Not home yet

 So, there are two reasons why I’m not home yet and both are my fault.

One, I was told to recover (clean) kids at closing. For most of the day I’ve been at checkout, and someone tore their way through the boys section, but honestly I’ve seen and fixed worst. My problem was that I had less than 45 mins to make it right. So when I was asked about what time my bus was to show, I had two things go through my mind. 

One, I wanted to stay for the little extra in my pay for a full 30 mins. The next thing being, I needed to stay to clean up kids like I was asked. 

So by the time we all left the store I of course had missed the last bus that would take me to journal square. So I had to take a detour and take two buses to get me there to get my last bus to take me home. Fine. I caught them back to back.

I get to journal square and I see that have 15 mins until my bus leaves. I want to get a drink to take to work for lunch and I decided to get some chicken from this new place to go with the rest of my lunch and to have some for dinner. 

So on my way to catch my bus that is leaving in 3 mins I was stopped. Not once but twice. I couldn’t believe my luck. So I got to my ‘terminal’ in time to have it roll by me.

Now I have to wait 20 mins for the next one. And that is where you find me today.

Other than work that I have been waking up at 5:30 am for, I guess I’m doing ok.

I got some new fractals made. I impressed myself with the last bit of writing I posted yesterday. It was my day off so I got to polish it up to my liking. 

Yesterday my sister also had PSE&G come by to look at our heating system. Well she thought that they were coming to inspect our heating system. They checked our boiler and its  connection to our floor. Nothing outside of the basement was looked at. 

He said he did something to make sure the heat wasn’t blocked from reaching all the rooms. We shall see. In Newark I got the heat and she didn’t. The next place she had a radiator in her room, I didn’t. And this time she seems to be getting most of the heat again. Her room was a sauna and I had to employ my comforter to get not cold at the start of the year.

I’m on the bus now. About 30 mins from now I will be hobbling my way down the block to my house. 

Take care people.

Later.

Who’s at fault?

 My bus app said that I had over 10 mins until the bus showed up so I took my time walking to the bus stop and paused to take a photo. Just one, even though the scene changed as I continued to walk towards it.

Do I back up 10 paces to try for what I really wanted? No. I had a bus to catch. I had less than half a block to go. Heck I was one house away from the corner. 

And as I get to the corner there is the bus breezing past me, beating the stop light with no one on it. 

So I’m waiting for the next bus. When ever that may be. 

Later

The day went quickly

 Even though I’ve been at work since 9am today and awake since 5:30 they day went by quickly for me and I wasn’t the one one that said so. 

I guess when you have something g to really do and not a lot of customers to worry about it speeds along your day. 

Now to do it all back over again. 

So...

 The day went very quickly for me. 

A higher up showed up at the store and walked around the store talking to a display person on the phone. My manager thought it was for one, but it turned out to be stuff that they wanted done today. So there went our plans for the day. 

On the upside, the store looks a little better and we discovered some marked down items on the women's side. But a bunch of stuff was moved around and filled. 

I was on register today, which wasn’t working since it was just me and one manager on the women’s side of the store. So we got Bruce somehow. He does not like working in women's at all, but I think he also took over register duty for me also until he left at 5. After my break I wasn't called to ring out anyone. I just realized that.

Oh. Lunch was microwave popcorn. Kettle Corn maybe. I can't have any butter or dairy-based things. It was a big enough bag that I'm not starving. 

I ended up leaving half an hour after I was suppose to. Everyone is used to me closing down the store, even me, that it was odd that I left so early. But I’ll be there for closing for the next two days. 

Overall it was a good day despite my second bus being 12 mins late this morning. What is 12 mins you ask me? It's me getting to work 4 mins late. I hope it was only 4. My first bus was late too, or I would have caught an earlier second bus. But I got what I got. Now I’m heading home. 

I feel like throwing money at someone for some fried chicken. I haven't had any in weeks. Over a month for sure. 

Later.

I don't think the food traveled well.

 Some of it seemed to have spoiled by the time I was home and ready to eat it. 

I got home before 7, and the only thing I did that took up any time before eating was taking a bath. I had to pee since halfway through my trip to Brooklyn. 

When I got there she didn't let me sit, I didn’t even think to ask her to use the bathroom. She’s 88 after all. I expect her to die soon, but I won't be the one to kill her. 

So when I got to lower Manhattan on my way back, I thought that perhaps I could use the bathroom at my sister’s office. But when I called her she said that she had just gotten on the bus. So I just missed seeing her by 5 mins. 

So the second I got in the apt I’m running for the bathroom and was only half successful. Which is why I washed my skirt in the bathroom sink and took a bath. 

Anyway, the food. At first, I thought that they had put lime on the food but by the time I packed everything up after my sister got around to eating, something else didn't smell right. I packed up the bits that I thought was still good and even sectioned out some to take to work. But I couldn't pack it with me this morning. 

I’m hours away from Aunt Flo showing up. That’s one of the reasons I felt like throwing up yesterday and this morning. I’m not adding food poisoning to my worries while at work. 

I was so happy when I got the food, now I feel like I wasted my money.