Homeless Guy
Posted on August 16, 2003 by Ching under Life, School.
With school starting next week I have a long list of things that I will miss: sleeping in and having Brian drive me to work and pick me up, just to name a couple. I love it when Brian picks me up even though I have to wait a few minutes for him to arrive at my work (we both get off at 11 pm but he has to wait for all of his people to get off the phone and finish his end of day stuff and drive from the North side of town where T-Mobile is located to downtown Wichita). I usually have a pretty uneventful wait — just the two of us, talking to each other via our cellphones until he arrives to whisk me away. Thursday night, however, was more exciting than usual.
I looked in the alley where Brian normally comes from and told him that they are still doing construction but this time the entire alley is blocked off so he will have to go around and take Main Street instead at which point I noticed this drunk man walking in my direction. Instictively I walked back to the well-lit front entry. I tried to be as inconspicuous as possible but the man still found me and asked for directions (I am the last person you’d want directions from, trust me). He wanted to know how to get to Broadway. I always get turned around so I started asking Brian who was on the phone with me the whole time through my handsfree/headset but everytime I would say something to Brian the drunk man would start talking to me again. I can’t really fault him for it for even sober people get taken aback when you are seemingly talking to think air because they do not see any kind of phone held next to your ear. He was drunk so he probably didn’t realize I was on the phone.
I couldn’t get decent directions because he would keep interrupting me everytime I’d ask so I just told him to keep going in the direction that he was already going (he was walking along First Street, coming from Main towards Market). Our entry faces South so this would actually be correct. What I didn’t understand was he said he wanted to go downtown but he was already downtown. He mentioned something about looking for McDonald’s but I really couldn’t understand because his speech was slurred. I wished that I could’ve given him better directions but I was actually relieved to see him walking away.
Broadway kind of has a bad reputation, specially as you go further North. The street is riddled with street-walkers and seedy motels. Brian immediately assumed that the drunk man was looking for a hooker. “No, baby!” I told him, “He’s looking for a McDonalds.” Brian goes, “He has a long walk ahead of him then.” I didn’t realize this then but Brian is right. When he gets to Broadway, he has to walk another four blocks South in order to get there.
As we started driving home, we saw him still walking along First Street. He had gone past Broadway and was well on his way to Old Town. I almost made Brian stop so we could give him a ride to McDonald’s. Brian was like, “No! You gave him directions. That’s your good deed for the day.” He said “Look,” pointing to the police car driving behind us, “they’re not even stopping!” But still I felt guilty for not being able to give him better directions. Brian’s point was, what are the chances that he would have even understood the better directions? “It’s not YOUR fault that he is too drunk to read the BIG green street sign!”
“But baby, you don’t understand! What if I run into him again? He might try to kill me for giving him such horrible directions!” Brian’s like, “That’s why I tell you to stay inside the building while you wait for me! I hate it when you stand outside! It makes me worry!” To this I always insist that it’s fine because the entry is very well lit. Seriously though, I feel really bad that he missed Broadway.
You know what the sad part is? I’ve been working downtown for over a year, I was completely sober and yet I didn’t know which direction Broadway would be! It’s terrible!
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Ashley’s Birthday
Posted on August 12, 2003 by Ching under Life.
Here are some highlights from August 2nd when we all went out to celebrate Ashley’s 21st birthday. I’ve actually had these uploaded for a few days but I’ve been lazy and slow at posting them. Sorry it’s a bit delayed. It’s hard to keep up with multiple sites. It’s a real challenge. Trust me!
So enjoy the pics! And remember, this shit is hard work for lazy blog-slackers like me!
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Cubicle Decorations
Posted on August 10, 2003 by Ching under Life.
I think this is my way of making up for all those no-blog days. =) All I can say is, enjoy it because with me returning to school this fall, there may be more no-blog days to come!
This next set are pictures that we took at work when we decorated Ashley’s cubicle for her birthday. Sarah did most of the work, actually. She pretended to leave so that Ashley wouldn’t suspect anything and then she came back after Ashley left. You’ll see her showing off her handy work below.
The next day I took pictures of Ashley and Erin in Ashley’s festively-decorated cubicle.
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Happy Anniversary to Us
Posted on August 10, 2003 by Ching under Relationship.
Happy anniversary to us! Yay!
We started our anniversary celebration at by having dinner at Red Rock. Brian wanted to go to Cibola, but I talked him out of it because we would’ve spent $100 or so on dinner alone and I figured we should be more practical than that. Red Rock was great this time around because even though it was a Saturday night, with our call-ahead, the wait was less than ten minutes. That was a pleasant surprise because, although we hoped for a short wait time, we expected to wait longer for a table. Our waiter was great. They’re always very nice at Red Rock but he was super friendly too.
After dinner Brian took me to Copa Cabana for some Latin music. We had a lot of fun dancing together. We didn’t care what anyone else thought, we ignored everyone else and just enjoyed each other’s company. When we had enough humiliating ourselves on the dance floor of Copa, we headed to America’s Pub in Old Town.
I didn’t think I was intoxicated but Brian would say otherwise. He said that our encounter with the doorman at America’s Pub was a prime example of this. All I did was point out that our last names are the same on our driver’s licenses because we are married as the doorman was holding our IDs up to the light side by side to inspect them closer. He’s like, “Newlyweds?” We’re like, “No. First anniversary!”
Anyway, we did a lot of stuff yesterday to commemorate our anniversary which I will omit for the sake of decency. Just know that we had loads of fun! I can’t wait until next year!
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Kevin and Chris are Having a Baby
Posted on August 9, 2003 by Ching under Family.
It feels like forever since I’ve blogged. Wait, it has been forever since I’ve blogged! The last few weeks have been super crazy. Not even sure where to begin. I guess the news that Kevin and Chris are expecting their first baby would be a good place to start.
It’s old news really. You’ve probably read about it on Brian’s blog a while back. I have the pictures, though! So, check ’em!
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