I did promise a post, and here it is, at the last second.
I spent the day with Ryan. We went around town, shopping, planning dinner. Then we came home and made cake and lasagna together, then ate it together, and have been watching Fantasia together until a few minutes ago.
I know of no better way to end the week, let alone the year.
2010 was good to me. I'll try to be good to 2011.
Happy New Year to all, and to all, all my love.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Freedom!
Today was a very short day, only 5 1/2 hours, and yet it felt like it lasted FOREVER. Fortunately, Ryan and I were still able to go out after I got home. His father sent me a gift card to Eddie Bauer for Christmas, and I got myself a wonderful sweater and very nice pair of corduroy pants, both of which I am extremely happy with. As a matter of fact, I'm wearing the sweater as I type. It's red, wool, and extremely warm!
I have tomorrow and the next day off, which I am ridiculously pleased about. Asking Boss Lady to give me two days off in a row was one of the best thing I've ever done, it's going to feel like a freaking vacation! Also, since I got out at 6 tonight and don't go in until 5:30 Sunday night, it's almost like three days off in a row, all with Ryan. Squee!
I am extremely tired and ready to curl into bed with a good read, so it's going to be a short entry tonight. I will certainly post one last time in 2010, though, I promise :)
I have tomorrow and the next day off, which I am ridiculously pleased about. Asking Boss Lady to give me two days off in a row was one of the best thing I've ever done, it's going to feel like a freaking vacation! Also, since I got out at 6 tonight and don't go in until 5:30 Sunday night, it's almost like three days off in a row, all with Ryan. Squee!
I am extremely tired and ready to curl into bed with a good read, so it's going to be a short entry tonight. I will certainly post one last time in 2010, though, I promise :)
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
This Should Get...Interesting.
Today's plans:
[o] finish breakfast
[o] do the dishes from last night's baking & supper making
[o] maybe watch this video again because it is just so. good.
[o] read more of Thud! so I can move on to the next reading project
[o] if I do finish (unlikely for this morning), the next reading project is Found, which is bound up with a red pen in the coil waiting to be edited
[o] go to work at 1 and wait for the coming train wreck
See, today is the first time that Shift A will have an overlap with Shift B. Shift A has returned after being transferred out, and Shift B arrived after that happened, so they have never worked together before, or even met. Their styles, personalities, senses of humor, and views of work responsibilities are complete opposites, and I already know that the phrase "getting along like a house on fire*" may just be literal in this case. I am both terrified and excited in a slightly morbid way, and at least one co-worker who knows both of them (and, incidentally, had to work as a shift with A before and is also completely different from them) has asked me to text them with updates.
After I get out of work, I get to do laundry and hang out with the roommates and the boyfriend and three other friends, one of which I haven't actually met in person! Should be fun :)
*Why is this phrase supposed to mean "get along well?" I mean, yes, a fire gets along through a house pretty well, but nobody is ever happy about it, are they?
[o] finish breakfast
[o] do the dishes from last night's baking & supper making
[o] maybe watch this video again because it is just so. good.
[o] read more of Thud! so I can move on to the next reading project
[o] if I do finish (unlikely for this morning), the next reading project is Found, which is bound up with a red pen in the coil waiting to be edited
[o] go to work at 1 and wait for the coming train wreck
See, today is the first time that Shift A will have an overlap with Shift B. Shift A has returned after being transferred out, and Shift B arrived after that happened, so they have never worked together before, or even met. Their styles, personalities, senses of humor, and views of work responsibilities are complete opposites, and I already know that the phrase "getting along like a house on fire*" may just be literal in this case. I am both terrified and excited in a slightly morbid way, and at least one co-worker who knows both of them (and, incidentally, had to work as a shift with A before and is also completely different from them) has asked me to text them with updates.
After I get out of work, I get to do laundry and hang out with the roommates and the boyfriend and three other friends, one of which I haven't actually met in person! Should be fun :)
*Why is this phrase supposed to mean "get along well?" I mean, yes, a fire gets along through a house pretty well, but nobody is ever happy about it, are they?
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The Assassin Arrives!
Today was longer and busier than I was prepared for, so this will be on the short side, BUT here is a rundown:
[o] got to the Main St Starbucks to get my tips ($18 for 6 hours; not bad, but not the Legendary Holiday Tips I'd heard about)
[o] got to the bank and deposited checks and cash and got laundry quarters
[o] went to the store to get necessities
[o] editing a good number of photos
[o] posted a few photos
[o] went in to work 45 minutes early to help with the unexpected busy-ness combined with the order FINALLY arriving today
But...the best part of the day...
The mixer arrived! :D
Ryan got it in Blue Willow, which is lighter than it looked online, but is nontheless bee-yoo-tiful. Ryan got home, unpacked it, went to the store, read through a good chunk of Alton Brown's baking book, then made a pound cake, which came out of the oven when I got home. It is delicious.
Ryan is extremely pleased with the mixer. I am extremely pleased that my boyfriend now wants to bake up a storm.
I am going to eat dinner now, and take a shower, and go to bed, and sleeeeeep....until 8:30, when Ryan gets up and I get up as well so I can do laundry before work. Yay.
[o] got to the Main St Starbucks to get my tips ($18 for 6 hours; not bad, but not the Legendary Holiday Tips I'd heard about)
[o] got to the bank and deposited checks and cash and got laundry quarters
[o] went to the store to get necessities
[o] editing a good number of photos
[o] posted a few photos
[o] went in to work 45 minutes early to help with the unexpected busy-ness combined with the order FINALLY arriving today
But...the best part of the day...
The mixer arrived! :D
Ryan got it in Blue Willow, which is lighter than it looked online, but is nontheless bee-yoo-tiful. Ryan got home, unpacked it, went to the store, read through a good chunk of Alton Brown's baking book, then made a pound cake, which came out of the oven when I got home. It is delicious.
Ryan is extremely pleased with the mixer. I am extremely pleased that my boyfriend now wants to bake up a storm.
I am going to eat dinner now, and take a shower, and go to bed, and sleeeeeep....until 8:30, when Ryan gets up and I get up as well so I can do laundry before work. Yay.
Monday, December 27, 2010
Really? REALLY?!
Today was dumb.
It's Christmas vacation. Shopping is over. The first available day to redeem gift cards or return gifts has passed. Why were we swamped?!
And everyone was just dumb and rude for no reason and petty! AUGH.
One customer--a regular who doesn't seem to like anybody--came through in the middle of a particularly bad rush. She was rung up wrong by accident, then I hit the wrong button when showing the register person how to refund. The regular and her boyfriend screamed at me in outrage. I apologized and refunded them correctly, then returned to the fray.
...they then called another barista, one who has no power over us whatsoever, on her personal phone, to bitch about us. Not to try and get us in trouble, not to actually resolve anything or make sure a higher-up knows we done wrong, but just to complain about an honest mistake that was completely fixed.
...what.
I don't currently have a photo link to share because I don't have a photo yet. I took some this morning of the awesome clock Mom gave me for Christmas, but I'm not even sure how they turned out yet, let alone if I want to put one online. We'll see.
Tomorrow I close. The next day is six hours, followed by a 5 1/2 hour day, followed by both New Years days off. Also, our mixer should be arriving in the mail tomorrow. Glee!
Now, to SLEEP!
It's Christmas vacation. Shopping is over. The first available day to redeem gift cards or return gifts has passed. Why were we swamped?!
And everyone was just dumb and rude for no reason and petty! AUGH.
One customer--a regular who doesn't seem to like anybody--came through in the middle of a particularly bad rush. She was rung up wrong by accident, then I hit the wrong button when showing the register person how to refund. The regular and her boyfriend screamed at me in outrage. I apologized and refunded them correctly, then returned to the fray.
...they then called another barista, one who has no power over us whatsoever, on her personal phone, to bitch about us. Not to try and get us in trouble, not to actually resolve anything or make sure a higher-up knows we done wrong, but just to complain about an honest mistake that was completely fixed.
...what.
I don't currently have a photo link to share because I don't have a photo yet. I took some this morning of the awesome clock Mom gave me for Christmas, but I'm not even sure how they turned out yet, let alone if I want to put one online. We'll see.
Tomorrow I close. The next day is six hours, followed by a 5 1/2 hour day, followed by both New Years days off. Also, our mixer should be arriving in the mail tomorrow. Glee!
Now, to SLEEP!
The Important Minute Details In Life.
I would love to show the picture I took today, but Tumblr is in the middle of a tizzy and won't upload or post anything, so...grr.
My day was both lazy and very accomplished. I cleaned up the bedroom and the living room of Christmas scraps, put the presents in their new homes, did every dirty dish in the house, washed all the new clothes, and took out the garbage. I also made a new Excel money document for 2011, all nice and neat and ready to go.
Ryan and I went grocery shopping when we got home. We left with a small list: dish soap, giant binder clips (for my novel), travel packs of tissues, granola bars, and a 12-pack of Brisk. We first went to Target so we could also return some small items, then made the mistake of going to the movie section, where we not only found Beauty & The Beast but the Fantasia pair of movies...all on Blue Ray, all on sale. Ker-snag. After striking out in the office supplies, we made the second mistake of going to the cooking section, and walked away from there with a knife block, electronic food scale, and silicone spatula. Got the dish soap and tissues and other small items, checked out...
...and went straight to Meijer with the remaining three items on the list: giant binder clips, flour sifter (they didn't have any at Target?!), and Brisk. We left with Brisk.
We have spent most of the day and night debating on colors for a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, which we've decided will be the bulk of our Christmas-money present to ourselves. Ryan has been wanting one for months now, more and more as he gets deeper into his cooking hobby, and he keeps running into the problem of No Stand Mixer when looking at recipes to play with. At the moment we're torn between a lovely orange (Persimmon!) and a beautiful blue (Blue Willow! Ryan says it sounds like a ninja assassin!), with stray thoughts toward a very retro green apple and a gorgeous purple (Boysenberry!). Even the roommates are torn on it.
We finally came to desperate measures.
Sameh: Horace, do you like the blue?
Horace, in Ryan's arms: [silence]
Sameh: Horace, do you like the orange?
Horace: Meow!
Ruth: Oh-ho-ho! We have our answer!
BJ: Horace, do you care at all?
Horace: ...[wriggles his way out of Ryan's arms]
Sooo yeah. That's where we are now.
Tomorrow is back to work until New Year's Eve, then I have that day AND New Year's Day off, which will be very nice. :)
And, since Tumblr has decided to be nice while I wrote this up, here is my picture of the day Christmas cookie!
Good night :)
My day was both lazy and very accomplished. I cleaned up the bedroom and the living room of Christmas scraps, put the presents in their new homes, did every dirty dish in the house, washed all the new clothes, and took out the garbage. I also made a new Excel money document for 2011, all nice and neat and ready to go.
Ryan and I went grocery shopping when we got home. We left with a small list: dish soap, giant binder clips (for my novel), travel packs of tissues, granola bars, and a 12-pack of Brisk. We first went to Target so we could also return some small items, then made the mistake of going to the movie section, where we not only found Beauty & The Beast but the Fantasia pair of movies...all on Blue Ray, all on sale. Ker-snag. After striking out in the office supplies, we made the second mistake of going to the cooking section, and walked away from there with a knife block, electronic food scale, and silicone spatula. Got the dish soap and tissues and other small items, checked out...
...and went straight to Meijer with the remaining three items on the list: giant binder clips, flour sifter (they didn't have any at Target?!), and Brisk. We left with Brisk.
We have spent most of the day and night debating on colors for a KitchenAid Stand Mixer, which we've decided will be the bulk of our Christmas-money present to ourselves. Ryan has been wanting one for months now, more and more as he gets deeper into his cooking hobby, and he keeps running into the problem of No Stand Mixer when looking at recipes to play with. At the moment we're torn between a lovely orange (Persimmon!) and a beautiful blue (Blue Willow! Ryan says it sounds like a ninja assassin!), with stray thoughts toward a very retro green apple and a gorgeous purple (Boysenberry!). Even the roommates are torn on it.
We finally came to desperate measures.
Sameh: Horace, do you like the blue?
Horace, in Ryan's arms: [silence]
Sameh: Horace, do you like the orange?
Horace: Meow!
Ruth: Oh-ho-ho! We have our answer!
BJ: Horace, do you care at all?
Horace: ...[wriggles his way out of Ryan's arms]
Sooo yeah. That's where we are now.
Tomorrow is back to work until New Year's Eve, then I have that day AND New Year's Day off, which will be very nice. :)
And, since Tumblr has decided to be nice while I wrote this up, here is my picture of the day Christmas cookie!
Good night :)
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Normal Day (Almost).
Merry Christmas! :D
Now that that's out of the way...today was a normal day (almost). I got up and went to work (at a different location), I made a lot of drinks and served a lot of people and chatted with my co-workers (all but one of which I have never worked with before), and then I went home and spent time and had dinner with my boyfriend (after we opened wonderful presents from our wonderful families, and each other).
Yup. Normal. :D
Pictures were taken of all the presents, and they will be posted, but not tonight. I have been exhausted just about the entire time I've been home, and Ryan has spent most of the evening with a horrible migraine, which has thankfully finally retreated. I'll post the pictures as soon as they're uploaded, and I'll talk more of Christmas tomorrow. Tonight, I will leave you with my Photo Of The Day.
I spent a lot of time thinking today, and at one point in the evening I turned to Ryan and said, mostly randomly, "I think I want to be a writer."
"Cool," he said. "I was thinking the same thing."
"I'm going to go print out my novel for editing right now."
"Go!"
*fistbump*
Half an hour later: ta da!
(Yes, half an hour. Printer had to wake up after not being awake for two months, had to replace the black ink, and had to refill the paper several times seeing as it is 102 pages.)
That's what I'm starting on tomorrow. Woohoo!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good sleep!
Now that that's out of the way...today was a normal day (almost). I got up and went to work (at a different location), I made a lot of drinks and served a lot of people and chatted with my co-workers (all but one of which I have never worked with before), and then I went home and spent time and had dinner with my boyfriend (after we opened wonderful presents from our wonderful families, and each other).
Yup. Normal. :D
Pictures were taken of all the presents, and they will be posted, but not tonight. I have been exhausted just about the entire time I've been home, and Ryan has spent most of the evening with a horrible migraine, which has thankfully finally retreated. I'll post the pictures as soon as they're uploaded, and I'll talk more of Christmas tomorrow. Tonight, I will leave you with my Photo Of The Day.
I spent a lot of time thinking today, and at one point in the evening I turned to Ryan and said, mostly randomly, "I think I want to be a writer."
"Cool," he said. "I was thinking the same thing."
"I'm going to go print out my novel for editing right now."
"Go!"
*fistbump*
Half an hour later: ta da!
(Yes, half an hour. Printer had to wake up after not being awake for two months, had to replace the black ink, and had to refill the paper several times seeing as it is 102 pages.)
That's what I'm starting on tomorrow. Woohoo!
Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good sleep!
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