Last Day of November, Yo

I hope y’all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have to practice using "y’all" more now that I’m moving to KS. I had a pleasant Thanksgiving. I should actually say ThanksgivingS. When it was all said and done I experienced three. They were all good times … good times. I went to my first Javers family Thanksgiving. I would have to say that they are all ordinary Americans who basically eat and do the same things my family does on Thanksgiving. Surprise, surprise. I might have, however, actually enjoyed a crazy second cousin named Fred who only wears pink, shouts phrases in pseudo-Spanish to make everyone think he knows the language, and insists he needs to hide under the table to avoid assassination.

Yesterday, I told Julie I was officially resigning on January 8, 2006. She said she would really miss me and got a little teary eyed. I didn’t want to look at her because I knew I would probably start to tear up too. She really encouraged me in my educational efforts. The event made me very reflective for the last two hours of the day. I will certainly miss most of my coworkers. I hope I can find employment in the future with such neat people.

ShopKo

Sigh ... I just finished my fourth day of part time seasonal work at ShopKo. After the first day I wondered how I would ever make it, but now I am getting the hang of things. Basically, I just have to tell people where they can find items (which is tricky because half the time I have no clue) and straighten up the aisles. Today, an older couple asked me if we had any of those Dutch shortbread cookies that come in a tin. We looked all over the food aisles and the seasonal Christmas aisles and found no shortbread cookies in a tin. About ten minutes later I was walking around the pharmacy area and I found a display of cashews and those crazy shortbread cookies. I gasped, picked up a tin, and scurried around the store looking for the couple. I finally found them on their way out and saved the day. Yeah, Amber Schrag - hometown hero.

Yesterday I worked for three hours with Scott folding and refolding the three towel aisles. Talk about tedious. Today I helped Adam, build two treadmills for a display. That was a little different and fun. Maybe this job won't be so bad, but when I work at the museum all day and then hit up ShopKo till 10:45 pm it ... sure makes ... me ... ... ti...r...e...d ... ...zzz...

Congratulations Shelly and Jon!

This past summer Shelly (an ex-roommate) and Jon scooted by my apartment on their roller blades to throw rocks at my patio door and tell me they were engaged. Last Saturday I went to their wedding with Dawn and Amanda. I didn’t really know anyone else at the wedding very well, but I still had a delightful time.

The DJ at the reception/dance made Dawn and me chuckle. I would compare his voice to that of a game show announcer. When the wedding party came in to the reception hall to sit down, he called off their names as they walked in – reminded me a lot of “The Price is Right.” During the meal, I am not even sure what he said, but he made several other announcements. Dawn thought he sounded like a circus announcer and a great idea popped into my head. Would it not be the most exciting thing ever to have a circus at your wedding? People could hit the dance floor OR watch some tigers do tricks. Yeah, if I get married I think there will have to be a little circus, even if it’s just some neighborhood dogs running around in elephant costumes and a clown.