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The Holidays Are Here
Published on 27/11/06
by John Phillips
So I thought that I would write a blog when I was home, but hanging out with friends and family seemed to trump that idea. Then I was going to once I got back into town, but again, sleep, football, and my couch trumped that as well. So that brings us to now. Finally home after my first long day at the new job, and I have a moment to write.
So yes, I started my new job today, but I will get to that later. Thanksgiving break was very much needed! For one, I was dying to eat my mom’s food. It had been way too long. Second, I hadn’t seen the fam since 4th of July weekend, which is probably the longest I’ve went without seeing my fam ever. So I was overdue for some quality time with them.
Our Thanksgiving was a little odd this year because it was first one without my grandfather. So my grandma was a little sad about that, but whenever there is that bit of sadness around, it’s always awesome to have kids bring that energy level up. They just never seem to run out of energy. I wish I would have taken pictures, but I tend to forget that I have a digi cam sometimes. Oh well.
So the big meal was all that! Like every year, I stuffed myself until exhaustion and then found it difficult to remove myself from the couch. And that’s it for the turkey day! Not much else to say other than me maxing and being too full to do anything else. Me, my sis, and dad discussed getting up at 4:30 a.m. to hit the stores to see what kind of sales they had for Black Friday. But for a minute I thought it was all talk.
Sure enough, 4:30 rolls around, and my sister is knocking on my door telling me that it’s game time. I somehow managed to get out of bed and get ready. So we pulled up to Best Buy at about 4:55, and you would think that you were at an amusement park with a new ride opening, because that line was extra. “Fuck this” was the direct quote from papa Philly, for obvious reasons. I agreed.
So we drove over to Circuit City and was a serious mad house in there. I couldn’t believe that so many people were up so early. But they had tons of sales and good deals on limited supplies of good products. All of which I was either too late for, or couldn’t afford still. So we were out for awhile and made it back home around 8:30 a.m. empty handed because lines were just too long to wait in to buy something.
So I went out for a round 2 to hit the mall a few minutes after we got home. This time I was solo, and just wanted to hit the Apple store, Macy’s, and Express. This was a more focused missions. I had the playbook ready! I bought a few things but didn’t go crazy or anything. Then after the last store, I just didn’t even have the energy to keep going, I was exhausted. Nap time was on the horizon, for a long time!
Friday night me, JJ, and Steve went out to tackle the city in a trio formation. We were able to hit three bars up, of course one of them being Zentra! As always, Zentra didn’t disappoint, good music, strong cocktails, and no cover. Can’t ask for much more than that. It was really good going out with them again on the rare occasion that we can do it, since JJ is in NY and Steve in Chi town. Of course, since we ended our night at Zentra, I didn’t get home until fresh after 4. Good times with the fellas.
Much of Saturday was spent shaking off a little head throbbing, and watching Florida beat up on FSU! I was supposed to go out with E-Dogg that night but I just wasn’t feeling it. I was tired all damn day and decided to spend the night watching USC fuck up Notre Dame with the fam. And yes, I’m glad everyone got to see how over rated Notre Dame is!!!
So that was my break, and it was just the break I needed before starting the new job today. So how was the first day? Cool as hell. I love the place already. There seem to be some nice perks to working there, like getting a discount on my phone bill, and discounts on vacation packages……just to name a few. The people seem real cool, and it was just the environment I was looking for: young, creative, and non-corporate. So I already like the place alot, and have alot better feeling about it than my last job.
I love this time of year, but December is going to be busy, between getting settled in this new job, getting my own company up and running by 07, and the normal holiday madness. The good thing is, we get a week off (paid) for Christmas, which is hella tight for me! But I am going to have alot to get done that week. I have a website to put up and video editing to do, so that can easily spend my free time up.
That’s all I got for now……lots going on, lots to do, and lots to look forward to. So stay up to date! I hope you alls breaks were as good as mine.
peace