alrighty then.

Brothers, dad and I are watching Animal Planet, where a couger (or was it a jaguar?) is eatting the deer it caught.
Marc: Dad, you should get one of those bad boys to watch our house. Nobody will fuck around with that! 
LOL wtf!?

 I walk into work, 5 minutes before I'm supposed to start, with my uniform on. My coworker, Tim, is standing near the door and sees me.
Tim: You work today?
Me: Yeah, I start in a few minutes. *cracking up and walking away, surprised my uniform didn't give the answer away sooner.*

My coworker Dennis is venting to my manager Heidi and I about this customer who got pissed off over having to wait a long time in line.
Heidi: Dennis, what I'd tell you before? You have to multitask and be able to do 8 things at once.
Dennis: what...?!
Heidi: I'm kidding. You know how some customers think we have super powers and expect us to do like 5 to 8 things at once?
Dennis: really..?
Heidi: Never mind Dennis. It's a joke.
Dennis: huh?
Haha and here I thought I was the only one who got easily confused.

Working with my managers Chad and Alvin.
Chad: Tablit! You work tomarrow?
Me: No, i'm off.... (few seconds later) Oh wait, no, I work 5 till 10.
Chad: *laughing* Yeah, you are off!
Me: Shut up. No, I work 5 till 10.
Chad: *looking at clipboard of schedules* You're not off tomarrow! You work 5.
Me: That's what I said!
Chad: Not, you said you were off! I mean, I know your mind is off, but you work.
Me: Chad, shut up!!!
Chad: Ahh, thas why hard yeah. (his favorite saying)
Alvin is just watching us, shaking his head & laughing.

And I didn't even work till10 on Saturday night; I ended up having to work till midnight. Our closing cashier screwed all of us over by calling in sick, so every cashier and a few clerks had to work at least 1 hour extra. Shaylene was supposed to work 1-10, but she ended working 1-midnight, poor girl.

Since we were short cashiers and clerks.. and my managers & I were the only ones on the floor.. I had to run and stock the chiller with the damn Heinekens. I seem to always get stuck with the task of restocking the chiller with Heinekens and Budlights :(  At the same time, I was scrammbling to fnish hanging the Cosmetics department sale signs, so I was working all the way till the very last minute. Normally, everyone is ready to clock out at midnight, but our managers had to tell us to just leave whatever we were doing and clock out already cause was past midnight. I was exhaaaaaausted.

valuebook madness.

Yesterday was the 1st day of Valuebook.
Early morning shift + 10 hours at work = fricken exhausted.
Nonstop lines.
Bitching, irritated customers.
No chance to relax till my lunch hour.
Day off isn't until Thursday, dammit.

Had to start ringing up customers as soon as I clocked in at 7:30. People were already complaining that the shelves were going empty, but can't help it if all our clerks are ringing. Shit, even my manager Chad had to ring-- you know it's crazy when our managers are ringing up, just to bring the lines down.

Only thing that made time fly by at work: working with my favorites managers Chad, Heidi, Alvin and Daniel (missing Blane, but everybody needs their day off). Chad spilled water down my top, that ass. Heidi & Alvin helped me bag from time to time. And Daniel kept trying to make me laugh (I guess he knew I needed it). What. A. Day.

As soon as I got home from work, I full on knocked out, in uniform & all. Mom woke up about 10:00 to eat dinner, but just fell back asleep and didn't wake up until this morning. Same routine again today, tomarrow, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday.. work work work. GRRR!

And I'm still in the middle of studying for my Pharmacology exam =(  I swear, I think I'm about to go crazy.

I think I need a beach day, just to unwind, chill and clear my head for awhile.

R.i.P. inang.

September 27, 1929 -- March 13, 2007

My earliest memories I have of you are the days you would walk with me to school. I was a little girl, about 6 years old, and kept insisting that I could walk by myself, but you still walked with me anyway. You lived with us for about 8 years, before moving to Vegas with Auntie Gina, Vivian & Cynthia... I remember finally getting to see you again, when we went the Philippines in 1999. It was the first time in about 3 years since I had last saw you & you were crying, hugging and kissing the whole family for like 5 minutes, hehe.

I remember the family christmas party when we went to Vegas in December 2005.. when uncle Arnold's funeral song came on, you couldn't stop crying & I started crying too. You must be with Uncle Arnold right now, watching over us.

December 2006.. I remember the day tatang took you walking around the yard & garage. He was holding your hand, and after I smiled at you guys, you smiled back at me.. it was one of the last times I saw you smile.

December 31, 2006.. I followed Auntie Cynthia to the hospital to go visit you & wish you a happy new years. She told you about how I won when I went gambling a few days earlier, and you laughed & told me it runs in the blood, haha. We didn't stay long, since we had to go watch the fireworks. I kissed you goodbye & said I'd visit you again, but never got a chance.. it was the last time I saw you.

I remember early Tuesday, when I found out you passed away.. JR showed me the text & I actually didn't believe it at first. I thought things were miscommunicated again, and that you were only just sick again. But it turned out to be true =( I'm trying not to cry in front of dad.. I know I have to be strong. I don't think JR, Marc & I will be able to make it for your funeral, but we won't know for sure until next week. If not, I'm sorry.. We'll visit you the next time we go Vegas, I promise. We love you inang; rest in peace.

<3 jess

haha, pretty kool.