11-17

the week was filled with much busyness. work was crazy but I knew it would be. I'm hoping now for less of the owner being at the store and things calming down and getting back to normal. I should really ask for a raise. the only way I'm going to get one is to ask I'm told. there is no one there dealing with raises and promotions. not surprising really truth be told. well really I was told I would 'have to beg the owner for one'. yeah it doesn't sound like much fun to me but I'm sure there will be no raises without it. having the owner tell me I'm going to be rewarded tells me dick really. I'm sure her idea of a reward is her praying for me before she goes to bed at night. yeah I'm happy for her and all but her prayers aren't paying my bills. so its down to begging for a raise or finding a job that pays more. the crap I put up with there isn't worth the headache really. yeah both options suck. lame and not what I was looking for. the job really isn't that bad. the people I work with are nice and the customers are great 98% of the time. the rest sucks ass. the arguments about how the animals should be handled and that no one seems to know there ass form a hole in the ground irritates me. yeah life is rough. decisions, decisions. to beg or not to beg.

11-13

yeah I was right this week is feeling like a nightmare. last night the person that was supposed to close up shop called in. and even though I'm not trained to do it I got to. it was crazy and took a really long time. the owner had to stay there with me because I don't have a key or alarm code to lock up with. serves her right for dragging her feet and not getting me the things I need to do the jobs I'm getting asked to do. there better be a raise in my future that's all I have to say. ok so its not all I have to say. Im the super cranky one today. my head is pounding and I dont want a repeat of last night but Im sure its going to happen again tonight. being understaffed is the suck. Im sure that Im going to be incuring the overtime this week and thats a big nono. well screw that I just dont care. I was sceduled at 39.5 befor last nights fiasco. screw it all really just dont care. I hope the ranting helps and the headache drugs kick in soon. starting an already trying work shift with a bad atitude is not what Im looking for ever really.

11-9

the weekend has been much fun really. Friday after hearing a commercial on the radio about Trans Siberian Orchestra, I decided I wanted to go see them. I got home bought tickets for the Saturday show. after working a nice 10 hour day we got off to Seattle and into the most uncomfortable seats ever. who knew that arena stadium seating was meant for kids and not adults. the seats were packed in. I sat down and my knees hit the seat in front of me. there was no room. it was tight but I managed to sit there for 3 hours before it was time to go. the music was awesome. when the singing parts happened I just tried to tell myself it would be over soon. the laser light show was really really bright but also really cool. pyrotechnics rock no mater how it goes so there isn't much to say about that. it was fun and I totally understand why some people don't really like going to concerts. packed in with idiots of all shape and color unable so escape the parts that make you want to scream in pain. so did I say how much the music rocked. yeah it was fun but I don't think I'm going to run out and buy more concert tickets anytime soon. maybe later on there will be something that strikes my fancy but lets hope that its at a different venue. I think what I'm trying to say is I'm not a sardine and I don't like being treated like one. today rocked too. after repeated attempts and finally failing to find someone to go with me I gave up and went to the Gem and Mineral show on my own. it was so my kind of cool. I found a salt lamp for under $20. I'm completely happy about that. Ive been looking different places and all the prices Ive been seeing were over $40 plus shipping. salt lamps are heavy. the idea of shipping it did not make me happy. I finally have one and I'm so glad. today was like an early Christmas shopping day just for me. lol If I'd been thinking I could have gotten lamps for other people too but I was so wrapped up in my happy place everyone else totally slipped my mind. I got some more rocks too but the salt lamp was the win for the day. after the rock show I had to head to walmart to do some jean shopping. I ripped the butt out of my jeans on Saturday at work so that left me with a single pair of pants that fit. having only one pair of pants leads to lots of laundry. I hate buying pants. nothing ever fits like the pair I'm inevitably replacing. after trying on multiple pairs I found one that was perfect. and looking at the tag I notices why. Id grabbed a pair of size 16 by mistake. let me tell ya it feels good to be in a 16. when I headed out to Texas I was wearing 24. right now size16 rocks. the weekend has been really good. I got good music and rocks and skinny jeans. I'm going to bask in the rocky skinny goodness of it all tomorrow before getting back to work Tuesday. the upcoming week is going to be a killer. Saturday is scheduled to be a 13 hour day. the rest of the week isn't bad but is going to be long as well. I'm hoping to set a pattern of not dreading Saturday for the hell I know its going to be. its our grand reopening party at work. its going to be an owner filled day of hell and over customer servicing people. I think tomorrow I'm going to get to drive the mustang for the first time. it needs an oil change and Jer forgot to do it Saturday so he is going to leave it with me so it gets done. Thursday I take raiden to get his staples out. Ill miss him running into things with the cone but I'm also positive he wont miss it at all. I'm not looking forward to the busyness of later but I'm muchly enjoying the goodness of now.

11-6

its been a long week. took Raiden on Monday to get him neutered. that went well as expected. tuesday wasnt so great. I made an atempt to get out to the college to get registered but was foiled by getting lost. I finaly got home to find Raiden had gotten his E-collar off and opened his surgery site. I hade to take him back to the vet and they fixed him up nice and good with some staples. so he is now my Frankennutless dog. I spent the extra couple bucks to get him take home pain killers for a couple days so he wouldnt be so uncomfortable wile he was recovering. lol he is funny to watch. stoned and stumbling around with a cone on his head. the cone is providing much entertainment! work is crappy as usual. the owner cut back on hours again. its not really effecting my hours but it sure is giving me a back ache. days that there should be 2 people able to put away stock there is just me. putting away a palet of dog food and cat litter blows. there is nothing heavier than cat litter. the days are going by fast though. I almost wish I had the weekend off. working the 12 hour saturday shift sucks. its such a long day. it kinda hurts the pay check without it though. the week has been passing with an odd mixture of fast days and then to slow evenings. time passing oddly is probably dure to my sinuses being all messed up. Im sure Im well on my way to a sinus infection. other than being a little stresses about raiden messing with himself life has been prety on par with what it has been. nothing exciting that I can remember but that could be due to masive doses of cold medicine.