"Just the Two of Us"

Okay so I’m gonna just jump right into it. We had our parade filming today! Now, the Jonas Brothers kicked the morning off, however, I was stuck back at the parade center so I didn’t get to see them perform, but according to my friends, they did a good job…every. single. time. they. did. it. Back at the PC, all 100 balloon carriers (that was our official title) were divided up into groups and assigned their various balloons. I got the gingerbread men. That mixed with my lovely 80 year old pants and sweater was quite a site to behold. Now, when I talk about balloons, I’m talking about the big Macy’s Christmas Day parade ones—so there are like 12 people to a balloon. Now our balloon was pretty difficult to maneuver since it stood vertical. In order to get it out of the shed, we had to tilt it and lay it down in it’s stomach, and with my wonderful hand-eye coordination skills that became a little bit of a challenge.
No sooner had we got out onto parade route, than did we have to start dodging trees…but we also had to smile. Ah multitasking! Our code word, “Buttermilk” (which signified immanent danger) didn’t work all that well either. After a lot of hard work, we finally made it to the bridge where we sat and waited for a good 30 to 40 minutes while various other parts of the parade were being filmed.
Then it was show time! We made our way to Main Street and start our descent. And who do you think was down at the end waiting for us? Kelly Rippa. She is beautiful and skinny as a rail. They don’t lie when they say that the camera adds ten pounds, cause she is seriously itty bitty. As we got right up behind her, she turned around and smiled at us. Now most thought she was looking at the giant hovering gingerbread balloon, but only I know the truth; she was staring at me. We had an instant connection. I could have sworn she winked too. I’m just saying.
Once we finished parade route, we took Gingy back to the parade center and just kind of hung around for a while. I ended up clocking out around 2:30. The rest of the afternoon wasn’t as great as work though; I spent it doing homework. Gotta love those days.
After finishing up at Panera, I headed back to the apartment to do more homework. After a solid five hours of work, I decided to take a break and spend some time with my friend Jessica. We watched half of “The Grinch,” took a 7-Eleven run, and then finished up the movie. It was a good time. I got back just in time to, you guessed it, do more homework.