Its a horrible horrible feeling. And the day only feels worse when things don't feel right. Like my food processor doesn't work. And I was going to make this sexy chili sauce to go into my rice. And make Mexican Fried Rice.
My sympathies, JP. My sister lost her cat of thirteen years just a few months ago and it was heart wrenching to see her cry...
I remember when my grandma's cat Cuddles passed away. Her other cat, Sasha, was really sad too. She used to be quiet, but after Cuddles died she wouldn't stop meowing, almost like she missed her.
They'd been together so long, I think missing Cuddles was the reason Sasha was so sad. Let's change the subject though... JP's right, it's something that's tough. Anyone got any happy stories to tell?
^Haha, well, I uh went over this budget of mine I've been saving up to buy books. I spent approximately $60.37 today via Amazon which was about $17 over. Why do I have such an obsession with shopping? I seriously have a problem...and don't even get me started on handbags!
I'm restraining my book-buying impulses until I get my own house. Then the wife and I (not wife yet, but will be wife when I get a house) will build or find a very nice bookshelf, and a large one at that. We'll fill it with all of the best books around! I'm excited.
^hoho, I'd love to have a bookshelf too. But I guess I'll just have to be content with my desk for now... And hey! Congrats on finding your girl.
I work at a Seafood restaurant as a dishwasher, and I have my AA and a Bachelors of Science in Evolutionary and Ecological Biology. Hurray college. I'm training to be able to use the fryer, too, if that makes it any better (or worse).
^I've done both... and they were both .. well not much fun really. I did it too long .. all through High School and into College... plus a lot of my family (including mom) worked with me.
^You wouldn't be too surprised. There are days when I wish I could just bag. Standing for minutes at a time, my feet glued to that pathetically hard "stress mat", and my mind lost in a daze of, "Hi, how are you?" "Have a good one." "No, that's no the product that's on sale." Those are just the BEST moments...
^Yeah, my co-workers will say something to me and I'll be completely out of it. And when I do finally hear them they look at me like I have lobsters coming out of my ears. Plus with the coinstar machine going, the swish of the automatic doors, the constant bleep-bleep-bleep from the scanners, and the usual customer drone - I'm suprised I haven't gone crazy...yet...
I think zoning out helps me pass the time better. Bagging doesn't take much mental stimulation, I've found, and time crawls in grocery stores.
On a really serious note, I'm one of the biggest anti-suicide anti-attention-seeking people around, but the one year that I worked at the local winn-dixie was the one year I thought about suicide. Not thought about doing it, mind you, just literally thought about how people can want to do that and stuff. Don't let me bum you out too much, though, I was working forty hours a week AND going to school, which I'm sure had a lot to do with it. Is your store generally busy or pretty slow?
Today it was slow, but that's a super-rare occurance. It's on a busy street, so it usually never slows down.
If you asked my husband, I'm sure he'd be happy to give away a few of ours. I think we have...seven or eight. In our tiny little apartment. It drives him crazy. LOL I have a bachelor's degree, too, and I worked at OfficeMax until I quit in March. Woohoo, college! Dude, the best part about those effing stress mats or when they start to get old and the bottoms get really slick. Every time I was in a hurry to help the cashiers with something, I came running up behind the counter, stepped on the stress mat, and slid across the floor...scared the crap out of me.
