Tomorrow (Saturday) I get to wake up at 4am due to my inability to be an asshole to my team members. It’s a holiday weekend. NOBODY wants to work but you know, we retail slaves are open for business JUST FOR YOU on a holiday so you can stain your fucking deck [incorrectly]. Well since I had nobody else to work, I took the early shift where I will have the pleasure of stocking shelves for 2 hours in the morning before the store opens. At least I won’t have to stick around once the doors open. I hate Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends up here. The lunatics REALLY come out of the woodwork around here. Had a guy spill a full gallon of stain all over the floor and then literally run away leaving foot prints all the way across the store to the exit doors. Spills happen folks, don’t embarrass yourself any more by running away, how about if I give you a FUCKING paper towel? No? I guess not. Enough about work.
I’ve received all my bills now for my new place except for my water bill (I suspect that is a quarterly bill here). Looks like Gas and Electric combined will be under $65 a month. My cable (which STILL is not working right) and internet will be my most expensive bills. I’ll take it, I use those two utilities more than any of the other ones. So, it looks like when I add up ALL my bills (debts, utilities, rent, gas money, food, and random shit) I can live for less than what I was paying just in rent before. I might even be able to get that retirement account going this year…I need a few months though to make sure I have a reliable percentage I can sacrifice each week. Just having arrived to a point in my life where I am not living paycheck to paycheck, I’d like to actually enjoy it for a minute.
The pets are adjusting fine to the new condo. I do have to separate them however when I leave for the day. It seems that Gavin is just too dam smart for his own good. 2 baby gates and a door he could never slide through has not been enough to keep him out of the cat food. Fortunately, my condo is set up nicely so that I can separate the cats in the back and dog in the front and everyone has all kinds of room to sleep all day long. Like the pets, I am really liking it here. I still have a ton of unpacking and sorting to do but I am taking my time now since everything I really need is in its place, now it’s just the little shit I have to find places for. Soon it will be time to start thinking about decorating for Christmas (yes, my retail mind thinks Christmas starts in September). I’m looking forward to seeing what I can do.
OK, well off to bed now so I can actually get out of bed in the morning. Here is a picture of a VERY tired Gavin on the last day of my “residency” in Leelanau. We just finished playing fetch.
No Christmas!!!!! Not yet!!!!!!