September 15, 2008
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i should be working on preparing for the group discussion that i am supposed to facilitate this afternoon in my industry and society class. i should also probably be studying for my first test in my statistics class on wednesday. or working on the paper that i also have due on wednesday. but am i?
**tiny bit of a school update/edit - class group discussion moved to wednesday, and paper is all written. maybe i am not such a slacker after all - perhaps i am leaving my pre-disposition to procrastination behind? hmmmm**
nope. today is a completely non-motivated, i want to lie in bed all day, kind of a day. so in spite of the best of intentions in getting up and coming to school early to work in the library, i puttered around and took my time getting ready - stopped by to see flo in her office and then was [very easily] talked into walking over to starbucks for a cup of coffee, and now am sitting here in the library checking my email and facebook and writing this...
i am pretty good at winging discussion groups - i am really not so worried about this one.
some random train of thought, this might make you laugh, or be intriguing tidbits for you today.
our store has been going through a major overhaul and remodel the last ten weeks. it has been pretty awful really - they have moved every single counter and changed the whole layout of the store - replaced and updated the fixtures and signing and computers, completely ripped out the floor and re-tiled, and repainted the entire interior and exterior.
so i go into work last week [10 days away from our grand re-opening date] and am told that they painted the entire inside of our store THE WRONG COLOR, and that starting that night they were going to have to come in and completely repaint the whole thing. are you freaking kidding me? they painted the WHOLE store and nobody noticed?
and i thought I was not so observant sometimes. sheesh.
we have had major rain the last couple of days as well [i know - join the club - everyone is getting tons of rain], but i get to work yesterday and they had the entire wall of mens jeans in shopping carts strewn throughout the mens department, and none on the wall - when i asked about it, apparently we also have a major leak in the roof above that wall and the water was running down the wall in sheets yesterday morning. hence all the merchandise pulled off the wall and set out to dry. i will be really glad when this is all done and the dust clears. hah - then we head straight into preparing for inventory in three weeks, followed by christmas!
i love my job, i love my job, i love my job.
the house next door to the new place that i am living now has been vacant for a while - they are trying to sell it apparently, but no one is living there. so every week or so someone mows the lawn, but other than that, there is no life in the place. i came home from work a couple of days ago and saw something white in the front yard. i was too tired to investigate, but when i left the next morning i saw it again, and when i looked closer, i realized that it was several large mushrooms/toadstools [does anyone know what the difference is between a mushroom and a toadstool? hmmmm]. now - anyone who has known me for two seconds knows that i HATE mushrooms, but the sight of those huge white mushrooms in the middle of the bright green grass made me smile that day. and the next. and then the next day i decided that i would take a picture of them to share with you all, because i just thought that it was beautiful and for whatever reason it made me happy...but when i got home from work, they had mowed the lawn and the mushrooms were no more.
maybe they will come up again and i will get pictures then.one of my managers at work asked me to join a recreational volleyball league that they were forming last week, and so starting next week i will be playing volleyball at the local YMCA on monday nights. should be a TON of fun, but i warned all of them that i pretty much stink at the game and haven't touched a volleyball in six years at least. pretty much i am hoping to hang out on the bench most of the time - what i really wanted was a tshirt... they are going to be red and have our team name on the front - 'THE BALL CRUSHERS'. bahahahaha - how fun is that? admit it - you all want one!
okay - i had better go get a least a couple of pages read for this afternoon....
later.
Comments (7)
Was the color like way off or just slightly off from the new color? I am picturing something bureaucratic like beige and it was supposed to be "light tan". Good luck on the presentation today.
it was WAY off - like they painted it tan with the darker brown trim, and it was supposed to be the light blue with the brown trim. haha. morons.
@ulvenjr -
At the risk of your academic career, I am very glad you blew off your homework to talk to us.
As for WM--the one I go to the most has been undergoing that same type of overhaul and I have therefore boycotted it. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have to have a map to find the paper towels. And--whoever planned it? Must have been a man because it's not really organized that logically--logically for a woman--you know, things you might use together could be placed in the same zip code? Sorry for the rant, but somehow knowing they painted the wrong color and never noticed doesn't really surprise me much. Geez.
I don't like fungus either, but mushrooms on a lawn always make me smile too. I wonder why. And--of coures, who wouldn't want that t-shirt?
Love you, girlfriend.
our walmart has recently gone through the same redo i guess. it is way cooler now. i think i will like it when it's totally done.
BALL CRUSHERS?! awesome. it would only be cooler if it were ball busters.
The Ball Crushers! I love it! I stink at vball too but would love to play for kicks.
glad to be back on too! Love ya!!
RYC: NO NO NO!!!!! do not feel responsible for my disregard for your employer. I love you, though.
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