Is there a word stronger than exhausted?  If so, then that's what I am!  My mind and body are soooooo tired I'm not even sure I can write tonight, but it's been so long since I blogged I'm going to try.

The story about this began Thursday a week ago.  A full-time employee at the antique mall where I have a booth was called by his doctor who had been doing some tests on him and was told to get to the hospital right away.  He has some serious things wrong with him, and may be in the hospital and recovering for a long time.

Then the next day (Friday) the manager had to fire a full-time employee.

Saturday I went in to work on my booth and the manager asked me if I would be interested in working for them (he has gotten to know me during the time I've been renting space there).  He said eventually it would be part-time work, but for now it would be full-time, and maybe more.

I decided to give it a try because a little extra income always comes in handy, and started working on Sunday.  The mall is open 1-6 on Sundays and 10-6 all the other days of the week.  Employees work the whole time, never even clocking out to eat (you just eat when you find a few free minutes)!

The bad thing about this week was that there were major sales going on for the holiday week, with some booths reducing their entire stock as much as 60 %!  And the mall was even open July 4!!  This is the largest antique mall in Tennessee, so we had people stopping by as they traveled from places like Ohio, Michigan, Florida, etc.

Anyway, I worked 5 days this week, and there was a lot to learn, plus I'm on my feet the whole time (which I'm not used to).  They ring up sales on a computerized system, so fortunately I'm good with computers!  And I am learning which vendors specialize in certain things so I can help people with what they are looking for.  I guess I will get a good education in antiquing!   

Next week the manager is on vacation, so they have me down to work 45 hours  , and I just hope I survive it, LOL!!  After that it's supposed to cut back to 3 days a week, depending on other people's vacation schedules.  I think I can handle that!!!

I did get off in time July 4 to go to an outdoor symphany concert and watch the city's fireworks, but that's all the relaxation I managed to get in this week.  And tomorrow I have to do all my housework!

HELP!!!   How do I get myself into these things??????

I got beat just reading all that Pine! I sure hope it slows down for you after this week.

You still find time to play games at BB?

Hi LifesMagic!

I didn't have time for games this week, but I'll be playing again next week, LOL! And we will be doing BRingo in August, so come join us!!

I'll see what I can do, Pine, but I've been having trouble accessing some of the boards on BB. I get error messages that I don't have permission. A couple of the mods looked at it for me and can't find anything wrong. I even have a different computer now and still no luck. If I can get in to post, I'd love to join in the fun!