How Many Licks Does It Take??

Remember that old commercial about how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop? The world may never know! Don't know why I just thought about that.

A very busy past couple of days. Worked Monday night - and it was not a good night at all. I had Jesse come by and he was especially worrisome that night. When I'm at work, I don't have time to socialize too much. Then he broke the cardinal rule with me - he asked to borrow money. I could tell he was wired on something anyhow, but that's his business. I don't do that sh*t and don't ask me to condone it or pay for it. I said no. He then asked me to "give" him a suitcase of beer! No one would know! Again - I said no! He got kind of huffy and walked out to the parking lot and I got back to work. He must have bummed some change off of someone because he came back in and bought a 40oz of Miller. Yuck! The nasty beer. He told me something about he'll see me Saturday and we can spend all day together. Nah! I don't think so. I just said, "we'll see!" and he left.

It wasn't five minutes later that I had a man come in and stick a couple of bottles of wine under his jacket... right in front of me. He ran out the door and I was up over the counter after him, but caught my knee on the door frame, so he got away and I got a banged up knee out of the deal. I hate people sometimes.

I don't smoke usually, but it was time to reach for a pack of cigs. Between Jesse and the thief, my nerves were shot and I was very pissed off. Did I mention that Ashley had worked 2nd shift and there was a ton of stock and groceries left to be put up? Well, she did and there was. So I had that to do as well, besides my usual stuff.

The night eventually got better and I chain-smoked 3/4 a pack of cigs (Marlboro Light Menthol) while getting everything caught up and the groceries put up. I had the store looking good by the time Peggy got to work at 5:am - although I was still a little peeved. But she told me that I could take the night off (too much overtime) and Angel would be working 3rd that night (Tuesday). That's cool.

I come on home and sleep for a while. Do the babysitting thing with Dalian. Talk to D. for a while - nothing major - just some minor chitchat. Talk to Youngblood on the phone for a bit. And finish re-arranging my room. I sit up all night Tuesday night with D. watching movies and hanging out. He leaves at 5:30 am and I go to bed. Until 7:am. I'm woken up by Peggy. She's fired Ashley at the workhole and I need to work 1rst today. So I get up, shower and go to work. Jerry comes in at 2:00 so I can leave. I come home and do the Danger Zone PPV fantasty thingee and start making plans for the night. I was scheduled to work 3rd, but since I worked first, a girl from Maxton will be working in my place. Around 5:45 the phone rings. It's Peggy again. The girl that was supposed to relieve Jerry hasn't showed up. Can I go finish out 2nd shift. Shit! So I go and I arrive just seconds after Kim (the relief girl) has finally arrived. I just get a drink and come back home.

Go across the road and hang out with H & G for a bit. We watch Spider Man II and they want to know when I've talked to Rick. Not in a few days. Well, he told G. that he wants to see me again.. and will be coming over for a while this weekend if its OK. Hmmmm. The same time as Jesse. Should be interesting. Especially since I'm going to my HS reunion on Saturday and won't be here.

I come home and guess what. About 11:15 - the phone rings. The 3rd shift relief hasn't shown up yet! Kim is PO'ed and wants to go home. Can I come to the store and work 3rd. I was kind of snappy at Kim and said what about her being 45 minutes late earlier today. If the girl hasn't shown up by 12:00 - call me back. And I hung up! There was no phone call, so I guess the girl showed up. I went to bed and slept hard until a little while ago.

So far this morning, it's been posting stories for the Wrestling HQ site and going over ideas for a new "SM" column. What fun! I have Dalian again this afternoon, plus it's payday! Yaaaay!

Damn this is a long and boring rant. Maybe I should delete and start over. Nah! I'll just keep it shorter and hopefully more entertaining next time. My apologies to anyone who actually reads this crap. I'm outta here.
-Doug