There's no real reason why I waited until today to take down the little Christmas tree I had set up in the living room on the little side table we had.
I mean...I had plenty of time and opportunity to do it once Christmas was over.
It was just...for a week or two after I just liked to enjoy the sparkling lights on the tree.
As it's one of those fiber-optic trees where the lights change colors and it's just....nice and relaxing to sit and watch it change colors.
In any case.
Today I actually decided to take down the little tree.
Mostly because one of my roomies was bringing a date over...and I figured it would be semi-awkward to explain just why we still had a Christmas Tree up when February is tomorrow.
And it's funny because like....taking down this little tree literally took like....maybe 5 minutes? It was super quick and easy to just take down all the ornaments, smooth the tree back up so it would fit in it's box and take it downstairs to lurk in the storage room until next Christmas.
Honestly. I don't know why I waited so long to do it if it was going to be so easy.
In any case.
In this same little area where we had this little christmas tree....
There's also been this floor lamp. One of those two lamp ones with the bigger tall lamp and then a littler reading lamp.
We've had this lamp in the same spot for like....three years now?
It's basically been in that spot since we moved into the house.
But for one reason or another....we never turn on that lamp.
For me...it was because I thought it legitimately didn't work. That there weren't bulbs in the top light and that the bottom one didn't work.
Heh.
I was proved wrong earlier when one of my roomies went ahead and turned on both lights.
^^;; you learn something every day I suppose lol.
What's funny though.
Is that two of my roomies.
The newer ones who weren't here when we first moved into the house....
Have apparently never noticed this lamp before?
Because for the first roomie I gestured to spot now empty of the Christmas Tree and was like "Look! I finally took it down!"
And my roomie was like "That's cool!....When did we get a new lamp?"
We...didn't?
Lol we had to explain that it's the same lamp that's always been there.
And this is when we learned that the lamp indeed still works.
So for funsies, since I enjoyed the yellow glow it put off (as I don't always like the white light other lights in the house have) we kept it on so I could enjoy working by that lamp light.
But then.
A few hours later.
When one of my other roomies came home, they walked in and were like "It's so bright in here! Did we get a new lamp?"
Before I could say more than "No" the roomie was like "Oh...we just never turn that one on do we?"
Mhmmm.
Though I may make it more of a habit as I do like the light it's giving off. ^^;;
Still.
It's funny that the day I took down the christmas tree is the day that the roomies finally noticed a lamp that's been in the room since practically day one. lol. *shakes head*
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, January 31, 2020
Thursday, January 30, 2020
Your Plans?
I know that January is like...a time of year to set new goals for what you want to accomplish and everything for the year.
But it really seems like this past week everyone and their mom has been asking me "what my plans are."
Which...I guess is like...their way of checking in to see how my goals for the new year are going? Since January ends tomorrow, I could see them wanting to check in and see how other people are doing in their goals.
And then compare your progress with their own progress in their own goals?
I just...wish they wouldn't do that?
Especially with such a vague question. "What are your plans?"
Like...what are my plans for dinner?
My plans for my work shift?
My plans for the week?
My plans for the month?
The year?
Ten years from now?
You gotta be more specific.
But I just....have taken a dislike to this question.
Because I guess....it just kinda feels like asking me the question of "When are you going to do something more 'worthy' of spending your life doing?"
Because the question usually evolves to the asking of:
How long do you plan to work at the Pet Store?
Are you staying at the pet store long?
Do you plan to quit any time soon?
Are you going to go back to school? (so I can get a job that isn't at the pet store)
Do you plan to work elsewhere?
Like....
Can you not be happy for me in that I'm happy where I'm at?
Yes.
I'm aware that working at a pet store is considered to be like a retail job.
And in most people's view points it's only a 'temporary job' until you get your 'real job.'
And I get that most of my coworkers have this view point with the pet store.
That they want to get out of this place as quickly as possible and move on to a bigger and better position that would give them more money.
Because that's what it comes down to really.
Money.
Everyone wants more money.
And like...yah I'm not actively planning to stay my entire life here at the pet store.
But currently it's paying the bills.
It's a job that I actually like to go to and love being at.
So if I'm earning enough to live and love where I'm working....why would I leave it?
*exhales*
It's just....
Hard.
Hard to have to keep answering this question over and over and over and over again.
Like.
Can we not just...be happy for people where they are currently?
So yah...
That was my morning.
Being quizzed on what I want to do in the future by my coworker. XP
Honestly.
I haven't thought about it.
I like where I'm at.
Eventually I'd love to travel more.
Eventually I'd love make a career out of writing.
Eventually I'd love to get married to a wonderful guy and have a couple of kids to raise.
But so far those are just vague future plans.
*exhales*
Unfortunately.
Living in a college town.
This sort of question comes up often.
Because this is an area where everyone is trying to figure out their lives and what they want to do for their careers and degrees they want to get etc.
Still doesn't mean that it doesn't bug me on occasion.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
But it really seems like this past week everyone and their mom has been asking me "what my plans are."
Which...I guess is like...their way of checking in to see how my goals for the new year are going? Since January ends tomorrow, I could see them wanting to check in and see how other people are doing in their goals.
And then compare your progress with their own progress in their own goals?
I just...wish they wouldn't do that?
Especially with such a vague question. "What are your plans?"
Like...what are my plans for dinner?
My plans for my work shift?
My plans for the week?
My plans for the month?
The year?
Ten years from now?
You gotta be more specific.
But I just....have taken a dislike to this question.
Because I guess....it just kinda feels like asking me the question of "When are you going to do something more 'worthy' of spending your life doing?"
Because the question usually evolves to the asking of:
How long do you plan to work at the Pet Store?
Are you staying at the pet store long?
Do you plan to quit any time soon?
Are you going to go back to school? (so I can get a job that isn't at the pet store)
Do you plan to work elsewhere?
Like....
Can you not be happy for me in that I'm happy where I'm at?
Yes.
I'm aware that working at a pet store is considered to be like a retail job.
And in most people's view points it's only a 'temporary job' until you get your 'real job.'
And I get that most of my coworkers have this view point with the pet store.
That they want to get out of this place as quickly as possible and move on to a bigger and better position that would give them more money.
Because that's what it comes down to really.
Money.
Everyone wants more money.
And like...yah I'm not actively planning to stay my entire life here at the pet store.
But currently it's paying the bills.
It's a job that I actually like to go to and love being at.
So if I'm earning enough to live and love where I'm working....why would I leave it?
*exhales*
It's just....
Hard.
Hard to have to keep answering this question over and over and over and over again.
Like.
Can we not just...be happy for people where they are currently?
So yah...
That was my morning.
Being quizzed on what I want to do in the future by my coworker. XP
Honestly.
I haven't thought about it.
I like where I'm at.
Eventually I'd love to travel more.
Eventually I'd love make a career out of writing.
Eventually I'd love to get married to a wonderful guy and have a couple of kids to raise.
But so far those are just vague future plans.
*exhales*
Unfortunately.
Living in a college town.
This sort of question comes up often.
Because this is an area where everyone is trying to figure out their lives and what they want to do for their careers and degrees they want to get etc.
Still doesn't mean that it doesn't bug me on occasion.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Another "Leak"
One of these days when my coworkers tell me that one of our tanks in our fish wall is leaking....it will actually be a legit tank leak.
Which would be it's own hassle and headache to try and figure out that particular mess.
However.
Today wasn't one of those days.
Instead my coworker came over the radio to tell me the tank was leaking, and when I arrived, they showed me where they had placed one of our fish catcher containers to catch the water dripping from the bottom of a tank.
-Honestly I was surprised it wasn't a different tank leaking as I had been messing around with one of our live plant tanks earlier and the last time I messed around with a live plant tank some of the debris from the plants ended up getting tangled in the basket which prevented water flow from flowing out of the tank and instead had it flow over the top of the tank when the tank got too full.
No.
Upon looking, not at the bottom of the tank, but the tanks above the leak.
I noticed one of locklines -the device the sends water into the tank- had been pushed so it was pointed upwards. And that upwards flow was enough to catch on the edge of the tank, where the water would pool and then flow back to the side and down the slight crack between each tank therefore making it look like the tank was leaking from the bottom when it was actually leaking from the top.
It was an easy enough fix.
I simply pushed the lockline back down so that it was pointed into the water instead of out of the water and walla! The leak was gone. lol.
My coworker thinks that they accidentally pushed the lockline up when they were trying to catch fish from that same tank earlier.
Which makes sense.
It happens.
Still funny that this is like the third occurrence recently where one of our tanks has been 'leaking' and it turns out all my coworkers needed to do was look in the tank to fix the problem.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Which would be it's own hassle and headache to try and figure out that particular mess.
However.
Today wasn't one of those days.
Instead my coworker came over the radio to tell me the tank was leaking, and when I arrived, they showed me where they had placed one of our fish catcher containers to catch the water dripping from the bottom of a tank.
-Honestly I was surprised it wasn't a different tank leaking as I had been messing around with one of our live plant tanks earlier and the last time I messed around with a live plant tank some of the debris from the plants ended up getting tangled in the basket which prevented water flow from flowing out of the tank and instead had it flow over the top of the tank when the tank got too full.
No.
Upon looking, not at the bottom of the tank, but the tanks above the leak.
I noticed one of locklines -the device the sends water into the tank- had been pushed so it was pointed upwards. And that upwards flow was enough to catch on the edge of the tank, where the water would pool and then flow back to the side and down the slight crack between each tank therefore making it look like the tank was leaking from the bottom when it was actually leaking from the top.
It was an easy enough fix.
I simply pushed the lockline back down so that it was pointed into the water instead of out of the water and walla! The leak was gone. lol.
My coworker thinks that they accidentally pushed the lockline up when they were trying to catch fish from that same tank earlier.
Which makes sense.
It happens.
Still funny that this is like the third occurrence recently where one of our tanks has been 'leaking' and it turns out all my coworkers needed to do was look in the tank to fix the problem.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Being Far Too Social
I was rather sore today.
Like the muscles in my arms, shoulders, and neck were all sore and achy to the point where they were threatening to give me a headache.
Which the soreness halfway makes sense because I spent the weekend helping Daddoo out in moving and carrying things.
So a bit of soreness is to be expected.
But I also think I was just....subconsciously stressing?
Because there was a lot expected of me today, and I wasn't feeling the energy to have to be social after being social like all weekend long.
Truthfully I would have happily gone straight home from work and curled up in bed and just gone to sleep if I could.
But I couldn't because I had a full eight hour shift to work today.
And then right after work I needed to drive up north to the Dentist to get my permanent crown put on ---which is probably the main stressor of the tension I was feeling as I was probably worrying about how that would go in the back of my mind because dentist visits are stressful.
Then I was to have dinner with my Daddoo and Grandma which would mean more socialization.
And then I would be meeting up with a neighbor who would be taking one of Daddoo's fish tanks and I was planning to show them how to set it up and care for it and such.
So all in all I was expecting to have to be interacting or talking to people until like 8 or 9 pm tonight before I could make the long drive back home where I could finally plop into bed.
Surprisingly....
Things didn't take as long as I expected them to.
I was in and out of the dentist in like 15 minutes when I expected it to take at least half an hour to an hour.
Dinner with my Daddoo and Grandma happened right after I was done with the dentist and instead of having dinner at grandma's house like I'd been expecting, we went to Carls Jr to grab a meal there. Which meant our visit was really only like 45 minutes??
And because we needed to meet up with the neighbor to get the fish tank we didn't stay the hour or two I was expecting to stay at Grandma's house visiting.
Instead we went straight home where the neighbors were able to come right down and grab the tank.
Which I'd been gearing myself up to go over to their house with them after they got the tank in their car so I could show them how to set it up and make sure all the parts worked correctly and that they didn't need anything more....
To discover that they wouldn't be setting up the tank until a sibling of theirs moved out of the house.
Which meant I wouldn't need to go up and be the teacher for an hour or two.
Which meant that my "head home at 9pm plan" was suddenly drastically shortened.
As all the things I had to do....I ended up getting done with at 630.
Which allowed me a bit of time to just relax and chat with daddoo before I came back home.
And it was great.
Because like the main stressor had to have been the dentist, because the ache in my shoulders had practically vanished by the time I walked out of the building to head to Grandma's house.
But overall...the tension has vanished.
And the stress is decreased.
So yah, I'm actually feeling semi relaxed currently. ^^;;
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Like the muscles in my arms, shoulders, and neck were all sore and achy to the point where they were threatening to give me a headache.
Which the soreness halfway makes sense because I spent the weekend helping Daddoo out in moving and carrying things.
So a bit of soreness is to be expected.
But I also think I was just....subconsciously stressing?
Because there was a lot expected of me today, and I wasn't feeling the energy to have to be social after being social like all weekend long.
Truthfully I would have happily gone straight home from work and curled up in bed and just gone to sleep if I could.
But I couldn't because I had a full eight hour shift to work today.
And then right after work I needed to drive up north to the Dentist to get my permanent crown put on ---which is probably the main stressor of the tension I was feeling as I was probably worrying about how that would go in the back of my mind because dentist visits are stressful.
Then I was to have dinner with my Daddoo and Grandma which would mean more socialization.
And then I would be meeting up with a neighbor who would be taking one of Daddoo's fish tanks and I was planning to show them how to set it up and care for it and such.
So all in all I was expecting to have to be interacting or talking to people until like 8 or 9 pm tonight before I could make the long drive back home where I could finally plop into bed.
Surprisingly....
Things didn't take as long as I expected them to.
I was in and out of the dentist in like 15 minutes when I expected it to take at least half an hour to an hour.
Dinner with my Daddoo and Grandma happened right after I was done with the dentist and instead of having dinner at grandma's house like I'd been expecting, we went to Carls Jr to grab a meal there. Which meant our visit was really only like 45 minutes??
And because we needed to meet up with the neighbor to get the fish tank we didn't stay the hour or two I was expecting to stay at Grandma's house visiting.
Instead we went straight home where the neighbors were able to come right down and grab the tank.
Which I'd been gearing myself up to go over to their house with them after they got the tank in their car so I could show them how to set it up and make sure all the parts worked correctly and that they didn't need anything more....
To discover that they wouldn't be setting up the tank until a sibling of theirs moved out of the house.
Which meant I wouldn't need to go up and be the teacher for an hour or two.
Which meant that my "head home at 9pm plan" was suddenly drastically shortened.
As all the things I had to do....I ended up getting done with at 630.
Which allowed me a bit of time to just relax and chat with daddoo before I came back home.
And it was great.
Because like the main stressor had to have been the dentist, because the ache in my shoulders had practically vanished by the time I walked out of the building to head to Grandma's house.
But overall...the tension has vanished.
And the stress is decreased.
So yah, I'm actually feeling semi relaxed currently. ^^;;
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, January 27, 2020
You Need An Oil Change
So last weekend...at least I think it was last weekend (time blurs together so), one of my friends ended up having to buy a new car.
As their engine went kaput. :S Not fun.
And the main cause, from my understanding, was neglecting their check oil light? I think was what it was.
Which :S :S :S
I remember having a pretty close call with that back in college.
Probably my...third year there? As I didn't have a car before that point lol.
And like my car began making these weird sounds and I had no idea why.
And someone was like "Uh...you probably need to get more oil into your car that's why, when did you last do an oil change?"
....at that point was I was new enough to car maintenance that I was like O.o??? I gotta do that?
So yah.
Saved my car in the nick of time with that particular adventure. ^^;; lol.
In any case.
Hearing about my friend's car troubles.
Reminded me that I probably should get my oil changed.
As you're supposed to do that like every 3 months or every 3,000 miles right?
Yah....I last got my oil changed in May.
It's now January. Nearly February.
Y_Y;;; Yah...I'm a horrible person for waiting so long.
Part of it was because my last experience at the Jiffy Lube ended up being like....semi awkward??
And the best way to deal with awkward things is to like....avoid the chance of them ever occurring again.
And since the Jiffy Lube I'd gone to was the one closest to my work....
I didn't want to go to that one again any time soon.
Even though there's probably at least 10 jiffy lubes located between my work and my home that I could go to....I just kept putting it off.
And then it was the serious of cases of:
Oh I don't feel well. I'm going home.
Oh the weather is bad I don't want to go today.
I need to do another errand first.
I'm going on vacation I won't be around for a bit.
Or hey...I don't really want to spend the $$ on the oil change currently as I'm trying to save money this week.
And before you know it like 9 months have passed. ^^;;
In any case, hearing my friend's problems I was like "I should probably go get an oil change"
But I didn't.
And then like...I think it was Friday? Maybe even earlier in the week last week.
Out of the blue my VP manager was like "Sarnic, how's your car?! You keeping up on the maintenance? You do an oil change recently?"
Uh....No?
Because I'm still in that "pay off christmas mode" lol so I'm trying to not spend money until I get my credit card bill down lower.
-Of course when you're trying to get it lower that's when everything happens that makes you spend money and it ends up staying higher than you want it to be. *shakes head*
In any case.
I was like...okay I should get an oil change soon.
But since I was going to be up north this past weekend...i didn't really have time...or again the money to get it done.
But then while I was up north.
I was like...Okay I have to drive up north like twice this week which is a lot to ask of my car so I should probably get an oil change done before I head back up.
Which would mean getting it done today.
Only I was like okay I need to get food shopping done sometime this week.
And I was wanting to buy fish today too.
But you only want to buy fish when you're planning to head straight home. And I had already delayed buying fish from Friday when it got too busy for me to catch my fish before I was off.
And then like....I started not feeling well.
Tight chest, achy/sore throat. So like...oh goodie a cold. I should probably head home.
So yah.
I was like...should I do an oil change today?? or wait until like maybe Wednesday and do it then?
I ended up deciding at work to not go get the oil change today. Instead I would focus on a) buying the fish I wanted and b) getting like a jamba juice to hopefully help head off the potential cold I could feel coming on.
-Potential cold because it could just be a reaction to how much dust I kicked up over the weekend helping Daddoo clean out a bit more of the house.
And I'd bought my fish.
And was heading over to the Jamba Juice to get my drink.
When my car started doing weird things.
Like...shaking harder than normal when I was sitting still at the light.
Or an odd rattling coming from the back of the car.
And like...it could be a reaction just to the cold or something. As my car is like 20 years old. so it's old. It's feeling it's age. It could just be complaining about being driven around after driving around in the rain yesterday.
But it had me worried enough to well...worry.
Because I'd gotten multiple like...signs? That I should probably get my oil changed.
And to have my car making weird sounds now when it wasn't earlier?
Yah.
Despite having my fish with me and a fresh jamba juice.
I drove the two blocks from the jamba juice to the next Jiffy Lube -the other one I usually use if I can't get to the first one that I've been avoiding for the past 9 months-
And got my oil changed.
^^;;
Lol. Spent money I didn't really want to spend currently.
but at least I have a little bit more piece of mind that the oil shouldn't cause an issue with my car anytime soon.
However.
The workers there brought up a couple of issues that I will probably need to go get check out by a mechanic.
Which is that my belts are really worn down.
Which if those break...that could be bad.
And then like the 'Master Cylinder" is leaking?? Which from what they told me is a part of the car that connects with my brake system....and like if it's leaking that means air bubbles could get into the fluid lines of the brakes and that could...well cause my breaks to go out. But that I shouldn't need to worry unless my brakes are getting 'squishy'
Like I was like "Okay how bad is that?"
And the people there were like "...well....." and went into a long rambling explanation that didn't tell me what I needed to know.
'How bad is it" should be a "Well you should probably get it fixed in the next week, the next month, before the next oil change." I need a timeline so I know how to budget for this potential thing I might need to fix.
*exhales* So that was a bit frustrating.
In any case....it looks like I need to get my car to a mechanic sooner rather than later to get the belts and this master cylinder looked at.
Mostly because I want a second opinion on 'how bad it is'
However, because the only mechanic I trust is up North in HomeTown....
It's not like I can go there tomorrow and have my car looked at.
I mean technically I could because I will be up that way tomorrow.
But after working a full shift and driving up to the dentist....I doubt I'll get done in time for them to look at it tomorrow as I'd be reaching them near closing time.
Which would mean I would have to leave my car over night....and I can't exactly do that when I have work Wednesday morning. *shakes head*
So I'll have to wait until I can actually drop off my car and have them hopefully fix it within the day.
And if they can't, at least I'll have access to other cars to borrow hopefully.
So yah.
It's complicated.
But hey.
I got my oil changed. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
As their engine went kaput. :S Not fun.
And the main cause, from my understanding, was neglecting their check oil light? I think was what it was.
Which :S :S :S
I remember having a pretty close call with that back in college.
Probably my...third year there? As I didn't have a car before that point lol.
And like my car began making these weird sounds and I had no idea why.
And someone was like "Uh...you probably need to get more oil into your car that's why, when did you last do an oil change?"
....at that point was I was new enough to car maintenance that I was like O.o??? I gotta do that?
So yah.
Saved my car in the nick of time with that particular adventure. ^^;; lol.
In any case.
Hearing about my friend's car troubles.
Reminded me that I probably should get my oil changed.
As you're supposed to do that like every 3 months or every 3,000 miles right?
Yah....I last got my oil changed in May.
It's now January. Nearly February.
Y_Y;;; Yah...I'm a horrible person for waiting so long.
Part of it was because my last experience at the Jiffy Lube ended up being like....semi awkward??
And the best way to deal with awkward things is to like....avoid the chance of them ever occurring again.
And since the Jiffy Lube I'd gone to was the one closest to my work....
I didn't want to go to that one again any time soon.
Even though there's probably at least 10 jiffy lubes located between my work and my home that I could go to....I just kept putting it off.
And then it was the serious of cases of:
Oh I don't feel well. I'm going home.
Oh the weather is bad I don't want to go today.
I need to do another errand first.
I'm going on vacation I won't be around for a bit.
Or hey...I don't really want to spend the $$ on the oil change currently as I'm trying to save money this week.
And before you know it like 9 months have passed. ^^;;
In any case, hearing my friend's problems I was like "I should probably go get an oil change"
But I didn't.
And then like...I think it was Friday? Maybe even earlier in the week last week.
Out of the blue my VP manager was like "Sarnic, how's your car?! You keeping up on the maintenance? You do an oil change recently?"
Uh....No?
Because I'm still in that "pay off christmas mode" lol so I'm trying to not spend money until I get my credit card bill down lower.
-Of course when you're trying to get it lower that's when everything happens that makes you spend money and it ends up staying higher than you want it to be. *shakes head*
In any case.
I was like...okay I should get an oil change soon.
But since I was going to be up north this past weekend...i didn't really have time...or again the money to get it done.
But then while I was up north.
I was like...Okay I have to drive up north like twice this week which is a lot to ask of my car so I should probably get an oil change done before I head back up.
Which would mean getting it done today.
Only I was like okay I need to get food shopping done sometime this week.
And I was wanting to buy fish today too.
But you only want to buy fish when you're planning to head straight home. And I had already delayed buying fish from Friday when it got too busy for me to catch my fish before I was off.
And then like....I started not feeling well.
Tight chest, achy/sore throat. So like...oh goodie a cold. I should probably head home.
So yah.
I was like...should I do an oil change today?? or wait until like maybe Wednesday and do it then?
I ended up deciding at work to not go get the oil change today. Instead I would focus on a) buying the fish I wanted and b) getting like a jamba juice to hopefully help head off the potential cold I could feel coming on.
-Potential cold because it could just be a reaction to how much dust I kicked up over the weekend helping Daddoo clean out a bit more of the house.
And I'd bought my fish.
And was heading over to the Jamba Juice to get my drink.
When my car started doing weird things.
Like...shaking harder than normal when I was sitting still at the light.
Or an odd rattling coming from the back of the car.
And like...it could be a reaction just to the cold or something. As my car is like 20 years old. so it's old. It's feeling it's age. It could just be complaining about being driven around after driving around in the rain yesterday.
But it had me worried enough to well...worry.
Because I'd gotten multiple like...signs? That I should probably get my oil changed.
And to have my car making weird sounds now when it wasn't earlier?
Yah.
Despite having my fish with me and a fresh jamba juice.
I drove the two blocks from the jamba juice to the next Jiffy Lube -the other one I usually use if I can't get to the first one that I've been avoiding for the past 9 months-
And got my oil changed.
^^;;
Lol. Spent money I didn't really want to spend currently.
but at least I have a little bit more piece of mind that the oil shouldn't cause an issue with my car anytime soon.
However.
The workers there brought up a couple of issues that I will probably need to go get check out by a mechanic.
Which is that my belts are really worn down.
Which if those break...that could be bad.
And then like the 'Master Cylinder" is leaking?? Which from what they told me is a part of the car that connects with my brake system....and like if it's leaking that means air bubbles could get into the fluid lines of the brakes and that could...well cause my breaks to go out. But that I shouldn't need to worry unless my brakes are getting 'squishy'
Like I was like "Okay how bad is that?"
And the people there were like "...well....." and went into a long rambling explanation that didn't tell me what I needed to know.
'How bad is it" should be a "Well you should probably get it fixed in the next week, the next month, before the next oil change." I need a timeline so I know how to budget for this potential thing I might need to fix.
*exhales* So that was a bit frustrating.
In any case....it looks like I need to get my car to a mechanic sooner rather than later to get the belts and this master cylinder looked at.
Mostly because I want a second opinion on 'how bad it is'
However, because the only mechanic I trust is up North in HomeTown....
It's not like I can go there tomorrow and have my car looked at.
I mean technically I could because I will be up that way tomorrow.
But after working a full shift and driving up to the dentist....I doubt I'll get done in time for them to look at it tomorrow as I'd be reaching them near closing time.
Which would mean I would have to leave my car over night....and I can't exactly do that when I have work Wednesday morning. *shakes head*
So I'll have to wait until I can actually drop off my car and have them hopefully fix it within the day.
And if they can't, at least I'll have access to other cars to borrow hopefully.
So yah.
It's complicated.
But hey.
I got my oil changed. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, January 26, 2020
Foggy Day
So the crazy thing about yesterday.
Was that it was foggy.
Like the entire day.
O.o
Which I know in some areas of the world/country it's pretty common for the days to be fog covered.
With grey haze everywhere you look and no sun visible whatsoever.
But it's not that common here.
Sure we'll have misty mornings.
Occasional misty evenings/nights.
But an all day thing?
Not so much.
It's rare.
Though apparently back when my Dad was in college he told us that it once stayed foggy for like...three months? The fog appeared in Novemberish? And didn't leave until February/Marchish?
O.o
Like can you imagine being surrounded by haze for that long?
Of course Daddoo also added in that there was more pollution back then so that was probably a factor as well.
But like.
It was weird enough to have it foggy just for one day here.
I mean I've seen the foggy days on the coastlines.
It's almost expected with all the water there.
But here? In the desert?
Not so much.
But foggy it was.
And foggy it remained...except for the period of the bridal shower oddly enough. XD lol.
The fog parted and the sun shone while we were celebrating my sister.
And pretty much as soon as the party was over, the fog descended again.
Leaving us back in that misty haze.
That then became like this creepy horror movie sort of foggy haze as night descended.
Seriously.
It was spooky outside.
And the fog was thick enough we couldn't see to the end of the street.
I was rather grateful I had already planned to stay up for the weekend because I didn't want to have to drive in that. :S S: :S
Though Kikay, Ash and I did end up driving around a bit in it anyways lol Just not all the way back to college town.
No we ventured out to get dinner and then supplies for events happening today. XD lol
And it was so creepy.
So very creepy.
Especially because like there were a ton of people -panhandlers- standing on the corners holding signs in this foggy mistiness.
Which totally just upped the creepiness of being out and about.
Because like...you're driving along and then suddenly this dark figure emerges from the fog, standing on the corner....
It was otherworldly.
I'm rather glad that the fog vanished today.
Dunno how I would have handled another day where you couldn't see down the street. :S
So I'm glad it was back to a more 'normal' winter conditions....though driving in pouring rain back home was hardly ideal. :S :S
*shudders*
Driving in the dark with the rain pounding hard enough on the roads to make the lines vanish?
Yah...not sure which would have been worse.
The rain or the fog....
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Was that it was foggy.
Like the entire day.
O.o
Which I know in some areas of the world/country it's pretty common for the days to be fog covered.
With grey haze everywhere you look and no sun visible whatsoever.
But it's not that common here.
Sure we'll have misty mornings.
Occasional misty evenings/nights.
But an all day thing?
Not so much.
It's rare.
Though apparently back when my Dad was in college he told us that it once stayed foggy for like...three months? The fog appeared in Novemberish? And didn't leave until February/Marchish?
O.o
Like can you imagine being surrounded by haze for that long?
Of course Daddoo also added in that there was more pollution back then so that was probably a factor as well.
But like.
It was weird enough to have it foggy just for one day here.
I mean I've seen the foggy days on the coastlines.
It's almost expected with all the water there.
But here? In the desert?
Not so much.
But foggy it was.
And foggy it remained...except for the period of the bridal shower oddly enough. XD lol.
The fog parted and the sun shone while we were celebrating my sister.
And pretty much as soon as the party was over, the fog descended again.
Leaving us back in that misty haze.
That then became like this creepy horror movie sort of foggy haze as night descended.
Seriously.
It was spooky outside.
And the fog was thick enough we couldn't see to the end of the street.
I was rather grateful I had already planned to stay up for the weekend because I didn't want to have to drive in that. :S S: :S
Though Kikay, Ash and I did end up driving around a bit in it anyways lol Just not all the way back to college town.
No we ventured out to get dinner and then supplies for events happening today. XD lol
And it was so creepy.
So very creepy.
Especially because like there were a ton of people -panhandlers- standing on the corners holding signs in this foggy mistiness.
Which totally just upped the creepiness of being out and about.
Because like...you're driving along and then suddenly this dark figure emerges from the fog, standing on the corner....
It was otherworldly.
I'm rather glad that the fog vanished today.
Dunno how I would have handled another day where you couldn't see down the street. :S
So I'm glad it was back to a more 'normal' winter conditions....though driving in pouring rain back home was hardly ideal. :S :S
*shudders*
Driving in the dark with the rain pounding hard enough on the roads to make the lines vanish?
Yah...not sure which would have been worse.
The rain or the fog....
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, January 25, 2020
Catching Up
So when I was younger, my family--my dad's side of the family would often hold parties and such.
We'd all gather together to celebrate people's birthdays or holidays or you know...the Superbowl.
But as we got older and my older cousins started getting married and having their own kids....those family get togethers tapered off.
To the point where we no longer hold them.
Really now we only meet up for 'major events' happening like baby blessings, baptisms, marriages, funerals....etc.....
It's rare to meet up with my cousins outside of 'formal' activities.
Which now that I think about it...is rather weird.
Like we spent all this time together growing up...
And now we never see each other.
I guess that's what happens when people...grow up and move away and have kids and such.
However.
In the still semi formal activity of my sister having a Bridal Shower today, I was able to meet up with some of my cousins that I haven't seen in a few years.
Which was awesome!! :D
^^;;
Lol the fun thing about being close to my sister is that basically all the people she invited -friends, family, neighbors-- are basically people that I know. ^^;; lol.
So even though we were having a celebration for her and her next step in life.
It was fun for me to be able to catch up and mingle with people I haven't seen in forever.
And I really enjoyed that.
It was nice to chat and laugh and tell stories. ^^;;
Really.
I need to find a way to get to see people --especially my cousins and such-- more often.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
We'd all gather together to celebrate people's birthdays or holidays or you know...the Superbowl.
But as we got older and my older cousins started getting married and having their own kids....those family get togethers tapered off.
To the point where we no longer hold them.
Really now we only meet up for 'major events' happening like baby blessings, baptisms, marriages, funerals....etc.....
It's rare to meet up with my cousins outside of 'formal' activities.
Which now that I think about it...is rather weird.
Like we spent all this time together growing up...
And now we never see each other.
I guess that's what happens when people...grow up and move away and have kids and such.
However.
In the still semi formal activity of my sister having a Bridal Shower today, I was able to meet up with some of my cousins that I haven't seen in a few years.
Which was awesome!! :D
^^;;
Lol the fun thing about being close to my sister is that basically all the people she invited -friends, family, neighbors-- are basically people that I know. ^^;; lol.
So even though we were having a celebration for her and her next step in life.
It was fun for me to be able to catch up and mingle with people I haven't seen in forever.
And I really enjoyed that.
It was nice to chat and laugh and tell stories. ^^;;
Really.
I need to find a way to get to see people --especially my cousins and such-- more often.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, January 24, 2020
Fish Day
It's always interesting working on Fridays.
Because like a rarely ever work them nowadays.
Like I probably work maybe 5 fridays in a year?
And usually it's in relation to when I go on vacation more than the managers purposely scheduling me that way on their own.
Today was one of those Fridays that I asked to work.
Because I had plans this weekend and therefore couldn't work my usual Saturday shift.
Only I didn't want to take a vacation day. I just wanted my normal two days off.
Hence me working a Friday. So I could have Saturday and Sunday off lol.
But yah.
It's weird working Friday's now.
I still love them though because FISH SHIPMENT!!
It's still my favorite task to do in the store which is why it's sad that I no longer work fridays because the fish only come in on fridays.
But today I got to put out the fish shipment!! WOOT!
And it was a nice large fish shipment too lol.
We had like three layers of boxes which is nice.
Stocking up on all the fish and such. XD
But yah.
It was one of those tasks that I really just...enjoyed.
It was a nice way to spend an hour or so just working on bring out all the new fish into the tanks and such. :D
So yay. lol.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Because like a rarely ever work them nowadays.
Like I probably work maybe 5 fridays in a year?
And usually it's in relation to when I go on vacation more than the managers purposely scheduling me that way on their own.
Today was one of those Fridays that I asked to work.
Because I had plans this weekend and therefore couldn't work my usual Saturday shift.
Only I didn't want to take a vacation day. I just wanted my normal two days off.
Hence me working a Friday. So I could have Saturday and Sunday off lol.
But yah.
It's weird working Friday's now.
I still love them though because FISH SHIPMENT!!
It's still my favorite task to do in the store which is why it's sad that I no longer work fridays because the fish only come in on fridays.
But today I got to put out the fish shipment!! WOOT!
And it was a nice large fish shipment too lol.
We had like three layers of boxes which is nice.
Stocking up on all the fish and such. XD
But yah.
It was one of those tasks that I really just...enjoyed.
It was a nice way to spend an hour or so just working on bring out all the new fish into the tanks and such. :D
So yay. lol.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, January 23, 2020
Swooping In
So there I was, looking for my manager to ask them if it would be okay if I went on one of my breaks.
-As I usually take a break right before the store opens so that we don't have to worry about someone covering the department while I'm off the floor.
And found the manager and a couple of my other coworkers in the back getting ready to take out the trash and put it in the dumpsters in the back.
They were literally moving the garbage cans outside to the dumpster.....
When the dump truck came roaring around the corner of the building and swooped in on the dumpster nearest to them, lifting it up into the air and emptying it before my coworkers could move or blink.
*shakes head* lol it was like the most random thing.
I know the trucks come by at least once if not twice a week to grab the trash.
It's just funny that they did so before my coworkers could take out today's trash.
Definitely wasn't an occurrence you see every day.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
-As I usually take a break right before the store opens so that we don't have to worry about someone covering the department while I'm off the floor.
And found the manager and a couple of my other coworkers in the back getting ready to take out the trash and put it in the dumpsters in the back.
They were literally moving the garbage cans outside to the dumpster.....
When the dump truck came roaring around the corner of the building and swooped in on the dumpster nearest to them, lifting it up into the air and emptying it before my coworkers could move or blink.
*shakes head* lol it was like the most random thing.
I know the trucks come by at least once if not twice a week to grab the trash.
It's just funny that they did so before my coworkers could take out today's trash.
Definitely wasn't an occurrence you see every day.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, January 22, 2020
New Fish
I've mentioned before that a couple of times a year we end up shifting around the fish in our store.
Mostly it involves adding in more koi and taking away koi as with the arrival of spring we begin stocking up on more varieties for people to put in their ponds...and then decrease those options in the fall when it gets too cold to put fish in the outside ponds due to...well snow and frozen water in general.
With these fluctuations we also get in other types of fish as well. Increasing varieties of others, decreasing others, carrying completely new types of fish etc.
For the last little while the only 'changes' in fish have been the addition of more Glofish varieties.
Though this recent fall we began carrying more varieties of guppies.
In any case.
Today my manager broke the news that next month we're getting in a new fish.
Exclusive to our stores only.
Glo Betta Fish.
()_()
We're getting in Bettas that glow in the dark!!! WHAT?!?!?!?!
From the pictures it looks like they're going to be the green glow variety.
Bodies will glow green under a blue light.
And then the fins could be like a reddish shade, or green as well, or maybe a slight blue tinge?
Not sure.
I'll have to see them in person.
but for a Glofish...which already are rather pricey compared to other fish we sell.
These guys are expensive.
The females are going to be like...$10
While the males will be $20 for the regular version and $30 for the fancy version.
O_o I can't imagine spending $30 on a fish.
Like...the only other fish we have that that's expensive is an oranda goldfish. And those goldfish are like the size of a baseball. So they're pretty big.
*shakes head*
Still.
I'll probably end up getting one...depending on how they look in person because ITS SO COOL.
^^;; I can't wait.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Mostly it involves adding in more koi and taking away koi as with the arrival of spring we begin stocking up on more varieties for people to put in their ponds...and then decrease those options in the fall when it gets too cold to put fish in the outside ponds due to...well snow and frozen water in general.
With these fluctuations we also get in other types of fish as well. Increasing varieties of others, decreasing others, carrying completely new types of fish etc.
For the last little while the only 'changes' in fish have been the addition of more Glofish varieties.
Though this recent fall we began carrying more varieties of guppies.
In any case.
Today my manager broke the news that next month we're getting in a new fish.
Exclusive to our stores only.
Glo Betta Fish.
()_()
We're getting in Bettas that glow in the dark!!! WHAT?!?!?!?!
From the pictures it looks like they're going to be the green glow variety.
Bodies will glow green under a blue light.
And then the fins could be like a reddish shade, or green as well, or maybe a slight blue tinge?
Not sure.
I'll have to see them in person.
but for a Glofish...which already are rather pricey compared to other fish we sell.
These guys are expensive.
The females are going to be like...$10
While the males will be $20 for the regular version and $30 for the fancy version.
O_o I can't imagine spending $30 on a fish.
Like...the only other fish we have that that's expensive is an oranda goldfish. And those goldfish are like the size of a baseball. So they're pretty big.
*shakes head*
Still.
I'll probably end up getting one...depending on how they look in person because ITS SO COOL.
^^;; I can't wait.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Spring Cleaning
So yesterday, my manager showed me a checklist of tasks that we needed to get done this month.
Cleaning tasks.
Specifically cleaning up the area behind the fish wall.
Sweeping, Mopping, Throwing away things that we aren't using etc.
And I was like "Okay"
But I didn't think we'd actually get around to doing it.
Mostly because we don't have the man power really to spare someone to take all day going through the various nooks and crannies behind the fish wall and cleaning the place up.
However.
Due to a slight scheduling error....where my manager scheduled one of my coworkers for a morning shift instead of an evening shift, we ended up having three people in my department this morning instead of the expected two.
So my head manager directed one of my coworkers to spend the day cleaning out the back.
Which I'm glad I wasn't the one doing it. Because like...I often feel like I'm the only one who does things around my department.
At least cleaning things.
But I'm also glad because I do have a tendency to....well hoard things?
Not in a hoarders situation.
But like. I find it difficult to just throw away things if they're perfectly good and not broken.
Which when we clearance out items in the store...when they end up going 'penny' we end up having to throw away those products if we can't find a use for them in the store.
So I try to 'save' those products from being pointlessly tossed in the trash by finding 'uses' for them.
However we don't always end up using those products.
So it's a good thing my coworker was the one to clean out the back.
As they were able to look at all the random stuff that's accumulated back there and be like "Do we need this? We've never used this. We only need like three of this."
I did my best to not look too closely at what my coworker decided we no longer needed.
because I'm sure if I did I would have found things that we 'needed' to keep and such.
Still.
It's hard to not have your heart just...break at the waste of things.
Like perfectly good functioning unbroken products...tossed away.
Like surely we could just give them away, or let coworkers take them home if they needed it. *exhales*
Yah.
So that's what my coworker ended up doing today.
And I have to say their efforts were well done.
The department looks a lot more organized and clean than it has in a long while.
So definitely need to take a leaf out of their book of organizing because my coworker did a really good job lol.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Cleaning tasks.
Specifically cleaning up the area behind the fish wall.
Sweeping, Mopping, Throwing away things that we aren't using etc.
And I was like "Okay"
But I didn't think we'd actually get around to doing it.
Mostly because we don't have the man power really to spare someone to take all day going through the various nooks and crannies behind the fish wall and cleaning the place up.
However.
Due to a slight scheduling error....where my manager scheduled one of my coworkers for a morning shift instead of an evening shift, we ended up having three people in my department this morning instead of the expected two.
So my head manager directed one of my coworkers to spend the day cleaning out the back.
Which I'm glad I wasn't the one doing it. Because like...I often feel like I'm the only one who does things around my department.
At least cleaning things.
But I'm also glad because I do have a tendency to....well hoard things?
Not in a hoarders situation.
But like. I find it difficult to just throw away things if they're perfectly good and not broken.
Which when we clearance out items in the store...when they end up going 'penny' we end up having to throw away those products if we can't find a use for them in the store.
So I try to 'save' those products from being pointlessly tossed in the trash by finding 'uses' for them.
However we don't always end up using those products.
So it's a good thing my coworker was the one to clean out the back.
As they were able to look at all the random stuff that's accumulated back there and be like "Do we need this? We've never used this. We only need like three of this."
I did my best to not look too closely at what my coworker decided we no longer needed.
because I'm sure if I did I would have found things that we 'needed' to keep and such.
Still.
It's hard to not have your heart just...break at the waste of things.
Like perfectly good functioning unbroken products...tossed away.
Like surely we could just give them away, or let coworkers take them home if they needed it. *exhales*
Yah.
So that's what my coworker ended up doing today.
And I have to say their efforts were well done.
The department looks a lot more organized and clean than it has in a long while.
So definitely need to take a leaf out of their book of organizing because my coworker did a really good job lol.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, January 20, 2020
Holiday Craze
It's funny...okay probably not funny. But like...it's funny how you forget holidays exist because you no longer get them off.
Like working retail, in a pet store, the only days we close our doors is on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Sure, there are holidays where we close early.
But like...since I work the morning shift it doesn't really matter to me if we close early because I'm off before we have to close anyways.
But it's easy to forget a holiday is happening when you have to work through basically all of them.
As I usually have the 'bad luck' to be scheduled on most holidays.
So having a day off for them...is something of a rarity.
So I do admit.
Even though my roomies and I had talked about today being MLK day.
The concept had quite slipped my mind this morning when I went into work.
After all.
I had to work today, even if some of my roomies did not.
And after having like...two weeks of the store being pretty quiet after the christmas rush was over.
It was so weird to suddenly have the store be busy.
To have customers coming in wanting to buy pets like hamsters and fish and such.
People coming in with all these questions about their animals.
It got busy enough that I had to forgo completing a few opening tasks for the department because we had enough customers in the store that I needed to be helping them else my coworkers would be swamped.
And like...for a moment there I was confused.
Why were all these people coming into the store on a MONDAY.
I mean sure, monday nights with FHE happening can be rather busy.
But the day? Mon-Wed are usually pretty slow.
It took me until my shift was like halfway over before I remembered that today was a holiday.
And holidays means that shoppers come into the store.
Whether it's just to entertain the kids for a bit.
Or to do the shopping that they wouldn't have time for otherwise.
Holidays tend to be busier days for us just because most people don't have to work and therefore have the time to go shopping.
So yah.
Today was fun.
Fun remembering that other jobs give their workers the holidays off. *exhales*
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Like working retail, in a pet store, the only days we close our doors is on Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Sure, there are holidays where we close early.
But like...since I work the morning shift it doesn't really matter to me if we close early because I'm off before we have to close anyways.
But it's easy to forget a holiday is happening when you have to work through basically all of them.
As I usually have the 'bad luck' to be scheduled on most holidays.
So having a day off for them...is something of a rarity.
So I do admit.
Even though my roomies and I had talked about today being MLK day.
The concept had quite slipped my mind this morning when I went into work.
After all.
I had to work today, even if some of my roomies did not.
And after having like...two weeks of the store being pretty quiet after the christmas rush was over.
It was so weird to suddenly have the store be busy.
To have customers coming in wanting to buy pets like hamsters and fish and such.
People coming in with all these questions about their animals.
It got busy enough that I had to forgo completing a few opening tasks for the department because we had enough customers in the store that I needed to be helping them else my coworkers would be swamped.
And like...for a moment there I was confused.
Why were all these people coming into the store on a MONDAY.
I mean sure, monday nights with FHE happening can be rather busy.
But the day? Mon-Wed are usually pretty slow.
It took me until my shift was like halfway over before I remembered that today was a holiday.
And holidays means that shoppers come into the store.
Whether it's just to entertain the kids for a bit.
Or to do the shopping that they wouldn't have time for otherwise.
Holidays tend to be busier days for us just because most people don't have to work and therefore have the time to go shopping.
So yah.
Today was fun.
Fun remembering that other jobs give their workers the holidays off. *exhales*
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Plans Gone Astray
The problem with trying to make plans....is that I feel like most of the time they don't work out.
Well...at least when it's a plan I try and make for like...my own selfish reasons?
I suppose they're not always selfish.
But when I try and put my own wants in front of potential needs others may have.
It seems more likely that my plan won't work out.
At least not how I originally intended it to work out.
Hence why I try to keep my plans more...well...flexible.
Because I'm aware of how much things don't work out for me.
And I might as well not stress out over it if I was already expecting something to go not quite right.
Which is what happened today.
As I'd spoken last night with my roommate about leaving for church earlier in the day than usual.
Why?
Because there was a pokemon go community event happening and unfortunately most of the event took place right in the middle of church.
But I would have about 40 minutes before church started to wander around and do the event and then I could just like...sit and focus during church without worrying about missing out on catching a shiny pokemon.
Of course.
I should have expected this plan to go astray though it was a simple straightforward one of 'leave earlier.'
*exhales*
Because, for whatever reason, at this point I don't even know why, I was hit by a nuclear migraine last night.
The sort where it feels like my head is being cracked open with a sledgehammer and my body is acting like it's about to die and I'm not sleeping and unable to relax.
So yah.
When I finally managed to get to sleep...I ended up waking up at the time we were supposed to be leaving if I wanted to have a bit of time wandering around the grounds before church started.
So my original plan of getting there early totally wasn't happening.
We managed to get to church like five minutes before it was to start.
Which meant I couldn't exactly wander around beforehand to catch my shiny pokemon.
I ended up venturing out for like twenty minutes to wander the grounds -as I figured I wouldn't be missing much as it takes time to move between the sacrament room and the sunday school rooms and like...there's the socializing that goes on. So I was like. I'll wander until I find a shiny and then go back to the class.
Which I ended up making a loop and caught two shinies! Woot!!
So I was able to return to the classroom earlier than I had expected so yay me.
But yah.
It was one of those days where my plans didn't go...well exactly to plan.
But hey! I managed to accomplish my goal. So woot!
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Well...at least when it's a plan I try and make for like...my own selfish reasons?
I suppose they're not always selfish.
But when I try and put my own wants in front of potential needs others may have.
It seems more likely that my plan won't work out.
At least not how I originally intended it to work out.
Hence why I try to keep my plans more...well...flexible.
Because I'm aware of how much things don't work out for me.
And I might as well not stress out over it if I was already expecting something to go not quite right.
Which is what happened today.
As I'd spoken last night with my roommate about leaving for church earlier in the day than usual.
Why?
Because there was a pokemon go community event happening and unfortunately most of the event took place right in the middle of church.
But I would have about 40 minutes before church started to wander around and do the event and then I could just like...sit and focus during church without worrying about missing out on catching a shiny pokemon.
Of course.
I should have expected this plan to go astray though it was a simple straightforward one of 'leave earlier.'
*exhales*
Because, for whatever reason, at this point I don't even know why, I was hit by a nuclear migraine last night.
The sort where it feels like my head is being cracked open with a sledgehammer and my body is acting like it's about to die and I'm not sleeping and unable to relax.
So yah.
When I finally managed to get to sleep...I ended up waking up at the time we were supposed to be leaving if I wanted to have a bit of time wandering around the grounds before church started.
So my original plan of getting there early totally wasn't happening.
We managed to get to church like five minutes before it was to start.
Which meant I couldn't exactly wander around beforehand to catch my shiny pokemon.
I ended up venturing out for like twenty minutes to wander the grounds -as I figured I wouldn't be missing much as it takes time to move between the sacrament room and the sunday school rooms and like...there's the socializing that goes on. So I was like. I'll wander until I find a shiny and then go back to the class.
Which I ended up making a loop and caught two shinies! Woot!!
So I was able to return to the classroom earlier than I had expected so yay me.
But yah.
It was one of those days where my plans didn't go...well exactly to plan.
But hey! I managed to accomplish my goal. So woot!
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Saturday, January 18, 2020
Clipped Too Far
So we had a customer come into the store today wanting to return a bird that they had purchased.
Why did they want to return the bird?
Because, from what I overheard as I approached, was that the bird wasn't eaten and had like...mucous coming out of it's nose.
So basically...it was stressed out. Acting all lethargic and such.
And it had good reason to be stressed out.
Because when I peeked into the box to see the bird.
I noticed first, that the wings had been severely over clipped.
Like usually you just need to clip the first four longer feathers on the wing to keep the bird from flying away.
There are other methods as well that people use to clip the wings.
But usually you just need to do the first four longer feathers.
This poor parakeet though?
Had all the feathers clipped along the wing.
Basically as high as you could go without hitting the quicks in the feathers.
Which I've seen that done before on occasion.
I don't recommend it.
Like birds are birds because of their wings. You kinda want to see the wing shape.
However.
The wings weren't the major issue for the bird.
No.
The major issue was the tail.
Because the parakeet had no tail.
Literally!
All the tail feathers had been CUT OFF!!
Like.
You.
DON'T
DO
THAT.
Tail feathers don't grow back in the same way that wing feathers do.
Like, googling it says that feathers, if they're shed naturally like dropped when a predator is trying to catch them, will grow back in a few weeks.
But otherwise feathers won't start regrowing until like...the next time a bird molts.
So currently it's unknown when or IF the tail feathers on this poor bird will grow back.
And like upon seeing that.
I was like WHO DID THIS?!
Because I had to teach my coworker the PROPER way to cut bird feathers because you DON'T HAVE TO CUT THE TAIL FEATHERS. GAH!
But upon examining the paperwork.
I discovered that the bird hadn't actually been purchased at our store.
No,
It had been bought from our sister store.
Our store just happened to be closer to the customer so they wanted to return it here instead of there.
Usually we don't allow that sort of thing to happen.
We encourage people to return animals they bought to the store they bought it from.
Most of the time that's in regards to our rodents, our small pets.
Because each location of ours only carries one gender. Only males or only females.
So if a customer bought a rodent from a female carrying store, they can't return it to a male carrying store.
In this case.
The manager approved us to return the bird to our store.
For which I am glad.
Because that poor bird.
I didn't want it returned to our sister store if that's how the bird was originally treated with the clipping of the wings there.
-Of course the customer or someone in the customer's family could have been the one to clip the wings and tail....
As to my knowledge, the customer didn't mention any concerns about the tail being clipped.
But yah.
My coworkers and I were up in arms seeing the how poorly this bird had been treated.
Because like...WHY
Why would ANYONE clip all the feathers like that?!
Gah.
No one ever needs to cut the tail feathers. EVER.
In any case. We took in the bird and isolated him.
And hopefully he'll make a full recovery.
As with the amount of stress he's been under it's always possible he might not pull through.
But thankfully, as I checked in on the bird throughout the day.
He did seem to be perking up.
So I'm more hopeful he'll pull through.
But only time will tell.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Why did they want to return the bird?
Because, from what I overheard as I approached, was that the bird wasn't eaten and had like...mucous coming out of it's nose.
So basically...it was stressed out. Acting all lethargic and such.
And it had good reason to be stressed out.
Because when I peeked into the box to see the bird.
I noticed first, that the wings had been severely over clipped.
Like usually you just need to clip the first four longer feathers on the wing to keep the bird from flying away.
There are other methods as well that people use to clip the wings.
But usually you just need to do the first four longer feathers.
This poor parakeet though?
Had all the feathers clipped along the wing.
Basically as high as you could go without hitting the quicks in the feathers.
Which I've seen that done before on occasion.
I don't recommend it.
Like birds are birds because of their wings. You kinda want to see the wing shape.
However.
The wings weren't the major issue for the bird.
No.
The major issue was the tail.
Because the parakeet had no tail.
Literally!
All the tail feathers had been CUT OFF!!
Like.
You.
DON'T
DO
THAT.
Tail feathers don't grow back in the same way that wing feathers do.
Like, googling it says that feathers, if they're shed naturally like dropped when a predator is trying to catch them, will grow back in a few weeks.
But otherwise feathers won't start regrowing until like...the next time a bird molts.
So currently it's unknown when or IF the tail feathers on this poor bird will grow back.
And like upon seeing that.
I was like WHO DID THIS?!
Because I had to teach my coworker the PROPER way to cut bird feathers because you DON'T HAVE TO CUT THE TAIL FEATHERS. GAH!
But upon examining the paperwork.
I discovered that the bird hadn't actually been purchased at our store.
No,
It had been bought from our sister store.
Our store just happened to be closer to the customer so they wanted to return it here instead of there.
Usually we don't allow that sort of thing to happen.
We encourage people to return animals they bought to the store they bought it from.
Most of the time that's in regards to our rodents, our small pets.
Because each location of ours only carries one gender. Only males or only females.
So if a customer bought a rodent from a female carrying store, they can't return it to a male carrying store.
In this case.
The manager approved us to return the bird to our store.
For which I am glad.
Because that poor bird.
I didn't want it returned to our sister store if that's how the bird was originally treated with the clipping of the wings there.
-Of course the customer or someone in the customer's family could have been the one to clip the wings and tail....
As to my knowledge, the customer didn't mention any concerns about the tail being clipped.
But yah.
My coworkers and I were up in arms seeing the how poorly this bird had been treated.
Because like...WHY
Why would ANYONE clip all the feathers like that?!
Gah.
No one ever needs to cut the tail feathers. EVER.
In any case. We took in the bird and isolated him.
And hopefully he'll make a full recovery.
As with the amount of stress he's been under it's always possible he might not pull through.
But thankfully, as I checked in on the bird throughout the day.
He did seem to be perking up.
So I'm more hopeful he'll pull through.
But only time will tell.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Friday, January 17, 2020
When to Write?
I've often said that I use writing as a way to vent. As a way to work through my issues and like...figure out problems, find solutions, come to peace with events and just like....process things.
But I've noticed for a while now.
That there are days where I just....can't.
Writing is difficult.
Especially when I'm dealing with personal problems that I know I can probably figure out how to fix/put behind me/deal with if I just took the time to...you know....write them out.
Because writing is how I process. How I deal with things. How I just....figure it out.
But since like...probably before Mother Dearest passed....
I've been struggling to do that.
Sure I do usually end up writing every day.
But at the same time....I'll avoid writing.
I won't do the blog post.
I won't write in my journal.
I will fall silent on social media I post in.
Because I guess....the problem that is taking up my thoughts and causing me grief in some sort of emotional/mental/physical way....
I don't want to face just yet.
I just want to ignore it.
Pretend it doesn't exist.
Which I'm sure just stresses me out.
Because if I just write out the problem. Vent it out. Tell someone even if that someone is just my computer screen and no one else ever sees my words......
I'm sure I would feel better in the end.
But I'm sure I avoid writing about the topic that's bugging me for various reasons.
The main one being that I just don't want to process it yet.
I want to pretend, even just for a little bit, that there's no problem there stressing me out.
I need time to just...get my thoughts together? To have a clearer mind. (Ha) and to like...idk....be in a better state of mind to jot down my thoughts on the whole thing??
Yah.
Something like that.
*exhales*
So yah. It's a trend I see in myself.
Avoiding using writing when I just...don't know exactly how to deal with things at that moment.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
But I've noticed for a while now.
That there are days where I just....can't.
Writing is difficult.
Especially when I'm dealing with personal problems that I know I can probably figure out how to fix/put behind me/deal with if I just took the time to...you know....write them out.
Because writing is how I process. How I deal with things. How I just....figure it out.
But since like...probably before Mother Dearest passed....
I've been struggling to do that.
Sure I do usually end up writing every day.
But at the same time....I'll avoid writing.
I won't do the blog post.
I won't write in my journal.
I will fall silent on social media I post in.
Because I guess....the problem that is taking up my thoughts and causing me grief in some sort of emotional/mental/physical way....
I don't want to face just yet.
I just want to ignore it.
Pretend it doesn't exist.
Which I'm sure just stresses me out.
Because if I just write out the problem. Vent it out. Tell someone even if that someone is just my computer screen and no one else ever sees my words......
I'm sure I would feel better in the end.
But I'm sure I avoid writing about the topic that's bugging me for various reasons.
The main one being that I just don't want to process it yet.
I want to pretend, even just for a little bit, that there's no problem there stressing me out.
I need time to just...get my thoughts together? To have a clearer mind. (Ha) and to like...idk....be in a better state of mind to jot down my thoughts on the whole thing??
Yah.
Something like that.
*exhales*
So yah. It's a trend I see in myself.
Avoiding using writing when I just...don't know exactly how to deal with things at that moment.
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Thursday, January 16, 2020
The Lurker
Had a rather creepy moment at work today.
One that kinda sets the heart pounding and the adrenaline rushing through the body.
As I happened to look up and see this guy walk into the store.
The immediate red flag was that the dude was wearing a coat with the hood pulled up over his head.
Kinda in that shady sort of way.
The sort of way portrayed in the safety video we watched recently at work that involved what to do if someone comes into the store to try and rob it.
Yes. He was sketchy in the "I'm gonna try and rob you" sort of way.
Like his whole aura was off.
Honestly...he had the sort of look of a drug addict....
In any case.
I watched him walk into the store...and hesitate by the register.
But my cashier on duty was busy helping a couple in line with scanning their purchases.
However, I could picture it all too clearly the dude waiting in line until it was his turn and then pulling out a gun and like demanding money.
So I kept an eye on his hands.
And his hands were out of his pockets.
Which was like only a minor good sign because if they weren't in his pockets that meant he wasn't gripping a weapon of any kind.
And I was about to write it off as paranoia....
Until he moved around the register.
Like until that point I was thinking he would just head deeper into the store and actually be a paying customer.
But we have multiple registers lined up in a row.
So if a customer is being helped at register two, they're automatically standing behind the cashier at register one.
Because that's how most stores are set up really.
In any case.
The customer moved around the register.
To hover right behind my cashier in the lane of Register 2.
But there was no cashier currently standing at register 2.
And like the dude was just silently standing there, looking--pretending probably- at a display we had hanging right there behind the register.
But like he was making no move to make himself known to my cashier.
He was just hovering.
Hanging out.
Waiting.
Probably waiting for my cashier to finish helping the people check out at the register.
I could see it all too clearly. The possibility that as soon as my cashier was done with the customers that he'd pull out a weapon, tell her to open the register, give him the money, etc.
I couldn't let that happen.
So I dropped what I was doing and walked right up over to him with a smile.
"Hi, can I help you?" I asked him.
-And until that point my cashier had no idea that this man was standing behind her-
The dude, who definitely had the druggy look to him, that 'something isn't quite right with you' aura.
Was like "Yah, I was wondering if you guys were hiring?"
....Not quite sure I believe that.
Like why lurk around behind a cashier without making yourself known to just ask a question like that?
You could have approached them from the front, waited until the cashier had a free moment and then asked it.
So I told the dude that we do have applications online and we are hiring, but you have to go online at such and such address to apply.
Thankfully the guy left the store after that point so I was able to return to what I was doing.
But yah. Definitely a potentially stressful situation.
I'm glad I was able to intervene.
It could have been nothing.
The dude could have legitimately been looking to see if we were hiring and just didn't have the social skills to do it in a less creepy manner.
I'll probably never know.
But at least nothing happened anyways.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
One that kinda sets the heart pounding and the adrenaline rushing through the body.
As I happened to look up and see this guy walk into the store.
The immediate red flag was that the dude was wearing a coat with the hood pulled up over his head.
Kinda in that shady sort of way.
The sort of way portrayed in the safety video we watched recently at work that involved what to do if someone comes into the store to try and rob it.
Yes. He was sketchy in the "I'm gonna try and rob you" sort of way.
Like his whole aura was off.
Honestly...he had the sort of look of a drug addict....
In any case.
I watched him walk into the store...and hesitate by the register.
But my cashier on duty was busy helping a couple in line with scanning their purchases.
However, I could picture it all too clearly the dude waiting in line until it was his turn and then pulling out a gun and like demanding money.
So I kept an eye on his hands.
And his hands were out of his pockets.
Which was like only a minor good sign because if they weren't in his pockets that meant he wasn't gripping a weapon of any kind.
And I was about to write it off as paranoia....
Until he moved around the register.
Like until that point I was thinking he would just head deeper into the store and actually be a paying customer.
But we have multiple registers lined up in a row.
So if a customer is being helped at register two, they're automatically standing behind the cashier at register one.
Because that's how most stores are set up really.
In any case.
The customer moved around the register.
To hover right behind my cashier in the lane of Register 2.
But there was no cashier currently standing at register 2.
And like the dude was just silently standing there, looking--pretending probably- at a display we had hanging right there behind the register.
But like he was making no move to make himself known to my cashier.
He was just hovering.
Hanging out.
Waiting.
Probably waiting for my cashier to finish helping the people check out at the register.
I could see it all too clearly. The possibility that as soon as my cashier was done with the customers that he'd pull out a weapon, tell her to open the register, give him the money, etc.
I couldn't let that happen.
So I dropped what I was doing and walked right up over to him with a smile.
"Hi, can I help you?" I asked him.
-And until that point my cashier had no idea that this man was standing behind her-
The dude, who definitely had the druggy look to him, that 'something isn't quite right with you' aura.
Was like "Yah, I was wondering if you guys were hiring?"
....Not quite sure I believe that.
Like why lurk around behind a cashier without making yourself known to just ask a question like that?
You could have approached them from the front, waited until the cashier had a free moment and then asked it.
So I told the dude that we do have applications online and we are hiring, but you have to go online at such and such address to apply.
Thankfully the guy left the store after that point so I was able to return to what I was doing.
But yah. Definitely a potentially stressful situation.
I'm glad I was able to intervene.
It could have been nothing.
The dude could have legitimately been looking to see if we were hiring and just didn't have the social skills to do it in a less creepy manner.
I'll probably never know.
But at least nothing happened anyways.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Burn
I was supposed to meet up with my friend at the Wendy's today for dinner and to exchange Christmas Gifts.
-Which aHHHHHH I LOVE MY GIFT!!
But we didn't end up exchanging presents at the Wendy's like we normally do.
No,
Because just as my friend arrived....a fire broke out in the kitchen.
Not sure what type of fire...electrical maybe?
But smoke began pouring out into the main foyer area.
And the staff had everyone (like five people) leave the lobby area leave the building while they called the fire department.
Though it looked like the fire had gone out as I couldn't see any visible smoke....
My friend and I decided it would be better to meet up for dinner elsehwere as who knew when or if the restaurant would open up again to serve food....and I was quite hungry.
So we reconvened at a different place up the street.
And had a wonderful visit. :D
Woot!!
But yah....not every day your fast food place catches on fire....
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
-Which aHHHHHH I LOVE MY GIFT!!
But we didn't end up exchanging presents at the Wendy's like we normally do.
No,
Because just as my friend arrived....a fire broke out in the kitchen.
Not sure what type of fire...electrical maybe?
But smoke began pouring out into the main foyer area.
And the staff had everyone (like five people) leave the lobby area leave the building while they called the fire department.
Though it looked like the fire had gone out as I couldn't see any visible smoke....
My friend and I decided it would be better to meet up for dinner elsehwere as who knew when or if the restaurant would open up again to serve food....and I was quite hungry.
So we reconvened at a different place up the street.
And had a wonderful visit. :D
Woot!!
But yah....not every day your fast food place catches on fire....
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Whatcha Eaten?
So I had the managers take a hamster to the vet yesterday.
Because I noticed that his head was tilted to the side.
Which isn't a good thing in hamsters or any creature really, to have it tilted like that.
Oftentimes that's a sign of like an ear infection, or a neurological issue, or...something along those lines.
I'm not sure if the Vet managed to see the hamster yesterday, though I'm assuming from the context of the phone call I made this morning, that they did see him yesterday, but I'm guessing that the managers were unable to leave the store long enough to get him.
In any case.
Apparently over night, the hamster somehow managed to get out of his little critter tote that he'd been left in.
I'm guessing the little lid on top hadn't been secured tightly? But not sure.
But he was out of his container when the vet people came into work this morning.
And when they finally tracked him down....
They discovered a wrapper in his hands that he could have potentially been chewing on.
Which...since most wrappers are plastic....isn't a good thing because that doesn't exactly digest.
I can only hope that the pieces are small enough to not cause issue....
But the other concern is that the hamster might have also eaten the chocolate within the wrapper?
They aren't sure.
And having the vet look at him again, they still couldn't tell if he'd eaten it or not.
So yah.
We basically got our hamster back with medications to help with the head tilt.....
But there's also the distinct possibility that the hamster may die because he might have eaten chocolate and/or the wrapper....
*exhales*
So this is gonna be a fun couple of days seeing if he'll survive or not. *shakes head*
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Because I noticed that his head was tilted to the side.
Which isn't a good thing in hamsters or any creature really, to have it tilted like that.
Oftentimes that's a sign of like an ear infection, or a neurological issue, or...something along those lines.
I'm not sure if the Vet managed to see the hamster yesterday, though I'm assuming from the context of the phone call I made this morning, that they did see him yesterday, but I'm guessing that the managers were unable to leave the store long enough to get him.
In any case.
Apparently over night, the hamster somehow managed to get out of his little critter tote that he'd been left in.
I'm guessing the little lid on top hadn't been secured tightly? But not sure.
But he was out of his container when the vet people came into work this morning.
And when they finally tracked him down....
They discovered a wrapper in his hands that he could have potentially been chewing on.
Which...since most wrappers are plastic....isn't a good thing because that doesn't exactly digest.
I can only hope that the pieces are small enough to not cause issue....
But the other concern is that the hamster might have also eaten the chocolate within the wrapper?
They aren't sure.
And having the vet look at him again, they still couldn't tell if he'd eaten it or not.
So yah.
We basically got our hamster back with medications to help with the head tilt.....
But there's also the distinct possibility that the hamster may die because he might have eaten chocolate and/or the wrapper....
*exhales*
So this is gonna be a fun couple of days seeing if he'll survive or not. *shakes head*
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Monday, January 13, 2020
Moving Fish
I've said it before and I'll say it again, but one of my favorite things about work is when I have the opportunity to play ring-around-the-rosie with the fish on our fish wall.
It doesn't happen that often, like maybe twice year.
And the past couple of years these rearrangements haven't required a lot of effort because the designers of the fish on the fish wall got smart and realized people can find the fish they want easier if they're all located in the same area. So the tetras will all be in one section, the platys in another, the mollies in another, etc.
Today wasn't one of those twice a year adjustments though.
No.
It was more of a spur of the moment thing.
Where recently we've added in two more live plants that we sell that need to be placed into an actual aquarium with water --as we also get some that are prepackaged and don't require water until after they are taken out of their package.
But with the addition of two more live plant varieties....our single tank was getting quite overcrowded as we could get up to like a dozen or so of each plant and there's like six different plants in a 10 gallon sized tank.
So yah.
It was getting crowded and a couple of the plants look so similar to each other that the would often get mixed up.
So the other day I talked it over with my head manager and asked if it would be okay if we created a second plant tank so that we could divide the plants out more so they wouldn't be as overcrowded.
The manager liked this idea.
And like...my original concept was rather simple.
In that we just take the tank next to the plant tank and move the fish out of that one and so have the two plant tanks together.
But the head manager had a different idea.
Where they wanted the two plant tanks placed over by our Turtle Tanks, Snail Tank, and Crab tanks.
As in that location they would also be closer to the prepackaged plants we carry and it would be easier for customers to see all we have in the same area.
However.
This meant moving and adjusting two tanks that have fish in them.
Instead of one.
So once my opening tasks were done.
I set to work and moved about a dozen different tanks of fish around.
Since the fish are organized basically by section, I was doing my best to try and keep the sections together.
So it took a bit of creativity there to move fish around so that they were still in their sections but not out of place on the fish wall and yah....
I managed it in the end! Ha!
It was actually a lot of fun. ^^;; I enjoy those types of puzzles where you try to organize things so they go back together.
And I think the new plant tanks look really nice too!
So woot!
Win win!
Hopefully my coworkers and the customers don't get too confused by some of the fish moving around. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
It doesn't happen that often, like maybe twice year.
And the past couple of years these rearrangements haven't required a lot of effort because the designers of the fish on the fish wall got smart and realized people can find the fish they want easier if they're all located in the same area. So the tetras will all be in one section, the platys in another, the mollies in another, etc.
Today wasn't one of those twice a year adjustments though.
No.
It was more of a spur of the moment thing.
Where recently we've added in two more live plants that we sell that need to be placed into an actual aquarium with water --as we also get some that are prepackaged and don't require water until after they are taken out of their package.
But with the addition of two more live plant varieties....our single tank was getting quite overcrowded as we could get up to like a dozen or so of each plant and there's like six different plants in a 10 gallon sized tank.
So yah.
It was getting crowded and a couple of the plants look so similar to each other that the would often get mixed up.
So the other day I talked it over with my head manager and asked if it would be okay if we created a second plant tank so that we could divide the plants out more so they wouldn't be as overcrowded.
The manager liked this idea.
And like...my original concept was rather simple.
In that we just take the tank next to the plant tank and move the fish out of that one and so have the two plant tanks together.
But the head manager had a different idea.
Where they wanted the two plant tanks placed over by our Turtle Tanks, Snail Tank, and Crab tanks.
As in that location they would also be closer to the prepackaged plants we carry and it would be easier for customers to see all we have in the same area.
However.
This meant moving and adjusting two tanks that have fish in them.
Instead of one.
So once my opening tasks were done.
I set to work and moved about a dozen different tanks of fish around.
Since the fish are organized basically by section, I was doing my best to try and keep the sections together.
So it took a bit of creativity there to move fish around so that they were still in their sections but not out of place on the fish wall and yah....
I managed it in the end! Ha!
It was actually a lot of fun. ^^;; I enjoy those types of puzzles where you try to organize things so they go back together.
And I think the new plant tanks look really nice too!
So woot!
Win win!
Hopefully my coworkers and the customers don't get too confused by some of the fish moving around. ^^;;
Until you next read these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
Sunday, January 12, 2020
Gifts
So on a whim, mostly because I was in the giving mood and because the Relief Society had dropped by before Christmas to give a Christmas Gift.
I decided to go ahead and get the presidency a little something to give back to them.
As they probably don't get many gifts in return though they do so much for the girls in the ward.
I ended up with going something simple.
Socks!
Specifically Aloe soft Fuzzy socks. ^^;;
The problem was....
I ended up not seeing them for like three weeks.
As we met for the week of Christmas and the Week of New Years as a combined stake and I think everyone in the presidency went home for the holidays.
And then last week...I ended up forgetting the presents....which ended up being okay because I only saw one of them briefly.
But this week I made sure to bring the presents with me as it's the Sunday and for the 2nd our we would be meeting with the Relief Society today.
^^;;
I have to say I think the gifts were well received. :D
The relief society president was so happy to be given a present so like...that's a win right there. Woot!!
Yay for bringing a little bit of happiness in people's lives.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
I decided to go ahead and get the presidency a little something to give back to them.
As they probably don't get many gifts in return though they do so much for the girls in the ward.
I ended up with going something simple.
Socks!
Specifically Aloe soft Fuzzy socks. ^^;;
The problem was....
I ended up not seeing them for like three weeks.
As we met for the week of Christmas and the Week of New Years as a combined stake and I think everyone in the presidency went home for the holidays.
And then last week...I ended up forgetting the presents....which ended up being okay because I only saw one of them briefly.
But this week I made sure to bring the presents with me as it's the Sunday and for the 2nd our we would be meeting with the Relief Society today.
^^;;
I have to say I think the gifts were well received. :D
The relief society president was so happy to be given a present so like...that's a win right there. Woot!!
Yay for bringing a little bit of happiness in people's lives.
Until you next see these words;
I'll be watching the leaves.
Enjoy the day!
-Sarnic Dirchi
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