Take my post of "Same Old, Same Old" and just move it up a few weeks.

 

Max, our backroom guy is trying to expedite his transfer because he was informed he will be written up for something that occured in his department while he was on vacation. If this makes sense to anyone please inform me because that seems rather asinine. Our backroom is a disaster. I heard one person say that we have over $1 million in backstock. That seems excessive to me, and my house backstock would shock most people. Linda informed me that we have a holiday something or other on Saturday and everything has to be perfect. I so badly wanted to tell her to change the schedule so Sal could make everything perfect but I didn't. I got to screen up my own donuts this morning because, despite the "teamwork", my people couldn't see fit to do them after I left. So I walked in the door behind, as is rapidly becoming the norm. Either whoever ordered the freezer load is a complete moron (my suspicion) or we didn't get over half of what we need and have  practically nothing we can use at the moment. Same with our topping and packaging order. It's terribly frustrating and I'm very tired of the whole thing.

 

Jason is feeling hurt. He sent his ex an e-mail to say hi and she responded that she didn't have the money to pay him back yet. He never said anything about money. He did tell me that I couldn't do anything to try and fix it. He thought I might e-mail her or go to her house and tell her she's being mean. I don't think he knows that I bypass the intersections around the park she lives in so I don't have to think about it. I surely don't intend on initiating contact with her, whether I feel it's deserved or not. And the part of "when am I going to learn" is because last week Jason was all talk of "dream proposal", ect. I feel like a raging idiot.

 

It's supposed to snow again. Not dump on us like before but I do need to grab a few things and sort of "batten down the hatches" as it were so I hope everyone is well.

 

Have a happy day.

Thanks to everyone for your comments. I'm feeling better about things today. I'm going to pull a childish stunt and I hope noone thinks too much less of me for it. Jason and I have had tickets to Rob Zombie for months. I thought they were for the first weekend in December. Double checked the tickets last week and they are for tonight. I was going to ask if I could change my days off but that was one of the days that Linda tore into me. I decided I wasn't going to make the effort to be nice about it so I decided that I'd call in sick. Been having second thoughts about it but she had another go at me this morning so I'm not really feeling bad anymore. I know it's petty and childish and wrong in so many ways but I really feel the need to strike back in some small manner. At least I'm going to call. I was contemplating a no call - no show but figured at least this way there will be some small question of if I'm really sick or just throwing a tantrum.

 

Jason is going to be a little more big headed than usual. He passed the MENSA test. I think he was somewhere on cloud nine when he went to work this morning.  I told him if he's still like this in six months my reaction will be "Yes dear, we know, now shut up."

 

It's supposed to be in the mid-70's here for the enxt few days so I'm thinking of playing outside while I still can.

 

Thanks again all!

Hope you are well and have a happy day.

Work is it's usual self. I was actually composing my resignation letter in my head as I was cleaning. Linda left me a note that I needed to have everything baked off by the time Vicky got in at 2 so she could package. Donuts were to be my last priority but I also needed to detail the cases and my corner. I had everything baked off and the donuts fried by 2. Vicky came in and it took her over 2 hours to work the backstock. She didn't package a thing. Erin came in at 3 and I vented some to her. If I'm told to have something done so someone else can move it along, I expect the next person in the line to do their job. I was in tears before I left. Dad came home at lunch and I was visiting with him. His work is as bad, as is my aunts'. I don't know what the issue is but it's not good.

 

Whenever I start daydreaming, something pops up to destroy them. Think the cloudbursting scene from the trailer of "Men who stare at goats". I was wandering the store the other day and saw the registry thing. I was composing reception invitations in my head (Please no gifts, the pleasure of your company is enough, ect). Next three days in a row Jason brings up his ex. It may make them better people that they can be friends after having a relationship fall apart. I still have issues with it. Spent most of this morning in tears. I don't know what's wrong with me that despite a year and several months together. I am still trying very hard to put it behind be.

 

I went to Estes today. Parts of the mall are still standing but are blackened beams. They have that section of the sidewalk blocked. I went into Rocky and saw several bighorn sheep, deer and an elk. Tried to find some peace and didn't quite succeed.

 

I clean the offices twice a month for a local nonprofit called Ensight. It's a skills center for visually impared people. I was reading their newsletter and saw that they are having financial issues. I was thinking of telling the  manager that I'd take less to clean but then I figured I could help out in two ways. So I'm planning on donating most of what they pay me a month back to them and having them make the receipt out in my mom or aunt's name so they can deduct it from their taxes.

 

I'm sorry that I don't have any happy news and thanks for putting up with me.

 

Hope everyone is well. Have a happy day.

 

We decided not to try and make the show. The logic was that it was still snowing and it would be better not to end up in the ditch. I am still a little disappointed but we'll see them next time. Dad and my cousin made it to the Nuggets game but Mom threatened to burn the rest of the tickets if they didn't leave at halftime so they cut it short and made it home about midnight. My Mom told my cousin that she'd get her to another game sometime. We have tickets to three more shows before the end of the year and we're hoping our luck with the weather improves since it also dropped snow on us in March when we went to see Disturbed. 

 

Last night my front gate came undone and the dogs decided to go for a walkabout. I called Mom and she sent Dad out while she started clearing off her car. Dad found them about half a block down the road. I wasn't late for work luckily but they did get yelled at and left in the house. The gate comes undone because last summer the truck delivering gravel for the driveway hit it. Me and Dad just sunk a new one but didn't cement it. Next time we'll do it right. So I'm keeping one eye on them in case it comes open again. Mom called me at work to tell me that it was open this morning but I'd already left. Either Linda or Vicky hung up on her after giving that information so tomorrow I will ask who hung up on my mother and tell them that they need to have better manners. Of course I walk into a disaster this morning and Linda tells me we have a walkthrough on Monday so everything needs to be perfect by then. I'd really like to tell her to have Sal do it since he's so perfect. I think I might ask about that. Still no word about the strike. I did send a letter to the editor of the local paper basically saying that if we go on strike, people don't have to shop the big box stores. I wrote it a month ago and Mom found it in the paper yesterday.

 

Hope everyone is well. I hear hot chocolate calling my name. Have a happy day!

All the professionals have said that we can expect between 4 and 13 inches of snow in the next 24 hours. I love the thought because I'm off and don't have to go to work, but I'm also very disappointed because Jason and I have a concert in Denver to go to on Wednesday night. Traffic and weather could make it difficult to get to. I called Mom to see if I should pick up anything and bring in the dogs' crates. She had a grocery list for me but we decided only to bring the crates in if it gets really cold. I'd rather have them in the house just in case but it's her house. Hopefully Dad won't have to dig them out of their houses in the morning. I've got a little more wood to bring in because hey, you can necer have too much in the house. Then pick up a few things and wait for Jason to bring dinner. Tuesday nights are wing nights because Buffalo Wild Wings has a sale. I should go get something from the video store but we'll see. I still have most of a season of Farscape to watch and several new books.

 

Hope everyone is well, have a happy day!