Day Pass

Day 145----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Like the new update to the blog? My second favorite holiday is Valentine's Day because I love the colors. It hasn't looked much like winter for a few weeks now so I thought I'd change the dreary old theme to this new one. Besides, I couldn't wait any longer!


Jamie, Scott (my ICL brother, one of Jamie's best friends, and a fellow trade member), and I went out on Day Pass today. I'm not sure if I've explained Day Pass to you, but it's an opportunity the center gives students every Saturday so they may go into Yakima to the mall or Walmart.

Anyway, we ended up seeing an old HER student, Michael, for a few minutes. He's going into Basic Training for the Army in a few days, so of course the boys (and everyone else on the bus for that matter) were excited to talk to him.

Once we had some small talk and got tired of standing in the parking lot (we must have been there a good 15 - 20 min), Jamie, Scott, and I took off to go window shopping. I was a little embarrassed, the boys turned out to be better shoppers than I am. I never have been a compulsive buyer, at least not when it comes to clothing or anything over $20. I'm not a browser and I never go shopping unless I know exactly what I'm looking for or have something specific in mind. I'm also cheapo and I enjoy a good thrift store, but the guys were just going around and around with "Hey, look at this" or "Oh, I wish could buy that". And I couldn't believe the prices! Some of this stuff was totally useless or just an impractical waste of money, yet they "Ooh'd" and "Aah'd" anyway. Although I might not understand the whole process of being an experienced 'shopper', I still had a good time.
Jamie is trying to convince me to hang up the flannel and cowboy boots and put on a pair of skate shoes with a Fox Racing t-shirt, but he has yet to succeed. Slowly but surely though, I think I'm starting to succumb to the dark side. I might look pretty good in those city clothes.


Karlee is mad at me right now. She's upset that I've been 'ditching' her for Jamie a lot. But we didn't really have any set plans. She made it sound like she wanted to spend some quality time with Michael (Kevin's best friend and a brother figure to her) while he was in town, so I let her do her own thing. I also knew that Jamie and I would both be busy tonight and wouldn't be able to see each other, so I wanted to spend time with him this afternoon.
Kevin is gone on PDOF right now (that's paid leave to go find a job on the outside) and he won't be back until Thursday, so I'm her fall back. But the thing is, when Jamie was... doing his own thing, I didn't expect her to stay in the room and mope with me all day. I also didn't expect her to not go down to Rec with Kevin, rather than leave me behind. They need their couple time and I hate being a tag along, so I didn't get upset or anything. Now that it's her turn to be reclusive, it's not okay.
The other day I was like, "I'm going to spend some time with Jamie", and she made me feel bad by saying, "Oh okay, I'm going to sit in here alone and try to sleep, I guess". Wow, way to make me feel like poop.

She also has some family stuff going on at the moment so she's been irritable all day. But I'm not the one who made all this stuff happen. Something bad happens and she takes it out on the world and anyone who happens to get in her way. Try to start a conversation to get her mind off things, and she'll snap at you, getting offended by anything you say. Not really fair, but with Karlee - everyone is liable.



On a good note, I'm really excited about V-day. I'm trying to think up something clever and out of the blue to do for Jamie to celebrate. Not really sure what yet, but I'm brain storming.