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Mar. 30th, 2007 12:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
i_idThree good things about yesterday:
1. First day of my new job! I zoomed up I5 after work at the Maj and soon found myself sitting in a wee chilly office clicking 'next' a lot, working my way through the over-extensive and patronizing training program at Rite-Aid. I think I'll enjoy myself there; the company's policies seem more sensible than I was expecting, and David-my-new-boss is best described by the word 'genial.' I will remember to wear warm sleeves and better shoes. So far, I've been taught how to read the store handbook, how many different things can be qualified as sexual harassment, how to S.M.I.L.E, and a handful of other useful new skills. Working with K and J will be fun; and I predict many after-shifts at the Pita-Pit and/or Starbucks. Yay!
2. Karl. Karl is always a good thing. We were on our way to D&D on campus when my tire went ppphhhht and then flumpthumpflumpthumpflumpthumpbrrrrrrrrrrrt. Flat, oh yes. So I pulled into a small, well-lit parking lot and we rummaged in my trunk and found my teeeeeeny jack and my teeeeeeeeeny spare tire, and in about twenty minutes, Karl had the tire changed and we were good to go, even if my emergency brake doesn't work AT ALL. So, thank you, Karl, for risking life and limb to change my tire for me. Thank you so much. The parents are being awesome and lending me the green to get new tires. Plural, because a daylight examination of the other rear tire revealed large alarming cracks and peeling. So, really, it's also a good thing that my tire went flat when it did, and not at 80 mph on my way down to Oregon tomorrow, in the form of a blow-out. Yes. Despite my freak-out last night after getting home from D&D (Which took place in the form of a mad cleaning spree that lasted until about 4. My room is re-organized!), things are good.
3. My drive up from Anacortes to B'ham was also good. The sun wasn't bright, but it was sunny sun, and so I tucked a blanket over all my stuff in the back seat, put the top down, and sailed on up. Wind in my hair, black sunglasses keeping the grit out of my eyes, the whole deal. It was fun, and would have been better if I'd had the time to take Chuckanut Drive. Which we will be taking on our way up on Monday, Sky. Because pretty.
1. First day of my new job! I zoomed up I5 after work at the Maj and soon found myself sitting in a wee chilly office clicking 'next' a lot, working my way through the over-extensive and patronizing training program at Rite-Aid. I think I'll enjoy myself there; the company's policies seem more sensible than I was expecting, and David-my-new-boss is best described by the word 'genial.' I will remember to wear warm sleeves and better shoes. So far, I've been taught how to read the store handbook, how many different things can be qualified as sexual harassment, how to S.M.I.L.E, and a handful of other useful new skills. Working with K and J will be fun; and I predict many after-shifts at the Pita-Pit and/or Starbucks. Yay!
2. Karl. Karl is always a good thing. We were on our way to D&D on campus when my tire went ppphhhht and then flumpthumpflumpthumpflumpthumpbrrrrrrrrrrrt. Flat, oh yes. So I pulled into a small, well-lit parking lot and we rummaged in my trunk and found my teeeeeeny jack and my teeeeeeeeeny spare tire, and in about twenty minutes, Karl had the tire changed and we were good to go, even if my emergency brake doesn't work AT ALL. So, thank you, Karl, for risking life and limb to change my tire for me. Thank you so much. The parents are being awesome and lending me the green to get new tires. Plural, because a daylight examination of the other rear tire revealed large alarming cracks and peeling. So, really, it's also a good thing that my tire went flat when it did, and not at 80 mph on my way down to Oregon tomorrow, in the form of a blow-out. Yes. Despite my freak-out last night after getting home from D&D (Which took place in the form of a mad cleaning spree that lasted until about 4. My room is re-organized!), things are good.
3. My drive up from Anacortes to B'ham was also good. The sun wasn't bright, but it was sunny sun, and so I tucked a blanket over all my stuff in the back seat, put the top down, and sailed on up. Wind in my hair, black sunglasses keeping the grit out of my eyes, the whole deal. It was fun, and would have been better if I'd had the time to take Chuckanut Drive. Which we will be taking on our way up on Monday, Sky. Because pretty.
