The Stein Mart Chronicles

Oh, what a week it has been. Or ten days. Or however long it's been since I updated this thing.

So anyway. Today I had the day off from work. (Ever so kind of them to let me have these precious hours of rest before I work like 78 hours in a row next week.) And yes, I spent the day doing practically nothing. I took a walk, I baked cookies, and I had a marathon viewing of P&P. Yes that means I spent about five and a half hours staring at Mr. Darcy. It's been a good day.

Tomorrow though, I don't know. Because as all you perceptive folks already know, I go back to work tomorrow -- aaalllllll day loooooooooong. Open to close just about. And, all of the really-really-super-duper-perceptive folks know, I could be happier about that than I am. Really. I'd say that the happiness-about-returning-to-work meter could stand to shoot up another 60%. But that probably won't happen.

Why you ask? (You did ask why, right? Good. Because I wanted to tell you.) Because my job at Stein Mart as Cashier, Accesories Associate, and Expert Ladies Apparel Straightener is extra-extremely monotonous. So very monotonous that I'm about to throw out several synonyms just so you can truly appreciate the monotony of it all.

Dull.
Boring.
Tedious.
Mind-numbing.
Banal.
Droning.
Humdrum.
Vapid.
Bland.

Yeah. Sorry I had to do that. But I had to make you understand somehow.

Anyway, I'm not gonna complain anymore about my job. That's just not what I'm about. Believe me, (except for this past few minutes when I was just typing the above) I don't sit around thinking things like how tough I have it standing around an air-conditioned store looking at pretty clothes and jewelry and purses, and counting money all day long. I know I could have it much worse. I could've ended up cleaning animal cages at the zoo or something. Or I could be jobless, and thus be broke and sad and STILL bored. So I realize I've got a pretty good situation going on. And so I won't complain about my job anymore.

Now the people at my job? Well, that's altogether different. LOL.

They're not terrible people or anything. Just kinda wearisome. In a hilarious kind of "look at who I'm working with" kind of way. I know this is gonna sound really strange coming from a girl who reports her age as twelve-teen and does not want to relinquish her status as a teenager, but my goodness. The kids I'm working with are kinda making me wonder what it is I'm trying to hold on to. Quite a few of my coworkers are still in high school or just recently graduated from, and as I stand there at the cash register or accessory counter with them for hours on end while they expostulate on such weighty matters as what place is better to eat at, Panera Bread Co. or Joe's Crab Shack, I begin feeling my age. I guess that's a good thing though. This is not to say that there aren't some morsels of honest-to-goodness fun and stimulation had between my coworkers and myself each day I work, but they're few and far-between. Say, 10 minutes of good for every 200 minutes of blah. No, I'm exaggerating. It's more like 10 to 199. Yeah.

Anyway. Happy 4th of July! Happy Independence Day for all of y'all celebrating. Me? Well, there will be no barbecues, no picnics, no firecrackers for me. I'll be working.

(By the way, bonus points for anyone who knows the number of hyphens I used in this post without scrolling back up to count!) (Don't worry about what the points are for. You'll find out when the time is right.)

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A Verse For You Today

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful.
But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in this law does he meditate day and night.
And he shall be like a tree, planted by the rivers of water
that brings forth His fruit in His season.
The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind drives away.
Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgement,
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
For the Lord knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the ungodly shall perish. ~ Psalm 1