Ice Skating Rink, Laid off

Chris came over on a Friday night and I took off work so I could hang out with him. He brought the xbox and we hooked up Rock Band and were playing it for a few hours. We made a nice lasagna dinner for the family and Holly made us some brownies. The Neon was coming up for inspection so I made an appointment and Holly took it for brakes. Turned out it needed brakes and rotors. Had to pickup Holly and she and I both went to Walmart to fill a few prescriptions and to waste time until the car was done. Was looking at TV's but didn't find anything to my liking and we came home. I had read about an ice skating rink in town and put it out of my mind because of the mild weather we were having. Holly found out where it was from someone at work and Chris and I decided to take a ride over. HEAVEN!!! PURE BLISS!!! When i found it I was so extremely happy. Ran to the house to get my skates and skated for a while. Holly ran to the local hardware store to get Jeremy skates and they were on sale. Chris and I watched the All Star Skills Comp and he left. We went skating on Sunday and Jeremy loved it. He was playing hockey with a little girl. We continued to go skating almost every day that week. Took the Neon in for inspection and luckily it passed. There was an old Italian playing an accordian. He was quite good at it and even sung while he played. Jeremy covered his ears the whole time. The man said he made appearances on late night shows and Carnegie Hall and everything. Dad's skates really started to hurt my feet and I didn't go skating the following week. Then we had some nice weather and I haven't been there since.

Holly and I watched the Superbowl together after getting into a stupid fight. We ordered a pizza and just chilled out. It was a boring game and then got a lot better towards the end. I was routing for the Cardinals but had that feeling when Pittsburg got the ball back at the end they could win it. Momentum always seems to be w/ the underdog when they have possession at the end of these games. The defense just breaks down. Our next door neighbor starting shooting off fireworks.

Work was starting to get slower after the holidays and I noticed some of the full time truck guys weren't working at all. I started asking Ed for days off and he'd give us each one day off during the week and early outs when we could get them. I applied for Partial Unemployment at that point. I went to work the following Monday and took Tuesday off. Pulled my groin and wound up sitting the rest of the week off. I had gotten a bunch of phone calls from work asking me if I could come in at 3 on Thursday. They still hadn't had the right phone number and were calling Holly's parent's and my parents before finally getting this number. Was worried I was in trouble because I didn't return their phone call until late. Finally got on the phone w/ Dale and he explained that they were laying off 12 workers. As a company they got rid of 900. The way Dale explained it was that I could take supplemental dock. On the following Monday and I got a few calls from Shane and was told I had to come in to sign my paperwork or I would be fired. Called up mom and told her I was coming for dinner and then took Jeremy and we headed to Fed Ex. Spoke with Bill Collins and he explained that if I took the severance package (3000) that I could still collect unemployment. I didn't know that and even went out to the car to call Dad to see what he said. He suggested I take the part time dock but I decided to take the severance. I'm honestly just waiting to see if they try to fuck me on this one since they were offering supplemental. I really hope not. I cashed in all my vacation, said goodbye to the guys that were there and headed to Mom's for dinner. She cooked chicken marsala and shrimp scampi. Took home a boatload of leftovers.

Started playing Tuesday night hockey. It's 15 which is definitely steep but you get to play for a long time. My team went to the championship game last session but we lost a close game by 2 goals. The one guy on that blue team is a real asshole and hits everyone. I was calling him a faggot the whole time and I got raped a few times but drew a penalty. Got put on the new team (Crazy Dave) and we killed during our first game. Then I was traded to Tim's team and we won our first game against my previous team. Seth and Blake weren't there and I don't think they're coming back.

Went to Walmart w/ Holly on Friday night and had it in my head that we were getting a TV. Saw that they had a Samsung 32 for 500 and wanted it but it was Out of Stock. The same TV was on sale at Best Buy but they were also out of stock. Walmart's website didn't even have the thing listed. Oddly enough, it was up there a day later and they had limited quanities in East Stroudsburg. Needed to go there to do a big foodshopping but of course they didn't have it. Only Vizio. Big Lots has an RCA 32 for 350 so i'm either going to get that or see if I can get the Samsun somewhere else.

Unlocked all songs in Rock Band. Brought the Xbox downstairs so I could try Bad Company online. It's awesome but the TV is too fucking small. Haven't really played the xbox much. Was considering starting Bioshock but was waiting for the TV. Been playing WOW too much. Leveled up to 64 (will ding 65 tonight). Didn't think Burning Crusades would work. Was looking into buying a new comp but going to get more memory and a video card for this one. Hopefully then I can get WOTLK. I wiped this computer clean and started over. It's working well. I took Chris's Laptop to fix and got Windows on it but I can't seem to get the right drivers on it to connect to the internet. I'm supposed to get it done for him. He has Left 4 Dead on it and i'd like to try it.

Going to start working on my book this week. I have the time and am going to set goals for it. I HAVE TO TRY TO GET THIS DONE OR IT'LL KILL ME. Especially because I have the time and the unemployment is coming in (hopefully).

Holly and I went to Walmart and to Pizza Hut on friday night. We hung out Saturday and watched the 9th Gate. An alright movie. We made a nice chicken dinner on Sunday. We couldn't figure out whether or not the popper popped. It was on the underside of the chicken.
Got home from hockey and Jeremy helped me unload the groceries. He was a big help. I sent him into bed and he hit his groin on the bed post. He's up right now because Holly sent him out of bed. I'll let him stay up a bit and send him back to bed.

Rangers are playing like shit and it's real aggravating to watch. Tim gave us tickets to a Wilkes Barre game on Saturday but he was going to Scranton and staying the night and I didn't feel like driving all the way to Wilkes Barre. We're trying to go to the Hartford game which takes place in two weeks.