Y3 D210

Yesterday started off very normal and ended very weird. A little surreal in fact, but also showed me how strong things are between me and TGF. Frankly I guess in the grand scheme of things what happened last night could almost be considered normal. Just something I haven't deal with or at least something I haven't had to deal with in a very long time. Let's work through the day...

Went into the office around 7 and things started off pretty benign except for setting off the alarm on the data center at a multi-billion dollar financial company. Yeah, my badge was supposed to be reset from the east coast office to the local offices and everything looked good when I went through the security checkpoint in the lobby, but since the floor I was working on had the data center computers, it required special access which hadn't been enabled yet. So at 7 in the morning I am setting off alarms and explaining to security I was supposed to be where I was. That was more annoyance and embarrassment than anything else. Once I was settled in though, the day at work was uneventful. While I was at work the kid texted me to let me know my VPN token arrived. Sweet! Now I can work from home (like I am right now).

Left around 3 and headed home. On the way home I called TGF to see what she was doing and she told me she was going to a friend's birthday party. Okay, I am going to relax and bake stuff for people for Christmas I told her. I said to have fun and call me when she got home. I stopped at the store on the way home and grabbed a couple of things to make marshmallows and bark. Spent about $8 on stuff. I had everything else in the house for the remaining things I am making as Christmas gifts - apple butter, cashew butter, peppermint cremes, bark, and marshmallows.

The kid called me around 4:30 and asked if I could pick her up at the mall. Her work schedule got changed from 2-6 to 8-12. No problem. Grabbed her and then my other friend called. She was getting a new tattoo and wanted to hang out afterwards. Since TGF would be tied up with the birthday party I said sure, call me when you are done. She came over around 6 and me, her, and the kid headed over to the mall. We bummed around for a while and ran into three of our other friends. The five of us left when the kid had to work. I did manage to pick up a new printer. It was $50 on sale and is nothing fancy, but will do what I want. I explained my logic to everyone when I was looking at printers and they all agreed that wasting the good ink on my big printer was silly when we just needed something to print out documents most of the time. The one I got is a scanner, copier, and printer too just in case. It's nothing exciting and literally it was $50 and thank goodness for Best Buy credit cards. It's a BB/Disney Christmas kids. Anyway, got home around 9 and TGF called. She was still at the party and VERY drunk. She was just letting me know she wasn't going to drive and was going to stay at her friend's house. Okay. No worries. My friends and I played some video games and hung out because I wanted to stay up until the kid got home. I made my bark, the marshmallows, and the cashew butter.

About an hour later she calls me back. The room is spinning. Her friend dropped her off then went back to the party leaving her alone. When I see this person I am going to have a talk with him about this. After realizing she was alone I kept her on the phone while my friend drove me to where she was. TGF was crying and embarrassed about being sick. Oh darlin' not only have I been there, but more times than you will ever know. Do not be sad or feel stupid. Trust the old pro. Got her home around 11:50 and dealt with trying to sober her up enough so the room stopped spinning and she could sleep. MEANWHILE I get a text from the kid. She is on her way home and has been throwing up. Great. I have a girlfriend throwing up from booze and a kid throwing up from mild food poisoning. She ate some leftovers which should have been tossed yesterday instead of being consumed. I got one puking in the bathroom and one going in the kitchen sink. Honestly though? I felt very useful and needed. I made sure everyone was taken care of and situated then stayed awake with TGF until she could sleep. She kept apologizing and telling me she loved me and how happy she was I was there to take care of her. Made me feel very good even if it was under those circumstances.

They are both still asleep and shall stay that way until everything passes. What an odd day...