Almost drowning in a sea of sin; Can you ease the pain I feel within?

Worked 12 - 6 today. It wasn't fun. Dave was in the kitchen today, because George was fired, was supposed to work today, and didn't replace his shift today. I don't know if that's from lack of effort or lack of personnal, but either way, it means I had to deal with Dave in the kitchen again today. I got stuck on grill acting as his personal bitch, while Ray got to hang out on swamp. He repeatedly yelled at the fountains for various things, but he finally left. Things went much better after that. It was just Ray and me in the kitchen; Lilie, Allison, and Dora (later Lacey) in the fountain, and Kenny, Ashley, Chelsea, and Shelly carhopping. I enjoyed the crew, for the most part. Shelly is *very* sarcastic, and a lot of fun to work with. So far. Ray left me alone in the kitchen about 4 and went to do manager stuff, and I had to cook by myself for an hour or so. It got really busy at one point, but I managed to hold it down until Scott showed up at 5. Brian was half an hour late, and Thomas came in as well, so I got to leave fairly quickly after that, even though everything wasn't done.

One very interesting thing did happen, though. Lilie came up to me and asked me to confirm something "a little birdy" had told her - that someone, she wasn't sure who but would guess Kristen, had tried to hook us up. I confirmed it for her; she asked why. I told her the short version - "Because she thought we'd make a good couple" and that the long version was, well, long. She asked me for it, and I told her I'd be happy to tell her, just not now, since we were both working. Earlier, I had asked her about Dragon's Lair; somehow, it ended up that she'd stop by sometime tonight to get the long story.

And damn it, she did.

Crazy, I know.

I got there a little before 7 and headed down to the open gaming room. There was a five player Magic game going on (containing Josh, Derrick, and Brett); Luke and some other guy (named Matt) were also chilling. The three of us ended up playing Settlers of Catan. A weird little chime sounds each time the door opens, so every time it did, I jumped up, ran over to the door, and looked out to see if it was Lilie. Eventually, it was. She came down to the cave and sat down next to me and watched us play Settlers of Catan. She picked up the game by the time we were done (I won!), and I managed to explain to her parts of the what had happened. We deliberated as to what we would do next, and we ended up playing a four player game of History of the World. During the setup, and while they were sorting out armies, I explained to her the whole history with Kristen and I, and why Kristen would try to hook us up in the first place. She also asked why Allison thought I liked her, and I told her about the day she came in in street clothes for a second, before I knew her, and after seeing her, said that I loved that girl (that being her, of course). That was just a reaction to her physical appearance, of course. I somehow ended up winning History of the World, as well.

By that time, it was almost closing, so we left. Lilie and I sat out in the parking lot for a while and talked, then we went home. She works 10 - 5 tomorrow, and I have class 10 - 3.

There's a lot more to talk about - impressions, notable things that happened, interpretations, that kind of thing, but I want to play some Star Ocean 3. I'll do that later.