Happy Happy Holidays!
It's Christmas Eve and I actually got everything finished yesterday so I had a day of rest today.Boy, did I need it.The past 3 weeks my work schedule has almost tripled,I sent out business and personal cards with a personalized message written in each,baked roughly 800 cookies,8 zucchini bread loaves and 72 muffins,made 15 fruit rolls bought and wrapped presents for family members(including aunts and cousins children) and bought a different gift for each of my 10 girls.Hearing that makes me wonder what wave of insanity washes over me every year.Oh, I almost forgot my mother,sister and I adopted 2 elderly veterans in a nursing home.We sent presents and light baked goods.We all had to work on the one day they had optional visitation for a half hour.I'm rather glad I had a good reason not to go.Here comes a confession.....Where underprivileged children and the elderly are concerned I am a complete and total,without a doubt wuss.I am that person that just cries over how bad they look.The elderly in homes without any family or obligations just seem to be waiting to die.There is no happiness,no hope just sad,lonely despair echoing through the halls.My 73 year old aunt chose to stay home alone in her tiny apartment hoping her degenerate son that is on the run from the police will call her this year.My mother made baked mac & cheese,beans and a ham for her I added corn pie and sweet potato casserole to complete a holiday meal for her.She lives in a large building for low income elderly folks and I am quite sure she will have several friends and neighbors to share her dinner with.
I found such perfect gifts for the girls I'll share a few with you.Carrie has this obsession with lotion (I'm not exaggerating.She'll wake up in the middle of the night to put on lotion.)She got a lotion warmer and 3 bottles of Victoria Secret lotion.An alarm clock that projects onto the ceiling and has nature sounds will hopefully replace Sommer's current method of someone calling the cell phone to wake her for work.Kelly truly enjoys food so I bought her my personal favorite,Godiva's Gold Battalion and a box of their heavenly truffles.Since she is currently unattached the resulting orgasm by chocolate will make it 2 gifts in one(well 3 in 2 maybe more depending on how much she enjoys it).Awhile back I had to talk with Carmelita and let her know she could not wear glitter in the club.It sounds silly but you go home from work and try to explain to your wife why there is glitter on your balls and all over your briefs.See,there is a method to my madness.Victoria Secrets sells shimmery lotions and body powders.They are a bit tacky and contain way too many gold shimmers for my taste but stick to the skin and will let her sparkle like the star she thinks she is.In her defense I have ran into her in the mall and her clothing or lack there of definitely brings an audience of horny guys.Helga,Buffy and Esmeralda all got Yankee candle gift baskets.Esmeralda's basket was smaller than the other two but it contained a gift certificate for a specialty massage at a very exclusive salon.Diamond got one of my personal favorite serial killer autobiographies ,a book marker and a Books-a-Million gift card.Jo recently moved into a new place so I bought her a spice/utensil rack,tapestry place mats with matching napkins and rings.I included Hornet's Nest hoping to turn her onto Patricia Cornwell.Last was Serena who with the exception of jewelry never buys anything nice for herself.An aromatherapy and sound machine accompanied by Godiva cocoa and a sampling of their coffees should provide her with a tranquil get away from daily stress.I'm not sure what other people in the business gave their girls but I put great thought (not to mention a lot more cash than I originally intended) into each selection.Alot of people say I shouldn't give them anything but for some of them my gift is the only one they get.Hold on a second let me grab a band-aid for my bleeding heart.
A bunch of things have happened in my 12 day posting absence.One of Carrie's cars got totaled the other (new one) got wrecked twice,she went to jail and I loaned her the money to get out.Sommer didn't show up for several days then was very late and came in on a few unscheduled shifts.We had a long talk and I threatened to fire her.We also had a discussion about late payments on the money she owes me.Diamond was out sick for an entire week.One of Kelly's ex husbands daughters ran away and Kelly got involved in the search and subsequent social services investigation.I can't forget what an utter fool I made of myself.There is a new guy doing our coin operated machine collections.He is really really nice (He smells anything but nice.I'm talking PEPE LE PEW stinky.) which is one reason I'm so suspicious or him(the overly nice thing not him being a stinker).I bought some change from him in addition to the profit share he owed me.Once he left I realized my money was $25 short.I have dealt with his boss for almost 11 years now so, I felt obligated to warn him.I did not ask for the money (It was my fault.I should have recounted before he left.) and stressed I only wanted him to watch the guy and be aware of the situation.It continued to bother me and I recounted all the money a fourth time.This time I unclasped the ones and realized he had separated his into $25 increments (like the bank) instead of our normal $20.I was so em brassed.I did not want to make that call and admit I had all but accused the fellow of being a thief.I found some comfort in the fact I had suggested maybe he had counted wrong and the difference would probably show up when he checked in his daily returns.My conscience would not shut up until I made the call so I forced myself to admit I had made the mistake and threw in a few apologies for good measure.That was a hell of a day for me anyway.I burned my hand that morning and stabbed myself in the same hand later that day.It was one of those things my 13 year old shakes his head at and tells me is not a good idea because I could hurt myself and lo and behold I did.
As usual we stayed opened until 7 pm today.It was a great day and we could have stayed and made more but it's Christmas Eve and just doesn't seem right to ask them to stay late.The number of clients today and the calls about our closing time let's me know there are alot of people who will be spending the holiday alone.For you all I have a special Christmas Wish.I wish this to be the last holiday you ever spend alone.Whether it be family,friends or just a special someone I wish you to be in their company for each and every Christmas to come.Have a Merry Christmas and know someone is thinking of you.That wasn't suppose to come out like a Disney song but it reminds me of some where out there someones thinking of me or something like that from a Fivel the mouse movie (not sure he's a Disney character but you get the idea).
Have a Very Merry Christmas One and All!(I couldn't resist the last part)
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