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The Narnian Lamp-post
Aug. 21st, 2024 07:55 pm"Today's Hat" from Sunday night's shift:
The cowboy hat looked best with the pink shirt. I don't care for cowboy hats but it's good to try new things.
It was fairly busy at the hat shop. Jameson and his friends came to visit in the first hour of my shift. It's funny how you get into "work mode" and kind of see things differently (does this happen to other people or is it just me?) Like, I greeted Jameson as a customer and had to stare at him for seconds to realize, "Oh, that's my boyfriend!" because I was in "Retail Mode." I showed him around the store, he gamely tried on some hats (a fedora, a Panama, and a novelty.) Like me he is not a hat person, but I did enjoy seeing him in the Panama :)
After he left we did really well on sales. I sold another Tilley, and also my first Panama hat! The Tilley was $100 and the Panama was $200. In the end we met our sales goal for the day, exceeding it by $1300! This is very cool because we get an hourly bonus when it happens. Yay!
Closing was not hard, it was just organizing the hats by size, sweeping and mopping, wiping counters and windows, finalizing registers. All the things you'd expect. I was home by midnight where Jameson and I checked in with each other and fell asleep eventually.
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I didn't sleep well because of nerves about my Papa Pal visits. Wish I were a less anxious person! There is nothing to be nervous about.
After breakfast I grabbed the tiny orchid, the rice pudding cup, my packed lunch, and drove downtown.
( TRIGGER WARNING dementia, hospice )
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Anyway. The rest of the day was quiet. Jameson worked until dinner, I packed lunch and prepped stuff for the hat shop shift.
My rooting hormone showed up in the mail. I miss my lovely glowing flower nightlight and am looking forward to taking a new cutting on Wednesday, my day off.
But for now, I visited my petunia outdoors. We have lots of ambient lighting: string lights, pathway lights, street lights, etc.
Yet you could see the flowers glowing clearly with the naked eye. So cool.
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Tuesday, I felt exhausted. Maybe emotional tension does impact me physically.
Breakfast and generally chilling out until it was time to go to work.
It was a normal day. New-to-me events included spending 15 minutes at the sock kiosk (yes, the company does socks too) and also doing part of the store's inventory. I like to learn new things.
Today's hat:
I got MANY complements on it, probably because it was so unexpected to see. But it felt nice anyway.
Back home I started to put the firefly petunia out again to acclimate, but changed my mind and kept it inside tonight. I've missed seeing it at night, for one thing, and for another I'm taking cuttings tomorrow and figure that will stress the plant enough.
With the light on, and off:
The whole plant from farther away:
Close-up of the two brightest flowers tonight:
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Wednesday after breakfast I took cuttings from the petunia.
(BTW, sorry for all of the firefly petunia content lately, it's just the most interesting thing going on with me at the moment. At some point I'll chill out about it.)
The weather is a bit cooler this week which is quite exciting, but it's also supposed to rain a lot, good for the bananas but maybe not the petunia. Still, it's time for it to begin living outside.
The larger of the two cuttings (the other wasn't really a "cutting" but a piece that broke off last week that I've kept in water.)
When I was done I put everyone under the grow lights, then did errands. Bagel shop, Moe's for queso dip, grocery for dinner ingredients, lunch when I got home, packing lunch for Disney tomorrow, practicing trombone, and cleaning both bathrooms. After that I was tired so laid down for a bit, Jameson had a migraine and took a nap too. He's been getting more frequent and painful headaches and it's worrying me.
Dinner was taco salads, improved with the queso dip.
At night I put the little cuttings on my night stand where they glowed softly, making my heart hurt for colder weather.
I fell asleep thinking of the Narnian lamp-post, shining alone in the woods and the swirling snow.
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Thursday: A rehearsal day at Disney, which I'm very grateful for.
Friday: Some chores + night shift at the hat shop.
Saturday: A day off.
Sunday and Monday: I don't know.
The cowboy hat looked best with the pink shirt. I don't care for cowboy hats but it's good to try new things.
It was fairly busy at the hat shop. Jameson and his friends came to visit in the first hour of my shift. It's funny how you get into "work mode" and kind of see things differently (does this happen to other people or is it just me?) Like, I greeted Jameson as a customer and had to stare at him for seconds to realize, "Oh, that's my boyfriend!" because I was in "Retail Mode." I showed him around the store, he gamely tried on some hats (a fedora, a Panama, and a novelty.) Like me he is not a hat person, but I did enjoy seeing him in the Panama :)
After he left we did really well on sales. I sold another Tilley, and also my first Panama hat! The Tilley was $100 and the Panama was $200. In the end we met our sales goal for the day, exceeding it by $1300! This is very cool because we get an hourly bonus when it happens. Yay!
Closing was not hard, it was just organizing the hats by size, sweeping and mopping, wiping counters and windows, finalizing registers. All the things you'd expect. I was home by midnight where Jameson and I checked in with each other and fell asleep eventually.
----------------------------------------------------------------
I didn't sleep well because of nerves about my Papa Pal visits. Wish I were a less anxious person! There is nothing to be nervous about.
After breakfast I grabbed the tiny orchid, the rice pudding cup, my packed lunch, and drove downtown.
( TRIGGER WARNING dementia, hospice )
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Anyway. The rest of the day was quiet. Jameson worked until dinner, I packed lunch and prepped stuff for the hat shop shift.
My rooting hormone showed up in the mail. I miss my lovely glowing flower nightlight and am looking forward to taking a new cutting on Wednesday, my day off.
But for now, I visited my petunia outdoors. We have lots of ambient lighting: string lights, pathway lights, street lights, etc.
Yet you could see the flowers glowing clearly with the naked eye. So cool.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Tuesday, I felt exhausted. Maybe emotional tension does impact me physically.
Breakfast and generally chilling out until it was time to go to work.
It was a normal day. New-to-me events included spending 15 minutes at the sock kiosk (yes, the company does socks too) and also doing part of the store's inventory. I like to learn new things.
Today's hat:
I got MANY complements on it, probably because it was so unexpected to see. But it felt nice anyway.
Back home I started to put the firefly petunia out again to acclimate, but changed my mind and kept it inside tonight. I've missed seeing it at night, for one thing, and for another I'm taking cuttings tomorrow and figure that will stress the plant enough.
With the light on, and off:
The whole plant from farther away:
Close-up of the two brightest flowers tonight:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Wednesday after breakfast I took cuttings from the petunia.
(BTW, sorry for all of the firefly petunia content lately, it's just the most interesting thing going on with me at the moment. At some point I'll chill out about it.)
The weather is a bit cooler this week which is quite exciting, but it's also supposed to rain a lot, good for the bananas but maybe not the petunia. Still, it's time for it to begin living outside.
The larger of the two cuttings (the other wasn't really a "cutting" but a piece that broke off last week that I've kept in water.)
When I was done I put everyone under the grow lights, then did errands. Bagel shop, Moe's for queso dip, grocery for dinner ingredients, lunch when I got home, packing lunch for Disney tomorrow, practicing trombone, and cleaning both bathrooms. After that I was tired so laid down for a bit, Jameson had a migraine and took a nap too. He's been getting more frequent and painful headaches and it's worrying me.
Dinner was taco salads, improved with the queso dip.
At night I put the little cuttings on my night stand where they glowed softly, making my heart hurt for colder weather.
I fell asleep thinking of the Narnian lamp-post, shining alone in the woods and the swirling snow.
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Thursday: A rehearsal day at Disney, which I'm very grateful for.
Friday: Some chores + night shift at the hat shop.
Saturday: A day off.
Sunday and Monday: I don't know.
