Open... Close... F8, Shift F5, F2, F3, F6 then F8, Esc, F2, F2, Menu, 2, 4, 5, 1, 3... 2, 4, 6, 8... argh!!!!
Ok, so some days, my brain kind of feels like it's going to implode. But I think I am finally getting the hang of things to the point of which I am not going completely insane anymore. I am really enjoying both jobs although sometimes the cattiness of my fellow employees at the full-time one bugs me. We have sales goals as a store for the day and it is split between everyone who is working that day. I should point out that I am new and I know next to nothing about luggage, other than what I know from previous experience and what I have learned. Also, if someone asks me for my "honest opinion" I will give it to them. So, in sales, I may not sell many $300 pieces of luggage but I do sell a lot of $90 pieces with smaller, matching pieces. Someone told me this week that the two things I do well are interact with customers and sell sets. I have to agree with the sets and I love talking to and interacting with customers. It's awesome hearing people's stories, where they are travelling and what they are using the luggage for. I know we sold a bunch of duffel bags on wheels to a family who is in the process of moving overseas and I sold a set of luggage to a family who is on vacation and only brought minimal luggage but chose to shop while they were here and are taking WAY more back than what they brought here. I think the one customer I enjoyed the most was the grandmother who was looking for luggage for she and her granddaughter because they were going to Russia this summer so she could show her granddaughter where she grew up. We talked a bit about her ancestry and I mentioned mine and we talked about the Doukhobours. Turns out, she's from Creston... :) It was an interesting conversation... :D I like the longer shifts and yesterday I did double my budget in sales and this week, while I have had fairly low sales in smaller items, I have had awesome sales in luggage, to the point that my manager jokes about keeping me away from that part of the store and then I sell pieces that are by the bunks anyway!
I have decided to take a week off at the end of July so I can go spend some time at my parents property in B.C. Anyone who wants to join me is more than welcome to... I am leaving the Sunday late afternoon after my birthday (I think... or early Monday morning) and I plan to be back later that week. I can't really take any time off in August because I have some family things going on, my mom has to be back at work, some of my coworkers have vacations planned and it's back to school season at one of my jobs so vacation time isn't ideal.
I have had a very anti-social week by comparison to some... Last week I was pretty social and I have hung out with some people this week but with work and everything, I have been pretty tired. I don't want to end up exhausted so I am trying to take it easy and sleep when I have time and keep my feet up when I have time. Friday night last week I was feeling pretty gross so I was up most of the night and I called in sick to work. I slept most of the morning and then ran a few TEC-related errands and then because I was part of the worship band, I went to the church around 4. The worship went pretty well, we had a few minor technical problems with CD and powerpoint related things but all in all the evening went well and Brit's talk was well done. Also, we voted on registering as a non-profit charitable organization (my mom asked me, "why didn't you do that about 10 or 15 years ago???) and afterwards went to Timmy's. Emily and Brityn came and had an awesome time and John was there and he played bass with us and it was awesome to see him enjoying himself! Sunday we went out to Didsbury and other than Tammy not feeling so hot on the way out and getting slightly lost (the last part of the directions said to turn left and we needed to turn right) it was a fun day! The picnic was cool and the people were really friendly! I hope Inez invites us out again sometime! Tammy and I agreed we would definitely go back! Five of us went and we took my car and it was a short but fun road trip. The five that went were: Matt, Tammy, Janna, Jordan and I. It was cool to hang out Janna for a while and to get a chance to spend some more time with Jordan. He seems like a nice guy. :) When we got back, I was pretty tired so I had a nap for a while and then went and watched Matt and Jordan play softball. Matt's team creamed Jordan's in the game they played against each other and then we all went to 7-11. I was home pretty early and I went to bed pretty early which was nice because I was still pretty tired. Monday and Tuesday I worked long shifts so I didn't really do anything with anyone... I slept in a bit, spent some time doing my own stuff, worked and came home pretty much just chilled by myself. Monday was an awesome day for visitors! Laura stopped by with Jack and Emma, my mom and brother both stopped in and my mom brought me dinner and John hung out and waited for me to go on break and then we sat and chatted while I had dinner. I dropped Kelly (my manager) off and then went out for pizza with Jay on Monday night and was home pretty early because we both had to work the next day... Tuesday I worked open to dinner or so and Christine stopped by to say hi! It was awesome to see her! Wednesday I was supposed to be off all day but there wasn't anyone to open so I opened and only worked 4 hours and then went and picked up Em and Brityn. We went back to Market and spent an hour or so there until the fire alarm started going off and at the point that they kept announcing they were "investigating" but the alarm was still going, we left. They made me buy colour (I apparently wear too much black) and anytime there was argument about what I was wearing or buying, I'd come back with, "get me the black one..." and the arguing would stop. :D It was fun (albeit odd...) to be the "Barbie" for once.... I got some cute new clothes and many of them are colours that I love. I did buy two new black tops but they are both on the dressier side. I also got a new denim skort and a set of denim capris. I think my favourite item is a blue lingerie-looking tank top. It's gorgeous and it brings out my eyes! ;) Hot!!! It was awesome out so we did spend some time outside but it was almost cloyingly hot so we went to the club for dinner... We went swimming at the Winter Club after picking up John S. and Sean-a-dude, Matt and Trevor joined us and it was odd being outnumbered by the guys. It was SO fun though! I missed my girls that couldn't make it but there is always next time! Afterwards we went to Denny's for food and then I drove Em, Brit and J.S. home. I stopped by Jay's for a few and then went home. I worked the next day and it was SO fun! I was working with Chris and we had a blast! Shaun stopped by to say hi as he was getting off work at Tip Top and was on his way to the liquor store and then Tammy showed up just after I had break. I took a "smoke break" and we went and grabbed a Jugo Juice and then she ran some errands and waited for me to get off work. I bought a cowboy hat for during Stampede and the rest of John's birthday gift as well as a card and wrapping. (As an aside, I can't believe my baby brother is turning 19 in less than 2 weeks!!!) I hope that what we got him will at least make him smile!!! Anyway, I had a pretty good day at work and dropped Chris off at the train station and then Tammy and I went to BP's. I went and picked up J.S. and he joined us for a while. They seem to be much better which is awesome because I have been praying for them and I love them both SO much! :) We had a ton of fun tying cherry stems into knots (which is apparently a "sexy" skill... I don't necessarily see it as such but whatever... I used to love amazing my friends by doing it!) and then as Tammy and I were heading home we got caught by a road that was closed and had to drive waaaaaay out of our way and we had a chance to talk and visit and such which was awesome!
Today, I am working and while I wrote most of this last night, I had to write about how my day has been because by the time I got home last night and wrote most of this, I realized it didn't make much sense... I had a crappy start to my day... I locked my keys in my car. Not only did that lock me out of my car but out of my house. The lucky thing was that I still had my purse on me. I called AMA (they were going to be over an hour), then my mom and then a cab. I was late for work but I still made it before we opened... My mom is going to pick me up from work but because I have to close my till, I will be done a little later than anticipated which is fine. I called Matt and postponed our plans for tonight because of no vehicle but I am so exhausted at this point that I wouldn't be able to drive all the way out to Chestermere and back and hang out with people without falling asleep at some point. Tomorrow night I am going to be hanging out with Matt and possibly Emily and after working most of the day, I am looking forward to it...
On a slightly melancholy note... I miss hanging out with Ben and this weekend Tammy leaves for the summer. On a brighter note, I am planning on doing something for my birthday though so that most of my friends can at least get together at some point. I was thinking of going swimming sometime that weekend, either at the club or at one of the outdoor pools in the area, depending on the weather... And dinner at the club before THING... I had someone tell me that they were sure I could miss THING that weekend and I realized, I could miss it, but I love being there and it's one of the few constants in my life right now so why would I miss it if I don't have to?
Anyway, back to the excitement of wiping down glass, labelling magazines and doing cash... Yay for "lunch"!!! :P
