Actually, I'd still call it Tuesday night. I just got home a little while ago from a pretty fun evening with my friend Kimmeth!
This morning I woke up early and made a chocolate cake with Cathy. I then changed into my bathing suit and took off to lay out. I didn't have much gas, or any meter money for that matter, so I figured I'd just go to the Causeway to get some sun. It's the same sun either way, and I probably wouldn't have gone swimming anyway. But it smelled too much and was too gloomy, so I headed over to Upper Tampa Bay Park. There's a huge grassy field amidst the pines and palmettos that always gets plenty of sun. I ended up staying there for a couple of hours. It was very peaceful and very quiet. I didn't see a person the entire time I was in the field and it is usually somewhat crowded. Afterwards, I walked the salt flats around the entire park, to get some tone in both my muscles and my tan. I did end up with a fair amount of tan for the middle of winter.
When I got home, I cooked a big meal for myself and then fell asleep. I set my alarm for seven so that I could call some girls when I woke up. I was mainly planning on Melissa and Kimmeth. When I woke up, I had the number 237-3263 at the top of my head. I wasn't sure why. I knew that Kim's starts with a two so I figured that it was hers. When I looked hers up, it had a different number, so I called it, but nobody was home. I wondered about the other number and thought that it might be Nicole's. I went back in my old journals and found it to be Kim's, which surprised me. I wonder whom the other number belongs to.
I called her up and she answered right away. She said that it was funny, because she was about ready to call Teresa, The one that always keeps Kim occupied when I want her. We joke about that a lot. We talked for a few minutes about what has happened this past week. She then said that she was getting ready to go shopping at the University Mall and asked if I wanted to come with her. I thought she was kidding at first, but she wasn't. She then said that maybe we can see Toys with Robin Williams. It's funny because Jon and I have been saying how we want to see it, and I told him that I'd probably go see it with Kim in Tampa. We decided to meet in front of the mall facing Fowler Avenue. On the way over, my car overheated. I saw an Amaaco up ahead at the corner of Busch and Nebraska and figured I'd better stop. I was supposed to meet her at eight, and it was already ten til.
Just as I was turning in to the station, my car cut off and I coasted right up to the service center. That was pure luck! It would have sucked if it had conked out on the street or out of reach of the water hose. The mechanic was just sitting there drinking a cola, and when he saw what had happened, he went and turned on the hose and pulled it over to my car. There was a hole in one of my hoses, and he said that would be easy to fix, and he cut off the damaged part and screwed the hose back on. He then had me crank the engine while he cooled off the engine with the water. I was really lucky that I didn't crack the block. It cooled down very well and luckily nothing was messed up very badly. I thanked him and then gave him five dollars. It was well worth the money for the time and trouble that he saved me.
I ended up making it to the mall at ten after, where I jogged up to the front after snagging the first parking spot that I could. I saw her still waiting up by the front. She then hid behind a pole and then stuck her head out and waved at me. She is looking pretty good. We went first into Hallmark and found some cards for her to mail to some of her friends. Instead of waiting in line at the ATM machine, I leant her my ten dollars which she gave back to me after we went to the bank across the street. We then went into a female clothing store. We found some pretty neat stuff, and I was giving my expert opinions on what wolud look good on her. We found some really sexy underwear, which would be a really cool birthday present. Oh yeah, she wears medium. We then decided to go find Toys. We eventually ended up buying a paper at Kash n Karry to find out who was running it. We ended up deciding on going to the theaters down at the corner of Nebraska and Fowler, near Kmart. We were looking at the paper up in the front of the store, and while she was looking for the movies, I pulled out the comics. She said to turn to the horoscopes, which I had planned on anyway. It was really funny because hers said that a major wish would come true with the help of a Sagitarian. That was just after we were reading mine. It was funny. I wonder what will happen.
It was only nine and the movie didn't start until 10:10 so we decided to go into Bennigan's. She hadn't eaten all day and wanted to order some kind of chicken appetizers. I didn't really have enough money to blow on food there, and wasn't hungry anyway, so I just asked for water. She also ordered two strawberry daquiries. There was a two for one special I believe. I had an excuse though, My car just blew up and I had to spend my money to fix it. She was telling me about all her 'boyfriends.' She said that the few are just guys that want to go out and do something every once in a while, no relationships. She asked me about all of my little 'girlfriends' and I sobbed about how they are graduating or won't near enough for me to see them when I go back. She told me how she wants a date for New Years to make Teresa's brother realize she doesn't want him any more. Hmmmm. I wonder if that was some kind of hint. She has seemed awfully 'happy' since I turned eighteen. Teresa wants her to go out with him and she really doesn't want to. It's funny. I drank a tiny bit of her strawberry daquiry after she complained that you can't even taste the alcohol. She was also telling me about this guy in Ft. Lauderdale who is really cheap and was complaining about him not wanting to do what the rest of them wanted to do this weekend. I told her that I felt cheap for not ordering anything, actually poor is more like it. She said that I'm definitely not because I'm still in college which is a good enough reason to be careful with your money. That made me feel better.
We were joking around about sending people Christmas cards and all. There was one sitting on the counter next to our booth that was from the Bennigan's staff to all of their guests. I picked it up and handed it to Kim saying, 'This is for you!' It was funny. She sarcastically thanked me and we laughed. Afterwards we drove over to her car so that she would have it at the theater and could leave from there. She didn't want to leave her car at the mall until after twelve. She told me where the theater was, but I just said that I'd follow her. As we pulled onto Fowler, there was lots of traffic. I quickly got into the far left lane because we had to turn and the cars were all backed up because of the light. When it turned green, I let her in and we got there in a few minutes.
Toys was an awesome movie!!! It is definitely one of the best I've seen in a long while. It has some seriously creative sight gags and is filmed up near Spokane in Washington which is very pretty. The entire movie has music playing in it which adds to the effect. There's a really good Christmas song by Wendy and Lisa, and Seal that they play a lot in the movie. I've already heard it a lot on the radio and love it. I know it will hit number one as more people see Toys. They also played some Enya and some other great music. I'd love to get the soundtrack. It was truly awesome! You just sit their amazed at some of the things they do. We laughed a lot and she and I joked around a bunch as well. The theater wasn't that crowded and there was no one else in our row. We ended up slouched back towards the middle of the movie with our feet up. We also both had our arms on the same armrest and were almost leaning into each other. It was fun. We had a really good time. The movie ends really well, too. I got chill bumps as the children started performing the Christmas song again at the end of the movie. I want to see it again up in Gainesville and definitely dub it as soon as it comes out on video.
We walked out in love... with the movie, of course. We talked for a few minutes outside and she said to call her so that we can go to Busch Gardens this weekend. I had a lot of fun. It's the first time we ended up coming off of a real 'date' both so happy. Actually, this was the first night date we ever went on except to stop for food on the way home from Busch Gardens after work. We did go to Busch parka a couple of times before though. I also had a lot of fun with Melissa last Wednesday. Much more than the last time we went to dinner. It's really starting to come natural for me to be sweet and caring and fun. Thanks Cindy for bitching at me.
It's still Wednesday so I guess I can't start a new journal. I don't know what I'm going to do about Melissa, if anything. I did try calling her last Thursday morning but she wasn't home. I left a short message but she never called me back. She was out of her room by Friday. I think one of her parents came for her graduation and after they packed her stuff, she went and stayed in a hotel. I don't know where she went. I dressed up very nicely for graduation in my suit. I ended up having to sit way up in the highest stands, and without my glasses, I couldn't see much. I didn't think to bring binoculars. Listening to her recieve her award, and reading about her accomplishments in the program almost choked me up. I was extremely proud of her but a little sad because I don't think she's happy enough. I'm not sure if she ever saw me during the ceremony. I was sitting at the front edge of the upper level, and she was facing towards me up on the stage. If she looked hard enough she just might have. I tried my hardest to find her after graduation but couldn't. I think that she had to attend a party at John Lombardi's house afterwards which would have taken her away. I tried to follow her to see which door she walked out of, but messed up. I was severely pissed off and took it out on the road as I drove home right after that. Letting off the tension through driving did calm me dowm a lot and luckily I was making sure to drive safe enough not to get into any kind of trouble.
Anyway, I was sort of planning on calling her on last night after I called Kim, but our lovely little get together came up. I'll probably call her early next week if she doesn't call me. Pehaps it would be better if I just let her go, but I really don't want to do that.
Well, it's almost Christmas. I was trying to get the rest of the family into the car earlier so we could go look at the really nice Christmas lights over near where Stacy's father lives when the phone rang. It was Kimmeth! She wanted nothing other than to talk. It's great how she's actually calling me all of the time now. I actually feel wanted. She told me that she did call Teresa's brother and he was all happy and asked her if she missed him and a bunch of other crap. She said that all she heard coming out of him was bullshit, and that's the way it's going to stay. She says that he tries to buy a girl's love and then dumps her. She says he's a real asshole and was laughing to herself through the entire conversation. It was funny. I had a dream about Agnes earlier today. I really want to call her and say Merry Christmas and see how she is. I figured that Kim might have her number and planned on asking her. We talked about her for a little while and she said that she was thinking about calling her, too, but felt a little awkward because they weren't that close. She did give me her number, 996-3901. We talked a little while longer and she said to give her a call over the weekend so that we can go to Busch Gardens. I told her that we might be going to my Grandmother's on Sunday and she agreed that we can do it on Saturday.
She was complaining that she has a couple of days off later next week and wouldn't be getting paid. I told her that she would be losing pay when she went with me to Busch this weekend but she said that's OK. I felt special. I told her to feel free to call me on Christmas so that we can decide about Busch and she said OK. Fun fun!
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