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Sep. 3rd, 2005 12:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Thanks and *hugs* to everyone who replied to my last two posts. It means *a lot* to me. It's been weird, since I'm still expecting things, you know? And Patch knew something was going on last week. And she's still being weird about one part of our yard. Plus, she's been more affectionate than normal with me (which should say something, since she's *always* affectionate with me).
What a week! I had a 12 day week this week and I was supposed to work tomorrow, but I couldn't. I've been feeling a bit off the past couple of days, so I didn't want to make myself sicker or anyone else sick in the process. Plus, as much as the extra money is needed, I value what fragments of sanity I have left, which is why I will spend most of my weekend holed up in my house watching movies, reading, and possibly even writing.
And the reason for the 12 day work week and me feeling all unbalanced? Fall Rush. AKA, when everyone comes back to college and things are a madhouse. If you've never experienced it at my school (and I know a couple of you have *waves at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
anaidiana, xtrodom, red_mage_jerry, wookiemonster, and libralyte*). Think of it this way - from this past Saturday through this past Thursday, it was like six Black Fridays in a row. Today was a bit better because it was a) a Friday and b) the Friday before Labour Day weekend.
So, in an effort to help put this week behind me, here's some things that made this week worth it. (In no particular order, of course.)
1. Going out Saturday night with Beth and some of her friends to the Deer Park for dinner. Had good food, a good time, and even a bit of alcohol. Plus, we saw a car get hit by a train. (A freight rail is right there.) Thankfully, the driver got out in time, but we're still wondering how the car got on the tracks to begin with, plus, facing the same direction that this particular train was going.
2. A lot of the customers have been really nice and I've had fun chatting with them as I've rung up their purchases or helped them find things (and in some cases, both).
3. Two of the aforementioned customers were a girl with a BtVS shirt on and her mom. So I commented, "Excited about Serenity?" and she gave a sort of "Oh, yeah" nod and her mom was like, "Serenity?" and she was like, "It's a Joss Whedon thing, Mom." And her mom was like, "Oh."
4. Free food from some of the textbook reps. It's an amazing thing to see the amount of food our staff can consume, when there's maybe two dozen of us, at most, working. To give you an idea - I took in two separate bags of candy on two different days. The first one was gone within maybe an hour. And I could swear that the second one was gone in about 15 minutes, but it may have been a little longer. And if you think that's bad, you should see us when we get doughnuts.
5. Some of the t-shirts have been fun. I know I'm forgetting a few, but some of the ones that amused me include:
a) What happens in Jersey stays buried in Jersey.
b) Liscence to Chill
c) A design for a camp or something that had 'Ad Aspera Per Astra' in it (this one's forsoft_princess)
d) A picture of a Blue Hen (our mascot) and the words - Deleware Blue Hen - An Ass Kickin' Chicken
e) Made in the 1980s with a picture of a sperm going into an egg
f) Cereal Killer with a skull and cross spoons
g) Unemployed
h) Very Huggable (though the girl said she hadn't gotten much response with it)
6. A girl looking at some of the UD apparel with a friend and going "O. M. G. *squee*!" - saying the letters and actually squeeing.
7. Getting to be a bit of a geek with a guy who had special ordered some Robert Jordan books (even if I haven't read any of them yet).
8. Scott Grimes' cd. Best $12 I've spent in a long time. His music's definitely got an 80's power ballad sensibility/flair to it that seems to always put me in a good mood and sometimes even make me geek out a little.
9. Kat Reitz's SuperGlue - it's an AU h/c SV fic that's really long and really good. I'm almost done and I just can't put it down.
10. Hershey's White Chocolate miniatures with pecans - these were in one of the bags of candy I took in and they're *so* yummy.
11. "Dead Like Me" - I still have two episodes of season 1 to watch, but I love it. Plus, and I don't know how this happened, but I think I'm in love with the idea of George/Rube.
Thanks and *hugs* to everyone who replied to my last two posts. It means *a lot* to me. It's been weird, since I'm still expecting things, you know? And Patch knew something was going on last week. And she's still being weird about one part of our yard. Plus, she's been more affectionate than normal with me (which should say something, since she's *always* affectionate with me).
What a week! I had a 12 day week this week and I was supposed to work tomorrow, but I couldn't. I've been feeling a bit off the past couple of days, so I didn't want to make myself sicker or anyone else sick in the process. Plus, as much as the extra money is needed, I value what fragments of sanity I have left, which is why I will spend most of my weekend holed up in my house watching movies, reading, and possibly even writing.
And the reason for the 12 day work week and me feeling all unbalanced? Fall Rush. AKA, when everyone comes back to college and things are a madhouse. If you've never experienced it at my school (and I know a couple of you have *waves at
anaidiana, xtrodom, red_mage_jerry, wookiemonster, and libralyte*). Think of it this way - from this past Saturday through this past Thursday, it was like six Black Fridays in a row. Today was a bit better because it was a) a Friday and b) the Friday before Labour Day weekend.So, in an effort to help put this week behind me, here's some things that made this week worth it. (In no particular order, of course.)
1. Going out Saturday night with Beth and some of her friends to the Deer Park for dinner. Had good food, a good time, and even a bit of alcohol. Plus, we saw a car get hit by a train. (A freight rail is right there.) Thankfully, the driver got out in time, but we're still wondering how the car got on the tracks to begin with, plus, facing the same direction that this particular train was going.
2. A lot of the customers have been really nice and I've had fun chatting with them as I've rung up their purchases or helped them find things (and in some cases, both).
3. Two of the aforementioned customers were a girl with a BtVS shirt on and her mom. So I commented, "Excited about Serenity?" and she gave a sort of "Oh, yeah" nod and her mom was like, "Serenity?" and she was like, "It's a Joss Whedon thing, Mom." And her mom was like, "Oh."
4. Free food from some of the textbook reps. It's an amazing thing to see the amount of food our staff can consume, when there's maybe two dozen of us, at most, working. To give you an idea - I took in two separate bags of candy on two different days. The first one was gone within maybe an hour. And I could swear that the second one was gone in about 15 minutes, but it may have been a little longer. And if you think that's bad, you should see us when we get doughnuts.
5. Some of the t-shirts have been fun. I know I'm forgetting a few, but some of the ones that amused me include:
a) What happens in Jersey stays buried in Jersey.
b) Liscence to Chill
c) A design for a camp or something that had 'Ad Aspera Per Astra' in it (this one's for
soft_princess)d) A picture of a Blue Hen (our mascot) and the words - Deleware Blue Hen - An Ass Kickin' Chicken
e) Made in the 1980s with a picture of a sperm going into an egg
f) Cereal Killer with a skull and cross spoons
g) Unemployed
h) Very Huggable (though the girl said she hadn't gotten much response with it)
6. A girl looking at some of the UD apparel with a friend and going "O. M. G. *squee*!" - saying the letters and actually squeeing.
7. Getting to be a bit of a geek with a guy who had special ordered some Robert Jordan books (even if I haven't read any of them yet).
8. Scott Grimes' cd. Best $12 I've spent in a long time. His music's definitely got an 80's power ballad sensibility/flair to it that seems to always put me in a good mood and sometimes even make me geek out a little.
9. Kat Reitz's SuperGlue - it's an AU h/c SV fic that's really long and really good. I'm almost done and I just can't put it down.
10. Hershey's White Chocolate miniatures with pecans - these were in one of the bags of candy I took in and they're *so* yummy.
11. "Dead Like Me" - I still have two episodes of season 1 to watch, but I love it. Plus, and I don't know how this happened, but I think I'm in love with the idea of George/Rube.
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Date: 2005-09-03 12:08 pm (UTC)Hey, if you want to, you know, stitch with some companionship today or tomorrow, gimme a buzz, ok? *hugshugshugshugs*
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Date: 2005-09-03 04:40 pm (UTC)Sounds like a twelve day week to me, all right.
I can't wait for "Serenity" to be released. I may well not see another film all year but I am SO going to see that one right off.
It'll probably take a while for you and Patch to get used to Shadow's not being there. (I know more than a few people who would say she still is; you can't see her; Patch can. Hence your feeling of weirdness and Patch's acting funny about that bit of the yard.)
((more hugs just 'cause I can))
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Date: 2005-09-04 03:36 am (UTC)I can't wait for Serenity either. I don't see many in the theatre anymore, let alone full price, but that's going to be one of the few.
It'll probably take a while for you and Patch to get used to Shadow's not being there. (I know more than a few people who would say she still is; you can't see her; Patch can. Hence your feeling of weirdness and Patch's acting funny about that bit of the yard.)
I'm sure it will. And I wouldn't disagree with those people. :-) And I'm sure that a lot of my "feeling of weirdness" is a Pavlovian response - I've gotten so used to "if x, then y" with Shadow that it's not going to go away in a snap.
*hugs you back* You know, one of these days I'm going to figure out a way to collect on these for real. :-D
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Date: 2005-09-05 12:13 am (UTC)From your mouth to God's ear! Someday. Without sounding too gloomy, let me just say that it's not good to keep putting things off and off and off.
((a whole heap more hugs))
Oh, and I wouldn't necessarily disagree with those folks either. *smile*
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Date: 2005-09-05 02:54 am (UTC)LOL. Should we start planning now, then? Maybe to meet in D.C. at some point? :-D
Oh, and I wouldn't necessarily disagree with those folks either. *smile*
I'm sure that this probably sounds weird, but I had a moment earlier this evening where I distinctly felt like Shadow was here and that I would be disrespecting her if I didn't respond, so I made a motion as if I was petting her.
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Date: 2005-09-05 05:22 am (UTC)And that incident doesn't sound all that weird to me. Either she was there in some way or you felt she should be there. Either way, you needed to respond. Makes sense to me!
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Date: 2005-09-09 05:21 am (UTC)Yes, it would be! You and me and the Smithsonian??? That would be a lot of fun.
And that incident doesn't sound all that weird to me. Either she was there in some way or you felt she should be there. Either way, you needed to respond. Makes sense to me!
This is definitely true on both accounts.
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Date: 2005-09-04 03:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-05 02:41 am (UTC)*hugs you tight*