Sunday, November 14, 2010

Lack of Sleep, Hallucinations, and Gearing up for the Holidays

I didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night.  I got about maybe two or three hours of actual sleep time; I'm pretty sure I hallucinated for the rest of the time I spent in bed, unless there really WAS a customer in my room last night, and I was selling them things.  I know I was awake, so I'm fairly certain I wasn't dreaming it.  Although I may have dreamed the dancing unicorn earrings...  And the car in front of me on the drive home from work this afternoon definitely had a tiger's tail, so I may still be hallucinating.  Are you real?  Am I real???  Who knows...

I felt like crap this morning (may have had something to do with all the time I spent awake hallucinating last night), and the store was pretty busy.  People are really getting in gear for the holidays, most people "just looking," but quite a few buying presents already.  I don't really have many people to buy for... my mom, step-dad, husband......... that's all.  I could buy presents for my three younger half-brothers, but they are unfortunate casualties in the Cold War I'm currently fighting with my male-birth-contributor.  We haven't spoken in about 9 months, and neither one of us looks apt to back down any time soon.  I'm like 90% sure he won't try to buy me anything for Christmas, but I'm trying to think of some way to let him know I moved to a new city about 4 months ago, just in the off-chance he tries to send me something, but I don't want to give him my actual address, or talk to him.  So... not sure how I'm going to pull that off.

But the holidays should be nice either way.  Our newish apartment actually has room for a Christmas tree this year, and I plan on doing a lot of decorating with my two giant Rubbermaid tubs of Christmas decorations.  :)  Or, I may not decorate at all!  It's my apartment, so I get to decide what I do and don't do.  XD

Black Friday should be fun.  I get to work 4am til 4pm, which means I'll have to get up at 2:30am just to have enough time to shower, dress, eat breakfast, feed my fish, and drive to work.  Fun times.  But I get to spend an hour running up and down a line of about 300-600 people, getting everyone all worked up for shopping and handing out tickets for the doorbuster specials.  This will be my 7th Black Friday with the company, and my second at this store, although my first Black Friday at this store was about 4 years ago.  I move a lot... it's confusing.  :)

What are your holiday plans?  Going anywhere special, or are you stuck working like me?  The company has owned my soul every holiday since 2004.  ;)

1 comment:

  1. I'm still unemployed and I'm not sure it's worth looking for a job for the whole month I'd be able to work, so I'm probably going to be sitting around playing video games and writing for my remaining time until I get shipped off to college.

    Since I am unemployed and thus poor, I am making arts for Christmas presents.

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