Shanon’s Blog

48 more breaks on the show and then we are on vacation. Much needed vacation. I know that people think that this is a cush job and that we get too much vacation, but I have to tell you that just waking up this early and keeping the basic schedule that we do is enough to wear anyone out. I wouldn’t trade it…don’t get me wrong. But setting my alarm for 3:30AM five nights a week gets harder and harder. SO hard that on occasion there’s a morning like today where it’s 4:20AM and I’m still in bed. I hit snooze on 3 alarms for nearly an hour. British Jack is learning how to run things, so he totally had it covered and it was no big deal. But I’m surprised that I refused to get out of bed for that long.

This weekend was a fun one. On Friday I went out with other people from the show and had a blast. It started out simple enough…meet Al and Steve for a drink at Primos. I don’t think there is such a thing as meeting them for one drink. They are like people magnets. Three of us sat down initially, but by the time we left there were about a dozen of us. Kidd came. Andrew came. Freddy’s manager Ben came. We all piled into a taxi and headed to another spot. But not before a guy stood in the middle of the street screaming at us because Al had picked up his soon to be ex wife. Or maybe not so soon to be ex. I don’t know. I just know that Al proved to be a huge wussy man once again when he was the reason for the guy screaming at us but, instead of taking care of the situation, was the first to be in the cab telling the driver to speed off, causing me to have to dive into the cab on the laps of whoever I landed on. Probably Andrew’s lap, mostly. Exactly where I hope to never spend another second of any Friday night ever again.

Saturday was another good day. My dad came over early that morning to fix my boat. I had to buy a new starter for it, so he installed it for me. I helped where I could, which wasn’t very much. But I did what I could. Then I had to get gas for the thing. $8.50 to put some gas in a 2.5 gallon can. I don’t even want to think about what it’s going to cost to fill that thing up. I might have to institute a $20 charge just to step foot on the boat. Does that make me cheap? It used to be ok just to bring the beer and I would cover the other stuff, but at $150 per fill up, I think I’m out. I mean I say this, but I’d rather spend some cash if it means having great memories, so I will take it.

Saturday night was great, too. We just went out and danced and drank and had a good time. Plain and simple.  Sunday was my time to pay for Saturday’s fun. Have you ever not wanted to get off of the couch for anything? That was yesterday. I did get off the couch because I was watching the kiddos after noon and I had to get up. It was that kind of day where Taco Bell saved my life. Thank goodness for bean burritos and encharitos. It was a good day other than not feeling 100%.