Cuz My Life CANNOT Be Boring

I said I might not write, but the rest of today was too interesting to *not* be recorded. :p

So I got to work, pulled into one of my usual parking spots, windows down so Sweeney Todd could be heard loud and clear by everyone. I went to roll up said windows and to my confusion and slight horror, my driver's side window would not budge. I made sure the car was still on, and it was, but I kept clicking the button and nothing was happening.

Now what?!

The other windows were fine, but there was no way in hell I wanted to leave my car in the middle of the Brooks parking lot with my driver's side window completely rolled down. Yeah, I could move all the important stuff I normally keep in my car into the trunk, but I still didn't feel cozy about it. The fact that it looked as though it could start raining any second didn't help matters.

Even though precious minutes were passing and I was probably gonna be considered "late" even though I was there, I did the only thing I could think of and called my Mom. I asked her to make an appointment to get the thing fixed and also if she could bring me *her* car so my evil one could stay happily at home, in the garage. Luckily she agreed, and I can take my car in at 8am so hopefully it'll be alright. Having a stay-at-home Mom is not always bad, I guess. ;p

Work itself was not particularly great today. Maybe I was just in that kind of mood. ::shrug:: I think part of it was what I talked about before, the whole "coworkers are friendly, but not friends, per se" thing. All I know is that I kinda felt like hiding all day, and at one point I really did just sit down on the bathroom floor for awhile and ate some cupcakes to calm down. There were a few amusing/annoying customers today though. Here's what happened. . .

I was in the food aisle, checking for outdates. I noticed a lady enter the other end of my aisle, but she was a regular and I was quite busy, so I didn't pay much attention. Well, next thing I know, she is standing RIGHT next to me and just kind of staring. At me. Customers have only done this a few times, and quite frankly, I don't understand it and think it's fricken CREEPY. How hard is it to say "excuse me?" So, although I was perfectly aware that she was waiting for some response, I kept doing what I was doing. And I would have *continued* ignoring her, but it was starting to bother me, so I turned.

"Excuse me," she then said, snottily. "Do you have any cards in the backroom? I'm looking for a particular 'mother' card but you don't have any on the shelves."

I explained to her that American Greetings is completely in charge of that section, and so we don't have any of the extras kept in the store. Simple enough.

"How about underneath?" she asked, decidedly annoyed tone rising in her voice. "Can't you check the drawers underneath?"

Me, thinking: wtf is she talking about?!

Now come on. How many years have I been at this store? I knew what she was talking about, having seen them in OTHER stores, but I could have sworn that we did not have any drawers underneath the cards. But the lady seemed to be getting more pissed off by the second, so I was just like "I don't think we have any. . .but let's go look. . ."

Sure enough, we get to the aisle and it's plain to see that we have normal, non-drawer containing displays. She watched me impatiently as I gamely showed her that there were indeed no hidden cards to be found.

"Sorry 'bout that," I said in my usual I in no way mean it, but have to say something cuz I'm a retail slave way, to which she replied an honestly exasperated, "Yes, well." And she walked away all in a huff.

Dammit, if you were there you would have found it funny. Like I said, this lady comes in there all the time and before today, I thought she was nice. Everyone's become bitchy now that summer's here, though. @_@

The second instance didn't happen to me, but this was damn funny too. Nicole was ringing some guy out and he asked for a box of cigarettes. As is Brooks policy, she asked him for an ID. After mildly flipping out like "What? You're kidding me?" he stormed away from the register yelling "That's fucked up! Brooks is DEAD to me, yo!"

Five minutes later, the guy came back in with an ID and quietly bought the cigs.

Too fucking funny.

I also won the "cool award" for today, apparently. This one girl I work with (who's in high school) was nearby while I was punching out for my break.

"What's that you're reading?" she asked. I told her it was a bio of Teddy Roosevelt. She asked if it was for school and I was just like no, I read books like this all the time.
"What's the notebook for then?" she asked, cuz I had my journal with me, too. So I told her as much.
"Are you serious?" she said. "That is so cool."
I was just like "Uhh, okay. You don't have to be sarcastic," jokingly.
But she said she wasn't being sarcastic and she really thinks I'm like the coolest person ever for reading some kind of non-crap book and writing in a journal while I sip my coffee at Dunkin Donuts. Heh, I wasn't going to argue even if I must question her sanity. ^___^

That's not the first time I've gotten such accolades though. :p When the Jens and I spent three hours talking in Starbucks before going to dinner at Dr. Sterne's house, it was unanimously decided that I was one of the most interesting people they knew, haha. It was also decided that I need to leave a papers collection somewhere so, you know, after I become infamous for something, some poor URI student can write their senior thesis on what made me crack. I must admit I like that idea. >:)

So I drove my Mom's car home and decided to have a nice big can of clam chowder for dinner, with a small can of veggies mixed in just cuz. So fatty, so sodium-y, but so good and I pretty much ate the whole thing. I was kinda full, but whatever. I had a few gulps of water, went upstairs to my room and when I bent over to turn on my computer I threw up a fricken mouthful right onto the floor.

Until my body learns to cooperate, "I just threw up in my mouth a little" is NOT just an expression. >:( At least this never happens when there are other people around, although I did come close one time at Rich's, heh.

And that was my day. Tomorrow I was *going* to go running and then shopping, but I guess I'll be housebound without my car. I can still go running, even though I don't like doing so on the streets near my house cuz they're so busy and narrow. Rich and I are gonna go to India for dinner in the evening, so that's something to look forward to. Vindaloo [SPICY] curry with bean curd, naan, mango pickle. . .::drool:: I'm not even gonna tell you what it's like, hehe.