Um, I’m distracted. Gosh. Why do I like to complicate my life? I guess it makes for the best stories. Let’s just say that date with Chance went…well. Very well…
Monday, February 4th- Working on that Finance Case Study
Gia and I spent the whole day at the rotation (from 8:30 am to 5pm minus an hour for lunch) in the freezing cold cafeteria working on that darn case study. We were told it was due today or tomorrow, but when the preceptor asked me when we would be presenting I said Tuesday or Wednesday and Gia agreed on Wednesday. Thank goodness! X) Yep. I don’t remember doing anything exciting at home this day.
Tuesday, February 5th- INFATUATION?? …or a kindred spirit? First Date with Chance
Today was a fun day at the rotation. Yesterday Gia and I discussed the fact that if we were going to be freezing in that cafeteria working on the case study all day again we might as well bring coffee, some type of pastry, and assorted snacks. Why suffer? So, it was like an all day picnic. Haha, it was fun.
You know what was more exciting? My date with Chance. It was a whole mini series. Oh goodness. I’m… swimming. My mind and tummy are swimming. Geez. This wasn’t supposed to happen. I planned to date different guys and not be exclusive. I’m only in Puerto Rico for another five months! And it’s not like Chance and I are exclusive after one date, but I wouldn’t mind if that were the end result. I wanted to date to have fun. Something carefree. But… Oh goodness, someone please slap me.
The whole thing, and these are his words, were “like a scene from a romantic comedy. It was a hundred times better than expected.” I can’t even begin writing about the date or him. Ahh!! I’m not used to being this giddy. I promise, I’ll write about him and the date, but it was beautiful. …he’s beautiful… Gosh, okay, moving on! Expect that post on Wednesday, February 13th. (No, I’m not waiting until February 14th! Now that would be cheesy!)
Wednesday, February 6th- Spontaneous Meetup with Amanda
Gia and I worked on that case study all morning. We presented at mid-day and were dismissed. Yep. This rotation should be four weeks long. Yep. -___-
When I got back to my apartment I called home for the first time in, maybe a month. Oops.. A lot of things have happened and I hate calling home when I’m not okay. My parents can always tell and I don’t like to make them worry. But…I’m suddenly in a good mood… May or may not have to do with the unbelievable date I had yesterday. Definitely did not mention that to my mother. Nor will I. They, my dad especially, would just say I’m supposed to be in Puerto Rico to study, not meet boys. 
Well, just as I had started cooking some beans, a fellow intern, Amanda, called me to say she was in the area. I put the beans on hold and almost skipped down to the cafe she was at to unravel the story of last night. I’m still swooning… However, both she and Axyl (my two closest friends in this internship) told me to keep dating other people. To which I could only whine and say, “I don’t want to date other people. He’s different”. And they could only shake their heads with disappointment. Ugh. They weren’t there. They don’t know how we connected. *content sigh*
Thursday, February 7th- Preceptor Humiliating us in Front of her Employees
The preceptor was a jerk today. She called us into the kitchen and quizzed us on different employee’s names and positions. She did this to prove that Gia and I aren’t spending enough time in the kitchen. It was just a demeaning way of proving her point. We are only at this rotation for one more day. Too little too late anyway! Plus, we spent the whole day doing some paperwork she has to do for employee hours. The preceptor keeps mentioning that this is supposed to be our staff relief week. But… we don’t have staff relief in food service. She just wishes we did.
Either way, we left early-ish and I’ve been procrastinating all day. I took a quick nap while Axyl made potatoes. Other than that, I’ve been chatting with Chance. I have all my assignments for this rotation due tomorrow, so I haven’t had the opportunity to see him in person again. Gosh. I should be working on those assignments, but… he’s so much more interesting…
Friday, February 8th- Worker Safety Presentation and Anabelle movies
It was a lame day. Didn’t really do much except wait around until Gia and I had to present a topic to the kitchen workers at the hospital. It went well. I liked it. Presentations are fun. Depending on the topic, of course. Mine was worker safety, so it was stuff they already knew. Don’t wave knives around and don’t leave banana peels on the floor. It was a little bittersweet saying goodbye. We didn’t really spend too much time getting to know everyone in the kitchen, but four weeks is four weeks.
Afterwards I came home to a hungry Axyl who wanted to go buy snacks for our horror movie night. We went to this pharmacy nearby which is really more like a Dollar General type shop with lots of cheapish things. I bought a plate and a couple of bowls. They have polka dots and are green. Cute! :3
Back at home, Axyl and I watched the next two Annabelle movies, though I swear we’d already watched Annabelle Creation. So…I fell asleep in the middle of it.
Saturday, February 9th- Impromptu Lunch Date with Chance
Woke up around 11am. Gosh, I was tired. I had barely gotten a cheese stick and some peanuts for breakfast when I got a message from Chance. He asked me if I’d eaten yet. Now, I’m a little dense, but I’m no dummy. I coyly responded that I hadn’t and he offered to pick something up so we could have lunch together. Aww! So sweet. 🙂
When he arrived though, a little boom emanated from under the hood of his car and some white smoke started billowing out. He seemed pretty chill about it though. Just let it cool down before taking a look. We ate lunch on a bench close to my apartment. It was some chinese food (my favorite). Things seemed calmer than the first time. Both of us were a little shy, as if we were meeting for the first time again. The first date was like a dream. It was dark and romantic. Now it was 2pm and the bags under my eyes were on full display along with my greasy I-am-exhausted-hair.
Still, we exchanged stories on different scars we have and customer service horror stories. It was a nice break from thinking about the assignments I have to do. I’ve only met up with him twice now, but when I’m with him it’s like being in a different world. It’s calm and safe and as close to a dream as life can get. *sighh I think I have it bad…
Ah, and about his car. It’s at the mechanic now. I called Richard for help and he speculates Chance’s car may have blown a gasket. Real life plot twist, huh?
Sunday, February 10th- I Have Too Many Assignments Due on Monday
Well, I procrastinated most of yesterday, so today I woke up and started working on this darn menu. I’ve done the little corrections to assignments, now I just need to do the menu modifications for a week, two program proposals, and the case study report. Plus build the binder to turn all that in. I’m stressed. And that’s only what I have to do for this rotation from last week. Looks like I’m not sleeping tonight. I should make coffee.
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Next week is supposed to be chill though. This is what’s coming up:
- Gia and I start a new rotation (finally!). It’s a small community center we will go to for food service experience.
- Axyl goes out of town for a rotation. I get the apartment to myself for about four days! Yay!
- I have another date with Chance on Tuesday. It’ll be our third date. 🙂
- You guys will get to read the whole story about our fairytale first date on Wednesday February 13th.
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