Day 318

Wow! Now that was a good night! Rolling in at 5:30 this morning, barely sleepy, and can't stop smiling. I love my family, and I love BC. It's so nice to be back.

The beginning of the day began pretty early as usual, but that doesn't mean I did anything productive before about 12. I dragged myself out of bed at around 9 to take the dogs out, and came back in to get ready. I lazed around longer than I should have, and eventually got ready to go do some much needed running around before work. I was supposed to start at 7 at Jimmy Flynn's - a pub on the front where my brother is the bar manager, and I didn't have anything to wear.

My Mom and I headed out, and found ourselves at Walmart. 2 complete outfits later, and some chocolate...we were ready to go. I had received a call asking if I could come in at 6 instead, so we had half an hour to go for a Starbucks before me running home to change. My Mom and I met up with a friend of hers, and had a quick chat while we drank our frappuccinos.

I being as silly as I am, was having nerve issues. I was so afraid I'd make a bad impression, or the bosses wouldn't like me. You see, they all know me already, so after hearing from Stephen and my parents, that they already like me, I was so afraid to screw up, and to change their judgement. Once I was at work though, everything was fine. I was having a great time. My Mom had driven me down, and I was shown what I was to be doing for the night. It involved quite a few laughs, and it was awesome to be working along side my big brother.

When we finished, and were closing up, I was talking to one of my brother's friends - Max - about a movie his brother's working on. We had been talking for like 45 minutes, when Stephen called out to let me know an old friend had shown up. I turned around to see a guy I knew in elementary school. It was awesome! We talked for a bit, until we were interrupted by Max, and then when he backed off, we talked some more.

From Jimmy Flynn's, a bunch of us went to Charlie Don't Surf, and then to the OB. After hanging out there for a while with a load of laughs, we headed to Max's to play poker. It was a night filled with experiences. First, we were pulled over. - I hadn't realized Carly had gone to get her car, and she had had a little to drink. Normally I would have offered to drive, but when she came around the corner in her car to pick us up, I didn't even think. She has her "N" which means she's a new driver, and has restrictions. The reason the cop pulled her over, was she had 3 other people in the car with her. That's not allowed. He asked if there was anyone over 25 in the car, and Stephen said yes. Then he asked if she'd been drinking. Another rule on your "N" is that you are not allowed to have any alcohol in your system. She had to do a breathalizer, and blew a 0.035 or something like that (I'm not sure how it works)...anyway, under normal circumstances, she would have been fine...but because she's got her "N", she wasn't. He told her she had a 12 hour driving suspension, and asked her to come back to the car and wait. When he came over, he said "I assume there's no one sober in this car?" I spoke up and said I was, and that's when, with a shocked look on his face, he said "WHY Aren't you driving?" None of us could really answer. I explained that I hadn't realized she was getting her car, and that I'd been in England for 10 months, and don't know the area...and he told me instead of leaving her car on the street, if I wanted to drive it that would be fine. He joked around about how I'd been driving on the wrong side of the road, and was now going to drive here. He talked about how he'd lived in England for a year, and then about how stupid we had been, but we learned our lesson. He let us continue on our way without a ticket, and without suspension.

We were completely shocked, thankful, and laughing by the time we got to Max's place. We sat down to play poker (I watched, and played with the puppies - Chili and Frodo). I went on a walk with a guy named George who is openly gay, and drove his mercedes back to Max's for him. We stayed there a while, and watched Max draw all over another guy with a Sharpie, as he was first to pass out. When the night ended, Carly, Stephen and I came back to the house, and I fell asleep almost instantly as my head hit the pillow. xx