Goodnight sweet Pavarotti. Singing with the Angels now.

So very glad work is over for the night. My horoscope said tonight would be like this. I swear, I was surrounded by idiots. Certain people walk in the bar and right off they start complaining about everything. I call them 'toxic'. Some bartenders choose to ignore certain things. Me, I want to keep a happy, even-keel type atmoshpere. I try to make people laugh and stay upbeat. Well, tonight mean people just "got" to me. The ones I don't like are the demanding type who you just can't please. Take for instance "O"'s Mom and her boyfriend. ..they ordered 2 steak & prawn dinners, he had 4 beers and she drank 4 shots of Cuervo. Their tab was almost $80, I ran my ass off for them and they left me $2.50 as a tip. Hmmpfttt. Her Dad ordered a big dinner and didn't leave me anything, he never does. I still made pretty good tips and try not to let jerks get to me. I'll just remember them in the future. Anyhooooo. We didn't get paid today. Blame it on the holiday I guess. I went to the bank to deposit my other checks and tips. Tami, my ex-roomie/friend was at the teller next to me. It was a very uncomfortable 5 minutes to say the least. She didn't even say hi. I've tried to be nice to her and I even offered to be her friend again. She sent me an email wanting me to state where our friendship failed. Ummmm....Hulllooohhhhh! I could make a long list to give her...but I choose to forget all that stuff, at least I thought I did. Now I just choose to go on with my life and surround myself with decent, good people. Thanks Streamers for being there! I didn't get to watch DALE again tonight. I'm sure it'll be on alot in the future. My mechanic, Tony, came by and said he couldn't get to my brake job till tomorrow (friday). It was good seeing him. My Dad loved Tony and hung out and helped him everyday, for years, at his shop. When I see Tony, I feel close to my Dad, God, I miss him! Dad died August 3rd, 2001. I was so thankful he never experienced 9/11. It's almost that time again, 6 years later. I'll post more later on my feelings regarding 9/11...tonight I can't. I'm just missing my Daddy-O a whole lot lately. I've hung my pictures up in the apt. and life is pretty good. I need to concentrate on the good things. Not let a-holes at work get me down. I'm going to surf around and look at possible mini-vacations, that always makes me happy. I'm thinking a Vegas trip at the end of the month. I'm also drinking flavored vodka and squirt, mmmmmmm, my newest fave libation. I hope everyone is doing good. I'll post more later. Time to get hap-hap-happy! Don't worry, no drunk-dialing tonight, lmao! Trixie loves Dale Earnhardt Jr.

I just got a call from Liz, my manager. Seems I set off the alarm last night when I left the bar. Well, I put my code in and I'm supposed to have 30 seconds to leave but I ran to the kitchen to turn a light off. Anyway, the police called and woke her up last night to come down to the bar and check things out. Poor Liz. Dang it. She called and woke me up to tell me about it. I'm getting ready to go see her now and pick up our liquor order and go deposit my paycheck. I have 3 checks to deposit. My Indian Tribe sent me 2 per capita checks this month. WooooHooooo! I get new brakes tomorrow. I had a slow night at the bar last night. I like those on occasion. It was busy enough that I didn't get to watch the move premiere of DALE. The tunes were cranking so I didn't even get to hear the movie. I'll watch it eventually, from the comfort of my own home. Well, I need to get my day started. I foresee a nap this afternoon before work. Y'all be good or be good doing it! Trixie

I woke up feeling good. I had a good night at work last night. 2 guys came in early on and ordered a couple pitchers of beer, played some pull tabs and played some pool. The music was flowing and they made calls to invite their friends. Pretty soon the place was rockin and the shots were flowing. One particular guy was so sweet to me, he's in his early 20's mind you. I was flattered and knew it must be the alcohol giving him courage. At the end of the night he said he was only in town for another week, that's why his friends and sister came out to party. I thought maybe he was going back to college. Nope, he's going back to Iraq for 7 months. Man, that hit me kinda hard. Sometimes I get so caught up in my own day to day life that I forget that there's a war going on. Well, that's not true either, noone really forgets but....it just seems like I'm more concerned with other stuff. Gosh darn it. I wish all our troops came back home and things were better. I still pray for that. I'm so thankful today for our military and I'm glad I met my new friend, I hope he comes back safe and sound. So, I came home and couldn't sleep. I ended up watching the movie "Flight 93". Oh boy, I kept wanting to change the channel, but couldn't. I knew I'd get overly emotional. It's like watching a train-wreck or something. I cried throughout the move and prayed alot. 9/11 is approaching again and it's always a sad reminder of what has happened. I dunno, it's just a mellow day for me today. Life goes on. I am looking forward to watching DALE tonight on CMT! Granted, I'll be at work but I'll watch it lots more in the future. I'm eating frozen grapes right now, mmmmm. I need to go grocery shopping today and pay some bills. Oh yeah, rent too. Tomorrow is pay day - YAH day. Woooweeeee! Alright, time to get my day started. Hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend. GOD BLESS AMERICA! Much Love, Trixie Earnhardt

Tomorrow is the premiere for the movie DALE on CMT. I can't wait! I have to work but it will be on the big screen. I'll be able to watch it at home too. Lemme know who checks it out and what you think. I know Dale Jr. liked it. God Bless The Earnhardts! Alright, time to go to work. Y'all take 'r easy and be safe! , Trixie