The last two days have been pretty eventful.\u00c2\u00a0 And fun.\u00c2\u00a0 After two weeks of work-school-work-school and then the crazy storm crisis, I think I deserve to let loose a little.<\/p>\n
Diane let us out early on Friday after our last exam in IB.\u00c2\u00a0 It was quite a relief to finally be done with my pre-session class.\u00c2\u00a0 Almost five hours of class after being at work for at least eight hours is pretty stressful.\u00c2\u00a0 And then there was that one day when I had to work from 8 am to 5 pm, class right after until almost ten and then I had to go back to work for a 12 am to 8 am stint.\u00c2\u00a0 I felt like crying.\u00c2\u00a0 Plus, having had to work last Saturday and Sunday (because of the storm crisis) made things even worse.\u00c2\u00a0 I didn’t get a day off until yesterday.\u00c2\u00a0 Working twelve days straight can make anyone go postal.\u00c2\u00a0 I was :this: close.\u00c2\u00a0 Ask Brian.\u00c2\u00a0 I was totally bitchy.<\/p>\n
So on Friday night, Brian and I decided to eat at Felipe’s to celebrate my brief freedom from school.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s brief because the regular semester classes start on Monday so I’ll be busy again.\u00c2\u00a0 After dinner we went to his parents’ house nearby because he had to use the restroom.\u00c2\u00a0 You can’t play poker on an upset stomach!\u00c2\u00a0 LOL!<\/p>\n
The APL headquarters is pretty intimidating.\u00c2\u00a0 It was our first time there and my first time playing with more than 100 people.\u00c2\u00a0 They had 20-25 tables set up.\u00c2\u00a0 I believe there were about 180 players that night, invitees and wild cards alike.\u00c2\u00a0 I was on the invite list this time.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian has been holding that above my head for the last two weeks and now he can’t because this time I got invited and he didn’t!<\/p>\n
Becca and I ended up outlasting everyone.\u00c2\u00a0 We both made it to the final table together, which was really cool.\u00c2\u00a0 In my quest to the top, I ended up knocking out Becca.\u00c2\u00a0 I was totally “river rat-ing” it all night.\u00c2\u00a0 I got lucky so many times and had so many close calls, I couldn’t believe I got as far as I did.\u00c2\u00a0 Of course, as you all know, I only placed second so I didn’t end up winning the trip to Vegas.\u00c2\u00a0 But that was still a really impressive finish.\u00c2\u00a0 I bet I made mad points that night.<\/p>\n
The next day, I was supposed to work out at 9 am but missed step class because I wanted to eat breakfast.\u00c2\u00a0 I did hi\/low and PHAT, worked out on the ellypticals and treadmills with Sarah and then played racquetball with Brian.\u00c2\u00a0 We would’ve played five games but he beat me two out of three games and the bet was that we would quit if he won.\u00c2\u00a0 Quite a bit of whining ensued before I finally relented.<\/p>\n
“But you promised.\u00c2\u00a0 You have to keep your word.”<\/p>\n
“Yes,” I said meekly, in that pouty puppy-dog way that only I can do.\u00c2\u00a0 “But that’s because I thought I would win.”<\/p>\n
Boo hoo..\u00c2\u00a0 Waa waa waa..<\/p>\n
The rest of the afternoon was spent watching Elektra and napping.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m so glad that we watched a matinee.\u00c2\u00a0 I wouldn’t have paid eight bucks to see that movie.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a total disappointment.<\/p>\n
When we came home, we set our alarm for 9:30 pm so that we could get up and be at the Dill’s for the ten o’clock money game.\u00c2\u00a0 I was so out of it and so disoriented that when the alarm went I thought it was the next day already and we had missed poker!\u00c2\u00a0 And you know, I can’t miss poker!<\/p>\n
The first session was $10 buy-in.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian and I both lost.\u00c2\u00a0 Second session was $5 buy-in.\u00c2\u00a0 There were ten players.\u00c2\u00a0 Second place got $10 and first place won $40.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian took first so we actually made $10 so far.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian was playing in that questionable Gus Hansen style of play that he does it was aggravating me so I quit paying attention and started taking pictures with Corey’s phone.\u00c2\u00a0 I took pictures of the “loveseat orgy” that ensued because everyone else was bored.\u00c2\u00a0 I mean, Brian drug heads up for a long, long time.\u00c2\u00a0 And you know even if you combine all of our attention spans, it wouldn’t equal that of a fly’s.\u00c2\u00a0 That’s what the pictures that you saw on here were from the wee hours of the morning.<\/p>\n
After second session, the ten of us decide we should all go to breakfast at IHOP.\u00c2\u00a0 Brian and I made ten bucks, so we figured – sure, why not?\u00c2\u00a0 On the way there Jason commented that we would be there just around the time the freaks start coming out of the woodwork.<\/p>\n
I was like, “No.\u00c2\u00a0 The freaks don’t show up until about three-ish.”<\/p>\n
“Well, it’s two o’clock now and by the time we get our food, the freaks will have arrived.”<\/p>\n
“I guess you are right,” I reply.\u00c2\u00a0 “But what are you worried about?\u00c2\u00a0 We have a whole posse tonight.”\u00c2\u00a0 Usually it’s just Brian, Jason and I so we are always outnumbered.\u00c2\u00a0 That night there were ten of us.<\/p>\n
It was pretty crazy.\u00c2\u00a0 People were throwing half-and-half at one another.\u00c2\u00a0 Jason Dill chugged a whole carafe of maple syrup.\u00c2\u00a0 We were so loud that we could be heard all the way to Sam’s Club.\u00c2\u00a0 I don’t know what Jason was worried about.\u00c2\u00a0 WE WERE THE FREAKS THAT NIGHT!\u00c2\u00a0 Thankfully, despite all the shenanigans, the waitstaff was patient with us and we didn’t get kicked out.\u00c2\u00a0 It would suck to be kicked out of our favorite after-poker hangout.<\/p>\n
Anyway, it must’ve been all the sugar from the syrup because after eating we all decided that we wanted to play another $5 session.\u00c2\u00a0 So we all drive back to the Dill’s, setup the poker table and the chairs that we had already put away and start another game.\u00c2\u00a0 I won the third session.\u00c2\u00a0 Go me!<\/p>\n
Jason came home with us afterwards to play Need for Speed Underground 2 on PS2 with Brian.\u00c2\u00a0 They always end up playing until the wee hours of the morning so I ended up going to bed by myself.\u00c2\u00a0 When I woke up the next morning, I asked Brian what time Jason left and he goes, “He’s still here.”\u00c2\u00a0 He ended up sleeping on the lazy boy in the office – the poor guy.\u00c2\u00a0 But then we couldn’t exactly invite him into bed with us.\u00c2\u00a0 LOL!<\/p>\n
By the way, if you were wondering why there was just nothingness on the webcam this morning, that’s Jason’s fault.\u00c2\u00a0 For some reason, he’s now decided to be camera-shy.\u00c2\u00a0 I think he’s freaked out by Brian’s stalker.<\/p>\n
Brian started getting these crazy text messages from this person who goes by the alias “Swimfan” and it’s actually started creeping Brian out.\u00c2\u00a0 The messages imply that they’ve been watching him on the webcam.\u00c2\u00a0 He’s gotten them at all hours: 10 pm, 2 am and even 4 am from that night that I worked 12 am to 8 am at work and he and Jason stayed up with me.<\/p>\n
For the record, no one would want to stalk you Jason so just chill out, okay?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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