Last night Tim and I met up with a few old friends in the West Loop area since they were in town from Minneapolis and wanted to see us. Most of the guys we met with are folks we haven't seen since Travis got married in 2007, so it's been quite a while. It was a lot of fun, and a really good night.
We took an adventure and had fun because we haven't really done anything other than work, sleep and chill out at home, mostly because we didn't have the money. We still don't, but we wanted to live a little. We ended up at Bar Louie on Randolph, which was great because we had a one piece band try to play Men Without Hats' "The Safety Dance" on an acoustic guitar. Needless to say it was hilarious, and basically everybody in the place was either dancing or singing along. For bar music, it was pretty good.
I was the only girl in the group we met with, since they were all part of a gaming convention for WarHammer, and Jason was quite happy that I had shown up, because he had been around "geeky" men all weekend. A little later Travis and Brady arrived, and these guys are like Tim's brothers, and ever since I met them they've taken me into their group as if I was family. It felt really good to see them all again, because it had been too long since we had seen them. We laughed a lot about old things and shared stories. We also planned and schemed for Tim and I to find jobs in Minneapolis/St. Paul/St. Cloud area so that "Tim can come home."
Our jobs at the bookstore have gotten significantly worse in recent weeks, and I can't really say why, because I've thought and thought about it and can't come up with a reason. Most of my co-workers are tired of the job and being treated as poorly by management as we are getting treated. So we are actively, desperately seeking new employment due to these deteriorating conditions. My old boss Elizabeth got a better and higher paying job at another store, this time specialising in where Brides and Grooms go to make their registeries, and our new boss isn't very friendly. Most people I talked to don't like her much, and she's been here for a week or two.
I'm also excited because I'm going to Grand Rapids again in the coming weeks because of two showers and a wedding. I'm actually really excited about it, because I haven't been back in a while. So that's basically what's going on in our lives. I apologize for no new updates--there hasn't been much else going on.
