Happy New Year! so let me fill you in on what's happened since last time...

I'm working! yeah! and so wut if my sister got me the job...i worked there before, so who better than me? ;) it's only till i leave, but hey, it's money, ya know? i started working on monday, dec. 30. it's gonna be so exciting working there. yeah. i'm the receptionist, so um...i don't think it's gonna be real exciting. i'm all by myself up there in the front...and this is wut i've learned on monday:

-how to work the BIG phone
-where to put the mail
-where to stock up
-how to order office supplies
-which the important drinks are (diet pepsi for the top peeps and swiss miss with marshmellows for the employees, or they get cranky)
-it's no fun working alone
-don't fall asleep, even for a second
-keep an eye on the door (to let them in)
-there are ways to know if people are tryin to sneak up on you
-chances are, if people call my phone, they aren't that important. if they were, they would call personal lines. so don't panic
-they've come this far, they can wait
-my lunches depend on other people's lunches
-no more hour+ lunches with the sister
-prez and vice prez don't take personal days. it's always business
-don't fear the phone
-fear the prez and vice prez

yeah, let's see if this stuff stays in my brain. ya know wut? i worked new years eve...i was up at 6:30, at the office at 8:15 and didn't get out of the office till 5:15. ugh. it was SOOOOOOOO BORING. they didn't let us out early :(. there were barely any calls and they just gave me alot of busy work, which i guess was a good thing. BUUUUUUT, they did bring alcohol at like 3 so ppl can drink...i didn't drink much, just a shot of jack with one of the managers. they're really nice to me...i dunno if the managers come by the front desk and chat a lil with me just to be nice, or to check up on me. that's wut i thought at first, but when i was actually doin stuff they'd still stop by. wutever.

anyways, new years eve was pretty fun with the fam. we got at the party at 8, ate, then we started playing cranium. it was hilarious. we played for about 3 hours...we had like 15 minutes till 12. anyways, cranium is hilarious. there were 4 teams, (4, 3, 3 and 4) and one team of 4 was Team UofI (4 yr plan grads-Christine, Dave, Claudine and Maui). and u know wut? THEY WERE DEAD LAST...it was prolly the alcohol :D. hahahahah...my team was 2nd ;). after we played, there was about 15 minutes till 12, so we decided to take cuzin pics...THAT took about a minute (as nessa says...meaning it took forever). by the time we were done, there was literally a minute left till midnight...i didn't even see the countdown on tv...i just heard all the titas and titos counting down in the other room. midnight came...so did all the kissing of the cheeks. geez. i don't know how long THAT took...sooooooo many titas, titos and cuzins. after that, i'm not too sure wut we did...but eventually we decided to watch the royal tenenbaums, which i saw before, but hey i like it. then we passed out. it was kinda early too...it was about 5 or 6 or something...i woke up at around 12 the next day to find that the adults were still playing mahjong...i heard they all got about an hour sleep then kept on playing. wut troopers. hehe. my sisters left me to be with their boys...so i was left with only a few cuzins, who kept me happy, but i still missed the sisterfriends.

so that was pretty much my new years...oh, and i got to at least say happy new years to a couple of my UofI friends, who were mostly toasty when i called :). new years day wasn't as much fun, pretty chill, but hey, can't have everything.

change of subject: if you haven't seen lord of the rings: 2 towers, go see it! it's good! i need to see it again...when i did, we were 2nd row, and the action was almost too much that close. it was FREAKY KEWL! that's for you thara ;). hehehe. anyways, it's a must see...and i can't wait till the last installment (lord of the rings: return of the king). i read the entire trilogy (plus the prequel, the hobbit) and i really loved it. the movies so far aren't as great, of course, but still, the last movie should be AWESOME. :D:D:D

ok. i think i've talked enough for now. if i can, i'll do daily blogs. k! ttyl.