miscellaneous life update
Feb. 3rd, 2006 04:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
My parents have decided that they have both the time and the inclination to visit me next weekend (ie, February 11) in honor of my birthday. My actual birthday is Friday, but both Mom and I are working, so that's no good. Saturday is better. I dunno quite what we'll end up doing, besides lunch or dinner, but it will be good to see them.
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I messed up the cash register fewer than 10 times today, and most of those were harmless miskeys that don't actually scramble data -- they just make an annoying beeping noise to remind you that you need to subtotal the costs before you can enter the payment information. This is good. I'm really getting the hang of this now.
And I learned how to run coupons through the lottery machine. That machine is weird in concept -- imagine, an entire register thingy for nothing but lottery tickets! -- but it's quite ingenious in practice. It's also hooked up to some sort of network, because it can get instant results for all sorts of games, both daily drawing style and instant scratch-the-card style.
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This weekend is going to be nothing but rain, and potential snow. Lovely. I think I will be taking busses, and to hell with walking for my health and general fitness. Cold, high winds, precipitation, and puddles are not my idea of fun.
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I continue to hate that the start of my period disguises itself as a bad case of the sniffles; that means I can end up carrying extra tissues in my bag instead of a pad or tampon, and things can get messy. Fortunately, this time I had a pad with me, because I'd been vaguely estimating the days. I guessed Tuesday, so I'm only three days off. That's about equal to my old accuracy, before I had a hormonal imbalance and then was on the pill for a few years.
I forgot to carry ibuprofen, though. Gah, cramps. In the middle of my work shift, no less. I am now going home to take medication and lie down for a little.
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I messed up the cash register fewer than 10 times today, and most of those were harmless miskeys that don't actually scramble data -- they just make an annoying beeping noise to remind you that you need to subtotal the costs before you can enter the payment information. This is good. I'm really getting the hang of this now.
And I learned how to run coupons through the lottery machine. That machine is weird in concept -- imagine, an entire register thingy for nothing but lottery tickets! -- but it's quite ingenious in practice. It's also hooked up to some sort of network, because it can get instant results for all sorts of games, both daily drawing style and instant scratch-the-card style.
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This weekend is going to be nothing but rain, and potential snow. Lovely. I think I will be taking busses, and to hell with walking for my health and general fitness. Cold, high winds, precipitation, and puddles are not my idea of fun.
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I continue to hate that the start of my period disguises itself as a bad case of the sniffles; that means I can end up carrying extra tissues in my bag instead of a pad or tampon, and things can get messy. Fortunately, this time I had a pad with me, because I'd been vaguely estimating the days. I guessed Tuesday, so I'm only three days off. That's about equal to my old accuracy, before I had a hormonal imbalance and then was on the pill for a few years.
I forgot to carry ibuprofen, though. Gah, cramps. In the middle of my work shift, no less. I am now going home to take medication and lie down for a little.