One of the worst days I’ve had in a while
I woke up to one of my neighbors banging on my door. He said that there was smoke coming from the bushes outside of my house. I looked outside and got some water to try and put it out, but it wasn’t working. I ended up calling the fire department and they came and soaked the bushes and put it out. We think that someone threw a cigarette in the bushes and that’s why it caught on fire. Now my patio is full of branches and dirt because I haven’t had a chance to sweep it off yet.
All was uneventful at the first job until I heard from my best friend. She had either planned on moving here or I was going to move back to Jersey. I purposefully didn’t renew my lease because of it and instead went month to month at a higher price. Well, we were emailing back and forth about it and she pretty much told me that she doesn’t want to move here. Which is fine. But she also said she’s getting an apartment with someone else, so I’m pretty much SOL and need to figure out what I’m going to do. It just pisses me off because she does this to me every year and every year, I fall for it. I think that I’m a glutton for punishment. I think that I like getting my hopes up, only to be disappointed. Then, I can say, “see, I told you so”. That can’t be healthy.
After all of that, I had to go to the second job. All was fine and dandy until this couple walked in five minutes before we were about to close. Which I didn’t mind. They walked around the store, asked questions about the different foods, and ended up picking out something for their dog (who was in the store with them). They had their little boy with them and when they were just about to leave, they noticed that his diaper had leaked everywhere and asked to use our bathroom. No big deal there either. While they were changing him, they let the dog just walk around the store, his leash dragging behind him. One second, I look over and he’s fine. The next second, I see him peeing on two of the dog beds we have in the store. And it’s not even that that pissed me off, it was the way the dog looked at me as he was doing it. Like it was no big deal. Like he was cocky. Like he thought he ruled the nest. And he wasn’t my dog, so I couldn’t really say anything, but it just pissed me off. He probably does that all over their house too. He knew he was the Alpha and he knew he could do whatever the hell he wanted. It seemed like at any minute, he could bite my head off and that scared the shit out of me. So after they left, I had to clean up dog piss from the dog bed and the floor. The beds were wrapped in plastic and I don’t think it soaked through, but the plastic definitely needs to be changed. And the floor needs to be mopped with Nature’s Miracle so that every dog that comes in doesn’t pee on that one spot.
After all of that and after closing the store, I still had to run to the ATM and then pick up something for dinner. I was in the parking lot waiting for the guy behind me to back out and he was just sitting there, so I went for it. Then he started backing up too and I had to pull forward again before he hit me. Then as he’s driving away, he’s looking at me like I’m the asshole.
I finally get home around 9pm and I get even more aggravated because my girl kitty, Dara, keeps refusing to eat. I recently changed their food and she was good on it for a while, but now she won’t eat it. And she’s starting to get skinny. It’s really worrying me. I brought home some samples to see what flavor she might like and I think she’s into the Salmon and Brown Rice, so I may switch to that. I’ll have to watch her over the next couple of days. I’m more aggravated by the fact that she’s so stubborn than by the fact that she’s not eating. I’m just worried about her. I’m taking her to the vet next week, so I’ll ask them if they have any advice.
On the good news front, I’m having dinner with my friends Amy and Ann. I haven’t seen them in forever and they live right across the street! I always have so much fun when I go over there and they just got two new kitties, so I think I’m going to bring the kitty some treats from the store and then pick up some dessert on my way there. I can’t wait!
