so... I work at Barnes & Noble tomorrow...
i work at my new job tomorrow... i'm nervous. heh. and i just spent over $250.00 on new clothes and assessories to get ready for being able to wear my own clothes ^_^ teehee. but probably my favorite buy was that sweater-jacket i got. the long ones with the ties... anyway, i like that one. heh.
and today was my fairwell party. we had it at chili's and i bribed half the employees with beer to just get them to come. and Ricky and James did show up! so that was a plus ^_^ Matt and Stephanie didn't come because their house broke (something to do with the water) but Matt did tell Rachael to tell me that he'd take me out to dinner as an apology. And Mike didn't come because he's worried sick about his parents being in New Orleans (with the hurricane heading that way... Katrina and Lyle were actually kicked out of their hotel because of the sudden hurricane and they managed to get on a bus and have been driving for 6 hours and only got 50 miles out of town because of the traffic. so needless to say i can understand why he's upset. and Jenn left early to head home and worry with him). But it was fun ^_^! and Ricky even gave me a hug and told me he'd go into Barnes and Noble to see me often. which was kinda funny to hear him say that because Ricky has never set foot into a bookstore his entire life. and James even gave me a hug afterwards and demanded i come in and see them often in the store. so i promised them i'd be in like every week if not more to visit with them.
yeah, i'm going to miss them. i did warn them though -that if Barnes and Noble treated me badly, i'd run back to them, and James piped up in his drunken stupor and declared, "and we'll hire ya back without hesitation too!" and he did his little snickering laugh and nearly fell over. heh.
yeah... i'll miss them. but as nervous and butterfly-stomachy i am right now, i'm excited to work at B&N. i don't know. i think the one thing i'm nervous about is being able to get along with the people. like at the cd store, i finally felt comfortable enough to be myself. so i hope i'll be that comfortable soon over there. i want to try and open up a bit sooner with them than i did at the cd store.
yesterday was my nieces party and she turned 1 years old! she made out with a HAUL! holy crap! it was like christmas for this kid! she made out with more presents than i have over the course of my 20 years on earth! it was crazy. but that's okay. she's the first grandchild on either side of the family -and the first great-grandchild on both sides too! so of course she made out with a haul. she got a lot of books -which is good because she likes books. she's a year old and she already wants to read soooo bad. she'll flip through her picture books and talk to herself as though she's reading to herself. sooo cute. and she was being silly today. i'd look at her and she would wrinkle her nose and smile silly at me. heh.
but i did find out some depressing news today... ... ... the Zelda game that's coming out in November... ... it's been pushed back till April of '06 *slaps hands over face and nearly cries* i've waited three years for this game! so i was rather dissapointd, but on an up-side they are adding more quests and more content to it. so it'll be longer which i can't object too. but still. i was soooooo looking forward to an early christmas present! *sighs* going on four years now, i've been waiting for this game.. okay, i can deal. i'm good. i did buy some Nintendo Power magazines today to compensate for the loss of having to wait longer for the game and they have pretty pictures of the new game and even a DVD and poster in them of Link and of the new game ^_^ teehee. rather happy about that.
okay. i better sleep. work tomorrow and all. night!
~Mel
and today was my fairwell party. we had it at chili's and i bribed half the employees with beer to just get them to come. and Ricky and James did show up! so that was a plus ^_^ Matt and Stephanie didn't come because their house broke (something to do with the water) but Matt did tell Rachael to tell me that he'd take me out to dinner as an apology. And Mike didn't come because he's worried sick about his parents being in New Orleans (with the hurricane heading that way... Katrina and Lyle were actually kicked out of their hotel because of the sudden hurricane and they managed to get on a bus and have been driving for 6 hours and only got 50 miles out of town because of the traffic. so needless to say i can understand why he's upset. and Jenn left early to head home and worry with him). But it was fun ^_^! and Ricky even gave me a hug and told me he'd go into Barnes and Noble to see me often. which was kinda funny to hear him say that because Ricky has never set foot into a bookstore his entire life. and James even gave me a hug afterwards and demanded i come in and see them often in the store. so i promised them i'd be in like every week if not more to visit with them.
yeah, i'm going to miss them. i did warn them though -that if Barnes and Noble treated me badly, i'd run back to them, and James piped up in his drunken stupor and declared, "and we'll hire ya back without hesitation too!" and he did his little snickering laugh and nearly fell over. heh.
yeah... i'll miss them. but as nervous and butterfly-stomachy i am right now, i'm excited to work at B&N. i don't know. i think the one thing i'm nervous about is being able to get along with the people. like at the cd store, i finally felt comfortable enough to be myself. so i hope i'll be that comfortable soon over there. i want to try and open up a bit sooner with them than i did at the cd store.
yesterday was my nieces party and she turned 1 years old! she made out with a HAUL! holy crap! it was like christmas for this kid! she made out with more presents than i have over the course of my 20 years on earth! it was crazy. but that's okay. she's the first grandchild on either side of the family -and the first great-grandchild on both sides too! so of course she made out with a haul. she got a lot of books -which is good because she likes books. she's a year old and she already wants to read soooo bad. she'll flip through her picture books and talk to herself as though she's reading to herself. sooo cute. and she was being silly today. i'd look at her and she would wrinkle her nose and smile silly at me. heh.
but i did find out some depressing news today... ... ... the Zelda game that's coming out in November... ... it's been pushed back till April of '06 *slaps hands over face and nearly cries* i've waited three years for this game! so i was rather dissapointd, but on an up-side they are adding more quests and more content to it. so it'll be longer which i can't object too. but still. i was soooooo looking forward to an early christmas present! *sighs* going on four years now, i've been waiting for this game.. okay, i can deal. i'm good. i did buy some Nintendo Power magazines today to compensate for the loss of having to wait longer for the game and they have pretty pictures of the new game and even a DVD and poster in them of Link and of the new game ^_^ teehee. rather happy about that.
okay. i better sleep. work tomorrow and all. night!
~Mel