It's an Epidemic

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference. -Robert Frost

Yesterday:

I had to be at work at 10 am. I walked in and Brian (a deployment assistant) asked if I was going to custodial. I said I didn't know and he asked if I was going to bust some heads if I was. He referring to the day before when I had a little something to say to Robert about sending people to custodial every freaking day. -Anyway- I was not sent to custodial. Frankie and I were deployed to Innoventions. I was finally able to use the special training I have. Dustin was content. At first I was annoyed because I was being tasked. Then I was sent to the Segway venue. And then tasked again, so I had them check my proficiencies and discovered I was down as a presenter instead of host. They fixed it and then I was bouncin' around like a Cuban on raft in a monsoon. It was a good day. Dustin was happy. I finished work at 1830 and headed out. Tim gave me a ride home, so I didn't have to ride the bus. He hung out here until 2200 when I had to get ready for Pleasure Island (PI). I enjoy my Monday nights with LeeAnn. Makes Dustin happy. It was one of the better times at PI. I came home and passed out around 3 am.

Today:

I set my alarm for 7 am so that I would be up for when Daniel got off work so that I would be able to talk to him. We talked for about an hour or so before he had to head out to run some errands. He said he'd call me later on today. He never did. I'm going to stop believing people when they tell me that they're going to call. They never do. I've never had such a problem with people not calling. I'm going to start getting a complex. You know the one.

At 9 am I called into work to see if there was a shift available. All the ones that were open were sucky shifts. I know... I know. Beggars can't be choosy. Well this one is, damn it. So Troy told me to call back at 11. But within that 2 hours I had made plans with my friend Neal. So I called at 11 and to let them know instead of leaving them hanging. Well Neal had a few errands to run before coming over. So he was going to call me when he got done. He called in the middle of them to tell me that they were taking longer than expected and he'd give me call this evening. Which was fine because I had some things around the apartment that needed done. I have the inspection tomorrow for the new roommate. Well... guess what. Neal never called back. Dustin is saddened that a general lack of courtesy is becoming an epidemic.

About the new roommate situation. I'm not to fond of the prospect. I've had my own room now for 3 months and I'd like to keep it for the rest of my stay. They tried to move one in before but he was out within an hour. Natalia is up for one as well and said that she gets the inspections all the time and never gets a new roomie. Well I have a hunch that this time is different. Mainly due to the fact that Disney is bringing in their annual batch of Peruvians and Brazilians. They come in every November and work until January. Their short time status disqualifies them from living in The Commons so they will be put in Chatham and/or Vista. So, I'll probably be getting a South American roommate in the next week or so. Ugh...

Since I had awaited Neal's call I spent most of the day lounging around the apartment. John and I went to Wal*Mart. He needed to some grocery shopping and I needed to pick up a few things. I bought a new battery for my camcorder. The old one would not hold a charge for any amount of time. I had also bought some body wash, bubble bath and some isopropyl alcohol. That was the extent of Dustin's shopping spree. John had decided that he wanted to do his shopping at Publix (a Riverside of sorts, for those of you in the north). To Publix we went. While their I had decided that I was definitely going to decorate for Christmas. John said he'd go in for decorations. Now if we can get dumbass ...err... I mean Jason to get on board. He probably won't. And what about the preferences (religious, holiday, etc...) of the new roommate?