Reinforcements

So. Ya.

Today was a Sunday. Only a few things happen on Sundays. Summary: Wake up, do laundry, watch One Piece, eat breakfast, go to Sunday school then English Service at church, immediately go home, eat lunch (optional), go to work, go home, eat dinner, sleep.

So, last night when I said I had to go to sleep or I wouldn't be able to run this morning, well I didn't go stright to my bed. I ended up sleeping in another bed until 1 then I got kicked out and went to my bed. At 1 I was setting my alarm clock thinking "there's no way I'm waking up in five hours to run..." It was hard enough waking up at 8... I might run tommorow morning, but I have baseball after school from 2:30 - 4:00 (shhhh, don't tell Miss CW or she'll count it as missing half a rehearsal!)

Ok, so after church today I was going to get a haircut, but there was someone else waiting for a haircut, so I had to go or be late to work... I really want one.... When my hair gets too long it turns into this afroish thing that just bugs me. I wish I had straight hair... instead I have lots of thin curly hair... Like if it were heavy hair once it got long enough it would go down right..? Well, I tried that once... It did not go down. Only up. So I really want a haircut ASAP, because if I don't get it soon it will still be really short during the Musical... I want it average length by then.... It's probably too late already, but I still want it cut for baseball too...

Anyways, I have baseball Monday and Wednesday. We're going to practice on the backfield even though we havn't been given permission yet. xP See, the arena is right behind school and some kind of construction is going on, so they took part of our field... probably temporary, but still odd.

So, this post was mostly going to be about work. Today is Sunday and since I have musical rehearsal everyday after school, I can't really work during the week anymore and so I only work Sundays 2-10... No time for homework. >.> That's why I need a spare.

Anyways, I work at Independent in the produce department and pretty much only evening shifts. At work I fill the tables and couter with produce, duh. I also have to face the displays... All apples must have the stem facing 3-o-clock and all pears must face 2-o-clock. I don't know why, but they do... and there's a lot of them....

I also have to do the production for Green Onions, Carrots, Celery, Romain, Iceburg, and Leaf Lettuces. The way they ship the produce to the store is that they kinda shove as many as they can in a box and then close it. When it gets to the store after being tossed around the outer leaves/stalks often need to be removed. I also have to cut off the bottom and also the tops for Green Onions and Celery, and I have to trim the carrot's leaves. Romaine, Leaf Lettuce and Celery also have to be washed, and then put in a twist-tie or rubber band then put in another box. It's painfully boring and some of the time quite gross. Since I'm a little bit perfectionistic I really dislike this part of my job... it takes me so long to do production because I always try to make them perfect.....

I also make fruit salad when closing produce. I have to cube watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, and pineapple making separate containers of each as well as mixed melon (cantaloupe and honeydew) and fruit salad (all of the above but also with sliced strawberries and optionally other berries or grapes). It is more fun then production and you usually don't deal with any rotten fruit, except the odd cantaloupe and a bunch of rotton berries.

I also have to sweep, cull (look for bad produce.... eww....), cover for bakery, face the bulk shelves, change the ice bin, and close. When closing I have to cover the mushrooms and potatoes, turn off the lights for the side counter and put any remaining berries back in the cooler.

I've worked there for nearly two years and my uniform is kinda beat up... I want a new one, but I never ask for one... There are a few factors in this decision:

1. You know how I said it was awkward not thanking someone..? Well, when you work with someone for two years seeing them maybe twice or three times a week and you havn't been introduced yet, That's awkward.....
2. At one point JS said I should get a new job reasoning it would look better on a resume, this just added to my own desire to get a new job, not that his reason made any sense. I had been wanting a different job since like the second month, I enjoy learning new things, and a grocery store has very little change, just different seasons for produce... (I hate corn season!) but if I was going to get a new job I wouldn't want a brand new uniform to never wear again, would I?
3. I feel like it would be a waste of money to get a new one. I mean my old uniform works...
4. My old uniform does not work. Only three of six belt loops work on my pants, there's a tear about a foot long up my (looks at hands) right pant leg, and my shirt is kinda big and it has a lot of little loose strings...
5. I think they take it out of my weekly pay cheques bit by bit, not all at once...
6. I think I have to ask at the customer service desk for a new one, but there's always a customer there, I don't actually know any of the employees at customer service (I only know produce, bakery, service clerks, a few cashiers and a couple photo lab employees...), and by the time I have spare time to go ask customer service is closed (closes at 9 pm)...

So, Ya, I don't know when I'm getting a new uniform, maybe never..?

I'm also being rehired this year for my summer job court stewarding at the GB tennis courts. It's basically minimum wage for sitting outside watching people play tennis, or playing tennis yourself, or doing homework. The point is, there's very little actual work and I often get to play while working, if there's a free court, and the hours are much more reasonable, like 6-9, not 3-11. I think I'll be working once or twice a week, but probably playing on most of my days off. xP

Anyways, I need to sleep now.

Jaa mata ashita ne.

D.Fa