spiderdust

I've spent 45 minutes trying to register for my class online, only to find out that it won't let me register unless I go talk to a counselor (again), who will push a little button so the computer will let me sign up for classes. They aren't answering their voicemail in a timely manner, and are only dealing with walk-ins.

If I had realized that about an hour ago, I could have done that. Since I have to leave for work in 20 minutes, I have to unfortunately wait until tomorrow to speak to a counselor.

Hopefully the class won't be full by then! >:(

Today I go back to work for the 1st time since July 5th.

madbaker will appreciate the frustration...

Yesterday I served panko breaded tilapia fillets with pineapple salsa. One yokel commented, "Hey, these remind me of fish sticks! They'd be even better with some ketchup!"

I just about fell down and cried. Really.

(SIDE NOTE: Sometimes I forget how much I like Robert Plant.)

LOST: I lost an hour of work & some joint mobility.

(I accidently punched a block of ice really, really hard at work while breaking up said block for iced tea, and had to come home. My 2nd knuckle in my index finger looks a bit cockeyed and swollen, but it's better than it was. Thank goodness for the other fingers on my hand, or I wouldn't be typing.)

FOUND: I found my phone!

(My cell phone has been missing for more than a week.)

Looks like I now have not one, but two co-workers reading my journal!
I'll have to watch what I say. ;)

Free time? What's that??
Days off?? What are those??
A full night's sleep? That's just crazy talk!!

Off to bed I go, only to get up and go back to work in 5 hours so I can train the new person we just (thankfully) hired.

Here I am, at near-midnight, making two King cakes to take to work for Mardi Gras & I can't eat either one of them.

It's off to work I go.

I'm leaving the Flexeril at home & just relying on ibuprofen today. I've got a stool behind the counter that I can sit on from time to time, but I know my back's going to be pretty tired when I get home.

Tomorrow's going to be a tiring day too; Munchkin has a soccer class, then we head over to San Francisco's Aquarium By The Bay for a homeschooling field trip, and then I have an appointment in the city. After that, a quick (ha!) stock-up trip to Rainbow Grocery & then the drive home. We should arrive back at our place around 7pm or later. :(

There never seems to be enough time to slow down...

I stayed home from work today because I was feeling awful. I don't know if it was the flu or not (I didn't get the shot, and I never do. I have serious misgivings about it.), but I was headachy, my body hurt all over (which isn't a new thing, but it was different from the arthritic body aches I experience every morning), and I felt like I was looking out from a fog. Plus I was coughing & sneezing, and that's not a great thing to be doing when you're serving food.

So I stayed home.

I'm planning on going tomorrow, because I certainly can't afford to miss much work. I've been dosing myself all day with Airborne, wild oregano oil, astragalus tincture, and oscillococcinum (o-sill-o-cox-see-num). Hopefully that will nip this in the bud, along with rest & fluids.

[EDIT: I'd use the "sick" mood icon, but I hate the little barfing guy.]