Three Things

1. So I am at this career fair the other day. I wasn't looking, I was selling. I was trying to get kids to sign up for Job Corps. Anyway, as I set up my booth, I look across the way and there is Halliburton. Now, normally this is fine, Halliburton is always at career fairs in Colorado. However, since they laid off some 150 people last month and another untold amount this week, it seems like a weird place to see them. I think about it, and then I do exactly what I am thinking. I walk over to the booth and say to the men working the booth, "Hi, how's it going?"
They give the proper hellos and how are yous and that sort of thing and then I say, "Okay, we are all looking at you, and we are all thinking the same things. I'm going to go ahead and say what we are all thinking. What are you guys doing here? Seriously. 150-something-layoffs, and we are all wondering what you guys are doing here."
They tell me things about Halliburton across the country and specialized niches like engineering and telling people to go to college to be an engineer and then working for Halliburton and besides, it can pick up any day now. They then confess they are terrified of answering their phone when it is Halliburton because they suspect they may be next as well. I just feel proud of myself for getting that question out and in the open. It's weird, and I'm okay saying it.


2. So, appppaaaaarently, (you have to draw that out in a sarcastic manner) since we already eloped, no one seems to feel like we should have a ceremony. I don't think people get it...we eloped. It was quick, and no one was there. My dad didn't walk me down the aisle, my mom didn't cry, I didn't wear an expensive dress, and I didn't get to throw a bouquet. Yes, we are married, but we didn't have a ceremony. It's just more official living together. We both still want a ceremony. We want to share this event with our family and friends.
Anyway, now the wedding party feels like they shouldn't dress up or have to be part of it or whatever. We are pretty much be shoved around in our wedding plans (like a cousin/bridemaid is thinking she doesn't feel she should wear an orange bridesmaid dress because, hey, we're already married. She could have turned it down and I would have given the place to one of my old friends, instead of Cam's family who Cam HAD to have in the wedding.) Now, since we are all ready married, I am supposed to be downgrading to...whatever summer dresses my bridesmaid choose? I was already letting them choose their styles and pick which color and choose their own shoes...I've been crazy laidback and accommodating and have asked for nothing. I already knew no one was going to hold a bridal shower for me or any of the traditional junk, and I was okay. But because we pretty much decided to live together, but do it the right way, now we don't deserve to have the ceremony and magical pictures and memories these people already have. Awesome. Fuck off.


3. Got in a car accident yesterday, as a result of some slippery roads. Anna Honda is in bad shape. The good news is my insurance company is being awesome and making this easy. I apparently even have rental car service. Awesome. The bad news is that this is going to make me like the excitable lady in the Progressive commercials.