Nicole

This is a journal, so here is how my day went:
6:00a–woke up
7:00a–got online for a bit
8:00a–ate raisin bran, drank Vanilla Coke [great combo, btw], talked to my mom, left for work
9:00a-12:00p–worked on clearance and setting up new bath displays… only one obnoxious customer (and it’s senior citizen day!).
12:00-2:00p–after 15 minute break to eat box of raisins, worked on towel cubes on the wall–fun combo of ladders, foam, tape, and nails…ain’t retail grand?
2:00p–recovery (team cleanup) of juniors’ and misses’ fitting rooms
3:00p–lunch of frozen organic mac and cheese
3:20p–”I wish I was riding” crosses mind for first time today
3:30p–resume towel cube project
4:40p–while putting soapdish on hold in the back for customer, helped store manager and softlines manager get too-tall fixture out the door by pointing out the only way it would actually fit through the door, and then carrying the back end of it through, prompting the big kahuna to exclaim, “You are one strong little girl!” Pleased by the word “little” as it suggests not a complete scary Amazon chick.
5:00p–saw police arrest an attempted shoplifter at customer service. This is unusual because store security normally apprehends and then calls cops. This guy must have had outstanding warrants or something.
5:05-5:30p–cleanup of day’s projects while yakking with coworkers about the excitement. Even ran back to the dock to tell my buddies in receiving about it.
5:40p–paid $1.74/gal for gas… This is the first time it has cost more than $21 to feed Rodrigo… It cost $24, in fact.
6:10-8:00p–ate dinner, watched 2 Seinfelds [the one about 'Pimple Popper, MD, and the one where Elaine wants the apartment upstairs], sewed
8:00p–”I’M IN THE SKY TONIGHT…” I don’t like the directions the show is currently taking, but I’ll “ride it out…I’ll be coming home next year”
9:00p–shower
9:30p–this is so exciting I don’t know if I should share it–I steamed the creases back into all of my dress pants!
10:10p-present–Ran out of steam–literally! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAAAAAAAAA!!!! Laundry humor–is there anything funnier? After laughing hysterically, settled down to study for tomorrow night… It only took half an hour, so should probably do it again tomorrow.

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Quote: Mike: “Ed, I’ve got a problem, I need to discuss it with someone.”
Ed: “You’ve got a problem? I’m there for you, buddy, what is it?”
Mike: “The alphabet.”

Scripture: Job 36:2, 3

Watched: Ed :D

Well, it’s not quite the 11th yet, but I can’t wait to begin my inaugural blog. I’m going to be working an “early,” a 6 am to 2:30. I’m a firm believer in mind over matter (“if you don’t mind, it don’t matter,” says my brudda), yet for some reason the mind can’t prevail over fatigue. It can ignore noise, pain, hunger, maybe even sickness, but when the brain is tired, forget about it. It WILL forget about it. Whatever obvious, important thing that you absolutely should not forget about, your tired brain will. And every time you make such a slip, you’ve got to get a little embarrassed, just so everyone knows you’re not a complete flake. And the more you don’t do anything right, the more you CAN’T do anything right. In otherwords, this day at work will more than likely be a washout. But I’ll be there, and I’ll do my best, in all the haze I’m in. And of course, you might ask, why must I be so tired? Why can’t I go to bed at, say, 9, and get sufficient rest? Good question.

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Quote: There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works. – Anonymous

Scripture: Deuteronomy 11:26-28