Time Flies Part II

So in the aftermath of my unexpected work situation, the holidays appeared out of nowhere.

I am not a fan of Christmas. Kind of never have been, but the last two have been so totally brutal out here, with no family around; and I wish the month of December away, almost hour by hour.

So I took a job at Danier Leather in a spectacular mall here called Cross Iron Mills. The job was kind of crap pay, but I needed something to take my mind off the fact that I was going to wake up on Christmas Day alone again. I would've gone home but my co-worker who shares responsibilities with me had the holidays off. I am so glad I took the job. I have never had so much fun while my feet throbbing from 8 hour shifts on my feet on tile floor. I literally loved my job there. I got to chat up people alllllll day long!! I got to help dumb boyfriends and clueless husbands pick out coats for their beloved. It was brilliant. They would aimlessly point to another staff member or myself and say "yeah, shes about that size". I laughed/joked/flirted ;-) my way into sales. Naturally, not in a scam artist kind of way, because they had until the 7th to return their goods. I finished my last shift last Saturday and its so nice to have my weekends back. I had two days off in December!! I was exhausted - so the first weekend I had off (early Jan) I went to sleep one Friday night (maybe with a couple glasses of wine) and got out of bed 36 hours later. I couldn't even shower when I managed to wake up sometime the next afternoon, I was so beat. Then Sunday, I was back to normal.

I will miss the staff there, the thrill of making a sale, and the sheer delight of people trying on gorgeous coats, feeling like a rockstar and purchasing their coat at a huge discount. This is going to sound silly, but I feel like I was a very positive part of their day, I believe in the value of clothing, (good clothing) and how it plays on your psyche. I fully believe that the better you dress, the better you feel, the better you present yourself to the world. Its just how we're wired. I even had a couple of people come back and tell my manager how much they liked me.

Just what the doctor ordered me thinks after my soul-shake up earlier in the month.

Thats all on that topic.

Cheers

LLMac