Snowy nights?
We're still smack dab in the middle of the holiday season, and while the hustle and bustle of Christmas is pretty much over, there's still lots to do. Decorations need to be taken down, trees put away/thrown out, new bills to pay, and so forth. I think that Christmas has been lost on so many people, to so many it seems that it's just one big hassle. Finding gifts for everyone, sending cards to all those people, cooking for so many people. I think these people need to take a step back and rethink their Christmas, and as cliche as it might sound for me to say it, it should be a happy time. You shouldn't feel obligated to get presents for someone, if you get them something it should be because you genuinely want to and what's the meaning of a card if you send it to someone just because they sent one to you. And big meals to prepare? Maybe you should consider having everyone bring something instead of one person doing everything. Regardless of other people's views on christmas I still love it. fine it's exploited by large corporations, but still it is "the most wonderful time of the year" and to all you that critisize christmas carols of being over played you can just shove it alot of the songs have been around a lot longer than you have.
That all being put aside, i had an awesome christmas because I got to go home to my parents house for the night. And even though i had just gotten off an 8 hour shift at work where there was a constant rush of people buying alcohol last minute for the next day or that night AND spent the LARGE majority of the night helping my dad put in new flooring into my parent's house, i still had a great time. It was great to have breakfast as a family as well, that was something we almost never did when i was still at home, all 5 of us sitting around an actual table and not going off to different parts of the house to eat (oddly, all three kids moving out has drawn my family closer together). Early afternoon we left for St. Albert to my aunts house for dinner with the whole family, 30+ of us in one house. It was great, and i owned everyone at a mad game of operation, plus i got to see/pick on all my little cousins, that really seems like a cycle to me, the young annoy the older ones and the older pick on the younger ones. Then the young ones become the old ones and pick on the new young ones. Generally the night was all round good, and ended with me watching the entire star wars trilogy. That's a tradition for me now...I don't know why it started i just know that i do it every year and it never gets old.
i got to work the next few days...although when i came into work on tuesday i wanted to cry. We had fourteen pallets of beer come in, FOURTEEN!!!!! Now to put this into perspective for all of you that don't work in liquor stores, a regular order for beer at my store is 3-4 pallets and i can get that done in one night with no problem. A large order for my store is 6-7 pallets, this is where i have some difficulty and have to rush to get it done on time. Now 14 pallets...14 pallets is about the max amount of pallets that can fit into our warehouse that's already jam packed FULL of excess christmas stock. Normally after 7 pallets i'm so tired i just wnat to sleep, so for this i knew i'd need outside stimulation...my good friend Vitamin C...affein. by the end of the night i had taken more than 4 times the daily recommended dose of caffein and was litterally jumping all over the place. Although i DID get more done in one night than anyone thought i possibly could. There was just so much of it, i was making stacks of beer 8 feet high, i don't really think any of you have seen a stack of beer 8 feet high but let me tell you, when you actually look at it you think "wow that is A LOT of beer" it's really quite intimadating too. I don't think I'd ever been that hyper before, i was actually running all over the place, which when i think about it, was really stupid just because running with six 15-packs in your arms is a bad idea all together.
And today was my day off...finally got to use my gift cards that i got to buy clothes that i really needed and a hair cut too! woo! and i saw Narnia today! flipping sweet movie i'd say. I'd go into more detail but i'm tired right now.
-Matt
That all being put aside, i had an awesome christmas because I got to go home to my parents house for the night. And even though i had just gotten off an 8 hour shift at work where there was a constant rush of people buying alcohol last minute for the next day or that night AND spent the LARGE majority of the night helping my dad put in new flooring into my parent's house, i still had a great time. It was great to have breakfast as a family as well, that was something we almost never did when i was still at home, all 5 of us sitting around an actual table and not going off to different parts of the house to eat (oddly, all three kids moving out has drawn my family closer together). Early afternoon we left for St. Albert to my aunts house for dinner with the whole family, 30+ of us in one house. It was great, and i owned everyone at a mad game of operation, plus i got to see/pick on all my little cousins, that really seems like a cycle to me, the young annoy the older ones and the older pick on the younger ones. Then the young ones become the old ones and pick on the new young ones. Generally the night was all round good, and ended with me watching the entire star wars trilogy. That's a tradition for me now...I don't know why it started i just know that i do it every year and it never gets old.
i got to work the next few days...although when i came into work on tuesday i wanted to cry. We had fourteen pallets of beer come in, FOURTEEN!!!!! Now to put this into perspective for all of you that don't work in liquor stores, a regular order for beer at my store is 3-4 pallets and i can get that done in one night with no problem. A large order for my store is 6-7 pallets, this is where i have some difficulty and have to rush to get it done on time. Now 14 pallets...14 pallets is about the max amount of pallets that can fit into our warehouse that's already jam packed FULL of excess christmas stock. Normally after 7 pallets i'm so tired i just wnat to sleep, so for this i knew i'd need outside stimulation...my good friend Vitamin C...affein. by the end of the night i had taken more than 4 times the daily recommended dose of caffein and was litterally jumping all over the place. Although i DID get more done in one night than anyone thought i possibly could. There was just so much of it, i was making stacks of beer 8 feet high, i don't really think any of you have seen a stack of beer 8 feet high but let me tell you, when you actually look at it you think "wow that is A LOT of beer" it's really quite intimadating too. I don't think I'd ever been that hyper before, i was actually running all over the place, which when i think about it, was really stupid just because running with six 15-packs in your arms is a bad idea all together.
And today was my day off...finally got to use my gift cards that i got to buy clothes that i really needed and a hair cut too! woo! and i saw Narnia today! flipping sweet movie i'd say. I'd go into more detail but i'm tired right now.
-Matt
posted by Happy Death at 12:52 a.m.
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