366: A Year of My Life
Lieselle Bumatay
May 18
Today I woke up late for school. It sucked. I was so tired from last night. I got through school then went to my derma appointment. After my appointment I was ready to go into Locale today to quit but then the manager and owner weren’t in at the time. I took a nap and woke up to my mom telling me to go with her to AC Moore and the mall. We bought a few things. I miss my boyfriend dearly tonight.
May 17
Yesterday was Jomels prom. I got out of school at 12 and got my hair done at Glaci’s. She did my hair really nicely! I’m going to go to her from now on for hair styling. I went home and did Shannon’s make up, then I did my own. My dress had a few malfunctions but my grandma helped me fix it. When I was ready Jomel and his dad picked me up. The corsage was beautiful and HUGE. It looked like a full bouquet of roses. It really pieced everything together. I loved the ivory and accent red we chose, it was very elegant. We took pictures in Lodi with a huge group then took the party bus over to BT Show off. After show off we went to the venue. The night was amazing! A lot of dancing and a lot of pictures. We even danced a lot of bachata. I was so tired at the end of the night. We took the party bus back to Lodi. Everyone went to the hookah bar but I went home. It was a wonderful night
May 14-May 16
Did nothing but enjoyed my days off from Locale. I realized I don’t want to work there anymore. I smoothed things out at MK and now I’m back to being happy again.
May 13
I spent the whole day at Locale working for Mother’s Day. A total of about 450 people came in. It really wasn’t as bad as I thought but it was pretty busy and it made the 10 hour shift feel pretty short. I didn’t even notice how long it was, and I felt pretty occupied most of the time. It was cool working with Jasmine and I met the other hostess, Marcela. I also met my boss’ wife Marita, she’s such a sweetheart and helped me with a lot of things. She also ordered me food during the shift and it was delicious. I’m still trying to get familiar with the busers and servers there, but some have been very friendly to me which I appreciate. At the end of the night, I was so happy to leave. I went home and spent time with family and gave my mom her mother’s day present. She loved it.
May 12
Today I woke up and got ready to go to the mall quick with Mom and Jackie. I bought my mom a mother’s day present and then I went home and got ready for work. Dressed pretty nicely for once, and I got to work with Paloma for the night. It wasn’t that great of a night but my friend Jon stopped by for the first time in a while. We caught each other up on our lives. That made time pass by. After, I stopped by Derrecks and celebrated his dad’s birthday for a little. After that, I went home.
May 11
School was okay today. I started to really feel the stress of my crazy schedule. I realized this entire month, I am either working, or having some event every. single. day. I don’t know how I’m going to pull this off and my parents don’t know how many days I’m going to be working. I literally won’t be home at all. I went home after school, got ready for work, then went to the Venetian to lead Camille’s cotillion practice. It was somewhat of a failure because some people weren’t there and there was no music. After, I drove to MK to work one of the craziest shifts of my life. Latin night was so packed, and I got to dance salsa for a bit. I was glad to finally leave but I went to Applebees with Aaron, Derreck, Jomel, Keane, Shannon, and Lisette. I was too tired to even be there so I left early and knocked out.
May 10
Today I went to school to only have 2 classes. I finished really early - at 1045. Went out with Paloma and Shannon to Joyce Leslie and we tried on silly things, and whatever looked nice. Me and Shannon ended up splurging, which I kind of regret. I’m not sure yet. It was fun retail therapy for the three of us though. Dropped them back off at school and went home and took a nap. Thankfully the babies were asleep too so I got to rest before my job training. My job training went well. Jasmine is really cool and a lot of the things at Locale run the same as MK. I was kind of forced into working Mother’s Day because they are so overbooked its ridiculous. I was upset because it was so last minute and I couldn’t say no, as much as I wanted the day off to be with family. Locale is really nice and I’m thankful for my job but I’m starting to think I might be overworking myself. My schedule along with MK, is going to make me work so many days. We’ll see what happens. After work I went to Applebees with Jomel.
May 9
Today I slept in until 1130 and got ready to go to my IB Exam. It actually went pretty well. I had a lot to write about. After the IB Exam I went home and babysat again. I took advantage of my free time and then went to Belle’s house and we just talked about life and school. It was a good stress reliever. I went home and watched American Idol and voted for Jessica like crazy.
May 8
Today I went to school and painted the big red R for Rutgers. It’s still unfinished. We have yet to outline it, sign people’s names, and decorate it a little more. I went home and took care of my nephews and took a good nap cause I knew it would be one of the last days I’ll have all the free time to myself.
May 7
Today I took my AP psych test. Didn’t give much of a fuck. Went home and got ready for a job interview at Locale. Got the job! And the pay is really good too, so I’m excited. Everything was in place for me but then Victoria’s Secret ended up calling me back for an interview as well. I went in and the manager wanted to train me in 2 days already but I turned it down cause I realized hostessing is overall a better job than retail.
