Advice

It’s been an interesting week at work. I called Sears last Friday to see if my check had arrived. One of my co-workers informed me that the checks had not shown up, and the owner would send them out the following Friday. According to what I was told, the owner claimed we didn’t sell enough to cover the payroll. Each of us is paid either hourly or commission whichever is greater.

The checks arrived Thursday, but our manager wouldn’t let us pick up the checks until yesterday. On top of that, the ac in our building hasn’t worked in over a month. Every single customer complains about the store being too hot, and we lose sales because of that. Our owner refuses to have it fixed because it is too expensive. We have two small fans running, but they provide a little relief. Then, my manager received a shut-off notice of utilities from the city that has to be paid by the 1st.

Our warehouse guy, Justin, also left last week to be closer to his college in south georgia. Our manager was NOT happy about it. In fact, she tried to block him from going down there. In her opinion, she felt that the manager in Statesboro “stole” Justin right from under her. It doesn’t make any sense because he was going to leave anyway. Statesboro is roughly 2-3 hours south of here. The fall semester will start in a couple of weeks, so there was nothing she could have done to keep him around anyway. Justin told me himself that he hopes she wouldn’t try to prevent him from taking the job.

Just the other night, I went through my old shoebox filled with letters. I had letters dating all the way back to 1997; I miss receiving snail mail from pen pals. I used to write letters all the time when I was in high school. I still have every single Christmas card from my parents, and I even stumbled on an old obituary for my paternal grandmother.

I have a question for my married friends.

1) How often do you get to hang out with your friends?

2) When you’re married, do you essentially hang out with other couples? What about your single friends?

3) Do you prefer to have a formal gathering or do you mind if any of your friends show up unannounced?

I’m only asking because Liz constantly wonders why I rarely hang out with her and Trey. I only come around when I’m invited, and I never show up unannounced. As a result, I might see Trey once or twice a month.

I also can’t wait to finally have our own lawnmower. My cousin owns his own landscaping company, but his work truck broke down a few weeks ago. We haven’t had our own lawnmower to cut the grass. Just yesterday, we received a notice from the HOA saying we were out of compliance for not having our lawn cut. We’ll get our lawnmower sometime next week.

Well, I’m going to enjoy the rest of my day off now!