February/March 1998

The entries that started it all...February and March were, well, typical months for me in terms of how they went. We went through a conversion at work and I donated blood. It trails off towards the end due to a lack of time to spend updating this, but hopefully that isn't a continuing trend. Read on and see how things went for me on certain days.

March 13, 1998

Well, it's a lovely Friday the 13th right now for me; my day went fairly decent considering I bombed a French II test in the worst way possible mainly for the reason that I had no clue what she was asking. See, my teacher went over vocabulary on Monday and Tuesday, but I was absent during those two days. Anyone there would have a clue of what she was asking. Hence, I was in the dark. But it wasn't that bad; I did manage to answer half of the questions...Waiting for my mom to come home so that I might go and get my paycheck from work and try to put it in the bank. If she isn't home by 5:30, that isn't happening. She's got 10 minutes to get home...I'm anxiously awaiting the premier of season nine of MST3K right now; it's been more than two months since there was a new episode, and the suspense is killing me right now. I just can't seem to keep under control. There's only one problem: my sister used my blank tapes as well as her own in taping her programs. Right now, I'm tapeless...This is getting weird, so I think I'm going to get going now and finish up the rest of my work. Actually, I know exactly what I'm going to do...

March 9, 1998

Renovations on both Dave's Home Page and Revco were wrapped up recently, and being converted from Revco to CVS/Pharmacy was more than a pain in the ass. It was very annoying, and it didn't help that the construction crew wasn't exactly doing the job right. On more than one occasion they had done part of the reset wrong, yet when one of us pointed it out, they were more than happy to display how dismayed they were at us pointing their mistakes out. Here's a suggestion: do it right the first time and we won't have to point those things out...Moving on, I'm really sick now; I have a 100° fever to go along with laryingitis. It's causing more than one problem for me in many aspects...Moving on again, everything else is going fairly well right now, especially since the conversion is over now. That's pretty much all I have to say right now.

February 28, 1998

Well, today I had my first Saturday off since I started working six months ago at CVS/Pharmacy in Strongsville, and it felt weird not having to go into work. It's hard to describe the feeling I had, but I'm not going to argue against having the day off. My co-workers were in shock too, since I had become a staple in working Saturdays. Anyway, I spent the day at the Cleveland Art Museum until about 5 pm, then I had to visit my dad, who actually treated us to dinner. Unfortunately, everyone kept piling food on my plate, which meant I was the last one to finish eating and I am still stuffed at the time of this writing. But I'm not complaining at all...Round one of our conversion ended yesterday (there will more information in an upcoming editorial), and I'm preparing for round two to begin next week. It's gonna be sooo much fun.

February 25, 1998

Well, once again I'm playing the waiting game. Wait, I'm always playing that game, so nevermind that little detail. ANYWAY, one of my online friends finally made an appearance online after missing in action for a couple weeks. But that's not the focus of this little excerpt. The focus is to once again remind people that I'm going to be working a lot over the next few days, so if there's any big updating on my web site, start rejoicing, like today. It's going to be hectic, and there's always that chance that I myself will burn out in a few days. I know that I'm already tired, but that isn't what concerns me the most. I'm more concerned about my reactions towards others now once I get really tired for when I get tired, I have a shorter fuse than normal, and I'm more likely to say things that I don't mean. That's what people have to understand about this situation right now.

February 19, 1998

Today was the day that I donated blood for the Red Cross at school, and I have no regrets over doing so either, regardless of what people said about me doing so. I was scheduled to go donate at 10:45 am, but it was really backed up, which meant that I didn't actually sit down to donate until about 1:05 pm. At the time of this writing, around 4:01, I'm still feeling the affects of them draining a pint of blood. To tell the truth, I almost passed out towards the very end, but I didn't because the people there were good with what they did. One person did pass out, but they were quick to handle the situation, and the person was just fine. I have every intention of donating blood next year as well, especially since it didn't really hurt at all, except for when the guy put the needle in my arm initially. Otherwise I felt nothing, and I have the guy who drew my blood to thank for that. Now, do I dare go to work?...

February 18, 1998

This was a long day for one reason or another, and it doesn't help that I was having dizzy spells. Not one bit. I don't know why parts of this day dragged on the way they did, but I do know that it dragged, which I do not like at all. At least when I got home the day flew by, mainly because I fell asleep around 4, and didn't get up until 9:30 pm, so at least I'm rested for tomorrow. Ah, tomorrow is the day when I get to donate blood, so it should be interesting to see how I am afterwards. In another perk, I get to work that same day, which should be an adventure in itself. Some people have been calling me crazy for donating blood, but I don't think I am. But maybe that's just their one-sided view as it a waste of time, which I don't think it is. Besides, what the hell do they know, the pusses who don't want to donate any of their precious blood because they think it's stupid. We'll see how stupid it was when one of those people suddenly needs donated blood.

February 15, 1998

Realizing that's it's been a few days, let me start off by saying that I've returned to my usual self. I'm more than happy to say that my bad day was only for one day, and that I, despite being extremely tired lately from work, am in good spirits, in fact, I'm in very good spirits. This doesn't mean that I'm not mad at what happened that day, rather, I've chosen to move on with my life and leave that day in the past, where it belongs. There is no reason for me to keep any memory of the events of that day. Of course it also teaches me to stop looking at things the way I sometimes do. In the February 11th section, I say that I was at a low point. That was load of crap, since I was fine the next day. If I go into one of my annual depression modes, which usually last about a week or two, then I can say I'm in a low point. This is usually about the time that that happens too, but we'll see if it does indeed happen. No need for anyone to worry though, I go through something like that every year, and it isn't that serious of a matter.

February 11, 1998

Well, what can I say about today, other than that it wasn't the greatest of days. I'm so pissed off at people in general, I can't stand it anymore. Take for example the people in my 9° English class; these people repeatedly get on my teacher's nerves and they think it's funny. Well, it's not funny because now she's giving us little tests everyday until we shape up. I'm one of the only ones she actually considers normal in the class, and speaking for the people who want to learn something, I would like it if some of my asshole classmates would stop being such asses. Everyday someone gets kicked out, and today we had two people go....As if that wasn't enough, I was given a hard time at home by my sister who didn't want to wait ten minutes for me to eat before she listened to her music. I did not want to hear anyone or anything at the time, and she refused to compromise, eventually leaving...Well, that's it for today. I need to just sit and think about all the things happening in my life right now. Things are at a low point right now, so I have to work to improve the situation.