Summer Vacation And Other Stuff........

My daughters are off to Mississippi for the rest of the summer.  They will be back in time for the beginning of the school year.  My in-laws are eagerly anticipating their arrival. They wanted the girls earlier, but had to wait because my older daughters had to attend summer school.  The younger ones woke me up this morning to tell me goodbye (they were crying), and I stayed up to see them off.  I made sure that they had plenty of fruit and juice boxes to snack on, and gave them a little spending money.  I fleeced my hubby for a few dollars in gas money.  Since I just started working, my check was really light, and I don't intend to spend all my little change when I know that he has more money than I do!  I promised the girls that if they want to return home for any reason, call us, and we will pick them up.  But I know that they are in good hands; after all, these are the people who cared for my kids in New Orleans while my husband and I worked.  They will be fine!

  

Maya's birthday is July 5th, the same day as my mother's.  My husband wanted to take the girls to Mississippi Tuesday night, planning to take me along so that we could spend two days an a night there, since I am off Wednesday.  That way, I would have been there to celebrate Maya's birthday with her.  But my husband has been scheduled for a promising job interview Wednesday (a job lead and referral from the school that he is attending), so those plans were foiled. 

   

Work is fine; though physically demanding, there is no mental strain at all, which is a good thing.  My home store finally faxed their evaluation of me to this store, and my new bosses were quite impressed, to say the least.  They have several plans for me; one being to remain where I am and help prepare  the associates for the changeover to a Supercenter operation (the store that I am working in is expecting to undergo the transformation and construction from a smaller retail store to a Supercenter by the end of this year to the beginning of next year); another is to assign me a department manager position as soon as one becomes available.  That's fine, but the problem with that is that I LOVE my hours, and I know that the more responsibility you accept at Wal-Mart, the more crazy hours they will expect you to work.  Once my work is finished, I go home, and I like it that way!  I will see how this goes, and how these future plans for me will affect my family, and go from there.

  

My feet HURT!!!  Anyone who has flat feet knows exactly what I mean!  I wore some old Sketchers tennis shoes that I received from a shelter to work yesterday, and they helped a little (I guess because the shoe gave my feet some support; I HATE wearing tennis shoes!).  I have been wearing leather clogs, and though the insoles are comfortable, they offer nothing in the arch support department!  I SAW a pair of shoes months ago that I thought would be perfect to wear for work at Wal-Mart, but I didn't get them when I had the chance.  Now I am kicking myself, because I really need them now!  Oh, well, I'll keep looking............... 

  

Keanu Reeves allegedly has a blog on MySpace.  I asked him to add me as a friend, and he, or whoever this person is added me this weekend!  It is an extremely simple blog; he doesn't write much in it, but he seems to be a very simple man.  Simple, not as  in dumb, folks, but humble.  The blog speaks mostly about his mother, his two sisters (one who has cancer), and his love for motorcycles, his bass guitar, and his growing pains (in one entry, he apologized for not being able to answer or read all his e-mail, implying that he was "too old" for MySpace, and that he has bodily aches and pains! LOL)  Can you believe someone so beautiful can be so real?  Well, even if this person is or isn't him, I still feel honored to have been added.  I have always been a fan of his since "Bill and Ted"!!!! LOL LOL LOL

  

Well, folks, thanks for chit-chatting with me!  I will be sending out Happy Fourth Of July e-cards soon, and doin' this blog up for the occasion!  Oh, how I miss Fourth Of July fireworks on the Riverfront in New Orleans, and daiquiris!!!!!  Love y'all!!! Bye!!!

  

Adrian