When all hope is lost, a beam of light shines into the darkness.
It's been a craptacular day.
Waking up, period (I'm physically and emotionally EXHAUSTED); doing laundry; wrapping presents; trying to clean; fighting my way through Wal*Mart people to get to pick up my prescriptions. All that BEFORE I went to work from 3-10.
I haven't really had the patience lately to do much of anything. I'm running on empty 99% of the time. I'm sad that I won't be around Tom for Christmas again, and this may be my last Christmas in Ohio. I just want to be with him in my free time, I have ever since we met nearly 4 years ago (12-28-2003). I had to hug him goodbye tonight since I close tomorrow (and when I get home, he'll be in bed) and Sunday, he gets up before me to work, then I got to work and after that, I'm in Ohio until Wednesday. This past week has been a blur. Work, work, wrap, bake, bake, work, bake, bake bake, photo shoot, work, bake, clean, laundry, work... you get the picture.
So I get to work today not wanting to do it. I don't like closing at Christmas. It takes FOREVER because once numbers get above a thousand, I have problems keeping my thoughts straight. That and customers, period, are getting on my nerves. Of course I got my prescriptions before I went to work, so that wasn't smart. People are nasty right off the bat as I start ringing and I'm trying to be nice, but I can feel my crazy pills do their job, so I don't spout off to anyone, but my temper is a little shorter than normal and my face gets flushed. So basically, I feel like CRAP.
Around 6pm, we're still dead. Maybe 3 customers in the store four days before Christmas. GREAT. My boss calls and says she'll be in the store in a bit to drop off some stuff she forgot to earlier. Meh, okay. I'll get the door.
What did she do? She brought in the Christmas presents for the associates- how cute is that?! Then, she gave Katie her Christmas presents, in huge boxes. Holy crap. Then she handed me a box and a bag. What? Really? My boss got me the COOLEST Christmas presents ever- a Creme Brulee set, butane for the torch, a chocolate brulee mix, a SPATULA (omg!), and a little stuffed bunny! She also hand made me a candle in this cup, filled with Skittles and, get this, some of the candy I made!!! How incredibly awesome is that?! I gave her a HUGE hug, it was the most perfect Christmas present I've gotten in recent memory. I definitely wanted to cry, as I'm sure Katie did too. She got some excellent stuff as well, by the way, stuff she NEEDED. Baking pans, mixing bowls, measuring spoons, all that good stuff. We think she's hinting for us to make her stuff. Hehe.
Just when everything looks it's most bleak and you can't push on, the bright light of someone who cares breaks through the fog... and makes your day completely turn around.
Waking up, period (I'm physically and emotionally EXHAUSTED); doing laundry; wrapping presents; trying to clean; fighting my way through Wal*Mart people to get to pick up my prescriptions. All that BEFORE I went to work from 3-10.
I haven't really had the patience lately to do much of anything. I'm running on empty 99% of the time. I'm sad that I won't be around Tom for Christmas again, and this may be my last Christmas in Ohio. I just want to be with him in my free time, I have ever since we met nearly 4 years ago (12-28-2003). I had to hug him goodbye tonight since I close tomorrow (and when I get home, he'll be in bed) and Sunday, he gets up before me to work, then I got to work and after that, I'm in Ohio until Wednesday. This past week has been a blur. Work, work, wrap, bake, bake, work, bake, bake bake, photo shoot, work, bake, clean, laundry, work... you get the picture.
So I get to work today not wanting to do it. I don't like closing at Christmas. It takes FOREVER because once numbers get above a thousand, I have problems keeping my thoughts straight. That and customers, period, are getting on my nerves. Of course I got my prescriptions before I went to work, so that wasn't smart. People are nasty right off the bat as I start ringing and I'm trying to be nice, but I can feel my crazy pills do their job, so I don't spout off to anyone, but my temper is a little shorter than normal and my face gets flushed. So basically, I feel like CRAP.
Around 6pm, we're still dead. Maybe 3 customers in the store four days before Christmas. GREAT. My boss calls and says she'll be in the store in a bit to drop off some stuff she forgot to earlier. Meh, okay. I'll get the door.
What did she do? She brought in the Christmas presents for the associates- how cute is that?! Then, she gave Katie her Christmas presents, in huge boxes. Holy crap. Then she handed me a box and a bag. What? Really? My boss got me the COOLEST Christmas presents ever- a Creme Brulee set, butane for the torch, a chocolate brulee mix, a SPATULA (omg!), and a little stuffed bunny! She also hand made me a candle in this cup, filled with Skittles and, get this, some of the candy I made!!! How incredibly awesome is that?! I gave her a HUGE hug, it was the most perfect Christmas present I've gotten in recent memory. I definitely wanted to cry, as I'm sure Katie did too. She got some excellent stuff as well, by the way, stuff she NEEDED. Baking pans, mixing bowls, measuring spoons, all that good stuff. We think she's hinting for us to make her stuff. Hehe.
Just when everything looks it's most bleak and you can't push on, the bright light of someone who cares breaks through the fog... and makes your day completely turn around.