Some of you already know my family and I are moving and if you didn’t you know now. =D We’ve been packing for the last 2 weeks. It’s been a slow process, one box here, another box there, and a few “where the hell did this come from?” moments. But, now it’s crunch time. Our lease is up on the 1^st of June, which means mega moving this weekend.

The good thing is that nearly all of our small things have already been moved. Only big things like furniture pieces remain. The bad thing is that we were too efficient. I came to this realization as I tried to make myself dinner and couldn’t find a bowl to place it in. Yes, we had packed and moved ALL of the dishes with the exception of 2 coffee cups and a spoon. I am currently hording said cups and spoon. I will bring the wrath of the apocalypse down upon the head of anyone who would dare take them from me. I WILL HAVE MY TEA TOMORROW MORNING!

On a related note we are down to 2 bath towels, 1 rose scented bar of soap & a travel size shampoo bottle. You guessed it! I have stealthfully captured these marvelous items and for their own safety placed them within my own bathroom.  It serves them right for packing all the necessity items away without thought.

I do feel a little guilty. I have to work tomorrow and Saturday, so I won’t be around to help with the heavy lifting. I would buy everyone dinner to make it up to them, but bills and a dentist appointment have bleed me dry. =(

On a side note, I found some catnip, which I have given to my cat, Sophie. This may or may not be a smart decision. Currently she is jumping at her shadow and eyes my feet. If I lose a limb I will know it was a bad decision. End side note.

Just to let people know, I have yet to get internet hooked up at the new place. I am looking into cable internet, which I have found to be cheaper, than DSL. However, it appears that I might not be able to get it. The subdivision doesn’t appear to be cable ready or at least not to Charter (a cable company). This makes me believe it is true for all the cable companies. I will still check all the same. I really want cable internet. I’ve heard it’s so much faster with no disconnecting during bad weather.

Anyhoo, if you’re all wondering “where the hell is she?” I am simply internet-less. Maybe I’ll get lucky and snag a wireless connection. =D

I guess I should get back to cleaning. It’s amazing the junk you find under dressers and behind shelves. How did this crap get here anyway?

This is my entry for this week’s scene challenge from sim_scenes. For those of you who don’t follow the Sims. This is simply a creative challenge. Each week 3 criteria are given. Using at the very least 2 of the 3 criteria you must tell a story using only 10 pictures and no words.

The criteria for this week are haunting, acceptance & money.

Hopefully, my story makes sense to everyone.
( Weekly Scene Challenge )

Meme Questionnaire rules...

1. Leave me a comment saying, "Interview me."
2. I will respond by asking you ANY five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature. Or not so creepy/personal.
3. You WILL update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions.

I asked regacylady to interview me. Questions are below.

1. What do you want to be when you grow up? ^.^

2. If there were no sims, what would you do with your time?

3. What are 5 things that you could not live WITH?

4. What's your heritage?

5. If you could visit any time period of the past, what would it be?

Monday is the day I normally spend doing stuff like pay bills, returning emails, answering comments, stuff like that. 99.9% of all this is done over the interweb. But, my clicky hand hurts. =(

So, there I was shelving the new romance novel, which came in February for our Valentine’s Day ‘buy 4 Paperback novels get one free sale’, back into the romance section. This section is directly across from the kid’s section. But, before you start screaming ‘romance shouldn’t be anywhere near kids, there are 2 shelves which separate them, the Young Adult and Parenting section.  

So, there I was shelving away, when I hear this little boy, maybe 4-ish say the words ‘look mommy it’s a truck’ over and over and over and over and over again. If you have kids or have been around kids long enough, then you know exactly what I am talking about. The kid was being loud and at this point I wondered why his mother wasn’t trying to keep him quite. I peered around to see the child holding the book up for his mother, saying the phrase over and over again. She was reading the back of a book. Tuning a child out is the first thing new parents learn. Sadly this lady was a pro at it.

Just as a thought that, the kid jumps in front of her getting her attention. With a mean looking face he says “Daddy would understand!” turns and runs down the aisle. The mother blinked and followed. I went back to shelving.

I work in a book store as many of you know. I am using this post as a venting page.

The things I deal with at work….

I had one lady ask me to find a list of books, a freakin’ List! After I found them all she looks then over and say ‘I’m going to wait’. What? I give her a stack of books and she’s not going to buy any of them? Ok, I’m fine with this. It happens, I move on.

Same day another lady asked me the price of a sale item. It’s on the 90% off clearance table. I ask for the book and look on the back. Price $7.99. I tell her the price is about $0.80 and what does she say ‘I want the exact price’.  It’s a kid’s book that is less than $1, come on! But, I smile and bring it over to the register and ring it up to get the ‘exact’ price. $0.80 + $0.05 tax = $0.85. I smile and tell her. She doesn’t want to buy it, she just wanted to know. What the hell! Grrr……Ok, ok this stuff happens, time to move on.

I started to shelve some books a customer decided to leave on the magazine rack. I come across a guy who looked lost. “Can I help you?” I asked.

“No I’m, fine.”

“Alright, I will be at the front if you need anything.”

I walked away. I come back maybe 10 minutes later, the same guy this looking through the history section, still looking lost. “Still finding everything ok? Is there a book you need?”

“No, I’m good.”

“Ok” I walk back up to the front.

The guy is still in the store after an hour still looking like he can’t find what he came for.

“Still ok? Need any helping finding anything?”

“No, I’m fine.”

“Alright.” I walk away to shelve again. Time passes the guy comes up to the register with a crossword puzzle book. I ring him up. “Did you find everything you needed?”

“No, I didn’t”

“I’m sorry, what were you looking for? I can look it up right here.”

“No, I’m fine. I’ll look at (name of rival bookstore B & N) for it.”

“It will only take a moment. Let’s see if we have it here.”

“No, that’s ok.”

*sigh* I asked him 3 times and he said he was fine. Does that make any sense to anyone?

Last rant I promise. A big part of my job is seeing if anyone need help finding anything. We are told to go around every 5 to 10 minutes and ask everyone if they need help. I get a lot of ‘I’m fine’, ‘just looking’, ‘already have what I need’, and things like that. But, after working a bookstore for 5 years I have never heard the phrase ‘Oh, I don’t read’ until transferring to the Mall of Georgia location of my company. It wasn’t once, but several times I have heard this phrase from the locals. Seriously, who goes into a bookstore and says ‘Oh, I don’t read’ when asked if they need help? If you don’t read way are you in a bookstore and what do you mean you don’t read? Are they illiterate? I how not, but could be true. Is reading not a preferred pastime? That I can understand to a point. But even so, why say ‘Oh, I don’t read’? Are they trying to look ignorant? Arrrgggh!

Ok, I’m done. I feel better now. 

So, my boyfriend works for a non-profit organization that supports the Arts in Atlanta. This non-profit also runs a ½ price ticket booth for almost all of the shows they support. This means we see a lot of shows together for ½ the price. Everything from local plays to opera. So, when I get the call asking if I wanted to go to Cirque du Soleil I jumped for joy! Then reality hit. Even if we were only paying ½ price, that’s still $30 each. I don’t know about everyone else but for me right now isn’t the time to spend money on entertainment. I was feeling low, because I knew I would have to decline. Then he said those magic words....comp tickets....WooooHoooo!!! Cirque du Soleil for free!! Oh yeah!... So, we went.

The location of the tent was right next to a new trendy shopping area, called Atlantic Station. Most of the parking was underground, which mean very little car traffic in the shopping area itself. This was nice since we needed to walk to dinner then to the tent area. While at dinner it started to rain and when I say rain I mean tornado watch. Great.... But, no worries the worst of it was far to the west and would be a bit before it got to us. We travelled on to the tent via the underground parking to avoid the heavy drops. Only to find out we had to walk through the rain to get to the tent.... I was not happy. But, it wasn’t going to let up so we did and we got soaked along with many others. My poor little umbrella broke against the wind. Poor blue umbrella you served me well. Sniff...

Once inside and away from the rain we found our seat and waited for the show. It was packed and the tent had a leak. There I am sitting patiently soaking wet and I have to sit in the one spot where there was a leak. All during the 1^st part of the wonderful, most awesome show, I had fat drops land on my leg. Sigh...The good thing is the rain stopped during the 2^nd half. It was a great show and I might consider spending the money next year to see it. But, next time I will bring a rain jacket. :D

I finally get to go to the Aquarium today! For those who don’t know, I live in Georgia really close to the capital Atlanta. It opened up November 2005 and is considered the largest Aquarium in the world. Now, roughly 3 years later I finally get to see it.

Why haven’t I seen it before, since I live so close? I am a prime example of the person who says ‘there’s nothing fun to do around here’. It is very true what they say about not noticing what’s in your own backyard. When it first opened I told myself ‘I can go anytime I want, it’s just downtown’. Then I forgot about it. :(

Now, after 3 years of intending to see I will finally do so. I'll have to remeber to post pictures. :D