Howdy!
Good Morning all....Hope you are all fine this Wednesday morning!
I'm sitting with my coffee, doin' good to see the puter screen, lol....doin' my best to wake up. Boy, this is one of those mornings that I could just crawl back into bed soooooo easy. That would feel SO good! But, unfortunately, I can't do that.
I'm meeting Kirk again today at about 11:30, to follow him to the mechanics to drop off his car, then run him back home, and head for work. I sure hope that today wasn't like yesterday was. We close at 6, but yesterday, starting about 5:00, the clothes, and people starting piling in sooo fast, and clothes piling up so high, we couldn't get anything done. When we finally locked the doors at 6, we still had clothes piled all over the place. By the time we got them all tagged and ready for today, we finally left work at about 7:15. Guess that's the latest that I've ever had to stay since working there. We're open from 7am to 6pm, so I sure don't understand why people wait till an hour before we close to start dropping things off. Believe it or not, we even had someone pull in last night a little after 7. Mary and I both laughed, saying that if he thought he was gonna get in after 7, he was CRAZY!!! I know, because we have had some mention it, that most of the customers don't realize what we have to do. They assume, that when 6 comes, that we can just turn off the lights, lock the door, and leave, regardless of the clothes that are piled in the floor. But, things don't work that way. All of the clothes that are brought in have to be tagged, and ready to go the next morning. We can't leave piles of clothes for the other employees to have to do the following morning. We've mentioned this to some customers, on different occasions, and it was evident that they didn't realize we were stuck there till all the clothes were done. Of course, it sure hasn't stopped them from showing up with tons of clothes at the last minute.
Well, guess there's been a change of plans. Kirk just called and isn't going to take his car in after all. It has been overheating, due to a couple of different problems. The radiator is leaking, plus the thermostate has gone out. Lee removed the thermostat last night, so that the car won't overheat, and this morning, Kirk ran to Wally World, and bought some "stop leak" to add to the radiator. That seemed to do the trick. That sure isn't the best thing to put in a radiator, but we know for sure that it is on it's last leg anyway, and at some point, will have to be replaced...so it sure isn't like the radiator is going to be damaged from it. Maybe this will hold them over for the next few months, rather than having to dump a bunch of money into their car. Considering that they're going to be leaving probably around the 1st of Sept., headed for Australia.
Kirk has the day off....Tara-Lee just called, and they're going to go fishing today...Landon, and his friend Dean are also going, so Tara-Lee called to see if Moriah wanted to go along, rather than be stuck here all day by herself. Listening to Moriah on the phone, I heard her say, "yeah, sure"....but, she's just rolled back over in bed, and is asleep again...lol. I'm not sure what time they're going to go, but evidently, not anytime soon....or she wouldn't be going back to sleep. LOL!
Well, Lee and I got lucky again. We both have tomorrow off! I'm not sure what we're going to do, but may head out to Landon's to do some swimming. It seems the past few times we've tried to do that, we've always ended up getting out there later than we'd planned, then our swimming time gets cut short. Maybe tomorrow it won't!
Lee and I have been pretty excited the past few days. As some of you already know, as I've mentioned it before, Lee and I use to have a motorcycle...which we LOVED...and miss TERRIBLY! We have not had it since 95'....way too long to be without one. Lee has been riding bikes ever since he was a boy, but we never had one as a married couple till 93', when we got an older Yamaha 750....not Lee's choice of bikes, (he's a Harley man), but it was better than no bike at all. We were blessed the following year to finally get our Harley....Wowwwww...we just loved it. But, due to circumstances beyond our control, it got ripped out from underneath us...(that's another story in itself, and one that still sets me on fire emotionally when I think about it). So, we've been without a bike now for almost 10 yrs. Anyway...Lee's mom called us the other night, and was talking to Lee. Lee's cousin, Craig, has a motorcycle for sale, (they live in Indianapolis), and Lee's mom was talkin' to Lee about what kind it was, etc. At one point Lee asked her how much Craig was wanting for it....to which she replied...."that doesn't matter"....SO...it appears that she is going to buy the bike for Lee!!!! I know how excited Lee is that he might have another bike before too much longer...he's tickled to death! We haven't heard anything more from her, but hopefully when we do, there will be some good news. It isn't a Harley, but like Lee says, it's better than no bike at all. It is a Yamaha Virago 920....so it isn't a "itty bitty" bike by anymeans...it's a good size bike! Being able to get back on a bike again, will make Lee SOOOOOOO happy! I sure hope that it all works out!
Well, guess that I'll head outta here for now, and try to catch up on some posts, and other stuff around the net. I hope that you all have a great day....it's beautiful here in Missouri. Hope it's as pretty where you all are! I'll be talking to you all soon!
Much love,
Lev
I'm sitting with my coffee, doin' good to see the puter screen, lol....doin' my best to wake up. Boy, this is one of those mornings that I could just crawl back into bed soooooo easy. That would feel SO good! But, unfortunately, I can't do that.
I'm meeting Kirk again today at about 11:30, to follow him to the mechanics to drop off his car, then run him back home, and head for work. I sure hope that today wasn't like yesterday was. We close at 6, but yesterday, starting about 5:00, the clothes, and people starting piling in sooo fast, and clothes piling up so high, we couldn't get anything done. When we finally locked the doors at 6, we still had clothes piled all over the place. By the time we got them all tagged and ready for today, we finally left work at about 7:15. Guess that's the latest that I've ever had to stay since working there. We're open from 7am to 6pm, so I sure don't understand why people wait till an hour before we close to start dropping things off. Believe it or not, we even had someone pull in last night a little after 7. Mary and I both laughed, saying that if he thought he was gonna get in after 7, he was CRAZY!!! I know, because we have had some mention it, that most of the customers don't realize what we have to do. They assume, that when 6 comes, that we can just turn off the lights, lock the door, and leave, regardless of the clothes that are piled in the floor. But, things don't work that way. All of the clothes that are brought in have to be tagged, and ready to go the next morning. We can't leave piles of clothes for the other employees to have to do the following morning. We've mentioned this to some customers, on different occasions, and it was evident that they didn't realize we were stuck there till all the clothes were done. Of course, it sure hasn't stopped them from showing up with tons of clothes at the last minute.
Well, guess there's been a change of plans. Kirk just called and isn't going to take his car in after all. It has been overheating, due to a couple of different problems. The radiator is leaking, plus the thermostate has gone out. Lee removed the thermostat last night, so that the car won't overheat, and this morning, Kirk ran to Wally World, and bought some "stop leak" to add to the radiator. That seemed to do the trick. That sure isn't the best thing to put in a radiator, but we know for sure that it is on it's last leg anyway, and at some point, will have to be replaced...so it sure isn't like the radiator is going to be damaged from it. Maybe this will hold them over for the next few months, rather than having to dump a bunch of money into their car. Considering that they're going to be leaving probably around the 1st of Sept., headed for Australia.
Kirk has the day off....Tara-Lee just called, and they're going to go fishing today...Landon, and his friend Dean are also going, so Tara-Lee called to see if Moriah wanted to go along, rather than be stuck here all day by herself. Listening to Moriah on the phone, I heard her say, "yeah, sure"....but, she's just rolled back over in bed, and is asleep again...lol. I'm not sure what time they're going to go, but evidently, not anytime soon....or she wouldn't be going back to sleep. LOL!
Well, Lee and I got lucky again. We both have tomorrow off! I'm not sure what we're going to do, but may head out to Landon's to do some swimming. It seems the past few times we've tried to do that, we've always ended up getting out there later than we'd planned, then our swimming time gets cut short. Maybe tomorrow it won't!
Lee and I have been pretty excited the past few days. As some of you already know, as I've mentioned it before, Lee and I use to have a motorcycle...which we LOVED...and miss TERRIBLY! We have not had it since 95'....way too long to be without one. Lee has been riding bikes ever since he was a boy, but we never had one as a married couple till 93', when we got an older Yamaha 750....not Lee's choice of bikes, (he's a Harley man), but it was better than no bike at all. We were blessed the following year to finally get our Harley....Wowwwww...we just loved it. But, due to circumstances beyond our control, it got ripped out from underneath us...(that's another story in itself, and one that still sets me on fire emotionally when I think about it). So, we've been without a bike now for almost 10 yrs. Anyway...Lee's mom called us the other night, and was talking to Lee. Lee's cousin, Craig, has a motorcycle for sale, (they live in Indianapolis), and Lee's mom was talkin' to Lee about what kind it was, etc. At one point Lee asked her how much Craig was wanting for it....to which she replied...."that doesn't matter"....SO...it appears that she is going to buy the bike for Lee!!!! I know how excited Lee is that he might have another bike before too much longer...he's tickled to death! We haven't heard anything more from her, but hopefully when we do, there will be some good news. It isn't a Harley, but like Lee says, it's better than no bike at all. It is a Yamaha Virago 920....so it isn't a "itty bitty" bike by anymeans...it's a good size bike! Being able to get back on a bike again, will make Lee SOOOOOOO happy! I sure hope that it all works out!
Well, guess that I'll head outta here for now, and try to catch up on some posts, and other stuff around the net. I hope that you all have a great day....it's beautiful here in Missouri. Hope it's as pretty where you all are! I'll be talking to you all soon!
Much love,
Lev
posted by Lev | 10:11 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Levonne!
Thanks for stopping by. It sounds like your day was pretty busy too. After I posted my entry I went out with a friend and didn't get back until 9 or so. I will be writing more about it tomorrow because I am so tired.
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