Here's a quick little blurb of happiness. Anyone seen Edward Scissorhands? Remember those fantastical bushes that were sculpted into beasts, creatures, and other mind blowing designs? Well, sitting in the car, being driven around to finish errands, we passed a house. Yeah, you guessed it! It had TONS of those bushes sculpted in a similar fashion, and it looked like Edward himself carved them (that, or someone seriously studied the movie, and copied many of those foliage decorations).
There was the stag.... the dinosaur... the giraffe and elephant. Man, that was impressive! Reminded me of when I saw the car painted to look like the Cat Bus, way on back in those grand old days when I was still in Highschool.
...I feel like a geezer. Well, on to the main entry!
Friday, April 11:
What is with heavy objects falling on me today!? I mean, come on! I don't want to be beaned on the head constantly by ungodly weighty objects, or have + 10 lb boxes stuffed with bleach products to come crashing down on my various body limbs (hands, feet, etc).
As you can tell... I never did get that day off that I was promised. You know, that extra one. Then again, I guess I don't mind; that little bit of money I made today is going towards something. Perhaps a Wii? Or a Prinny plushie? I don't know; I just want to have a little fun with it.
Anyway, so the floors were supposed to be stripped and waxed the night before. ...They weren't, so I had to deal with the migraine inducing chemical stench that just soaked the air, drenching it. After a while, though, I admit that I got used to it. Thank god for Zoology way back then! That chemical smell reminded me of the formaldehyde that we had the pleasure of smelling constantly, so I got used to it pretty quickly.
Since the floor wasn't waxed, that meant I had to drag everything from the back storage room BACK to their appropriate places (which actually, surprisingly, took HOURS to complete). These items weren't light, either; we're talking about massive displays for holding books or various other things. Shelves, folding chairs, several stands that held consumable items (such as Gatorade). You'd think I'd have help, but I didn't. I lugged these things around on my own (I was the only acting manager on duty this morning, so there really wasn't anyone else to help).
Now, as for the subject of this entry... yes. Today is the day I experienced pain, and lots OF it. I felt like the pratfall queen, a being who was shoved in this absurd semi-real situation where everything was planned to blow up comically in my face.
Let me count thy ways I was comically abused by the higher detities today:
1. First off, there was a rolling shelved container that held Gatorade drinks, the 8oz ones. This thing snagged on a chipped tile on the floor and actually TOPPLED OVER ON ME (right in front of an elderly couple, too, who just stared at me as if nothing happened, and agony was completely new to them!!! gonk ). Not only was the stand itself extremely heavy, but the falling drinks cascaded down to the ground, sprawling about my feet in quite the mocking fashion.
2. Two boxes (Over 10 but under 30 lbs each) dropped on my left foot as I was trying to pick them up and carry them over to their correct place.
3. I ran right into a rolltainer filled with merchandise. This hurt like you wouldn't believe, since my body came in contact with cold, unfeeling metal bars.
4. A runaway cart slammed into my legs, nearly causing me to hit the floor. Gee, didn't THAT make me feel special...
5. Upon picking up a (very complex and extremely heavy) metal swiveling stand case for the books, I managed to finally maneuver it all the way from the storage room to the front of the store, pretty much. The thing weighed a ton, and I actually cramped my back a bit carrying it. The metal side of the display actually jabbed into my gut at one point, too.
6. Another rolltainer actually beaned me on the head, this one time, when it started rolling on it's own and, stupidly, I jumped up to it, trying to halt it's progress. I have to say that won me a Darwin award right there. xp
Summing it up... I had a pretty bad day. Funny, but extremely painful. Like I said, I must have been the pratfall queen today. It just seemed...wrong, and, if I may quote something similar to Todd Casil (from Squee!, created by Jhonen Vasquez) to sum up what the past days have been like....
"It's like my life is really some bad cartoonist's creation, and he's not really good at it anyway!!"
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