Amusement park fun

I get ready for our amusement/water park adventure. Arrive at sister's house. Change of plans, they forgot about an appointment so I'm taking the kids alone (brother-in-law was planned to come and then leave for work). Issue, my niece's diabetic insulin shot needs to be done at lunchtime, so how do we do this. After appointment, the parents will arrive at McD's across the street to give shot. Ok. Explain to kids water park first, lunch, then amusement park, and home for dinner/supper. Get to water park. Ask kids who from past experience cry over hot cement if they need aqua socks or can handle walking barefoot. Nephew wants aqua socks. While in shop we get a beach towel for niece who grabbed a bath towel and that will not cover those beach chairs. Get in the pools and find out nephew is too short for the waterslide he insists on riding. On top of that, I grabbed the wrong inner tube for the slide so get scolded by lifeguards (sorry it's my first time here) and have to walk back down. We did get on one slide he was tall enough to ride and it knocked my sunglasses off, and water went up my nose. Have to leave for lunch and kids have to pout. Get to McD's and sister is upset about the beach towel when niece should have grabbed a beach towel, the aqua socks nephew didn't need, and the extra snack I got them when she gave me a snack to give them (which I did and they were still hungry). Plus niece lied about the pretzel I shared with her when they checked her blood sugar. Have lunch. When getting ready to do the amusement park, nephew hollers at me sitting in a bathroom stall realizing my period just started to demand I open the trunk so he can change clothes. I explain he can wait. Walking to the car, he informs me I should keep the trunk open all the time for him and I'm going do what he tells me to do. I give him the standard "Who do you think you are speaking to" scolding. I am the one with the keys, I drive the car, and he speaks to me like that again I will forget the amusement park and drive straight home. Didn't get anymore dispectful talk the rest of the day. Gave niece same warning. Any crying, whining, pouting, or dispectful talk and we go home. And yes, they are still small enough for me to carry them out. No problems at amusement park, we had a great time. Got some fish food and nephew had to forcefully grab nearly knocking the food out of my hand. I explain this is not a popcorn bowl so he can take only a few pieces at a time. Then had to leave. Last ride made the employee mad getting off too soon. Sorry the ride quit moving and we weren't the only ones getting out. Chat with my sister while they shucked corn cobs for supper/dinner. Then home. Then noticed my bright red sunburn while washing my swimsuit and short I bled over. No restroom I went into had any santiary napkin dispensers. Cats are so happy to see me.

Big thanks

Went to the break room and a manager was commending us cashiers for a great job yesterday when the computers went down. We were calm packing up holds and customer service gave an extra percent off for the inconveinence. No customers called to complain, they took the extra pecent off and went home happy. Oh sure there were unhappy people (yeah sure a few complained this episode is an inconveincence to their shopping and do they really think I'm not inconveinenced by all this?). Manager was so thankful we were wonderful. I said, You're Welcome. Had a guy buy 5 items and said he intended to buy 1 thing, but a good coupon in his pocket made him see others things he liked. I told im he now knows how it's like to be a woman. Took Precious outside to meet the neighbors. He got petted, a rare thing.

Fun times

Today the computers in my store were slow, then shut down completely. PA announced this to the customers. Sure customers complained, even to the manager walking by. But manager could do nothing about our system, all stores in the area were down. Corporate office had to reboot the system for all the stores, then someone had to reboot the individual computers, one at a time. Had customers put their things on hold promising all coupons will be honored. And eventaully, they went back to normal. Good thing too, Saturdays are busy.

Week in review

Week started with my Mom's 73rd birthday. I closed the store the night before and then opened the store early in the morning so got about 6 hours sleep. Towards end of shift I told coworkers not to give me deep thought questions. A customer asked where a store across the street was located and I had to think about it. When I got home I was too exhausted to do anything with Mom. Mom got lunch with sister's family and supper with her friends at retirement home. She had a good day. I called her at night to wish her a happy birthday. When I got home the night before, sitting on my couch, cats enjoying the cool night air, and Frodo brings in a squealing animal in his mouth. It tries to escape and Frodo pounces. It hit the window so I open the door wider to remove it. Realize it is a bat. It gets up and flies around the room, then lands on a large ceramic doll. I take doll outside and gently shake it off (my grandma made this doll). It returned to nature. So yes, bats squeal when pounced, like a mouse. Don't worry about Frodo, he had his rabies shot. This week I developed the habit of giving kids grabbing our gift cards a survey printed at the end of receipts to keep their hands off the gift cards. It is effective, I never seen kids so excited at holding a piece of paper. Parents make the kids say thank you for the gift. One evening there was a loud roar shaking the store. I asked if that was thunder or fireworks since I didn't bring an umbrella. Had a friend inform me she hates her job, company disrespects her and doesn't listen to her ideas, works her butt off for nothing, and she is going to get a new job where the company respects its employees. I said Good luck with that. Really, seriously, good luck with that. Employees are disposable and that will not change. Another day rear view mirror falls off, I googled to find a fix, buy repair kit, glue button holding the mirror the window, and realize later placing mirror back on that it is upside down. I was hoping to avoid labor charges, but now have little choice, new glue ain't coming off easily. Oh well, need oil change anyway. I think I covered everything.

Newest adventure

Rear view mirror falls off, I googled to find a fix, buy repair kit, glue button holding the mirror the window, and realize later placing mirror back on that it is upside down. I was hoping to avoid labor charges, but now have little choice, new glue ain't coming off easily. Oh well, need oil change anyway.

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July Everybody. If u don't know what that is, It's the day American Colonies signed the Declaration of Independence. John Hancock signed his name so big so British king George III was sure to read it without his glasses gave the experession "sign your John Hancock" meaning signature.