Monday, December 29, 2008

Probably the most comical vacation I've had yet...

At the beginning of December I vowed to relax and re-organize everything over vacation. I planned on going through my folders, reading, and cleaning my room, but of course a week into vacation and I haven't been able to do any of that. My mother was to busy this year to go out and get a Christmas tree, so on Christmas eve I went out in the cold and cut down a small tree with a broken hacksaw, then a friend of mine came over and we attempted to decorate the sad looking tree. It came out alright, the look on my mother and sisters faces were well worth the trouble,however it took up the whole day. I had to work on Christmas then of course went to visit family (for about half an hour because I do not get along with them) and friends. I spent the day after Christmas shopping, I bought a book, an mp3, and a few other things. The next day I had to work all day which wouldn't have been a problem but we were horribly understaffed. Yesterday the 28th, I also worked, well more like hindered everyone else from doing work. I was upstairs at the kennel (the mez) listening to my new mp3 as I worked, and Lisa the kennel manager came up yelling something about the washing machine (we have to wash the dog beds everyday) but I ignored her. Lisa has a tendency to overreact and get worked up over nothing. A few minuets later I saw the assistant manager Liz with a squeegee. I didn't think much of that either though, because Liz has to be in the middle of everything and she tends to micromanage. Finally I heared "EWWWW!!" I pulled my earphones out and ran over to Liz, water was pouring out from the bottom of the washing machine and it was a disgusting yellowish urin color. we pulled all the dog food away and the floor was soaked. I apologized embarrassed and worried about my job, but she said it was fine and the machine was terrible anyways. I resumed my work with only one earphone in this time thinking if anything else went wrong I would catch it. I was wrong. When someone works in the mez they have to do their dishes downstairs in the main kennel, so I threw my dog bowls into a bucket and carried them down, when I got into the kitchen, I noticed the lights were off, the floor was covered in about half an inch of water and a ceiling tile was in pieces on the floor, apparently the water had gone through the floor and poured down through the ceiling. After moving the computer, laundry basket and more dog food, we had to call the center owner, which wasn't so bad because he and I get along really well. I apologized a second time and we put a new washer in. Near the end of the night,I decided to help out up front (I had finished in the Kennel) and Liz asked "what else are you gunna break?" well, a customer brought in potato latkeys for my mother and I. They looked really good, so I decided to microwave them, I burned them, and filled the break room up with smoke. We had to open up both bathroom doors and turn the fans on to keep the fire alarms from going off. Finally today I am doing my homework and trying to get organized. We lost heat in the morning but it's back on now, and I can't find my planner which I need to schedule my on roads, but those are minor issues compared to everyhting else!

3 comments:

Dominic said...

Wow you're clumsy. I think you should give up on the mp3 player when you are at work. Sadly my family never put up a tree for the first time I can remember. My whole Christmas was a little off this year. Our whole family cramped into my grandparents house because my grandmother is too sick to go anywhere comfortably, so there were about 45 people in a house that might be able to fit 10. Then a few days after my grandfather had to go the emergency room because he probably ate to many cookies or something (he's diabetic and has high blood pressure...) So he is still in the hospital because he tore part of his aorta artery and my grandmother is going in for surgery tomorrow. Other than that my vacation was pretty good. I got money for Christmas with which i planned to buy my neighbors 32 inch TV with but I guess my mom didn't agree with that (I caught her on a bad day). Friday and Saturday I helped the carpentry teacher Mr. Lonardo ( a good friend of my father) install his home-theater surround sound and first floor speakers (he has his whole first floor wired for sound, it's really nice). Oh yeah, one last thing, do you know when that history report is due?

Kayla said...

um the 13th I think. I'm sorry your Christmas was off.

Mrs. Silveira said...

Kayla, That sounds like the worst kennel day ever! Well, they say bad things come in threes and both of these posts (D.L's as well) seem to prove that!

I loved the story of you cutting down a Christmas tree. It was so Charlie Brown! Do you have pictures?