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This is Heather, reporting in from "vacation", aka "taking vacation days from the 8-5 job to work for Mom at her store during the busy time".
*is alive, but barely*
Just an FYI, I'm not meant for the retail world. Oddly enough the being nice to people and helping them find things isn't the problem (well, mostly not the problem). As long as they don't walk up griping because we don't carry what Eduplay carries (we do, they just waited too long to buy it) or that we don't have what they want (if we don't have it, it's not a high demand product), I'm all too glad to help.
No, the problem is the standing on my feet for too many hours. My feet are keeeeeling me. As is my right leg. Not to mention the crazy breakout yesterday where I apparently had a reaction to a weather change (yes, the chance of rain was apparently enough to cause hives and itching - I resent my body on weird days).
The worst part is not having the time to get online. We seriously haven't had time. I got online some yesterday. When my mother was in the back (never mind we had nothing going on - if I so much as brought up the browser she told me to close it) and there were no customers at the counter. I brought up the internet once today and got fussed at. *sigh*
Reminder to self - my mother is not fun to work with sometimes.
But! On the plus side, paid vacation plus working for pay equals more money. Which is great considering I need new tires.
Things accomplished when I wasn't working for mom:
New driver's license
Changed address with bank
Painted cubbies (well, one)
Cleaned (big time cleaning)
Checked with Verizon about cell phone
Priced new phone with Alltel
Checked Cingular.com for prices
Slept
Read
"Walked" my sister's dog (i.e., got jumped on and cleaned up pee)
Oh, and the capper to my week so far? My sister and I are on speaking terms (avoid the issue that caused us not to speak) and I've been convinced to try out for a play. With my sister. (My mother is a bit aghast that my sister is trying out too. Mom mentioned it in front of sister and voila! We're auditioning together.) On the plus side, it's Steel Magnolias. Granted, I'm still too young to play Ouiser, but at this point I'll take Shelby or Truvy (oh god please Truvy) or the Darryl Hannah character.
Oh, and I rescind my need to whip Junior. Only scold him much. I'm switching the need to whup someone to Carl Edwards. I think a whupping is all it will take. Talking about kicking a guy's butt is one thing. A lot of the guys talk smack and never do anything about it. And granted, Carl's been victimized many a time lately and it's got to be building up. But playing Cole Trickle and slamming into a guy on the victory lap? Hell to the no. (On the plus side, attitudes coming out of the meeting with NASCAR actually seem to indicate that satisfactory talking was done to mollify both sides. As long as lengths are gone to to apologize in a way that the other guy will accept, and hurt feelings can be put aside, that prevents stuff from happening in the future. Or should. Jeff Gordon.)
*is alive, but barely*
Just an FYI, I'm not meant for the retail world. Oddly enough the being nice to people and helping them find things isn't the problem (well, mostly not the problem). As long as they don't walk up griping because we don't carry what Eduplay carries (we do, they just waited too long to buy it) or that we don't have what they want (if we don't have it, it's not a high demand product), I'm all too glad to help.
No, the problem is the standing on my feet for too many hours. My feet are keeeeeling me. As is my right leg. Not to mention the crazy breakout yesterday where I apparently had a reaction to a weather change (yes, the chance of rain was apparently enough to cause hives and itching - I resent my body on weird days).
The worst part is not having the time to get online. We seriously haven't had time. I got online some yesterday. When my mother was in the back (never mind we had nothing going on - if I so much as brought up the browser she told me to close it) and there were no customers at the counter. I brought up the internet once today and got fussed at. *sigh*
Reminder to self - my mother is not fun to work with sometimes.
But! On the plus side, paid vacation plus working for pay equals more money. Which is great considering I need new tires.
Things accomplished when I wasn't working for mom:
New driver's license
Changed address with bank
Painted cubbies (well, one)
Cleaned (big time cleaning)
Checked with Verizon about cell phone
Priced new phone with Alltel
Checked Cingular.com for prices
Slept
Read
"Walked" my sister's dog (i.e., got jumped on and cleaned up pee)
Oh, and the capper to my week so far? My sister and I are on speaking terms (avoid the issue that caused us not to speak) and I've been convinced to try out for a play. With my sister. (My mother is a bit aghast that my sister is trying out too. Mom mentioned it in front of sister and voila! We're auditioning together.) On the plus side, it's Steel Magnolias. Granted, I'm still too young to play Ouiser, but at this point I'll take Shelby or Truvy (oh god please Truvy) or the Darryl Hannah character.
Oh, and I rescind my need to whip Junior. Only scold him much. I'm switching the need to whup someone to Carl Edwards. I think a whupping is all it will take. Talking about kicking a guy's butt is one thing. A lot of the guys talk smack and never do anything about it. And granted, Carl's been victimized many a time lately and it's got to be building up. But playing Cole Trickle and slamming into a guy on the victory lap? Hell to the no. (On the plus side, attitudes coming out of the meeting with NASCAR actually seem to indicate that satisfactory talking was done to mollify both sides. As long as lengths are gone to to apologize in a way that the other guy will accept, and hurt feelings can be put aside, that prevents stuff from happening in the future. Or should. Jeff Gordon.)
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