Weekends are normally my peace of mind but this past weekend was not peaceful by any means. Saturday was my first day off of both jobs and was looking forward to enjoying the day. Well the weather was terrible. Then we needed to replace brakes on my car for inspection. We were getting ready to take my car down to the garage and my power steering goes out. I had heard a thump but I thought it was a boat battery in the back that fell over. We were able to get my car out of the way in the road and Derick noticed a kitten under the car. There are about 5 or 6 stray kittens that hang around and I guess the wet damp weather had it cold so it had gotten under the car keeping warm. The thump I heard was the kitten getting caught in the belt. I ran back to the house and got a towel. We scooped up the kitten and rushed her to the vet. We had 2 options, euthanization or take responsibility for the kitten and any bills to care for it. Already we know either option is going to cost several hundreds of dollars. We are torn and I am balling my eyes out. We let the doctor look at it and she said there was nothing that could be done so we made the painful decision to put the kitten down. Just as we were getting ready to pay $190 the girl ran back up and told us no charge it had just passed on it's own. Now everytime I get in my car I'm afraid there's a cat in it. Thankfully it just knocked the belt off my car and we were able to get it back on and my power steering was fixed.
Then comes Sunday. I was supposed to work 3-9 but a girl wanted to switch so I went in from 11-3 which was perfectly fine because that would give the the afternoon and evening to spend with Derick. Well work was really busy and I knew that was going to happen. Thank goodness I didn't mess any orders up but people were really stingy. My average tip was $2. I think my checkout slip said based on my sales my tips were 7% which is just pitiful. People run you to death and then don't want to pay you anything.
Now comes today. Morning starts out ok. We just had some tenants move out of the house in Radford so Dad and I go to inspect and see what needs to be done first. You cannot even get through most of the house because the new tenants moved their stuff in before their lease began. I told them that was ok but there stuff had to be put in the basement or shed. Well they put it everywhere but those places. Why can people never listen? Thank goodness most of the repairs are just some basic cosmetic things like painting and replacing some broken windows. We just have to get the stuff out of the way so we can move and work in there. Well then I take my car to get inspected. They call a few hours later saying I need back brakes! They want to charge me $200 to do what Derick could do so I told them to reject it and I would take care of it myself. So I pick up my car and he was nice enough to put a new inspection sticker on and send me on my way. I guess having a good relationship with them does get you somewhere sometimes.
So between work and life in general it's raining like crazy...hmm it has been raining all weekend for the first time in forever. Maybe that's a sign of some sort. Enough boohooing for today. Just hoping my Monday blues are getting out of the way today.
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