Full Day!!

Alright.  I'm a pessimist.  I'm the FIRST to admit it!  lol  Always have been...always will be.  So I doubt damn near everything...until I'm proven wrong.  haha  I took the Melatonin & Zyrtec last night---not expecting much, if anything, right?  lol  I started feeling groggy soon after.  But I kinda waited it out for about an hour.  When I finally laid down, I think I was out within 15 minutes!  Now...that's not remarkable until you realize it generally takes me an hour or more to fall asleep!  I have to toss & turn repeatedly 1st.  Last night, however, I went down like a ton of bricks in the position in which I laid down in!  LOL  And I slept like the freaking dead ALL NIGHT!  Didn't wake up not once.  AND...the alarm had to wake me up at 7!!!!  I couldn't even tell you the last time the alarm has woken me.  I'm always up well before its set time.  WOW!  *laughs*  I dunno if it was the Melatonin or the Zyrtec or the combination of both but the true test will be seeing what happens once I get into a routine of doing this every night.  ;-p

Cindy was supposed to open this morning & I was gonna close.  She texted me at 8 am.  She's been up & down all night.  Sera (her dog) & Mike (her hubby) have both been sick.  Apparently the 2 of them shared a chicken dinner...it didn't agree with either of them!  So I told her no worries...I had it under control.  Now...when I open, I'm there at 8:30.  I haven't even gotten in the shower yet!  Was just about to go when I got her text!  So I just jumped up & got dressed...showerless (I hate that!  UGH!!)  She thanked me & said she wanted to take me to dinner tonight.  Mmk.  lol  That's Cindy-speak for she "wants to talk".  lol  I figured it'd be about me going on salary, etc.

I got the store open on time.  She got there just before 10, I think.  Was a pretty slow day.  Was just me, her & Lori.  Karen was supposed to be there but she didn't show.  Guess she forgot.  lol  Whatever.  She's not an integral part of us anyway.  Cindy signed up for the inventory system.  Dunno when we'll get it but that'll be a Sunday of me going in to set it all up.  I'm really kinda excited about it!  ;-)  She's only getting the used books system...for now.  If we want to add the new books system later we can.  Unless he can swing her a good deal to go ahead & get both now.  I made flyers & created the Event on FB for next Saturday.  We're giving Diane 10% of that days total sales.  Just cuz we love her & she needs any help she can get right now.  I had a guy donate $5 towards it, just in case he can't make it back in next Saturday.  I thought that was just awesome!  :-)  Around 1 pm, Cindy took off for about an hour to go home & check on Sera.  Sure enough, she'd gotten sick again in the house.  Poor thing.  She was afraid she'd been a bad girl & was hiding from Cindy when she walked in.  Poor pup!  :/

We'd decided on going to Chili's for dinner.  YAY!  haha  LOVE LOVE LOVE them!  I always get the Quesadilla Explosion Salad & their strawberry El Presidente Margaritas are my favorite!  ;-)  At 5:45, I left so I could save us a table.  It is Saturday night after all!  haha  They're always super packed on the weekends!  I went ahead & ordered my margarita while I waited for her.  When she got there & saw it, she was like "OMG!!  That's a PERFECT idea!!"  haha  We'd both had several run-ins today with Christian zealots & were just over the day!  ;-p  So, yeah, she wanted to know if I wanted to stay hourly or go to salary.  She gave me a number for salary.  Not as high as I wanted it to be.  Only about $300 more than what I'm getting now.  Pfft.  *shrugs*  I'll give it a couple of months.  Since I do all of the internet stuff on top of my normal duties...if I start doing everything Kelli was doing too...umm...yeah...it won't be enough to compensate for all the extra I take on & I'll approach her then.  And instead of just my one week vacation, I'll now have 2 weeks!  That's COOL!  :-)  I shouldn't, technically, get 2 weeks for 3 more years...lol.  Anyway, yummy dinner, 2 hours later, after 6 margaritas...I headed home.  BUZZIN'!!  Hard!  hehehe

Got home, got undressed, barely got on FB & Stacy called.  She wanted me to come hang out with her & Ryan for a bit.  Mark, Ryan's best friend & his 4-year old daughter, Lotus, were there, too.  I've never met them but I've seen tons of pics of Lotus.  SUPER ADORABLE!!  When I drove up, Lotus opened the front door & yells "Hurry up & come in, Mel!!!"  I just died laughing!  ;-p  She's too stinking cute!  Smart!  OMG! I was really blown away at how smart she is & GROWN!  haha  They'd been roasting hot dogs for dinner.  Then a little while later, Stacy introduced me to the art of roasting Peeps!!  AHAHAHAHA!!!  Peeps...you know...the marshmallow & sugar chicks, bunnies, pumpkins, cats, ghosts, xmas trees, etc that are out for every holiday?!  WHO KNEW???  lolol  When Mark & Lotus were getting ready to leave, she tripped over the step from the patio & face-planted herself into the garage.  Poor baby!!!  Scared her more than hurt her but she was soooo pitiful crying & all!  :-(  I ended up leaving at 10:45.  All 3 of us were yawning & shit...haha!  I've always been OLD but those 2 have settled into being grandma & grandpa, too!  *dies laughing*

The girl I was talking to about being a roommate so I could rent Mom's house...I haven't heard from her in about 2 weeks.  She was supposed to be in Orlando on 3/31 & we were supposed to meet up.  Whatever.  It's all for the best anyway.  I'd pretty much decided (even before the 31st) that I really didn't want to stress myself financially like that right now anyway.  And I especially don't wanna do it now that I know my salary won't be as high as I was hoping for.  I think I'd rather stay here, get my car fixed, sell it & find something cheaper.  Then perhaps I can afford to take a trip or 2 on my 2 weeks vacation!!  *smirks*

It's been a long day.  Melatonin is kicking in.  *chuckles*  Tomorrow...trip to the grocery store.  You know...actually buy a month's worth of groceries!  ;-p  I haven't been able to afford to do that in like a year... o.0  I bought a crock pot the other night.  I want a roast!  :-)  Nite nite, World...hello, Sunday!!  :D