Saurian
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Just need to get this one off my chest, I'm not a happy camper right now.
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday. I had planned to go out to Mongolian Barbecue for nice friends and family birthday dinner, being that I am currently working 75-85 hours/week, it is so rare that I get to do ANYTHING fun besides work or sleep. Well, plans got changed. My mom found out, on Wednesday, right after I got the idea in my head and told everyone, that she was going to be ending up working an open to close at the pet store on Friday. Now, I'm not going to have a friends and family dinner at Mongolian Barbecue if my mom can't be there, I mean damn, she IS the one that like birthed and raised me, so naturally, I'd like BOTH my parents to be there. The debacle started on my birthday...
It was a rainy day, and I did work my day job, which I enjoy. Got a bunch of random tasks done since we couldn't be out mowing, it all turned out very well. The problem was with my friends. One of them is, well, ****ed off, for lack of a lighter expression, at me because his girlfriend can't do Saturday, so he's not sure if he's gonna be down here, or out there with her. He, at least, wished me a happy birthday. My other buddy blows up my phone about, oh, 6 times, I finally answer in the middle of Rosie's Park on graffiti patrol... Hey Sean, when's dinner? Tomorrow. I explain the situation. Geez, tomorrow, well, I guess I can make it, is my girlfriend invited? Allrighty, catch you later. His voicemails were pretty much the same; when's dinner... Conspicuously absent was the standard "Happy Birthday" that all your close friends are really supposed to give you on your birthday... Basically, what ended up happening with them, and all my other friends was that with dinner no longer happening, they all went out of town or busied themselves with plans. One has a wedding, saturday doesn't work. One has other plans, but maybe will make it. I don't begrudge those with more important things to do, as plans DID change, but that excuse only washes for like 2 people.
My birthday consisted of coming home, cold and wet after work, my brother presented me with a little RC Jeep for my present, we played with our Jeeps in the kitchen floor for a couple hours. I went up to my room, sat at the computer trying to get a hold of people, and I went to bed. That's it.
The original reasoning for dinner being Friday was that I have all day Saturday off. This means that I can stay out as late as I want, and sleep in as late as I please. Saturday, not so much, working an open to close for Mother's Day in the kitchen...
That just kind of upset me that they're copping an attitude with me because plans changed. And then jumped ship... Ok, we aren't doing dinner, you want to hit up the bar or something? Go play laser tag? Come over for cheese and wine? Play hopscotch in the driveway, something!
Just needed to vent, and you're all my closest friends besides the crew that lives in Michigan, and that is up for re-evaluation sometimes...
Yesterday was my 23rd birthday. I had planned to go out to Mongolian Barbecue for nice friends and family birthday dinner, being that I am currently working 75-85 hours/week, it is so rare that I get to do ANYTHING fun besides work or sleep. Well, plans got changed. My mom found out, on Wednesday, right after I got the idea in my head and told everyone, that she was going to be ending up working an open to close at the pet store on Friday. Now, I'm not going to have a friends and family dinner at Mongolian Barbecue if my mom can't be there, I mean damn, she IS the one that like birthed and raised me, so naturally, I'd like BOTH my parents to be there. The debacle started on my birthday...
It was a rainy day, and I did work my day job, which I enjoy. Got a bunch of random tasks done since we couldn't be out mowing, it all turned out very well. The problem was with my friends. One of them is, well, ****ed off, for lack of a lighter expression, at me because his girlfriend can't do Saturday, so he's not sure if he's gonna be down here, or out there with her. He, at least, wished me a happy birthday. My other buddy blows up my phone about, oh, 6 times, I finally answer in the middle of Rosie's Park on graffiti patrol... Hey Sean, when's dinner? Tomorrow. I explain the situation. Geez, tomorrow, well, I guess I can make it, is my girlfriend invited? Allrighty, catch you later. His voicemails were pretty much the same; when's dinner... Conspicuously absent was the standard "Happy Birthday" that all your close friends are really supposed to give you on your birthday... Basically, what ended up happening with them, and all my other friends was that with dinner no longer happening, they all went out of town or busied themselves with plans. One has a wedding, saturday doesn't work. One has other plans, but maybe will make it. I don't begrudge those with more important things to do, as plans DID change, but that excuse only washes for like 2 people.
My birthday consisted of coming home, cold and wet after work, my brother presented me with a little RC Jeep for my present, we played with our Jeeps in the kitchen floor for a couple hours. I went up to my room, sat at the computer trying to get a hold of people, and I went to bed. That's it.
The original reasoning for dinner being Friday was that I have all day Saturday off. This means that I can stay out as late as I want, and sleep in as late as I please. Saturday, not so much, working an open to close for Mother's Day in the kitchen...
That just kind of upset me that they're copping an attitude with me because plans changed. And then jumped ship... Ok, we aren't doing dinner, you want to hit up the bar or something? Go play laser tag? Come over for cheese and wine? Play hopscotch in the driveway, something!
Just needed to vent, and you're all my closest friends besides the crew that lives in Michigan, and that is up for re-evaluation sometimes...
