“You’ll learn, as you get older, that rules are made to be broken. Be bold enough to live life on your terms, and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and leap before you look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of your own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
— Mandy Hale (The Single Woman: Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass
I slept for 8 hours using my BiPap machine, a week without it? Oh it was madness!
I was feeling a bit better.
Slugged off to work.
I was staring at the customers like I was a zombie!
One customer was not impressed with the regional manager.
I had been drinking some water in drive thru and walked back to the front counter when I saw a customer at my till. The manager was assuring her that I would be taking her order. “She just wanders around a lot, we never know what she is doing or where she is” he smiled at me and then her.
That didn’t impress the customer. She stared at him frostily then at me. I thought she was going to hand me my ass on a platter.
She waited until the manager left then leaned forward to say “You’d think they’d know that you know how to do your job. Look how many pins you have!” (Referring to my hat pins)
I was so bewildered and touched by her response.
I was exhausted by the time I got home.
I had enough energy to play with Daisy. I laid down to relax when I began to cough.
I managed to get to the bathroom before I vomited. I would cough then vomit. This happened a couple more times and then it stopped.
I sighed. What a disgusting mess I was.
Ew gross, I brush my teeth but I don’t want to smell barf breath when I wear my cpap mask tonight.
Clips of best friends. Celebrity best friends. Every day people best friends. Even animal best friends.
Have made me laugh cry and remember so many good times and some bad times.
It made me think about how much I miss my friends.
I didn’t have many friends because of trust issues. Stemming from childhood trauma. I had a lot of mean girls as friends. I wasn’t exactly a cool kid, poster girl for the nerds. It’s amazing how even young girls can be vindictive. I always felt out of place, on the outside looking in.
It occurred to me that I hadn’t always been able to give them what they needed. Maybe a kind gesture, word, or a listening ear.
Perhaps I was the bully.
as time goes by and people change, they become mature, they foster new relationships new friendships. Best friends are always there for each other, through the best of times through the hardships and most of all to love each other.
Now the sun has been out and shining my spirits been lifted.
I am slowly recovering.
I have been languishing in my bed, like some Victorian lady who caught the chills and is waiting to expire!
I am being driven mad by the constant running of my nose, the sinus and coughing up phlegm.
But that’s not the worst of it.
My anxiety has grown because I have not been able to clean.
I dread it!
the cleaning and disinfecting! The laundry?!
I would do my cleaning day by day but it’s accumulating…
Ironically, my home appears as if no one has lived there. According to my mother that is. my knick knacks, odd and ends are all in their place, aside from the furniture and the cat how would anyone know that a person comes home every day?
I thought that was absolutely absurd. My home is not that clean.
Now, as I cough up a lung, I would have liked to have a maid.
Do all the tasks I hate.
Even my cat doesn’t want to wallow in bed with me!🤣
I probably smell. festering putrid despite the fact I showered today.
Sherlock Holmes had pursued an adversary to Reichenbach Falls and died. However, it wasn’t Professor Moriarty. Once Moriarty learns of Holmes death he does whatever he can to avenge him. What if, Watson wasn’t the ever noble assistant after all?
Lex is the better Batman? Lex Luthor as Batman? Oh snap! (I’m sure that’s been done before)
If Nyx had lived would she have been Portia’s girlfriend or would she have been Four’s wife? – Dark Matter (2015)
Riggs became best friends with Cole? The chaos! Clayne Crawford leaving Lethal Weapon? I was so upset but Seann William Scott replacing him as Wesley Cole? Didn’t fill the void just made me wish Riggs and Cole were partners!
How I look to my teammates when I have my first meltdown of the morning!
Well, karma hit me like a freight train today😜🤣
I was happy to be on front counter when I first started.
I was enjoying myself because of course the managers were having their meltdowns.
The phones hadn’t been working since the power outage. No one could call in or out. The telephone company refused to send a technician even though it was taking 3 hours on hold, on the manager’s cellphone to try to fix it.
The beverage system went down. So the coke company was trying to fix it.
The deposits were lost in the system so they had to call the bank and make sure everything was OK.
Drive thru was chaos.
I was starting to feel a bit off. I was needing to blow my nose and have a drink. I walk into drive thru with a tissue and a cup of water to hide from the customers. (There is a hand washing station in drive thru)
Sure enough, drive thru was a mess. No stock, stuff just tossed anywhere
My eye twitched. I washed my hands and marched back up front. “If I have to go into drive thru people are going to die” I told Che Che.
She laughed “why?”
“It’s a disaster!” Then I grinned evilly “do you know where you will be positioned, Che Che?” I motioned to drive thru “you will be in Second! Taking orders!”
Che Che looked horrified “no! No!”
I laughed harder “it’s a total mess! They are so busy talking and not doing any work!”
Sure enough, second lane OT walked out and asked where the garbage bags were.
My eye twitched. “They should be where they always are, right?” I asked coldly. “You guys really need to learn to put things back in their place.”
Derpy’s head lifted up as I admonished the drive thru team “every morning I am cleaning up and telling everyone how to keep their stations so they can work efficiently.”
The OT was just staring at me. Was I speaking gibberish? “But where are the garbage bags!”
“Did you look in the box of coffee?” I asked.
“In the box of coffee?” He repeated slowly.
“Yes! Where everyone else throws the garbage bags because they are too lazy to put things in their place!” I snapped “did you look there? No you didn’t. You guys haven’t cleaned and put your stock in the their place so you can work properly!”
The OT shuffled back to his station. Che Che looked at me then drive thru. “No, I’m not going in there!” She cried.
I burst out laughing.
Sometime later I started to feel queasy and then I had to run to the bathroom and throw up. Ugh so gross.
Karma.
I was feeling feverish and tired.
The managers were sending me home at 1.
I was serving a customer who had a meltdown because he had to pay for a bag. I was laughing because he couldn’t believe how outrageous it was.
“I paid $60 for a meal! Now I have to pay for a bag too!”
“Blame the BC government. It’s been 2 years” the manager explained “we get fined if we don’t charge for a bag”
“What?! That’s outrageous!” The customer exclaimed incredulously. “Well I’m not from BC! I’m from Alberta! Why are charging me?”
“Well you are in BC”
There was silence. Then the customer started to apologize profusely. “I’m so sorry! I forgot! I’m sorry! Thanks, man!”
The power came back on yesterday morning around 7am.
I had a great time on FB on the city’s FB page reading the many comments about why the power was down.
It shouldn’t have been that surprising how many people actually believed the conspiracy theories that were being spewed.
From Trump blowing up the local dam because the missile system was being tested. To the power grid is being tested in case we go to war. Don’t y’all know that Trump controls that too? He is best friends with Carney!
These are the same people who went to the vets to buy Ivermectin (for horses) so they wouldn’t have Covid during the pandemic. And still take it because they believe it keeps them from “catching cancer”
Of course the city’s page also included great reads like:
If the power is out? Can I still go to McDonald’s? Tim Hortons doesn’t have power and I need an iced Capp,
How can you guys still have internet? The power is out.
Is there an IKEA in town? Answer: right by the Costco. Reply: we have a Costco? Answer: yes. We also have a future shop. How do you not know that? Reply: where?! Answer: 🤦♀️
How come the buses aren’t running? Answer: it’s Sunday. Reply: they don’t run on Sundays?! Answer: no we use the horse and buggy to get where we are going. Reply: 😡🤬 I am from the city! Answer: yeah it was obvious when you asked that stupid question.
What cab company do you use to send your kid to school. My kid is 16 and I don’t want him walking for safety reasons. (This lit up the city page!) answer: dont. Ever. Use. The. City. Cab. (This was stressed in numerous comments) they are not safe! Reply: what? Not safe! How will he get to school? Answer: walk like everyone else does. Bike, scooter or take transit. (The transit comment set off another wave of protests because of a recent bullying scandal involving minors. The transit system was dragged for being unsafe and allowing people to disregard others safety by not following transit policies on passenger behavior) another person suggested carpooling.
I was shaking my head, I was amused but just dumbfounded by the lack of common sense.
That gave me enough time to terrorize the customers and have fun with my teammates!
My first order, I am not even kidding, wasn’t even at the speaker and was “helloing me!”
How was it possible that I could hear him?
Sometimes the headset doesn’t turn off when the vehicles pull away, and the microphone is left on. Boy, we have to be careful when that happens! Sometimes a customer can hear us having conversations! Awkward!
The vehicles also set off the sensor when they pull up. And the sensor is so annoying. The vehicle won’t be even close to the speaker, (ok either the bumper or the fender will be near the sensor)
Anywho, the fact that this guy was shouting at me and he didn’t even brake? Aw hell no!
“Stop helloing me!” I shouted. “You don’t have to hello me! I was about to ask you for your order!”
The guy was stunned silent. “What?” He didn’t stay for long and he began to beak me off.
“What do you want? What is your order?” I don’t play around. Don’t step up to me with attitude, then act butt hurt because you were met with the same kind of attitude!
His churlish attitude eased off.
Oh well, I was off to window leaving the rest off the drive thru team by themselves. They normally don’t work together they don’t like each other.
It was a gong show and I was watching the entertainment, cackling evilly when Derpy kept correcting their procedures.
One of the girls came over to me.
“Becky! Oh my god! How can you do Lane 2 every day?!” She cried. She was so upset.
I grinned and clapped her on the shoulder “why?? What is wrong?” I asked. I knew exactly what was wrong but I wanted to hear her say it.
“The McCafé person never helped! They stood there and talked! They kept expecting me to do everything!” She wailed. “The customers were so rude! You do such a great job, Becky! But I hate lane 2”
I laughed harder “now you know why I am always angry!”
I had been exhausted lately. At one time going to bed at 6:30pm🤣
This morning I was up early. I did my laundry, tidying up a bit, paid bills, ordered groceries all before I left for work.
My thought process was? when I got home for work? I didn’t have to do anything! I could relax and catch up on all my dramas!
Work was bananas!
I was crushing people’s dreams!
I was in a good mood.
I came home and took off my uniform put on some lounge clothes. Waiting for the groceries to be delivered I discovered that the neighborhood stray sprayed all over my window and the spray froze!
Ew!
Absolute rubbish!
Daisy of course loved that!
To my delight my groceries were delivered early. I even ate dinner early I was so excited to watch my dramas but my dreams were crushed!
It’s hard when my body won’t let go. Won’t let me relax.
Sometimes I get so stressed out over the little things.
If there is ice how can I take out the garbage.
If there is too much laundry how can I carry it to the laundry room. (Garbage bags are the trick,bro😘)
Why do I have to cook? I don’t want cook. I dont want to make any decisions about what to eat.
How do I know if it’s too hot or cold in my apartment? I can’t rely on my body temperature!
Is my apartment too dirty? It’s too dirty! What is that smell? Damn neighbor!
Absolute rubbish.
My mind just over thinks the dumbest things.
Being an adult isn’t fun.
I decided to forgo relaxing until my chores were done. I mean, there was no way I would be able to get anything accomplished during the week. I was going to be exhausted. I am back working a full 5 day week.
I was like a crazy person throwing all the laundry in a garbage bag, clothes towels, linen and soap and hauled my ass downstairs. To my relief the machines were not in use
I was pretty happy that I had my energy up. I relaxed in the shower. I really wanted a bath.
I was thinking about this series today because it is Russell Wong’s birthday.
Vanishing Son starred Russell Wong and was produced by Rafaela De Laurentiis. It was part of the Action Pack including Xena Warrior Princess and Hercules.
(Indeed, that De Laurentiis. From the Italian family known in the film industry.)
Vanishing Star is about two brothers who escape to America from China. One is accused of murder (Wong) the other becomes a criminal. His brother is later killed. While trying to clear his name, Wong’s character helps others.
It was a good show and the first of its kind to have an Asian American as a lead in a romantic action drama. Not bad for the 90s.
Other notable Russell Wong movies I enjoyed
Romeo Must Die with Jet Li (Need I Say More?) huh only one movie?
A GIRL OUT OF THE ORDINARY 
