March 22, 1994 - Tuesday
Today is Ashley Michelle Mansour's twentieth birthday!!! I did my best to make it as special as I could, being the wonderful person that I am. What was cool was that I was the very first person to wish her happy birthday since I alone was with her at midnight...
I wanted so very much to do something awesome for Ashley's birthday so after class on Monday I headed out to a florist down by Eckerd's at the corner of campus. I had spent a long time earlier going through every coupon book I could find trying to find a good deal on flowers and had come up with a good one. I first stopped in at Burger King on the way and had two Whoppers and a chocolate milkshake. It's so awesome that they're only 99› right now (this is for a price comparison in the future!). There's this African fellow whom I have dubbed Nigel (a nice African name!) who made my hamburgers and they were the best ones I have ever had up here. Good boy! This other big black guy just doesn't know the meaning of extra mayonnaise, but oh well.
I went to the florist where this nice younger guy helped me out and told me about all of the prices and arrangements they have. They also had this coupon where you can get a free rose per month with no purchase required. That's awesome!!! He gave me this little business card to use instead of the flimsy coupon and gave me a beautiful long stemmed magenta rose for this month. Once again I have found a free way to make a girl really happy! Talk about lucking out and taking advantage of opportunities. I'm so good at it! I then said I'd be back in the morning and parted. I picked up a card for her at Eckerds that said: "A Happy Birthday wish from the heart, because that's where all good wishes start!" It was a sophisticated trendy looking card that I really liked.
I didn't find anybody to give the rose to on the way home and I couldn't give it to Laura because that would just ruin the surprise of Ashley's flowers. I did like the look that some of the girls gave me once again as I walked along carrying a rose. I knocked on Leigh Anne's door and gave it to her. She was so surprised and happy beyond belief. Michelle saw me give it to her and thought it was the sweetest thing as well. I jokingly apologized to Michelle for Leigh Anne grabbing her rose from me and said I'll just have to get her another one sometime. That really cheered up Leigh Anne which were my only intentions but confused her a lot as well as to what my intentions really were. It's been fun. It's definitely not to get into her pants because I could do that anytime I wanted and she knows it.
I called home at about eight and after talking to my mom for half an hour, she asked me why I wasn't at the hospital. I had entirely forgotten which really sucked. I talked to father to begin with and he told me he replaced the voltage regulator and fixed my battery and my car is cranking beautifully with the cables plugged in!!! That's awesome!!! Ashley called me out of the blue and that was cool because I got to brag that she has been calling me. I called her back after I got off the phone with my parents and she wanted to know if I would like to go study with her. Of course my dear. It was funny because Chris had asked me earlier what I was going to do and I just said that I'd probably study with Ashley although I really didn't think I would. It was also cool because Leigh Anne had gone shopping with her friend Jason and I would get to brag that I studied with Ashley when I got back.
Cecil called before I went downstairs and I chatted with him for a little while about everything including Shar¡ whom he asked about. I then went to Ashley's room. Laura was gluing a mirror together and we were joking together and I was complimenting her. She then took me in her room and showed me what she had gotten for Ashley for her birthday. She also showed me that she was Alpha Chi's new pledge of the week which was cool. Ashley had to brag that she got a sign, too, but her's said Happy Birthday. I tried to steal back the blue giraffe but Laura wouldn't let me, unless I gave her the pig! It looks like it has sad eyes and she said that it's begging me to leave him with her. I said no, it's begging me to save him and we laughed.
Ashley and I then took off together to Turlington Hall to study. Once we had gotten there we really weren't in the mood to study, especially her, and we talked almost three quarters of the time we were there. She kept telling me to just tell her to shut up so I could study but I told her I was more than happy to listen to her stories and talk to her which was definitely true. She asked to borrow my calculator and asked if I had read her letter. I wondered what she was talking about and took it back from her. Apparently she really had written something that night she was playing with it when Laura was with us! And it was for me!!! I figured she had just written something like "Ashley loves Daniel!" or something similar, but my pessimism would soon be shattered.
I listed all of the variables in the calculator and quickly found what I was looking for when I spotted ASHLEY in the list. I loaded it and read this:
PROGRAM:ASHLEY
:Hi Dan
:WHATS UP
:THANKS For GOING
:TO THE CONCERT
:WITH ME and
:THANKS A BUNCH
:For BEING SUCH
:AN AWESOME FRIEND...
I MISS 2ND HOUR BIO
:WITH YOU HOPE WE
:CAN SUFFER AGAIN TOG
ETHER NEXT FALL...CAL
L ANYTIME IF YA
:NEED A FRIEND or
:SOMEONE TO TALK TO o
r JUST TO LISTEN THAN
KS For BEING THERE Fo
r ME and PUTTING UP W
ITH ME REMEMBER I WIL
L ALWAYS BE HERE For
YOU TOO.....
:LOVE ASHLEY.
WOW!!!!! I am still amazed at how much she typed in such a short amount of time and told her so. She says she has a calculator like mine and that makes sense. It just so sweet what she said and that she even said it at all. Wow.....
It was forty-five minutes after midnight when we were walking home and I wished her a happy birthday and gave her a hug. I was excited to be the first person to say happy birthday and the only person to be with her when her birthday rolled around. I was alone with Ashley when her birthday started... heh heh...
As I walked in the door the telephone rang. I picked it up fully expecting Karen for Jon since it was so late. Shar¡ said hello and I almost pissed on myself!!! I was in shock!!! She apparently had gotten my letter for she mentioned it but didn't bring anything up. We talked for half an hour until we didn't really have anything else to say. The coolest things were that she called on her own because I haven't even tried since spring break and that she was paying for it!!! She did talk a little more openly about Jeff and we seemed to be talking and trusting each other as friends which is a damn good start. I was really happy that she had called.
Leigh Anne called soon after that and I went over and visited for a while because I had planned on staying up all night. We laid in her bed and talked and she made numerous sexual advances and didn't understand why I didn't want any part of it. She even said once that I have no choice and she was going to take over and I wouldn't let her. I left at about three and came home. The funny thing was that somewhere during our conversation, she asked me when the last time I talked to Shar¡ was, and I told her that she had just called.
I then took it upon myself to be at the New Residence Facility dorms this morning at 5:30 to pick up a waiting number for getting housing so that Chris could come and get us a room for four when the sign up started at 9:30. I can't sign up until tomorrow so I felt it essential to be as close to the front as possible to get one of the few rooms entirely empty. And that was indeed the case when Chris went with my number four! later on. I went home and slept for a couple of hours and missed the first hour of medical history but made it to the second.
I then walked out to Eckerds and looked at the foil balloons which ended up being only two dollars there instead of three at the florist. That was cool. I then went and bought a dozen roses, six magenta and six light pink. They were very pretty and the guy that arranged them for me was the same guy that helped me yesterday. t was especially cool because I'm sure that a lot of people who say they will come back never do and I proved myself trustful. I then went back to Eckerds and had Bertha fill me up two different Happy Birthday balloons and then bag everything up for me. Bertha is this very nice black woman whom I always see there and is always very sweet. Chris remembers her because she always reads the cards you buy. She asked me if the balloons are for my girlfriend and when I said no she seemed surprised as she noticed that I had bought roses for just a friend. I thought it was funny but that did make me a little nervous when the time came to give them to her as to whether or not I had gone too far.
I then took the long route home through the sororities so that I could approach Beaty Towers from the side. I didn't want Leigh Anne to see me with the flowers from the front because she'd just start bitching and I didn't want any of Ashley's roommates to see them from the back. In the card I wrote "Lucky you that your birthday fell during a time when I am in a good mood where doing something nice for a friend as wonderful as you takes precedence over everything else. Love ya and Happy Birthday!!! - Dan." I also wrote that I hope this all makes up for me forgetting her parking decal! She thought that was really cute when she saw that.
I called her later and took everything down for her. I had the ribbons of the balloons wrapped around the base of the roses and it looked very nice. She seemed really happy and I think they were the first flowers she had gotten so far. She did say that Daniel had called real quick in the morning before her class. Of course she told me this on the phone before I came down. She just kept thanking me and hugging me and said once that she was going to cry. What made it worse was that her roommates were all there and I was embarrassed up the ass!!! She then thanked me some more. It was really cool how happy she seemed and it was well worth it.
Her roommates were heading out to the mall to get her something for her birthday and Jana asked her what she wanted, something tangible, food, music, or what? I suggested they get her a Joe Diffie CD and Jana told me that she already has one. Ashley, Laura and I all started laughing as I told Jana that "I" have one and Laura told her that she was just borrowing mine. It was funny. I left soon afterwards to head off to chemistry lab.
I was in such a good mood, I ended up having an awesome time in lab. Instead of partially working with this guy next to me, who is pretty smart and all right to talk to, we worked entirely together and kicked lab ten's ass in less than one lab period and finished lab eight. That was damn quick!!! and all we have to do now is two unknowns and our lab semester is over. There are still people on lab four!!! I also had a lot of interesting glances form the gorgeous girl with big tits. I see her as the Shar¡ who stayed in school and never got pregnant. I then noticed a glimpse of the tattoo on her left shoulder and melted!!! We flirted a little. One time she was standing in front of my lab table waiting for Greg, or teacher, to sign her book and she started straightening my supplies on my workspace with me standing right next to her. It was kind of funny and definitely cute. I want her!!!
Once again... Happy Birthday my friend...!!!!!
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