END TOUR--GO HOME!

Since I've started this job (which, granted, was only a week ago), there have only been 2 whole nights when I didn't have to stay late. I guess maybe I shouldn't complain because I had originally been planning to sign up for a 7 and a half hour shift anyway. But at least that would've included a lunch break. I've been taking a snack with me to eat during my 10 minute break at the 4-hour mark, and usually that gives me enough energy to power through the last two or three hours, but man...not tonight! I'm exhausted and very hungry.

But tomorrow's my day off! And yesterday I found out that I'm not being mandated to work on Labor Day, so I actually get a full 2 days off this weekend.

I'm tired.

"The Minnow & The Trout"--A Fine Frenzy

Help me out,
Said the minnow to the trout
I was lost and found
Myself swimming in your mouth

Oh, help me chief,
I've got plans for you and me
I swear upon this riverbed,
I'll help you feel young again

Oh, not your everyday circumstance
The hummingbird
Taking coffee with the ants,
And I said

Please, I know that we're different
But we were one cell in the sea
In the beginning
And what we're made of
Was all the same once
We're not that different after all

Help me out,
Said the eagle to the dove
I've fallen from
My nest so high above

Oh, help me fly
I am too afraid to try
Now saddled with a fear of heights
I'm praying you can set me right

Oh, not your everyday circumstance
The elephant
Sharing peanuts with the rats
And I said

Please, I know that we're different
But we were one cell in the sea
In the beginning
And what we're made of
Was all the same once
We're not that different after all

We are tied in history,
Wide-connected like a family, a family
We are tied in history,
Wide-connected like a family, a family...

Bad Day

I've had a pretty rotten day. Actually, my day wasn't that bad. I made a giant little cake. And I got a great picture of Max being a total badass. Plus, my hair is freaking awesome. Isn't it amazing what a haircut, a little bit (or a lot) of dye, and an eyebrow wax can do? Yeah.

BUT it was all flushed down the toilet when I hit my brother's car when I was backing out of the driveway tonight. THEN, when I tried to move my car a bit so I could back out without hitting his car again, I hit the basketball goal. None of the damage to either car was that bad (mostly scraped paint), and Tyler's not cursing my very existence. And he's only squeezing 20 bucks out of me for his "grief."

Ugh...hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Gotta Get Up!

Whyyyyyyy did I volunteer to train on a Saturday? Soooo sleepy... At least the time goes by pretty quickly when you're on the computers, and there won't be traffic at 9am on a Saturday.

I didn't think training was going very well after the first day, when I only passed 4 tests and failed 3, but yesterday was a lot better. I passed 9 tests and only failed 2. A-Coding is soooo much easier than N-Coding, but I'm not really sure why.

I'm really ready for fall. I keep seeing school buses driving around town, and I've even seen the occasional leaf falling. Now I'm ready for the air to turn crisp and cool!

Post #275

Anger has (mostly) subsided. I'm done with Dillon's...I don't need to think about it anymore, right? And why should I be so shocked that people would be rude, thoughtless, or unapologetic? If that job taught me anything, it's that people are horrible.

Anyway, today's been a pretty good day. I'm tired, though...but that's probably a good thing, because I shouldn't have too much trouble going to bed at a decent time tonight. Tomorrow's my first day at the post office, and I've gotta get up at 7. I'm excited to finally be starting this job, although I've been warned that the first three days--which all take place in the conference room--are excruciatingly dull.

Right now I'm in the middle of packing up all of the stuff I've been accumulating lately...mainly housewares and Christmas ornaments.

If I Hadn't Quit Already, This Would've Made Me Do It...

I think, as a special goodbye tribute to me on my last night at the store, every fucking moron on the east side of Wichita decided to come through UScan tonight. I mean I had everything...people who don't understand the concept of tax, people who don't know how to follow directions, people who are just fucking stupid. And, the cherry on top of the entire night came at 11 o'clock, when the store was technically closed. That's when a group of three assholes with two carts full of stuff AND a WIC order decided they were ready to check out. While Nick processed the WIC order, Jarion checked out the rest of their stuff and I bagged. Once Nick and I were almost done bagging everything--including a LOT of meat, frozen, and dairy items--Jarion discovered that their fucking Vision card wouldn't work. So then Nick and I had to go through the whole cart and sort out all of the perishables to take back to the cooler. And were the assholes apologetic? Well, in true asshole fashion, of course not! They were just pissed that they couldn't get their stuff.

I'm so angry at this point, I'm not even happy that I never have to go back. I just want to smash something.

Quatre-Quarts au Chocolat

Nothing of Consequence

A couple days ago I found my pearl ring. I hadn't ever unpacked it after coming home, and I wasn't really sure where it was. Anyway, I found it. Happiness and joy.

I'm so frustrated with my job at Dillons. I've only got 2 days left, but it's hell. I don't even want to think about it anymore.

I've been baking and shopping. Shopping and baking. Happy to be baking, but need to stop shopping. ASAP.