January 30, 2004

yippee!

We're home as of late last night! Already I am starting to be an expert on hotel rooms. No coffee machine in a room is just WRONG! So we bought an electric kettle! LOL! We could make hot cocoa, coffee, tea, cup o'soup, instant oatmeal. Fridges are important too, then we can buy milk and eat out of those tiny cereal boxes on mornings. ;)

Yesterday at 6am, we passed in front of Canada's Parliament in Ottawa. A sense of pride came over me, it was weird but at the same time, so many decisions are taken place there, it was nice to see it up close like that. By 6:30am, we were at yet another Walmart and they were in the same mall as Woolaine. If you ever are in the Orleans area, please go and check the store out. The couple (I'm guessing the owners!?) there were VERY friendly, proud to talk about knitting with Carl and I. I wished I had enough time 'cause I would have bought some yarn for sure. I got to see and touch Jo Sharp's tweed, I have only heard about Jo Sharp in magazines.

I got switched teams at work again. So in two weeks I worked on 3 different areas of Walmart. I ended my week in jewellery, I got to sop for watches at the same time! LOL! Scanning watches one by one sure takes a long time but at least it's pretty easy and then we start working in the crafts section. :) Just a reminder, when checking the yarn at Walmart have a little thought for me! LOL! I'm counting all those balls, either they are in the right spot or not. So many textures, so many colors. It's hard to resist them sometimes!

That's it for now, got my first 2 week paycheck last night, that was niiiiiiiiiiiice! Might splurge on myself with a personal CD player, it would be nice to listen to some of my kind of music when we travel for hours. Some times let's just say that the music the 7 other travellers like aren't quite my taste. ;)

Off to go register my BIG girl to kindergarden! She couldn't be more excited, then we will treat her to some at Cora's to celebrate her big day. It's the kind of restaurant where they pile your plate with huge amounts of the freshest of fruits. YUM! You have no idea how much I crave fresh fruits after a week of restaurant foods. We did good though, still no fast foods in our diet.

hugs, enjoy the weekend! :)

Posted by Jo at January 30, 2004 09:14 AM
Comments
I'll bet you are getting pretty quick with those RGIS machines. I was in retail for years before having kids and there was a huge difference in some of the RGIS teams. I'm sure that you're more than sought after. :) Typically inventory time was never a fun one as a store manager (long nights on top of long days) much prep work (which typically paid off in a smoother/more accurate inventory). Glad you are enjoying your job - it does seem like fun! Posted by: Barbara at January 31, 2004 08:46 PM
Thanks for lettting me know, Jo. :) You sound like you're really enjoying the job. I'm glad you can get some knitting done, too. The CD player is an excellent idea. I used to carpool to work with several other people, and it was good for keeping the "noise" out. Posted by: lisa at February 1, 2004 09:50 AM