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So it's been a few days since I've updated this thing, and who knows how long since I've updated this with any sort of useful knowledge of my life. So, because I cannot go online and view the last time I posted a real update, some of this stuff may be repeat of what you've already heard.
So I made it through the weekend of hell, the floor strip, at the store, with little in the way of headaches. Basicallty, I cleaned all night from 8, 9pm until 6 in the morning. However, I finished the first night around 2:30, I couldn't go to the back of the store to heat any food up because that was the part of the store that they were waxing that night, and so I was stuck up front, with my laptop and some Grey's Anatomy to keep me company. My boss was supposed to come relieve me at 6, but didn't show up until 6:25ish, because her son was having nightmares, and that made her late. So, I got to spend a little more time alone, by myself, locked in the store. Saturday was a wasted day, but I didn't sleep as much as I had hoped. I got home around 7, 7:30, and slept until like 1, which left 8 hours until I needed to go back to work. So I twiddled around my room, doing things I can't really remember at this point. Then I went to work and got stuck in the back, which wasn't really quite as bad, because I had the microwave, and I had the office and chairs that I could sit down in. But the work list for that night was worse than the night before. It wasn't as long really, just the tasks took longer. I had to go through our peg bunker, which is this wooden unit with several levels of openings, with the pegs that stupid things like hair accessories, cough drops and candy are hung from. Basically I had to rip everything out of it, sort it by size and item, and then place it back neatly and organized. The job took me a couple hours to do alone, so thankfully I had completed most of the list before attempting it. My boss was late again coming in, I don't really know the reason that time, but she was, so I wound up staying another 40ish minutes again, which I don't mind when you're getting paid for it. The worst part about the weekend? I didn't get paid any extra to work third shift, because the state of New Hampshire doesn't require it. Argh!!! So I slept all day Sunday, thanks to some wonderful allergy meds, and wasted more time away Monday. Tuesday we were supposed to have the bigwigs come in, but they never came, so all the cleaning, organizing, and frantic-ness went to waste. Truck was also that day, and it was small, so we got it out relatively quickly. I don't remember Wednesday all that well anymore, I think I worked, but maybe I didn't. Who knows? Well, it's on the calender, but that's upstairs and I don't feel like going and checking for the sake of updating more reliably my LiveJournal.
Thursday wound up being my reward for the long weekend. I went down/up to Dartmouth that evening for the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert, which I had seen on their website in a random fury of Internet searching and sparked my interest. Being a relatively focused/aspiring jazz musician, it's something that I really wanted to see. Turns out that the show was amazing, I only wish I knew how to swing dance, which would have made the night more complete. I could have danced the night away, had immense fun, and maybe smiled more than I did on that dreary day.
Work was somewhat slow on Friday, and then it was time for my weekend off. On Saturday, I did what I generally do on my days off, sat around and did nothing of any productive value. I wish I had more friends around here to do things with, to spend time with, or basically fill my boring, pathetic life with interesting things to do. Sunday brought a little change, I went up to Tilton to buy new shoes, because my old ones had started to fall about and I was starting to trip over on a daily basis. I have started talking with a new person, who is quickly becoming my friend, so we met up there for the first time, yay for random Myspace hookups, and even though she was later than expected (I had said I'd be up there around 2, 230, and when I called at 2 she hadn't left because she was waiting for her friend to be ready), it gave me more time to look at shoes, and then I made the mistake of wasting time at the Gap, where I continue my transformation from a slob in a t-shirt to someone a little more prep. Got a few new shirts on clearance, short sleeve, so the wardrobe is changing little by little. couple more months/years, and it'll fully be changed, just in time to change again for more business attire, yay for graduating, having to get a real job.
This week is a little bit of a blur, even though only two days have past. Monday, I had to work the close shift, but we finished everything relatively quickly, and got out early for once. One thing that has been happening lately is Tish's (one of the pharmacy techs) bocce party this coming Saturday. Basically, she has been trying to figure out how to change the alright watertight schedule to let me come in late, or not come in, so I can go to her party. We're starting to think that she has this harmless crush on me, harmless because one, she's married, two, she's a lot older than me, and three, she has a kid. And then she keeps pushing for me and Karen to be together, very passively, basically keeps saying, "That Matt Lawton is a nice guy..." over and over. I don't think she sees, as with other people, is that Karen and I will only be friends, we're practically siblings, we definately fight like siblings, but get along too. It's weird. So I'm going to put it out there right now, for the world to see, that Karen and I will never date, it's not something either of us is looking for, so no matter how hard any of you push, it will not happen, because it cannot happen, because we don't want it to happen. Enough. Drop it. Don't let it be what you think, stop thinking that, you know who I'm talking about.
Today was the Fourth of July, and I didn't get to really enjoy it at all. I drove into Andover to catch some of the town stuff, just because I didn't want to sit around the house. I hung out with Karen, and her "godchild" Lorna for a while, before going to work. The night was slower than Monday, so we finished the list early again, and so because of that, we got out early. Coming home I almost got hit a couple times, maybe my fault, I don't know really, all I wanted was to get home. I saw a little of the fireworks in Concord driving, but it was enough. Maybe I'll get to catch the ones in town when they happen, whenever that is. Gosh, I'm going to see them alone for the first time in a long time.
So no entry would be complete without some reference to Sarah. We've been talking more, and working our way through to being friends I think, but we're getting there, and that makes me happy. Things are changing, we're figuring out where we need to go, maybe how to get there, but we agree on an eventual outcome, which also makes me very happy. So, as she would say, "come what may".
I have to work tomorrow (Wednesday), it's truck day, and I hope it's light again. After that, I don't know what Thursday or Friday brings, but Saturday is a little bocce party I think if I dont get lost, and then work, and Sunday is work too. At least I'm making some money and didn't have to pick up a second job this summer. Does anyone who reads this want to do anything? That'd be awesome, just let me know.
Oh, and I'm getting/got a new cell phone, kinda, it's another Tracfone, but I can actually use it, and in a couple weeks once I get more units and longer service, I'll be using it more. So let me know if you would like the number, if you're special to me, you'll get it, and I know one person for sure that is going to get it.
Alright, it's almost 1, I'm not online really, so when I post this, it's the morning, but I'm writing at 1am. I should sleep I guess. Leave comments, I'd love them, I don't really get any except from Sarah, maybe she's the only one to read this. Prove me wrong!
So I made it through the weekend of hell, the floor strip, at the store, with little in the way of headaches. Basicallty, I cleaned all night from 8, 9pm until 6 in the morning. However, I finished the first night around 2:30, I couldn't go to the back of the store to heat any food up because that was the part of the store that they were waxing that night, and so I was stuck up front, with my laptop and some Grey's Anatomy to keep me company. My boss was supposed to come relieve me at 6, but didn't show up until 6:25ish, because her son was having nightmares, and that made her late. So, I got to spend a little more time alone, by myself, locked in the store. Saturday was a wasted day, but I didn't sleep as much as I had hoped. I got home around 7, 7:30, and slept until like 1, which left 8 hours until I needed to go back to work. So I twiddled around my room, doing things I can't really remember at this point. Then I went to work and got stuck in the back, which wasn't really quite as bad, because I had the microwave, and I had the office and chairs that I could sit down in. But the work list for that night was worse than the night before. It wasn't as long really, just the tasks took longer. I had to go through our peg bunker, which is this wooden unit with several levels of openings, with the pegs that stupid things like hair accessories, cough drops and candy are hung from. Basically I had to rip everything out of it, sort it by size and item, and then place it back neatly and organized. The job took me a couple hours to do alone, so thankfully I had completed most of the list before attempting it. My boss was late again coming in, I don't really know the reason that time, but she was, so I wound up staying another 40ish minutes again, which I don't mind when you're getting paid for it. The worst part about the weekend? I didn't get paid any extra to work third shift, because the state of New Hampshire doesn't require it. Argh!!! So I slept all day Sunday, thanks to some wonderful allergy meds, and wasted more time away Monday. Tuesday we were supposed to have the bigwigs come in, but they never came, so all the cleaning, organizing, and frantic-ness went to waste. Truck was also that day, and it was small, so we got it out relatively quickly. I don't remember Wednesday all that well anymore, I think I worked, but maybe I didn't. Who knows? Well, it's on the calender, but that's upstairs and I don't feel like going and checking for the sake of updating more reliably my LiveJournal.
Thursday wound up being my reward for the long weekend. I went down/up to Dartmouth that evening for the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy concert, which I had seen on their website in a random fury of Internet searching and sparked my interest. Being a relatively focused/aspiring jazz musician, it's something that I really wanted to see. Turns out that the show was amazing, I only wish I knew how to swing dance, which would have made the night more complete. I could have danced the night away, had immense fun, and maybe smiled more than I did on that dreary day.
Work was somewhat slow on Friday, and then it was time for my weekend off. On Saturday, I did what I generally do on my days off, sat around and did nothing of any productive value. I wish I had more friends around here to do things with, to spend time with, or basically fill my boring, pathetic life with interesting things to do. Sunday brought a little change, I went up to Tilton to buy new shoes, because my old ones had started to fall about and I was starting to trip over on a daily basis. I have started talking with a new person, who is quickly becoming my friend, so we met up there for the first time, yay for random Myspace hookups, and even though she was later than expected (I had said I'd be up there around 2, 230, and when I called at 2 she hadn't left because she was waiting for her friend to be ready), it gave me more time to look at shoes, and then I made the mistake of wasting time at the Gap, where I continue my transformation from a slob in a t-shirt to someone a little more prep. Got a few new shirts on clearance, short sleeve, so the wardrobe is changing little by little. couple more months/years, and it'll fully be changed, just in time to change again for more business attire, yay for graduating, having to get a real job.
This week is a little bit of a blur, even though only two days have past. Monday, I had to work the close shift, but we finished everything relatively quickly, and got out early for once. One thing that has been happening lately is Tish's (one of the pharmacy techs) bocce party this coming Saturday. Basically, she has been trying to figure out how to change the alright watertight schedule to let me come in late, or not come in, so I can go to her party. We're starting to think that she has this harmless crush on me, harmless because one, she's married, two, she's a lot older than me, and three, she has a kid. And then she keeps pushing for me and Karen to be together, very passively, basically keeps saying, "That Matt Lawton is a nice guy..." over and over. I don't think she sees, as with other people, is that Karen and I will only be friends, we're practically siblings, we definately fight like siblings, but get along too. It's weird. So I'm going to put it out there right now, for the world to see, that Karen and I will never date, it's not something either of us is looking for, so no matter how hard any of you push, it will not happen, because it cannot happen, because we don't want it to happen. Enough. Drop it. Don't let it be what you think, stop thinking that, you know who I'm talking about.
Today was the Fourth of July, and I didn't get to really enjoy it at all. I drove into Andover to catch some of the town stuff, just because I didn't want to sit around the house. I hung out with Karen, and her "godchild" Lorna for a while, before going to work. The night was slower than Monday, so we finished the list early again, and so because of that, we got out early. Coming home I almost got hit a couple times, maybe my fault, I don't know really, all I wanted was to get home. I saw a little of the fireworks in Concord driving, but it was enough. Maybe I'll get to catch the ones in town when they happen, whenever that is. Gosh, I'm going to see them alone for the first time in a long time.
So no entry would be complete without some reference to Sarah. We've been talking more, and working our way through to being friends I think, but we're getting there, and that makes me happy. Things are changing, we're figuring out where we need to go, maybe how to get there, but we agree on an eventual outcome, which also makes me very happy. So, as she would say, "come what may".
I have to work tomorrow (Wednesday), it's truck day, and I hope it's light again. After that, I don't know what Thursday or Friday brings, but Saturday is a little bocce party I think if I dont get lost, and then work, and Sunday is work too. At least I'm making some money and didn't have to pick up a second job this summer. Does anyone who reads this want to do anything? That'd be awesome, just let me know.
Oh, and I'm getting/got a new cell phone, kinda, it's another Tracfone, but I can actually use it, and in a couple weeks once I get more units and longer service, I'll be using it more. So let me know if you would like the number, if you're special to me, you'll get it, and I know one person for sure that is going to get it.
Alright, it's almost 1, I'm not online really, so when I post this, it's the morning, but I'm writing at 1am. I should sleep I guess. Leave comments, I'd love them, I don't really get any except from Sarah, maybe she's the only one to read this. Prove me wrong!