First Real Day - Feb 25, 2008
Current mood:cheerful
Today feels like my first REAL day in Arizona.... I started at my new store today, and it was ... typical. The people are nice, the managers seem to be good ones. It's difficult to be the new kid on the block, when everyone else has a niche. But, that's OK, there's plenty of work that needs to be done. Seems with all the resets that are needing to be done, we're also going to be flipping counters and such ... oh BOY!!!! A week of overnights ahead!
I clocked out at 4pm, I was home at 4:23. That was terrific!!! It was a balmy 75 degrees, I slipped out of work clothes and into capris, a Tshirt, and walked past one pool, then the next, to get my mailbox. *grin* yeah, it's the good life. For the moment. We'll see what happens when its 105 or so. lol. Although, I hit more traffic lights going one direction to work, than I did in a whole week of commuting in Ohio!!
Last night, I relaxed with a couple of cosmopolitans (something my daughter left here) and they were pretty yummy! I felt so --- gosh! like you see on TV ! -- sitting on the balcony, sipping from a champagne flute. Now if only I'd been wearing a ball gown, petite slippers on my feet, my hair all done up ....... Only thing missing from that *fantasy* is Mr.Just.Right standing at the base of the balcony, crooning tunes. hahahahahhaha Yeah, I know, get REAL!
OK, I'd best be getting some of these boxes unpacked, or dealt with; I can barely move from room to room. Who knew I had collected all this *stuff* over time?? I sure didn't !!! Amazing how it seems to "disappear" when it's out of sight, out of mind. Pack a box, shove it in the closet. And forget you even have it. A word to the wise: If you're gonna move, do a Goodwill donation FIRST! hahaha
Good Friends - Feb 26, 2008
Current mood:loved
A good friend is a connection to life - a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world. ~Lois Wyse
Today, I got some quality time on the phone with Emily back "home" (odd, I didn't live in Ohio long, but for the moment, it still feels like "home"). It's always so good to hear a familiar voice, be able to share things with people who know you. I mean, sure, I have family; I could call any number of them who would be willing to lend an ear. But there's something special about being able to "talk shop" with someone who does what you do; someone you can laugh with when you jokingly say something about one of the bosses. (we didn't say anything bad... HONEST!) Funny how within any kind of job, there's a certain lingo -- it's nice that I don't have to explain every little detail of what I'm talking about ... Emily knows *exactly* what I mean! And her and I have traveled to other stores for special projects together - enough so that I can say "it looks like the back room at Evandale" and she knows what that means!! Another odd fact: Her and I have the same anniversary date with Walmart ! We have some of the same ways of doing things (could that be said another way? that we are both a little bit OCD?? I know I am, in a few certain ways! hahahaha) We're ages apart, and yet, there has never seemed to be a difference between us. (hey Em... are you eatin bananas? or donuts? hmm ? lol)
I looked up some quotes on friendship, and the one posted above seemed to fit very well. Although, there are some other great ones, as well. These all came from www.quote-garden.com :
Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.
~Author Unknown
A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good,
and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad.
~Arnold H. Glasgow
Treasure your friends; make an effort to keep in contact! We all tend to get busy with our lives, and think "later.... I'll do that later .... "; Sometimes, later never comes. So if there's a friend you're thinking about, then drop them a note, give them a call - even if its just to say Hello !!! It might be just what they need !!!
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