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If you ever doubt that people are inherently disgusting, lazy slobs, try cleaning a public restroom. Ugh. How hard is it to get the toilet paper in the toilet? Or the paper towels into the trash can? Or to keep the water in the sink? Restrooms too gross? Ok, how about just regular old garbage cans. Did you know that it's better to throw more trash into an overflowing garbage can than to remove the lid of the trash can immediately next to it and throw your trash in there? And if you don't want to finish your can of pop, it's ok to just throw the whole thing into the trash? Whole slices of pizza and uneaten sandwiches, too. Oh, and when someone's trying to empty the trash, it's a good idea to keep throwing more garbage in on top of the bag. And then stand in the way and not move when that person is trying to remove the bag of garbage from the area. No more trash? Ok, why not go shopping. Did you know that the best course of action when accidentally dropping and breaking a glass bottle is to kick the pieces under the counter and go on with your shopping? This is an especially good idea when you're chaperoning a group of children on a field trip and you're in the store instead of supervising aforementioned children. And then when someone else goes to clean up the glass, all you have to do is say you forgot about it. Then it's all better. Too hungry to shop? Why not yell at the pizza delivery person because your pizza is 15 minutes late, or better yet, yell at an employee of the establishment at which you are eating said pizza because it's 1:00 and you've been up since 5:30 am and that's way too late for lunch! Does it matter that said employee is offering alternatives to avoid the 10 minutes you will have to wait for picnic tables to be available? Nope! That just makes it more fun. Oh, and just for shits and giggles, Mother Nature may just decide that this is the perfect time to pour rain for days on end. Huzzah!

Ah. Much better. I broke my own record this week, 56.25 hours in 5 days. Not counting untaken lunch breaks it would be 57.75. Yes, I actually took a lunch break today and yesterday. Yesterday because I was about to snap, and today just because I could. It helps. My shoulder has been hurting for 3 days, I think I pulled a muscle in my arm, my feet ache, and I've lost 3 pounds this week because of erratic, unhealthy eating patterns. And we're only 2 weeks into the season. You think I'm bitchy now, wait until May. I'll try to come up with something other than work to write about soon, I promise.

Speaking of which, I should have some good blog fodder this weekend. We're headed to Epcot for some more worldy intoxication this weekend. Should be good times. Also, Lucy had her baby this week - it's a girl!

as promised

Pictures of the new museum. We moved the store to the new location last weekend. (I say "we" like I helped. I most certainly did not.) So first, a couple of pictures of the old place. First, the view from behind the counter, then the view now with nothing in there.


The view of the counter, then the same empty space.


By the way, both of the "before" pictures were taken on my phone. That's why they're kind of crappy. Here are a couple of pictures of the new store. It's flippin' huge! (That's what she said!)


It just so happened that we moved the store right before the busiest week we'd had so far, i.e. last week. The combination of the newly massive store, plus all the groups, made for quite an interesting week. There was one point where we had 3 full coach loads in there, which is about 150 people. It was crazy. Hence my 55 hours. I wonder how many times I'll break that record between now and the end of May.

Just a couple more of the programs. First the school house. This is half of it, the left side looks the same. Except with a shelf instead of the desk and blackboard.

Also, archaeology. I thought I had posted one before, but I couldn't find it after a good 2 minutes of searching, so here it is.

I have a picture of the new Spanish house, but it doesn't have a roof yet so I'll wait until it's more done to post a better picture. The whole no-roof thing may cause us some problems tomorrow, as there appears to be 90% chance of rain. Thursday, 80%. Should be fun. (It literally just started raining as I was typing that sentence. Pouring, in fact. At least I don't have to worry about watering my azaleas this week.) Also, I discovered during my search of previous posts that "museum" is my most commonly used tag for posts. As in, I refer to the museum more than any other individual thing that I write about. Despicable.

stupid blogger

I was totally going to post a bunch of pictures of the new museum tonight, but blogger keeps freezing whenever I try to upload pictures. So, screw it. I'll post tomorrow. By the way, I ended up with 52.75 hours last week. Really it was more like 55 hours, because on Saturday I filled out my time card before I left and then ended up realizing I had to take care of something outside, and I wrote in a 30 minute lunch break every day even though I only actually took a lunch break on Saturday, and technically that was a business lunch. So, I think that's a new record.

Alfred's Antics

What has he done this time?

Apparently he looked down to read some directions while driving and looked up about 2 seconds before hitting the car in front of him. Oh, Alfred.

Luckily he's completely fine. Also good is the fact that his engine is in the middle of the car, behind the seats. So the car still runs, although it's probably not going to last too long because there are other vital car parts in the front. This means Alfred gets to start doing car research again. The other car was fine too, as was the other driver. The crappiest part is that we had just paid off his car a few months ago. So really, the timing was about right, I guess.

Oh, and who did he hit? Turns out it was a guy in his company car, so they had to call the police and everything. And what does this guy do for a living? He's the driving safety instructor for his company. Ah, irony.

happy birthday Katie!

I couldn't let the day end without a quick post about my favorite sister's birthday! Katie's 20 today! Only 1 more year until she can finally have her first alcoholic drink.

I think she was just smelling it here. Because she clearly would not have been drinking way back in Christmas of 2006 when she was only 17. Anyway, way to make me feel old, Katie. I remember the day she was born, getting the call at my grandparents' house and all 3 of us kids getting on a separate extension to hear the news. And the next day was Easter, Dad took us out to breakfast and I got "Fancy Pants," aka waffles with fruit and whipped cream, instead of my usual chocolate chip pancakes. Huge mistake. Then we went to the hospital and got to see our new baby sister. And now she's 20. Holy hell. Ok, quick, need a distraction from feeling old.

Ah, this works nicely.