Long time, no blog!

I think I am just coming out of a very blah period. I've neglected my blog shamelessly. Of course, my work schedule seemed to have a lot of times where I closed one night and then opened the next morning or was a mid-morning shift, so I am sure I really wasn't getting enough rest. Things seem to be more on an even keel now, though.

Let's see. I have stopped ever believing that we will be appropriately staffed at work. To believe people who say "Next week, we get more payroll hours," just leads to disappointment. Puh-leeze. Stop making me promises that you can't deliver on. Besides, the company is planning massive expansion, and in big box retail, it's unlikely you'll pay for it by cutting profit margins on the merchandise. And God forbid that the stock price falls because then those shareholders get real unhappy. So the obvious place to make cuts is in people, which translates into "Who's got the crack pipe in payroll forecasting and budgeting" at the store level. Oh well. A bad day at the store still mostly beats an average day in the law firm.

Been making lots of trips up north. This weekend here at home is something of an exception, but I was up at Dad's last weekend. Mostly I had to spoil the chubby old beagle with lots of walks and some treats. He was limping a bit after our first couple walks, so I figured his arthritis in his back leg was bothering him. He thought that half of a Rimadryl tablet was a treat, and it seemed to help him a little for the rest of the weekend. The lazy thing *can* jump into bed when he wants to, but he just likes me to lift him in. Well, a few 40 lb. beagle dead lifts are good for me!
I've planted Dad's tomatoes and his impatiens, and the rainy weather seems to have done the flowers some good. If we can keep Dogzilla from trampling the tomatoes, they might be okay.

Dad gave me his old Orek sweeper because he got a new vacuum that is supposed to be good for his allergies. Now I have two vacuums. I don't even like using ONE, fer Gawd's sakes. Still wish I could get the apartment people to move a dumpster under my window. It would make things so much easier if I could just take out a screen and start heaving the junk out!

Well, that's as much of an update as I can muster! I'm sure I've forgotten lots of stuff.