How To Make Me Panic ;p

This could be a long entry, so I'll be nice and put my personal comments at the *beginning* this time, haha.

Matt -- Check your blog. Yes, the names were inspired by my Wall of Beer Bottles. :D
Also, I was rereading some of my past entries last night and came across a note you left saying that you had pictures of a moose you saw when you were driving to/from (?) NH. Did you ever post them anywhere? Another pic of the week, perhaps? Come on, who *doesn't* want to see moose pics besides, you know, everyone except me? haha Well, whatever. But I AM jealous that you got to see them. I like to joke with Rich that they don't actually exist since I seem to be the only person that's never come across one. ;0
And dude, I don't know about the CD thing. Giving away my Assassins CD is equal to me giving away my right arm for awhile. . .or maybe just my left one, since I've been listening to All Shook Up more anyway. If we could work out a way so I wouldn't have to be without it too long, then MAYBE it's a possibility. Thanks for offering though, cuz it would certainly be cheaper than having to buy ANOTHER copy. We'll have to talk about this. ;)

Travis -- I'm sure that your blog is very interesting, but unless I'm mistaken, the link you gave me only goes to your profile. I tried going to blacksheep.blogspot.com, but it was some teenaged girl that hadn't updated for a few years. . .so unless you have an alter ego. . .? haha Anyway, just thought I'd let you know. ;)

Rich -- Last but NOT least, hehe. I hope you know what day today was. . .I'll give you a hint: 2 years and 6 months! Just 4 more months and you'll win the "I've Survived the Longest as Erica's Boyfriend" award. ;p It just randomly occured to me while I was at work today, so I thought I'd point it out. This is definitely a cause for some celebration though, maybe in the form of pad thai? hehe Actually, I *really* wish we could find another Indian restaurant cuz I've been hankering for some non-homemade vindaloo curry. Maybe we should wait though, unless Rob and Patrick are down for some Indian food too (and paying for it, haha).
You are beastly, but I love you. ;) And you're probably not going to read this for another week anyway, hehe.

Onto today!

Pre-work, today was nothing unusual. So I hoped that, with any luck, work would be equally uneventful. I knew there was supposed to be a semi-new kid working, but that Lora would probably have Heather train him so I could put away my usual aisles (Weds = delivery day), and Todd would ring.

So I get there to find Sarah and Joyce, two of the assistant mangers, up in the office, huddled around the schedule. The first thing out of Sarah's mouth was "Well at least YOU'RE here."

As it *would* happen, both Heather AND Todd had both called out; so I was going to be working with Eric, who's only worked 2 days, and Emily, for whom this *was* her first day. Therefore, all I'd have to do today would be train Emily how to work the cash register, fill cigarettes and log in film, keep an eye on still-new Eric and teach him how to fill the front candy and put away the delivery stock, also ring customers when needed, AND take care of 1-hour photo.

O_o

Maybe that doesn't sound like a lot, but it could mean I'd have to be in four places at once. And Narragansett is already busy with (impatient, often crabby) tourists, which meant we'd probably be busy most of the afternoon/evening. Not to mention, as soon as I punched in, the girl who had been doing photo basically left me with *86* reprints to do. Thanks! v_v

So yeah, I was stressed. I am NOT a person who believes in multi-tasking, so I didn't know how I was going to be able to do all this. Presumably the only other person in the store was going to be Lora, the manager, so I was gonna have to keep everything going smoothly since she's pretty picky about getting things done well.

I was positive that my day was going to turn to shit. Seriously. I would probably end up b/ping during my break, would probably end up seeming like a bitch to the new people, and would probably not be able to get anything done well at all. I got to work at 3, so luckily I had until 4, when the shifts change, to get myself composed.

Well, I was highly surprised. Today became one of the BEST days I've had recently!

Eric basically knew what he was doing, he just had questions about random, newbie type things. Emily had never worked a cash register before, but she picked it up quickly and I had her taking care of her own customers within the first hour (although I stayed close by at first). After I did the reprints, there were no more 1-hours the entire night! You have NO idea how rare that is, especially during this time of the year. And also it was not *too* busy, so Eric and I got all the candy put away within a very reasonable amount of time.

Chris also came in at 6ish, which was a BIG help (hahaha, I definitely wrote "Christ" at first). Chris is my age, and he's an assistant manger and one of my favorite people to work with. We work well together and he finds me amusing, so that's good enough for me. ;)

So yes, Chris came in to help us for the last few hours. And everything just went very, very smoothly. I really could not have asked for a better day. Lora was in a good mood too, so we all got to leave a bit early. Nothing better than that. :)

And today *was* a good day food-wise, too. If anything, I've been going through a slight restricting phase lately, but I fought it today without going overboard. I was only going to have a few baby carrots with hummus during my break, but I decided to have a Power Bar too so I'd actually have enough *energy* to make it through the night. I had a normal sized dinner when I got home AND two pieces of chocolate. And I didn't feel guilty at all. :D

So yeah, that's it. Since the NY trip is off, I have no plans for tomorrow until the evening. Rich and his brothers and I will probably be going out for dinner and then seeing the new Batman movie. If it's not too cold, I'll probably run in the morning and if not, maybe I'll just go out for coffee or something. That's just what I do, hehe.