I set up shop at Dunkin’ Donuts this afternoon.
I took my car in to get new tires and walked across the street to study at Dunkin’ Donuts while the new tires were put on my car.
I’ve needed new tires for a while now, but a serious scrape that nearly punctured my front right tire when I parked on too close to the curb last week motivated me to finally buy new ones.
After buying a latte as my toll for using the free internet at Dunkin’ Donuts, I opened my NASM textbook and got to work.
Today I had the pleasure of sitting near two women who were clearly discussing some kind of a pyramid scheme for the entire two plus hours I was there. (I honestly tried not to listen in, but they picked the table right next to me and were very loud. Plus, they had all sorts of fancy jewels displayed on their table. I had to look.)
I feel like I’ve heard an inordinate amount of pyramid scheme-esque business pitches while working at local coffee shops. Today the woman being pitched to hopped on board once she heard that she could make more than $15,000 a month. She even got a brand new bracelet out of the deal. Score!
Yesterday, on our evening walk with Sadie, I started telling Ryan about some unusual experiences I had while studying at the library yesterday. He assured me they were all very strange, so I obviously need to share them with you today. When I study, I am apparently a magnet for randomness.
The three most amusing people at the library yesterday included:
- A super sweaty guy that showed up in a gray t-shirt absolutely soaked in sweat. He dropped his bag on the chair across from me, lifted up his shirt, put on deodorant and plopped down at my table. Maybe he saw my personal training textbook and figured sweat and I get along?
- After the sweaty guy left, another man joined me. He cranked up his MP3 player, took the ear buds out of his ears and listened to extremely explicit rap aloud at our table. Now, I don’t mind a little cursing in my music, but playing music out loud at the library made me want to channel Lori Beth Denburg from All That and scream, “QUIET! THIS IS A LIBRARY!”
- A young nine(ish) year old boy sitting at the computer behind me let one rip. Loudly. No explanation necessary.
Needless to say, today’s study session at Dunkin’ Donuts wasn’t quite as amusing.
Lunch
Once my car was ready and I packed everything up and drove home, I fixed myself lunch.
I made a tuna salad wrap that I ate with a serving of glazed pecans.
Great lunch!
I’m hoping the rest of the day flies by because I have a fun evening planned with two of my girlfriends. Legally Blonde: The Musical is playing at our local community theater and we can’t wait to see Elle Woods sing her face off!
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Hahah wow- it just kept getting better and better;)!
Can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Legally Blonde! My co-worker won a radio contest a few years ago when it was in Portland and a group of us got to go on via party bus (complete with stripper pole, LOL), plus steak dinner at Ringside, and then the show.
I really wasn’t expecting much from it but we all adored it and laughed our butts off!! Hope you and your friends enjoyed it too!
I live near the main branch of my city’s library, and some of the things I’ve seen there are just crazy!
Ohh the musical sounds fun. Ahh cars and money- it’s never ending. I had to buy a new car battery today 🙁
Oh my gosh! I loved All That!!!
I’ve been toying around with the idea of getting certified as a personal trainer, in addition to being a teacher. How did you decide which certification to get? I’m not really interested in teaching classes, at this point. I’d really like to work one on one with people, and help motivate them and be able to provide the information they need to help themselves.
I’m just wondering if you know of any distinct differences in the various programs.
Thanks for any advice you can give!!!
I hope they were Michelin tires! Just kidding, don’t pay me any attention, I’m just a weird tire nerd =)
This reminds me of a time in college – I was in one of our university’s libraries and a man presumed to be homeless was openly looking at porn on his computer. He was in a very visual area where people were constantly walking by. I thought it was a joke!
My senior year of college I was incredibly sick with a cold during finals week and the second floor of our library is designated as the quiet floor (on the first floor you can work on group projects and talk with friends etc.) Well needless to say I was miserable and this guy sitting four feet away from me at a desk answers his cell phone, talks for about three minutes and then the person he was talking to shows up and starts talking to him in the library loudly. I stook up and looked over the desk and just looked at them. I must have had a really mean look on my face because they took off pretty quickly!
lol I’ve had very strange experiences at my local library as well. There is one woman who is always there and will hand out little scraps of paper with titles of religious books handwritten on them. She also will be on a computer watching this video of a old asian wedding ceremony..which would be fine but that is all she watches even time I see her! Also, random people that look like convicts off the street. oh public places!