Thoughts on Working Retail

• I would like to write a novel on register tape.

• For the employee suggestion box:
o Periodic Z-Rack races
o Store-wide dance party—80’s themed, of course.

• My attitude toward straightening the fitting rooms changes depending on whether the store is busy or not.
o On slow days: “Someone left a shirt in the fitting room, yay!! I’m going to hang it up and put it away as slowly as possible.”
o On busy days: “I just put this @#&% dress away! Geez, can’t anyone put the clothes back on the hangers??”

• This job is feeding my OCD tendencies. On slow days I find myself straightening the racks over and over again, making sure all the hangers are evenly spaced. I have to shop myself from doing it when I walk through other departments or when I’m off the clock so it doesn’t become and uncontrollable habit.

• I think a lot of people go shopping because they don’t have to be nice to the salespeople but the salespeople have to be nice to them.

Not What It Should Be

I know I still haven't done the promised post on Thoughts on Working in Retail, but I planted the rest of my garden yesterday! I planted tomatoes, spinach, bell peppers, and green onions. As advised by Laura Ingalls I put four (ish) seeds in each little hole, watered them, and am waiting expectantly for the little sprouts to pop up out of the dirt.

I was thinking about Remembering today, mostly because of the date and what happened ten years ago, but also because my pastor started a sermon series on Exodus today. It's amazing to think that the Israelites had completely forgotten God. Nowhere in the first two chapters does it say anything about them praying to God. Moses' mother entrusted him to the Egyptian god of the river when she placed him in the basket, and Moses married a girl whose father was a priest of a desert god in Midian. But still God remembered His people and the promises He had made to their ancestors. Though they did not know God and did not remember His promises, He remembered. Let's not ever forget what God has done for us.

Garlic

Here is my lovely garlic garden:

To Come:

Various thoughts on working retail.

Also, I've transplanted my garlic from pots into the ground. They seem very happy. Picture to follow later.

Garden Update

My Garlic has begun to sprout!

Summer Accomplished List

o Moved
o Got rid of three boxes of stuff
o Finished three books
o Joined a community group at church
o Blogged 9 days this summer
o Started a garden
o Got a job!

Gardening

I have decided to start a garden. I have no idea how it will turn out or even if I will ever get seeds in the ground before "winter," but I'm going to give it a shot.

Things I hope to grow:
• Tomatoes
• Garlic
• Peppers
• Potatoes
• Spinach
• Onions
• Chives
• Mint
• Basil
• Rosemary
• Squash
• Strawberries

My future Garden: