Chrissy's Blog

In the new year, we are trying to be more adventurous in our dining destinations. We found a Mexican restaurant in Greenwich Village that has homemade guacamole, so we were there in a heartbeat! They also had a variety of flavors of margaritas. I went with the jalapeno flavor. Travis thought it was disgusting, but I thought it was amazing. I am also a huge fan of the jalapeno. I love the flavor of fresh ones. The margarita tasted like a normal margarita with fresh jalapeno juice to add a little spice. Right up my alley.

This day was ca-razy. The dentist brought in an additional receptionist, because he felt like I wasn’t doing enough of his side-projects like paying his bills and writing promotional letters. She started the day before, but when I came in Thursday morning she was freaking out. She was threatening to leave as opposed to work for such a demeaning person. I really needed someone else around and begged her to stay. When the dentist showed up, she cornered him in his office and started yelling at him about how he shows no respect and throws way too much work at her. Somehow I got brought in on all this, and after already working almost 40 hours in 3 days, I broke down in tears and told him I couldn’t do it, that I hated the job. He sent me home for a while. When I came back, I demanded paid lunch breaks, time and a half for overtime, to be treated with respect. He agreed to it all. That was when I realized that without me his practice would shut down, that I was running everything. It still hasn’t gotten much better, but at least I’m being compensated appropriately now. After that day me and the other receptionist, Krissy, went to a dive bar (shockingly in the Upper East Side), drank a lot of beer, ate a lot of pizza, and bitched to each other about what hell that place is. It felt great. I am thankful for her random presence in my life. She made me realize that I have to stick up for myself and that I have to find something else, ASAP.

Another rotten day at work. The only way to cure that is a Seinfeld marathon with the boyfriend, snuggling under the blanket my mom crocheted for me.

This is the first week going full-time at my new job. It’s horrible, almost unbearable. I try to not think about it when I’m not there, because it stresses me out enough as it is. To sum up my frustration though, I work 12 hour days without a break, my boss is rude and treats me like an idiot child, I’m so busy and overloaded with things to do I want to cry, and nothing is ever good enough for this psychopathic dentist. This was my Tuesday. I left work at about 8:30. I was standing on the subway platform feeling down when I thought I felt something wet. My water bottle had exploded in my purse, soaking it and the right side of my body. It was not a happy day.

My beloved Robot necklace that my sister gifted me shattered! I grabbed my headband in the bathroom so I could wash my face. Tragically, the necklace was resting atop. It shattered on the tile floor. I was so sad. I thought about gluing it back together, but it just wouldn’t be the same.

I wanted to see “True Grit,” and a friend of mine recommended viewing it at the Ziegfeld in the Upper East Side. It was an awesome experience. The theater is ornately decorated in red velvet with crystal chandeliers and large elephant statues, reminiscent of when it meant something to go out to a movie. Once you buy your ticket, you head down a hall to ascend the grandiose stairs. At the bottom of the stairs is a man who upon seeing you announces “Welcome to the Ziegfeld! Enjoy your film, and have a happy new year!” There is only one screen in the theater but the room is huge. There were plenty of other people there, but no one had to sit near anyone else. It was a classic movie-going experience. I loved it, because going to the movies is still an event to me.

Happy New Year! I love having someone to kiss at midnight. I love that that person is Travis.

For New Year’s Eve, we considered doing the whole Times Square thing. But with the way things went with the Rockefeller Tree Lighting and the Macy’s Parade, we didn’t want to be caught in a crowded group of strangers. There were also announcements that there was no alcohol, no purses, and no backpacks allowed into Times Square for security reasons. No champagne on New Year’s? Instead, we followed the advice of our seasoned New York friends and found a party out in Brooklyn. We didn’t really know anyone other than one of Travis’ co-workers, but everyone was so friendly. It was good to be out on New Years. The party was BYOB, and when we arrived we were directed to stick our drinks in the snow in the backyard. Genius!

I now work around the Southeast corner of Central Park. I am in a sea of expensive retail and five-star hotels, so I have to journey pretty far to find a decent lunch. Believe it or not, this day was actually a sunny day, but it is sometimes rare to be able to catch the rays in the shadows of these giant buildings. It reminds me of the Planet Earth episode about Jungles, where all the plants and creatures on the jungle floor are desperately trying to get their piece of sunlight to survive.

La Marzocca! Let me tell you , this is one hell of an espresso machine. This one actually sits in the basement of Think coffee and is used only for training purposes. It was my second to last day at Think, and I was definitely starting to get sad. I had a lot of fun and met a lot of great people. I was not ready to leave them all behind.