June 2006 Archives

Well I have a few things to blog on. I don't know if i mentioned previously but my uncle is not doing to well. He has colon cancer. He is also married to my aunt that just had her breast cancer removed. Anyhow he has not officially told anyone this. When my mom went to see my aunt she seen how bad he looked and how much weight he lost so she started questioning him. He was defensive to say the least. Well somehow my mom talked my aunt into going to his Dr. to find out what was up. Well she found he has colon cancer and was told in Feb. That he probably had less than a year. So he obviously did not want to tell anyone or for them to know. So for the past 2 weeks when my mom has went to visit she has been questioning him and basically badgering him about what is wrong. She wants him to say it. This past Saturday it got intense. He got really mad and told her she could leave any time. Of course her being stubborn she didn't. He still never admitted anything. I asked her well you know he only has so much time why are you so intent on making him say it it's not really any of your buisness. She seems to think since it's her brother it is her buisness. I can see her concern but he does not want to talk about it. Maybe he is in denial whatever that is his choice. He does not have to tell anyone anything he does not want to and he will when and if he is ready. Maybe he has acceptted it and maybe not. It might be the day he dies that he finally accepts it. Regardless the only person he would owe it to tell is his wife. I just do not in any way understand why she feels the need to badger him and just make things uncomfortable with the time they have left. I am afraid that the shit is going to hit the fan and they won't be on good terms if she keeps this up. I just don't know why it so important to her for him to say it??? Can somone please explain. I am going with her this Saturday to visit and I have already said she better not pull this while I am there. I guess he was so mad this past week he told her to leave was shaking. So her blood pressure went up. I mean really what is the point? Enjoy the time you have left if and when he is ready he will say it out loud for you all to hear. Until then just leave it be.

Work was and has been kinda hectic. In the middle of a major re-model and the shit just keeps coming in. Lol. I mean you know they could let us skip a holiday or a distibution of crap we did not order or want anyhow right? NOT. It's not been to bad though. Everyone in the deptarment has really been trying to keep up on things and working really hard. I have a great crew. I have said it before and I said it again. As long as we stick together and keep each other in the loop we will survive just fine. Wow today we got ripped off for 20 bucks damn scandelous customers. Then while was up there at the service desk trying to figure out that mess another customer was giving the young girl at the service desk hell about something she had no control over. She wanted a refund on liqour well uh state law once you buy it it's yours there are no refunds soooo you alcoholics better make sure you get the right vodka the first time. So the girl who is only 17 mind you tells the lady I cannot do it it's the state law the mean ass customer says Your kidding right I did not even leave the fucking store. See I give that girl props cause me I woulda turned on that bitch real quick. So the girl tells her This is not my fault and you do not need to talk me like that. Anyways people sooooooo suck sometimes lol. Needless to say they eventually had to call a manager cause this lady was not having it. She cussed him too. I feel for our managers they have to put up with mega shit. In today's society people do not care if they scream and cuss you in a store full of people. Then they can go home call corporate and they apologize profuesly and send them like a $ 50 gift certificate????? WTF you get rewarded for acting a fool call corporate and lying your ass off about the situation right or wrong. I understand customers are an important and vital part of our business I mean without them no reason to be there but uh do you really want these people coming back? They are gonna think they can come into your business and do it when they feel the need. I mean the whole store stops. So everyone is listening and watching. Is that what you really want your customers seeing on a regular basis in your store? Anyways that has not so much happened at the one I am at now but my other store I was at yeah happened quite often.

So tomorow I am going to Penzones finally and get my hair cut and some highlites. I am way overdue and I am excited. Not to mention I will be getting my very first professional upper body massage. Soooo looking forward to that. Miss Sarah is going along as well and I am excited to see what she decides to do with her hair. She will look good no matter what though cause she's just got it like that little bitch :-)~ Well I think I am done ranting and I am ready to relax my next 2 days off. I am kinda dreading Saturday because Lord knows what my mom might pull this week. Before we go though I am gonna seriously try to talk to her about this whole deal. Wish me luck cause she is stubborn as a bull. No joke. Looking forward to July 3. I hope it's not to damn hot or humid cause we are soooo going to downtown to watch red white and boom. Missed it last year cause I was way into my I don't really care don't wanna go anywhere or associate with anyone at all mood. So we watched on tv and well it was nice and looked like one of the better displays they had in the past few years but not nearly as cool as being there. This year I am gonna be there. Been a long hard year but things are getting better cause I took the right steps to make them better. So with some positive thinking ( which was not always easy when your where I was) and some happy pills that I no longer take things finally are getting and feeling back to normal. There are just some things in life that are beyond your control. So it's okay to need and ask for help sometimes. Anyways I am done for now but expect more good stuff to follow. Oh and yeah Way to go Hurricanes for hositing the cup! You give me hope.

Okay so I have not really been into the Stanley cup finals this year but I have been catching the last games of the series. First of all I really am surprised the Oilers made it this far. Also been watching because well this is the last of hockey I will see until late September. The big reason though is there is nothing like the play-offs. I mean that is some intense hockey. These guys come out 110% each game till they are gone or moving on. I hope to see some playoff games in Columbus in the future. I know the fans here would be insane. I am not really rooting for a particular team since my team was not even close to getting in the finals and my back up team the Stars were booted in the first round. Would be nice to see Carolina win though. Why? Well because they have the prettier uniforms HA. Girlie I know but red is my favorite color. Also I don't believe they have ever won the cup. It's always nice to see a team get that first major win. Gives me hope for my boys someday hositing the cup up in our arena.

Work is work. They have started building the expansion part of the store moving along with that pretty quickly. They are also starting to tear up the floors and stuff inside. Insane dust down the aisle they have dug up. I know it's only going to get worse before it gets better. Been there done that before but not quite to this extreme. One thing I can say about m job is it's always a different learning experience from time to time. I mean yeah there are days it sucks and there is always going to be drama with people and there will be things that you cannot control but such is life and how boring it would be without the minor and major inconveinances. You can eithier grow from it or let it drag you down. All in all though I have met some great people had some great times and learned many things from my job. I have bad days and sometimes months where I just did not think I could go in and do it another day. Don't even need to get into all those dark times but there were def some. Some recent and not so recent. I just try to keep my head up and do the best I can even when I was battling some depression. Enough about all that I live half of my life at work as it is don't wanna talk about it all the time .

Well I finally got to hear Breaking Benjamins new song. Pretty good stuff. Hope their whole new album is that good when it drops August 8th. I have heard they are gonna be here in July for a concert I am kicking around the idea of going. Also kicking around the idea of going to the 3 doors down concert. I am thinking that one is not gonna happen though. I am just not at all excited about who they are with so I don't feel like paying an arm and leg for just one band. Plus I am still dealing with things and there are times and days I don't want to associate with anyone or go anywhere. I am getting better though and I can tell. So that's a good thing. Anyways I am outta here for now so until next time.............Whateva

Wow I could sooo hang people out to dry here but I won't ...Why you ask? Well what happens at the Bowers stays at the Bowers. HA! I do have to say that people swimming in the dogs pool was great and the breaking of my plastic chair was the two big highlites of the evening. Point is though we all had a good time and we all needed it. Been on vacation since Saturday and having a good time. Friday night I went out with Paula and her mom salsa dancing and had a really good time. I will definitely have to go and do that again. The hubby and I went to see the movie The Da Vinci code. It was decent. A little predictable but good. Tonight we went to see The Omen. Not bad and there was one part that made me jump. Just really been taking it easy and doing what we want when we want. It's always nice not to have to set your alarm for a whole week. Anyways I will post again sometime later this week probably.