White Christmas

Hey everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! :) Mine was interesting. It was the first time in my whole life that I didn't see my grandma on Christmas. My dad had a bad cold, so we all decided it was best if we didn't go over there. So instead, my family and I spent the day exchanged gifts and watching movies. I got the first seasons of "Psych" and "Monk" on DVD, so we watched that for a little bit too. We had egg rolls for dinner, LOL. It was still a good Christmas, though.

Christmas Eve was nice too. My aunt Maureen came over for dinner. We then all went to church for the candlelight service. I managed not to spill wax on myself this year, LOL. We then came back and watched TV while eating cookies.

We for sure had a white Christmas. We had another snowstorm on Sunday. It was so bad that I couldn't get out of our driveway, much less down the road, so I called into work and said I couldn't come in. I knew I'd get stuck again if I tried to go.

Here are a few more things that have happened since my last post:

On Friday the 14th, was our work Christmas Bingo party. There was a buffet, and after we'd eaten, some of us went over to the bar. I didn't get a drink at that point, though, but two nice women I work with were teasing this guy we work with to buy me a drink and I said later on. So then we went to play Bingo. A lot of people at our table won. There was a break after several games, so they dragged me to the bar and before I knew what was happening, I had a peppermint schnapps in my hand. It tasted like Maalox! So then we went to sit back down at the table and Brooke (a friend and co-worker), said to get some punch in it too to make it better, but it didn't really make it better. She said, "Chug it, Aubrey!" I said, "If I chug it, I'll be blowing chunks!" Somehow, I did manage to drink that whole nasty thing and everyone cheered and clapped for me, LOL.

We were on the very last game of Bingo and I won! I couldn't believe it! I launched out of my seat and screamed, "BINGO!" I won fifty bucks! It was really awesome! I was so happy because I usually suck at Bingo. Then Brooke, her husband, and a few others said they were going to another bar and begged me to come with them. I didn't really want to, but I went anyway. It was so smoky and loud in the bar and I had a huge headache. A guy I work with bought me a drink. I don't know what the heck he ordered me, but it was delicious. The bartender asked me if I wanted a small or big glass and Brooke yells, "Give her the big glass!" I got to talk with my co-workers and it was a lot of fun! Everyone is so nice that I work with. I left at 11:45 that night.

I had to work the 17th-20th, mostly doing catering. There were lots of parties to help set-up and carts to deliver. It was a lot of fun, though. It'll probably slow down in catering now for awhile.

Well, this is my last blog of the year. Happy 2008 to everyone! :)

Love,

Aubrey

Stuck

Hi everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! :) Mine was pretty good. Not too much exciting happened, but it was a quiet day filled with way too much to eat!

Anyway, on Tuesday, November 20th, I had an interesting day at work. I got stuck on an elevator! I was helping deliver trays that night and I was going to go up to the 8th floor. So I get on the elevator and it starts going up. Well, the lights shut off and the whole thing stops moving. Seconds later, the lights come back on, but it's still not moving. I was shocked for a minute, so I didn't do anything. Then I saw the phone and pressed the button and talked to a lady on the line. She came up a few minutes later and said she couldn't get the doors open. I was really getting panicked at this point, not for myself, but I was worried about my co-workers. I knew they were worrying about me and wondering where I was. So she called the man who fixes the elevators, but he lived like 25 minutes away! So I just sat there, alone, and tried not to think how bored and annoyed I was. It was about an hour total that I was stuck in that thing. Finally, after he arrived, I felt it move and then it brought me back down to the ground floor. I was never so relieved to see anything before in my life! So I went into the kitchen area and everyone was really nice to me. I said I felt bad about missing work and one girl said, "Hey, I'd be happy if I missed a whole hour of work!" But no one else I work with got stuck on an elevator, so it was something different, ha ha.

I had Tuesday, the 27th, off, so my mom and I drove to Eau Claire to do a little Christmas shopping at the mall there. We also went to Pier 1 and found some neat things. We had the soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch at the Olive Garden, yum! We also got milkshakes at Coldstone Creamery. It was a really nice way to spend my day off!

A few days later, we had a really bad snowstorm and I had to work that night. As I was pulling out of the parking lot that night, I got stuck. Thank goodness there was this nice man there who helped me push out my car. I thanked him about twenty times! So I was almost home and turned onto my road, which is kind-of out in the country. As soon as I got on the road, my car got stuck since there was drifts over a foot high. So I called my parents. At the same time they arrived, so did a sheriff who was driving by. We tried for twenty minutes, but nothing would work. In the process of all this, somehow my break hose got cut! But it was super lucky, because a tow truck went by and stopped! It was the same people we use when we get our cars serviced. So this nice man hooked up my car and brought it back to the garage so they could fix the breaks. I heard from them on Tuesday, and they said they had to order the part for my car. So I had to use this rental car, which drove okay, but it wasn't the same as my car, so I wasn't thrilled about it.

I had to work Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and use that car. Work went fine, but was really busy, especially on Wednesday. I did finally get my car back on Friday, so I was glad about that!

Anyway, I'm glad the year is almost over, because I don't want to get stuck anywhere else in 2007! Have a wonderful week, everyone!

Love,

Aubrey