First off I fainted at work. I don’t want to get into the details, but lets just say I was absolutely mortified. I was chatting with one of my coworkers and wasn’t feeling up to par at that point so I thought I’d walk toward the bathroom. On my way over, I lost control and ended up first face diving into the wall, then falling hard on my back to the concrete floor (so my coworker explained). As I awoke seconds later with my coworker hovering over me, I slowly got up, said I was fine and darted to the restroom. You know fainting in front of a friend is one thing, but fainting in front of the entire crew is another. I felt like my butch points went down by 10. Ugh, and I think I definitely had a mild concussion and had to take a break for the rest of the day.
Moving on…
So as a few of you know, our interior program is a pretty intensive program. One is expected to be high off caffeine battling the late nights and pulling off the usual all-nighters. Kidding? – I think not. After going on for about a straight 42-hour role (okay with a 3 hour nap somewhere in-between) my zip decided to be “funny” and lost one entire folder which had all of my photoshop renderings for presentation. Shit hit the fan as I started frantically searching every file on my zip praying that I somehow misplaced it. Nothing.Nada.Niente. They were nowhere to be found. I went into a frenzy—throwing papers, drawings, and notes all over the place and literally almost knocked down my work desk (aka my ironing board). Tears started rolling down my checks as I tried to calm myself down from my hyperventilation. I started mapping out a plan in my head, trying to think of a way that I could cram three weeks of work in a day or two. As optimistic as I am, I could not see redoing the work as any possible solution. I walked away from my computer, took a swig of tequila, and called coochie for moral support. Sobbing and barely making sense, she was able to calm me down and convince me that there are programs out there that fix these problems. Hesitant at first, I slowly began to make my way back to the computer to research on google. After an hour or so of searching with both coochie and her sister nopsis, we were able to find a website that finds lost files. $100 and two slices of old pizza later, I was ready to hop back on track and pick up where I left off.
Jury Week
Days have gone by of no showering (no judging!) and I was close to finalizing my presentation boards. Right when I was about done with the last board and tried opening up one of the last files, I got a message saying, “file corrupt.” It was my rendered floor plan of the restaurant. I then realized that it all made sense. This was the last file I was working on before the attack, and apparently caused me to loose all files in that folder. I emailed the printing company, told them I will not have my boards done for another day, and started over on that entire file. I knew the truth would show itself sooner or later.
Day of presentation; the fire alarm went off ten minutes prior to jury. Apparently fourth year architects decided it would be cool to have a fog machine going on in the hallway. Ugh those boys sometimes I swear. Very typical fraty of them.
Finals Week
Pretty much a blur. It consisted of reading two books, writing discussions, and a four-page paper on how to run your own design firm. Fun Fun. I celebrated when it was all over with a few friends at Fado’s Irish Pub with a burger and beer. So out of character but I liked it none-the-less. Headed over to hangout with my manfriend then called it a night.
Graduation Day
I was definitely uber excited that a few of my good friends were able to come out for this big day. MP and I caught up prior to the big event and did the usual shopping and catching some rays. It gave me an idea of what life would be like if we lived in LA…hanging at outdoor cafes and wine bars and chillin’ all day. Damn that was lovely. Anyways, here is the starting point of my 24-hour adventure…
6:30am Wake up and head over to pick up ko-g from the airport.
7:55am Grab a bite from McDonalds and check in at the ceremony
8-11:30ish Ceremony. Announced that there will be no hand shaking due to the swine flu. OMG right? Total freakout.
12:30-3ish Lunch with family and friends at Rio Buffet courtesy of grandpa. I swear grandpa loves that shit.
3:15pm Head to Smiths to grab some refreshments for the party
3:30pm Check-in at Palms. Argued for about half-an-hour with the guy for overbooking my pre-paid loft suite at Palms Place and ended up with a different suite in the Fantasy Tower. I don’t care if he offered me a cabana at the pool and gave me free limo service; I was still outraged.
4:30pm Checked out the room, dropped everything off, and headed out to take MP to the Forum shops.
6:00pm Said my goodbyes and dropped MP off at the airport. Then headed to the Westin to drop off ko-g
6:30pm Got back to the apartment, sent out my mass text to everyone with the room information, called the palms to confirm my Limo and started getting ready for the night.
9:00pm Got to the suite and started setting up. There was no AUX cord for my music and two lamps were broken. I was in fumes. Guest started arriving, and I had to go back and forth up and down to show my card to the tower guard due to high security. I knew that when the security guard had asked me if I was ‘pino I should have said yes because I probably would have gotten the in’s with her since she herself was ‘pino. When Ika got there, I introduced them (since he is also ‘pino) and she gave me the thumbs up that it was okay to let people up without my card present. Thank godzilla no more running up and down and I can finally socialize and enjoy my own party. Everyone was drinking and mingling. There was a slight segregation between the Hawaii folks and coworkers, but I was cool going back and forth between rooms. Two shots and a mixed drink in, Jo-jo reminded me to watch my time. I called my bitch at the front desk to get my limo ready, and headed out for the next event.
11 ish Arrived at Tao, walked right in to the front of the line (VIP bitch) and about to get in until I realized that I did NOT have my ID. OF ALL THINGS I forgot my ID in my other wallet. Not a proud moment for me. Luckily my event planner, Jo-jo, kicked in high gear and handled everything at Tao for me while I fled the scene with Kimchee to grab my ID.
12:15ish A taxi cab, a run through palms hotel in my heels with my hands flailing in the air due to intoxication, and a mad dash to my apartment later; I was finally back to my party. I was just about to grab a drink and fly back into action, when I was greeted with an unpleasant story. Two of my friends apparently got kicked out for causing a scene right before I got back. Of all nights for a couple’s dispute, it had to be this one. This killed my buzz instantly and some action needed to be done since one of them didn’t have a phone on them and apparently went missing. I was about to leave to go looking for her in the hotel when my two heroes of the night suggested that they go looking for her instead. With them out on the hunt and Jo-jo handling the party scene and catering to my guests, I took a deep breath of relief that everything was somehow taken care of for me.
1 something I gave my card to the hostess to take care of everything before heading down to the dance floor, and she came back saying it wasn’t going through (aka declined). Explaining to her that I checked earlier in the morning that the money was there, I told her to try and again, and if not to use my second card. The transaction went through fine on the second card but I was still curious to why the first didn’t work. Come to find out the next morning, she charged me for someone else’s bill, tried to clear it, and recharge the correct amount, which put my card on a protection freeze. Stupid bitch embarrassed me in front of my guests by saying my card was declined when she could have told me the truth that she fucked up and charged me for the wrong table. I was not happy when I had to clean up the mess she made with my account the day after.
1:30ish Danced downstairs under the giant chandelier with falling snowflakes and listened to the live saxophone musician rock the house. Total awesomeness.
3 maybe 4? Said my goodbyes to my classmates and friends back upstairs at the beach, caught a ride back to the hotel, and started cleaning up. Talked and tried to calm down one of my friends that was in the fight for a bit, and headed to bed.
8:30am Checked out of Palms, had a quick breakfast at Sonics, and said my goodbyes to ko-g at the airport. Got home, took a nap in the living room with the windows open and got a tan. Lovely.
The Aftermath
With all the chaos, drama, and everything that could possibly go wrong actually going wrong; I still wouldn’t change it one bit. It’s definitely one of those things I will forever remember. From the getgo with the computer issues, fire alarm, overbooking, etc-I’ll be talking about it for at least a few months. It was definitely a Hills episode-let me tell yah.
And…I am proud to say I am finally free! I’ve waited so long for this day to come. I have this optimistic feeling that my life is going to change from here on out. This morning I got promoted to a designer status at the company I’m currently with (kudos to me) and am now considered an adult with a real time job. Amazing.
Now I look toward the horizon as the sun sets…wondering what’s in store for me next…
ps. I can't seem to adjust the spacing issues so just ignore it.
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