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11 January 2004 22:22It is nice to know that after a bad day, things have a way of looking up. Staying at work two hours past the end of my shift was not fun, and not my plan. Chas certainly was not a happy camper about it. Unfortunately, he doesn't understand how this business works, though I love him for his concern for me, and making me stand up for myself. But it is not just me...anyone who is on a call at the end of their shift has to stay on it until it is done. It cannot be passed on to someone else. I start it...I finish, no matter how long it takes. And the customer does not deserve to be rushed just so I can go home. It may seem unfair to me to stay late, but the customer deserves my full attention until I have fixed their issue or done everything I can before letting them go. Needless to say that after having felt bad all day for leaving my purse home and having stayed late, the last thing I wanted when I came home was to be scolded or to get in an argument with the one I love most. But we are both stubborn and defensive and we yelled and bickered back and forth for a while until the tears came. We both calmed down and went out for a late dinner since I was too tired to cook. After that, we came home and we kissed and made up.
Saturday was good because later in the afternoon we went to the Mall @ Millenia and got Seth's iTunes Music Store gift certificate. Had we known that the Apple store sold them, we'd have done that from the start. In addition, I got a few things from American Eagle. I had 2 $10 money cards, and there was lots of stuff marked down 40% or more. After that, we headed back toward our neck of the woods and stopped at Rollins college for a music class/performance from The American Horn Quartet...basically 4 guys playing french horn and talking/teaching in between the works. Oh the mellow sounds of the french horn. (wink-you know who you are out there). Continuing from there we went to Whole Foods where I got FOOD! Lots of food to cook stuff with. Oh how I have been waiting to get this stuff! Last night I made a hedge hog...a meatloaf wrapped in bacon (something I saw on the Two Fat Ladies) and au gratin potatoes. It is a good thing the meat department had the meatloaf all ready, so all I had to do was wrap it in bacon and a few bay leaves, since I had to grate the cheese (butterkasse) and slice the potatoes by hand. Let me say that I am seriously thinking of getting an inexpensive food slicer. It was especially tedious because the potatoes were all so small. Everything came out well, but the thicker cut potatoes were slightly underdone.
Had to get up early today too. Chas dropped me at the mall since his client was near, and quite frankly, they have a few really big dogs and I...er, I am not a dog person. Especially when they are taller than me when they stand up, or sniff certain parts of my middle section. ; ) And these dogs go all psycho if they are outside too long. Anyhow, I wish I had more money to spend because there were so many good sales...so many good deals on great stuff! I was good though. I did not buy anything, though that didn't stop me from trying stuff on. :) I wished I had had a shopping buddy though. I would have had more fun. Eventually Chas called and we left the mall to see my grandad. Chas and I are the only ones who regularly see him. My parents see him frequently, but when my mom is sick and too tired, they pass on it. I did learn a few weeks ago that one of my old "Sunbeam posse", who is now on Charter at work, works at the facility where he lives as her second job. It makes us feel good that someone else is able to watch him when we cannot. We called my brother to see where he was to give him his gift certificate in person, and it turns out they were out with my parents at a nearby restaurant. Convenient because prior to calling them, we'd called my parents to see if they wanted to do lunch. So voila, they were all there. Since coming home, I got the lamb stew together and simmering while I started tonight's dinner, the previously mentioned cinnamon broiled chicken with cucumber yogurt raita, and golden rice pilaf (sans nuts). I did use the garam masala (Indian seasoning with cinnamon, cloves, cumin, coriander and black pepper) instead of the plain cinnamon. The only catastrophe was the not-so-sensitive smoke alarm going off when I was broiling the chicken. The sensitive one was already taken down. See, I had a spill in the oven not too long ago, so when the oven gets hot, it burns the residue and smokes, and while there really isn't much smoke, it is enough for those to go off, especially the one right by the kitchen. I need to clean the oven but I haven't yet. I have no idea if it is even a self cleaning oven. Anyhow, I put a lot of hard work into the dishes, took a long time prepping and timing and such, but I enjoyed doing it and it was certainly worth it. Tonight's dinner came out wonderful, and the stew smells great too. Too bad Chas missed his dinner when it was ready (and hot), but the poor lamb has been working so much lately that he is sleeping and needs his rest. What can I do, but look at his cute slumbering face and bless it with kisses?
It is getting late and I have to start getting ready for bed soon.
Saturday was good because later in the afternoon we went to the Mall @ Millenia and got Seth's iTunes Music Store gift certificate. Had we known that the Apple store sold them, we'd have done that from the start. In addition, I got a few things from American Eagle. I had 2 $10 money cards, and there was lots of stuff marked down 40% or more. After that, we headed back toward our neck of the woods and stopped at Rollins college for a music class/performance from The American Horn Quartet...basically 4 guys playing french horn and talking/teaching in between the works. Oh the mellow sounds of the french horn. (wink-you know who you are out there). Continuing from there we went to Whole Foods where I got FOOD! Lots of food to cook stuff with. Oh how I have been waiting to get this stuff! Last night I made a hedge hog...a meatloaf wrapped in bacon (something I saw on the Two Fat Ladies) and au gratin potatoes. It is a good thing the meat department had the meatloaf all ready, so all I had to do was wrap it in bacon and a few bay leaves, since I had to grate the cheese (butterkasse) and slice the potatoes by hand. Let me say that I am seriously thinking of getting an inexpensive food slicer. It was especially tedious because the potatoes were all so small. Everything came out well, but the thicker cut potatoes were slightly underdone.
Had to get up early today too. Chas dropped me at the mall since his client was near, and quite frankly, they have a few really big dogs and I...er, I am not a dog person. Especially when they are taller than me when they stand up, or sniff certain parts of my middle section. ; ) And these dogs go all psycho if they are outside too long. Anyhow, I wish I had more money to spend because there were so many good sales...so many good deals on great stuff! I was good though. I did not buy anything, though that didn't stop me from trying stuff on. :) I wished I had had a shopping buddy though. I would have had more fun. Eventually Chas called and we left the mall to see my grandad. Chas and I are the only ones who regularly see him. My parents see him frequently, but when my mom is sick and too tired, they pass on it. I did learn a few weeks ago that one of my old "Sunbeam posse", who is now on Charter at work, works at the facility where he lives as her second job. It makes us feel good that someone else is able to watch him when we cannot. We called my brother to see where he was to give him his gift certificate in person, and it turns out they were out with my parents at a nearby restaurant. Convenient because prior to calling them, we'd called my parents to see if they wanted to do lunch. So voila, they were all there. Since coming home, I got the lamb stew together and simmering while I started tonight's dinner, the previously mentioned cinnamon broiled chicken with cucumber yogurt raita, and golden rice pilaf (sans nuts). I did use the garam masala (Indian seasoning with cinnamon, cloves, cumin, coriander and black pepper) instead of the plain cinnamon. The only catastrophe was the not-so-sensitive smoke alarm going off when I was broiling the chicken. The sensitive one was already taken down. See, I had a spill in the oven not too long ago, so when the oven gets hot, it burns the residue and smokes, and while there really isn't much smoke, it is enough for those to go off, especially the one right by the kitchen. I need to clean the oven but I haven't yet. I have no idea if it is even a self cleaning oven. Anyhow, I put a lot of hard work into the dishes, took a long time prepping and timing and such, but I enjoyed doing it and it was certainly worth it. Tonight's dinner came out wonderful, and the stew smells great too. Too bad Chas missed his dinner when it was ready (and hot), but the poor lamb has been working so much lately that he is sleeping and needs his rest. What can I do, but look at his cute slumbering face and bless it with kisses?
It is getting late and I have to start getting ready for bed soon.
