin! mmm sandwiches and fruit
1:30 pm- photographers arrived and no one had their wedding clothes on yet
2 pm- managed to get on my underthings and wedding dress without my mom seeing my tattoo (that's talent)
2:15- weird limo driver arrived singing opera and talking about his psychic vibrations (ew stop)
2:30- left for the wedding yay!
3- took some pictures inside and then proceeded to sit for a while. I wish I had a picture of Dayna and Courtney helping me to the bathroom with my dress on.
3:45 started feeling like I couldn't breathe again, especially since I had put on my veil and was heading downstairs to walk down the aisle.
4- and I'm off! Headed down the aisle and I can't look at anyone or hear what music is playing. I'm sure I looked so freaked out. I managed to get to Trenton and then the minister started talking. I got real confused when the vows that we said weren't the ones we had picked (as it turned out, we were supposed to memorize those- oops! Good thing Trenton figured that out 5 minutes before the ceremony). The ceremony was super quick- seriously like 5 minutes long. Prayer, vows, reading, rings, rose ceremony, kiss.
4:20-5ish- Took a lot of pictures, bustled my dress, put on my flip flops and headed in to party.
To everyone that came- Thank you and I hope you had fun. I know I did! I stayed to the very end at 11 (very wasted and almost got convinced to do a keg stand)
After the wedding, Trenton and I stayed at the Ballantyne Resort for the night and then headed up to Chapel Hill to stay at the Carolina Inn for 2 nights. Back to normal again now, but we can't wait for December when we go on our Honeymoon cruise. |
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[Oct. 3rd, 2005|07:31 pm] |
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At least some happy news today despite the fact that I keep getting yelled at by this one customer or the realtor. My company surpassed our sales goals for the year so we are going out to dinner to celebrate. On Wednesday we are going to be enjoying some rather expensive food at the Capital Grille courtesy of McCar Homes. This one is going to be way more fun than the one I did with my previous employer. At least I made a contribution to the sales for the year. I'm so excited to have dinner with everyone. Too bad company policy won't allow alcohol at events but I'll probably be buying my own glass of wine. I deserve it! |
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| Damn, my life sucks even in fiction |
[Oct. 1st, 2005|07:21 pm] |
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You love life and enjoy doing what you feel like whenever. You are a free spirit and are not tied down by any social conventions.
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[Oct. 1st, 2005|07:06 pm] |
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Today sucked ass, well at least the first part of it did. I hate waking up alone. It's sad and depressing to me. Now if I was single, I don't think it would bother me as much as it does now. I'm just used to having someone there. So Trenton called me this morning when he half woke up to find out if he had called me at all during his bachelor party. Well yes, he called me 3 times mostly around 3:30-4 am. I didn't sleep well at all. So I go to work and as soon as I pull into the neighborhood I notice that the car of one very picky/angry customer is parked out front. So I open up the model home, turn on the lights, check voicemail and email all while they are still sitting in their car outfront. After about 30 minutes I get a phone call from their realtor. Apparently these people are extremely angry today and their realtor was trying to persuade them not to come yell at me. (A little information about their situation: their house is 40 days behind schedule, they didn't build the correct bathroom, and some worker pooped in their house and it hadn't been cleaned up) So I call my builder and of course his phone is off and he won't return my phone calls ever. Then I called my manager and she said she couldn't do anything without knowing what the builder thinks we should do. So I called another builder who isn't even responsible for that part of the neighborhood to get his advice. The customers finally come in at this point and start yelling about how they won't their floor replaced because there is poo on it (it's kinda hard to cut out a floor when you already have walls). So I'm trying to apologize and let them know that it shouldn't have happened but since it did it should have been cleaned up (which it hadn't). Then they started on about how it's been sitting there for a month and apparently no one cares about them and they are just so dissatisfied with the company that they should call corporate. They then decide in addition to the floor being cut out of the house they want free garage door openers (they've had $6500 taken off the price and free washer and dryer already). It gets to the point where I start crying so they feel bad and leave and then a coworker calls me and I just start bawling to her. If I hadn't been so tired and stressed about Trenton's bachelor party and stressed about getting married in a week, I probably wouldn't have cried. I'm about emotional drained at this point so I think I'm going to put on pajamas, eat a crappy dinner of probably ice cream, and then just go to bed. |
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[Oct. 1st, 2005|12:21 am] |
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Tonight Trenton is getting shitfaced and who knows what else is going on. It's his bachelor party tonight and knowing the type of friends he has, I'm a little afraid. I think his sister tried to cheer me up by inviting me to her house. Yes I did have fun eating pizza, playing with the baby, and then watching movies but Trenton is still at the back of my mind. My bachelorette party was pretty tame and nothing for Trenton to worry about, but I'm not so sure about this party. Trenton left this morning at 7:45 and I won't see him until he gets off work late Saturday night. At least I have the dogs to keep me company tonight. |
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[Sep. 27th, 2005|08:18 pm] |
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| Guess how much time is left |
[Sep. 27th, 2005|08:02 pm] |
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So I've got a week and a half until the big day. Am I nervous? I'm not sure yet, I guess I'll see when I wake up that Saturday. I did have an awful wedding dream last night so I guess that means I'm a little nervous. In my dream it rained, we were 4 hours late, I didn't have my dress, and we changed the location to some place awful. In the dream, I decided to run away instead of getting married. Hmm, I hope that's not a sign of what's to come. I don't think I'm planning on backing out. I mean we're practically married already and have been living together for about a year and a half, not to mention we've been dating for over 5 years now. I guess it's about time to just make it official. The only thing I am worried about is who will actually show up. Every time I throw a party people say they'll come but when it actually comes down to it, no one shows up. I think that's what I'm most nervous about. I hope people come and have a good time. I don't want to have one of those weddings where you tell all your other friends how lame the wedding was. I've been to lame weddings, I just don't want mine to be one of them. I guess that's about all for now. Ask me next Saturday how I'm doing and I'll probably be in a much better mood. |
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| I know I can't remember to post! |
[Sep. 2nd, 2005|10:40 pm] |
So I've been really busy with wedding crap. But tonight I made some time to reminisce about some fun times involving music.
Here's my all time favorite internet music video: Tunak!!
http://www.no-nothingrock.com/articles/daler/
I even dance the entire Tunak video with Trenton except he thought I was nuts. I know Flaks would have appreciated the dance.
Then there's this crazy Romanian song which I first heard in Greece. The original song is fun but the video that was made is hilarious (well at least to me)
http://thunder.yansa.net/dragostea.html
So I think that's all I will post for now but at least it's entertaining instead of just another day in the life of Courtney |
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[Aug. 14th, 2005|09:56 am] |
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Been a long time again. Too much wedding planning going on right now. It's less than 2 months away now. I'm a little nervous now because there is so much left to do. I still don't have music for the ceremony. There's always a back up plan. Trenton's aunt plays the flute at weddings a lot, so she has offerred to play but I think she prefers some kind of accompaniment. My wedding planner won't call me back about the string quartet that she uses a lot. That's my first choice, but flute and harp will do nicely. I've got to head to breakfast with Trenton's mom to discuss the rehearsal dinner now. |
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[Jul. 20th, 2005|07:58 pm] |
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It's 8 pm and I still haven't had dinner yet. There are so many things that need to be done (this is not part of that list yet here I am typing away). I have the next 2 days off but I'm pretty much booked solid. Thursday: deliver realtor luncheon invitations to realtor offices, get drinks and snacks for my model home, drop off and pickup paperwork at my main office, drive to my parents house to work on wedding invitations and response cards etc., go to Monroe to meet with my wedding planner to work on flowers and catering and music, go to a different part of Monroe to have dinner with my minister to discuss the ceremony. Friday: hopefully turning in a contract at work, house cleaning, then on to Huntersville to meet with my jewelry designer for the bridesmaids. Then of course next week the CEO of the company is coming into town to make my life hell, then I have to go shopping with Trenton's cousin to find a dress for her for the wedding (oh yeah, Trenton asked her to be flower girl with 2 months to go before the wedding without asking me). Then I have jury duty. Yes I have to fulfill my fucking civil duty right in the middle of the busiest time of work and wedding planning. Don't you want my life? |
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| It really makes you think... |
[Jul. 1st, 2005|10:20 pm] |
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Today was a lucky day- I didn't win anything or something like that. Trenton and I left the house around 1 this afternoon to do some errands and then head to my grandparents' new apartment at the retirement home to help out a little. While we were there a huge storm came through with really bad lightning and rain. Growing up in South Charlotte, I'm used to storms like that in the area but they don't happen often in the North side of town. So we turn on the news and sure enough, it's storming pretty bad up there. So of course I feel guilty for leaving the dogs home alone during a bad storm, but I forgot about it as the night went on. Finally a little after 10, we pull into our neighborhood. As we turn on the street before we get to our cul-de-sac, we see a bunch of people staning on the sidewalk looking at a dark house. I sort of looked at the house as we were driving by and I saw something odd on the roof. I made Trenton turn around to go look. Sure enough, the house got hit by lightning and burned. Half of the roof is gone and everything in the house got ruined from the firefighters' hoses. What if it was my house? What if it were my puppies (who are my life) who were home all alone when the house caught fire? That's not something I could get over very easily. I'm just very thankful for the things I have in my life. So I was lucky today. |
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[Jun. 25th, 2005|10:11 pm] |
Not because you have to, but because you WANT to! Things you enjoy, even when no one around you wants to go out and play. What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Make a list, post it to your journal... and then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it to theirs.
In no particular order:
1. Cuddling with my puppies
2. laying around with Trenton
3. Watching Oprah or Best Week Ever
4. Calling or hanging out with my mom
5. Sleep!
6. Looking online at really expensive cars that I strive to own one day
7. Going shopping
8. Going out to dinner with my parents or Trenton
9. Chilling at (oh no! gasp!) Hickory Tavern with the group
10. A full 2 days off from work when no realtors or customers call my cell
I tag:
Courtney Flaks
Tenley
Any of the Phi Mu girls
And I've got no more friends who have a journal because Jay already tagged me |
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[Jun. 24th, 2005|07:48 pm] |
TEN people you enjoy spending time with. (in no particular order)
1. Trenton
2. My Mom
3. My sister Erin
4. Trenton's sister Jenn
5. Dayna!
6. Angie
7. Jay
8. My work friend Erin
9. Courtney Flaks
10. My work friend Pamela
NINE things I'm wearing.
1. watch
2. engagement ring
3. earrings
4. ponytail holder
5. Salty Dog shirt
6. Spring break shorts (junior year)
7. makeup
8. underwear
9. my right hand rings
EIGHT things on my mind.
1. I wish Trenton didn't have to work tonight as usual
2. I'm angry because my stupid model home was supposed to be finished for me to move into today but no
3. Will the people who bought lot 196 cancel? They better not!
4. What am I going to eat for dinner?
5. Stupid sprinkler. I wish I had an irrigation system
6. If only I could sell like 10 more houses and close them all this year, then I can afford my Mercedes
7. My baby puppy just got fixed today and I hope she's okay
8. Can't I just have a day off now?
SEVEN items I touch everyday.
1. my face (while washing it/putting on makeup on days that I do that)
2. Ruthie (dog)
3. Sophie (dog)
4. clothes
5. computer
6. shoes
7. bed
SIX things I do everyday.
1. talk on the phone to Trenton while I'm at work
2. talk on the phone to realtors/customers because they even call on my days off
3. check email
4. lay on the couch to watch tv
5. shower
6. eat
FIVE things I want to do before I die.
1. be rich
2. have a family
3. be a model (i think it's too late for this since i'm fat and getting older)
4. go to every foreign country on my list (7+ down, a bunch more to go)
5. be good at playing the clarinet again. i miss music
FOUR things I will never do.
1. drugs
2. smoke cigarettes or cigars/chew tobacco/dip...anything tobacco-related
3. get divorced (god i hope this marriage thing in october works out)
4. i don't know
THREE things I do when I wake up.
1. kiss my doggies good morning
2. shower
3. get dressed for work
TWO of my favorite foods.
1. dessert (this encompasses every dessert that i love which is a lot)
2. tuna
ONE person I love more than any other.
1. Trenton! (I am marrying him in 3 months so this should be obvious) |
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| Waiting for my new couches to arrive |
[Jun. 22nd, 2005|07:11 pm] |
I haven't had enough days off this week. I only had yesterday off. I spent most of it driving around Charlotte. I went to pick up my headpiece and veil yesterday but they messed up my veil so they have to redo it. Then I went shopping with my mom and bought a super fun outfit at Beneton (or however you spell it). Then we went out to eat Mexican for dinner and then on to Target to get Sophie a new collar. She's outgrown her blue Coach collar. Target didn't have any collars to fit her so we went to a different Target but they didn't have any either. We ended up at a pet shop off Independence and finally found an aqua collar with rhinestones (very princess and very Sophie). She wasn't as happy about her new collar as her sister usually gets (Ruthie loves new pretty things, she told me). Then me and Sophie went to Hickory Tavern off Carmel to meet Jay, Angie, Kirk and Beau (Angie don't kill me if I misspelled his name). Well, Sophie stayed in the car because she was tired and I don't think bars appreciate dogs inside.
So today I would have preferred to sleep in and watch the View and Oprah or just hang out with Trenton, but no. I had to work because my company can't seem to find people they want to hire. One of the assistant/agents has been working so hard that now she's in the hospital due to stress on her baby (she's not due until September). I think all the agents are starting to get burnt out from working so much. What can you do when this is how you have to make money? |
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| Wonderful Evening |
[Jun. 20th, 2005|11:47 pm] |
Today ended up being a really good day. Trenton showed up at my sales trailer about an hour before I could go home and he hung out with me. Then we went home and had real dinner! Trenton made cheeseburgers on the grill while I made homemade french fries and fruit salad (mmmm). He even bought me a dozen white roses and a bottle of wine. Then Trenton said that he had a surprise and that we had to leave by 8:30. So we drove to Concord Mills and got to build a bear! Yay! I made a dark brown bear with a hula skirt and coconut bra, very cute. Then we had some spare time to kill so we raced go karts. I'm really bad at them so I went really slow and everyone lapped me. Then we went to see Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I highly recommend the movie- funny and exciting.
Everything turned out fantastic even though my stupid couches didn't get delivered like they were supposed to. Bed time now. Tomorrow's a big day- I'm picking up my headpiece and veil tomorrow!!! That means I'll get to try it all on with my wedding dress. |
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[Jun. 20th, 2005|12:41 am] |
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It is currently 12:41 am and I'm just waiting for Trenton to get home from studying. I can't make myself go to bed if he isn't here. Strange considering how mean I am to him most of the time, yet I can't seem to live without him. When I woke up this morning, he was leaving for work. 12 hours later he comes home to change his clothes and head to our neighbors house to study for an exam tomorrow. In the meantime, I'm trying to do everything I can to pass the time. The shower was really dirty so I scrubbed it. The vanity top was dirty so I cleaned it. The mirror was dirty so I cleaned that too. Then I decided the sheets and towels were dirty so I washed them. Then the dishwasher needed to be run (I've run out of knives) so I did that. I really need to vacuum the bonus room before out couches get delivered tomorrow, but the dogs are sleepy and they wouldn't appreciate the noise. I've gotten myself so busy with cleaning things that now I'm not even tired. Good thing I already ironed my clothes for tomorrow and put the coffee and water in the coffee pot so all I'll have to do is just push the button. I don't want to go to my sales meeting tomorrow. I have to get up in front of everyone and do role playing so I can be critiqued. I hate role playing. At least I got a sale this week so everyone can clap for me. yay. I think Trenton will be another hour, so I guess I should try to go to bed. |
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[Jun. 14th, 2005|07:24 pm] |
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My life is about to change in a day. Today I find out that Trenton's brother is moving to Ohio tomorrow. Okay I knew he was planning on moving, I just didn't know that it was tomorrow. Somehow I got roped into keeping his pit bull (yes that will make 3 dogs in my house. you heard that right: 3) until August. So tomorrow I will be the proud owner of a currently un-spayed pit bull who just had puppies. I'm not so sure she even gets along with my dogs. Oh and the other great news is that Trenton's friend has been evicted from his apartment for destruction and failure to pay rent. Guess who offered to let him move in with me? Trenton calls me today "to get permission before he asks his friend" except Trenton already told him he could stay. I guess he needed permission after the fact. And of course he calls me while I'm at work and while he's in front of his friend so we can't get into an argument or even have a reasonable discussion. I guess it wouldn't be so bad except this guy is messy, drinks all freaking night long, blasts his music, and comes home late. I'm the type of person who likes to change into my pajamas, lay on the couch with the dogs while watching tv. So I already have the added stress of an extra (and unruly) dog, so why not add an unruly person to the mix. You won't want to talk to me until after August is over. |
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| Another day at work |
[Jun. 13th, 2005|07:17 pm] |
Work was the same as usual today. Sales meeting in the morning except no time to go to lunch because the CEO was in town and driving around to all the neighborhoods though I think some agents secretly went to lunch. Oh well, they don't really like me anyway so I don't care that I didn't get invited. It would have been nice to grab lunch with Pamela and Erin though. Back at Mallard Lake (that's the community I sell) I was trying to keep one of my sales together. I hate it when people are so poor that they can't afford to buy a house. These customers couldn't afford the earnest money deposit so we made a deal with them to do a payment schedule. Well now they can't afford our option deposit. They want all these crazy expensive options inside their house but they can't even afford to pay for them. The realtor keeps calling me and trying to lay a guilt trip on me so I'll be lenient and say they don't have to pay it. Sorry but the rules are the rules. I have no power to break or even bend them. It's not my fault that they fucked up their old house and can't sell it. They'll probably just fuck up this new house in a matter of months anyway. It might be better for them to cancel instead of having a foreclosure in a new neighborhood. I swear the more people that buy in my neighborhood, the stupider they get.
Here's a great quote from a future resident:
Me: This is where your furnace is
Him: What's a furnace?
Here's one from a couple just looking:
Them: We're looking in the $150s
Me: This house is $277,000
Them: Oh, that's not that much more a month
Me: (Speechless)
From a investment/realtor company (you would think they would be smarter)
Them: Oh we saw that you put $5000 as the deposit on the house so we changed it to $1000
Me: You can't change it, $5000 is the deposit required
Same company, different person:
Her: We'd like to take a look at MLS# blahblah in Reflection Park so when do you think you'll be there?
Me: I don't work at Reflection Park, I work at Mallard Lake (45 minutes away)
Her: But we really need to see that house and no one is there yet
Me: We just had a meeting and the agents are on their way. Would you like that phone number?
Her: I have it but no one answered so I called you. Do you know if that house is sold?
Me: Once again, I don't work there. You need to call that office to find out |
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[Jun. 10th, 2005|11:24 am] |
So I finally have an updated picture for my livejournal. I am growing my hair out for the wedding this fall so no more short hair :( . (It's a picture of me and Trenton at the Kentucky Derby just in case you were wondering why I have a really big hat on.)
Today is another day off and what am I doing? Well, I had to go to the main office for a pointless training session at 8 am. Afterwards I went and got coffee so clearly I can't go back to sleep. I'm also attempting to write up another contract to sell a house but I can't get a hold of the realtor to get more information to finish it. I've about had it with this realtor. I will not sell anymore houses to his investment firm. He's arrogant, condescending, and thinks he can tell me how to do my job and run my company. Enough of that.
Plans for today: 1. take most of my clothes to get them altered (I have no money to buy new clothes that fit)
2. Go to realtor offices in Southpark to drop off fliers for my neighborhood
3. Hang out with my parents (another free meal!!)
It's almost noon so I better get started |
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[Jun. 8th, 2005|07:37 pm] |
1. What is your full name? Courtney Ryan Hale
2. What color pants are you wearing? I'm wearing shorts but they're carolina blue
3. What are you listening to right now? My dogs wrestling with each other
4. What was the last thing you ate? Subway roast beef sandwich on honey oat bread. mmmm
5. Do you wish on stars? No
6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Maroon?
7. How is the weather right now? Cloudy, been drizzling.
8 Last person you spoke to on the phone? Sales Agent from Eastwood Homes
9. Who is the person who sent this to you? Took it from Jay
10. How old are you today? 22 years, 9 months and.... 9 days? I think.
11. Favorite drink? That's hard Kamikaze?
12. Favorite sport? Carolina Basketball
13. Hair color? Brown
14. Do you wear contacts? nope
15. Siblings? older sister
16. Favorite month? August i guess
17. Favorite food? since i haven't eaten in like 8 hours, anything sounds fantastic
18. What was the last movie you watched? Phantom of the Opera
19. Favorite day of the year? Christmas
21. What was your favorite toy as a child? Little Baby (a doll)
22. Summer or winter? Summer
23. Hugs or kisses? Hugs
24. Chocolate or Vanilla? Strawberry
25. Do you want your friends to fill this out? I don't care
26. Who is most likely to respond? No one
27. Who is least likely to respond? Everyone
28. When was the last time you cried? Hmm 3 weeks ago? I have a stressful job
29. Who is the friend you have had the longest? Probably Angie we go back to swimteam!!
30. Favorite smell? Mango mandarin body wash
31. What inspires you? I guess Trenton, he always tells me I can do whatever
32. What are you afraid of? Lots of things- bugs, heights, the Easter Bunny or anyone in costume like that
33. Plain, buttered or salted popcorn? Gross none!
34. Favorite vehicle? Lexus RX330 Give me a few more months and it's mine!
35. Favorite Flower? White or Yellow Rose
36. Number of keys on your key ring? 5
37. How many years at your current job? 3 months
38. Favorite day of the week? Mondays- sales meeting, lunch with my friends
39. What did you do on your last birthday? Worked. Came home. Trenton made tacos and then I fell asleep angry because that's what my life has come to at 22
40. How many states have you lived in? 1
41. How many cities have you lived in? 4 |
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