Milestones

August 13 marked a year since I spoke at Keystone.  That was my last teaching.  (I'm itching to get back at it, too)  

August 17 marked a year since I moved to New Hampshire.

September 22nd will mark a year since I gave up and moved back to Michigan.

September 25th will mark 24 years of life

September 26th will mark 1 full year with Gap, Inc (Old Navy Outlet 2891)

Please keep me in your prayers as I move through these bitter-sweet milestones.  Pray that I would give myself grace and love and not judgment and harshness.

Asher

The story goes that I have tomorrow (Monday) off from both jobs and am then insanely busy for an indefinite amount of days. In fact, with the exception of Wednesday, each day is 10-12 hours long. I find out my schedules on Wednesday and that will let me know how long the stint of busyness will be. If I'm lucky I'll end up with a day next week where I'm completely free, like today (Monday). I do ask that you be praying for me. Not just for physically strength, but emotional, as well, as costumers and coworkers can be wearing at times. Also that I'll be able to say "no" to picking up more hours. Yes, I have my mornings free this week, but in most cases this week, mornings are all I have unscheduled. But the temptation will be there to work as much and often as possible due to the uncertainty of life right now. Pray that I would have trust and faith.

This evening at the Well was great. I finally have a parther. A guy partner. A guy partner who is a chilled individual and a hard worker who thinks I'm a great person. We're good friends to begin with and we make a great team. But seriously? We went through 6-7 airpump pots of coffee this evening. And we were only really busy for about 3.5-4 hours. It was a great time. Talking with patrons, making drinks, etc. We had a movie, scrabble and cranium going on inside and conversations on the outside. So chaotic, so much fun. Sundays are typically not like that at all. I loved the change of pace. I hope tonight's a trend that picks up some.

Now that my eyes are tired =)

Asher

oh, a day!

Well, today I worked both jobs... and it was my first day @ Espresso Bay. So far, so good! I was definitely a little gun-shy at first, but got better after about 20 minutes. They said I was doing really well and that they meant it. =) I couldn't have been doing too bad, they asked me to stay longer. I was only able to stay about 15 minutes longer though and then I had to rush off to Old Navy where I had a great shift, also. I was a little worried this AM about how long my day was going to feel, but it was goodness! Much like my days in college, it felt good to be busy. My day began at 7:45am and ended around 5:45pm. Not bad. =)

Last night ended earlier than normal for me. Usually I'm up until at least 3am, but because of needing to be at EB @9am I made arrangments to be at home at Midnight. And then it ended even earlier, around 10:30pm, because of some some other stuff, so that was was nice. I came home, took some time to myself and slept.

=) I... like people...

=)

Today was such a good day. It was definitely a day where I would have rather been outside than inside working. But here are some outtakes from today while I was working @ Old Navy.

(while expaining pear & pesto pizza to barbie)
"People put pineapple & pear on pizza... wow... say that five times fast..."

me: "I smell like gas... (weird looks from coworkers) ...I mean gasoline"

(Im walking up to Jeremiah, moving my arms to the music)
Jeremiah: "what's that?'
me: that's me grooving to the music... it's hard to tell though, I have zero coordination to begin with
J: oh, I was going to say you looked like a fighting nun. (what?!)
me: a friend and I do a happy dance when we're in the car listening to the music (demonstration... in the middle of the store)
J: you... you need help...
me: well THAT goes without saying...

(Rochelle had just demonstrated her new & improved anorak folding technique and left me... it didn't go so well for me... so, over the employee walkies...)
me:I'm sad
random coworker: what happened?
me: (best servant impression, w/hint of play-shame) "mastaw, I have faiwld you.."
Rochelle: (not on walkie, from across the store) *loud laughter* (on walkie) "aawwww"

There are MANY more, but the last one Im going to share with you is this:

We find out it's this little girl's birthday. so, all the employees decide we should sing happy birthday to her. so we lined her exit and sang as she left and clapped and cheered. I think we royally freaked her out. It was great seeing her expression, though! go team ONO 2891, go!