Zac,

You’re lovely, and I couldn’t imagine being apart from you. Since we’ve met, we’ve been ridiculously close, and I’m so thankful that our friendship could evolve without our relationship getting in the way of both of us living our lives. I’m lucky to have you. You’re my best friend, and you never cease to be there for me whenever I need you, even if I’m waking you up at some ridiculous hour telling you that I had a nightmare, and I’m terrified I’m going to die, which.. I mean.. that really happens more than it should. Maybe it’s because I drink soda before bed? Is that possible? Is that just what they tell little children so they don’t drink it? I mean, the world may never know, actually, you’ll probably look that up for me. Either way, if I’m just being a PMSing stupid little bitch or I’m legitimately concerned about something, you’re there, and you’re never harsh or mean or anything like that. You’re my rock, without a doubt, you keep me here because let’s face it, I don’t even know how to handle myself. Sometimes, I get confused and distracted, and sometimes, I just think that posters change and people don’t or faces don’t. Sometimes, I don’t even know if a peace sign has a line down the middle, but you do. You know if dragons are/were real, and you know so much. You calm me, you make me happy, and you make me the person that I want to be.. unless you know, I’m PMSing, in which case, I don’t want to be anyone, I just want to eat Chinese food and hate everyone, and you still let me do that. You make every single fucking day better than the day before, and I’m so glad that it’s you. You’re the person that I can be astonished by and still make fun of, and you’re the person that I can look up to, while still standing next to you, and that wasn’t to say anything about my height, but you know, that as well. You humor me when I need it, and by need it, I mean just really want to be right, and that’s insane to me, but I thank you. I’m really in debt to you, just because of who you are, and who you are to me, and for me, and a lot of other things, but you’d never let me be in debt to you because you’re so great, and you see us as equal, and you see us as us, and I adore you. I love you, and I’m going to drink some diet Doctor Pepper now, and then I’m gonna be a good girlfriend instead of just sitting online wasting time. Okay, bye.

- Des

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Destynee, love of my life,
    Soda does not cause nightmares, silly. Urban myth. Nightmares are caused by your thoughts and experiences throughout the day; so I must ask you, what are you doing all day?
    Des, I love you more than I can possibly express. I’ve loved you, in a way, since the second time I ever met you at Rutter’s, when you were super-flustered and so fucking cute, I couldn’t help but crush on you. You’re so experienced, mature, full of so much common sense and down-to-earth-ness. I appreciate all of those qualities in you, and love everything about it, and you. I think you’re a truly fantastic person, and an absolutely wonderful woman to be with. Like I said, I have it picked out already ;-).
    You told me to keep this short, so I’mma post this now. I love you, boo.
                                                        -Zac

4 AM
Lights on, fryers, etc.
Punched in
Liners & trash bags up front
Chairs
TP in women’s
Soda fountain
Fryers on
Towel buckets
Dishes
Front & back menuboards
Waste buckets, cleaned and put out

5
Lights
Started filtering
Cleaned sinks
Post-filtering cleanup
Deck-scrubbed corral
Wet floor signs out

6
Trash FLB
Started shake machine
WHILE DELIMER SOAKED:
Dishes
Soda syrups
Trash out the back
Wedged backboard doors shut with mulch

7
Shake machine
Lights off & side door open

8
Shake machine
Quick lot sweep
Dishes
Grabbed old shake parts out of the shed, just in case

9
Dishes, trash FLB, shake machine

10
Shake machine, dishes, trash FLB again

11
Still shake machine
Backboard
Dishes
Trash out the back
Switched over fryers
Dishes
Grey box
Cleaned out sinks
Stockrooms (boxflaps, organize)
Walk-in & freezer

12
A bit of reorganization in the shed
Cleaned filter machine
Cleaned sinks
All trays
Deck scrubbed sink area
Rotated buns
Dishes
Fryers back on after power outage
All dishes & trays
Washed hands
Punched out at 2:01

4 AM
All buns in & back, lights, fryers, etc.
Chairs, men’s TP, tea liners
Broke down boxes
Freezer/walk-in compressor on (breaker was off)
Front & back menuboards

5
Under & around fryers + mop
Rinsed out mops
Broom & dustpan up front, as per usual
Trash: lobby & FLB
Fryers on
Changed channels & lowered volume on TVs
Trash out the back
Towel buckets & test strips

6
Swept outside
Unlocked side door
Swept lobby
Started filtering. Changing last two (chicken & fish)
Door glass
Rotated buns

7
Advised a customer with a flat tire
Finished filtering
Post-filtering wipe down and mop
Outside lights off
All empty boxes in store, broke down & took out
Front counter and drive through trash

8
Large stockroom (box flaps, sodas, organize, sweep)
Small stockroom, same thing

9
Replacing two missing tiles and entrance of small stockroom
Swept corral
Break
Restacked truck carts

10
Dishes
Broke down boxes
Trash FLB
Lobby check
Organized supply closet
Rotated whole milk
Washed out grey trash can and washed off the lid
Backboard
Trash out the back
NOTE: To do the tiles, I had to break baseboard tiles (that’s all we have in the shed), scrape the leftover concrete dust from when they did the corral wall the FIRST time off the shed floor, sift that and mix until useable, then lay broken tile bits with nasty old cement.
Took McCafe cups out of shake cup holders

11
Finished laying tiles, cleaned up
Walk-in (box flaps, organized, swept)
Cleaned up sinks
Lobby check
Outside seept & some landscaping cleanup (focus on curbs and area immediately behind back door)

12
Freezer (organized and swept)
NOTE (to Cody specifically): Box flaps in the freezer don’t get cut off. Leave them.
Unlocked Becky’s phone (lost time here)
Swept back trash area
Rinsed out all brooms, dustpans, deck scrubber, & floor squeegee
Swept trash out of mop sink
Trash FLB
Trash out the back
Brought up nuggets
Cleaned filter machine
Brought in last of xmas stuff from shed
Cleanup of sinks & mop sink
Rinsed window squeegee & sponge out
Tightened screws, added zipties & rubberbands to window sponge
Mopped in sink area
Tried to find missing allen wrench & screwdriver (NOTE: still missing the Stanley phillips-head screwdriver!)
Trash out the back
Washed hands
Punched out at 1:00