Wings, Dreams, and Magic

9:25am: I changed the font size on the song lyrics, didn't realize how difficult it was to read. 

9:42pm: Dragonfly
I don't normally do entries like this, but I am so enraptured by the lyrics to this song, I had to share it with everyone...(PS: I am considering uploading it to my homepage, and you might be able to heard it on the main page for it sometime soon if you're interested...)

10:24pm: in response to the Comment I got for my last entry.  Thank you for the advice, one that I will take to heart.  And just a side note, today she was being stubborn on picking up her toys.  It only took taking away her "Blankie" to get her to pick them up.  As soon as she got them put away, she got both her blankie, and a big hug from me.  I think we were both having a 'bad day' that day.... :D

9:48am: Raising Serenity
Just some random thoughts I suppose.  Most who know me, know I have a two year old girl, named Serenity, we call her Reni for short.  She is constantly getting into mischief,  and sometimes I feel at my wits end!  Take this morning, barely a half hour ago actually.  She deliberatly dumped her bowl of cereal (thankfully dry cereal) onto the floor.  I asked twice for her to pick up the pieces, and each time she ignored me.  It took two slapps across her bottom, taking away her sippy cup and turning of the TV to get her to pick up the pieces.  

I sometimes feel like a horrible mother when I have to yell or spank her...

7:35pm:

Okay then, just to bring some others up to date, my doctor did another ultrasound, and as far as she can tell, my baby will be a girl!

So everyone, see the first pics of :

Arya Rayne LaValle

5:55pm: Agitation
All Right then... how to begin. First of all My name is Heather, but you can easily call me by the username I've chosen. To start things off, I'm 28, married, with one beautiful two and a half year old girl, and one more on the way. I work at my local Wal-Mart as a cashier/sales associate. I guess I started this to get some things off my chest, especially when work has bothered me just too much. And to keep friends/family up to date on my life and my kids. 

Anyway, as I said I work at Wal-mart and today, which I know is NOT a full moon, just seemed to be full of complete and utterly anal people today. It seemed no matter what I did, I simply couldn't please a soul! To start my day off, I had no end to price checks... people who simply cannot read a shelf tag properly or associates who can't make proper price changes. To add insult to injury, half of the times I called out for a price check, I had to try two or more times before I even got a response, which of course pisses the customer off, and then sets me on edge. 

My doctor has recently set me to a strict six-hour schedule for work, mostly because of stress and standing for eight hours (being there for nine, mind you). So while that helps, I seem to be a magnet for people who have nothing better to do than to make my life hell. I know that is an unreasonable assumption, but it's the way things seem to me. 

Next, While I was working the Self Check scanners, which I am proud to say, is my area of expertise in the store... I'm not sure if there is another cashier as knowledgable of those frigging computers as I am. Anyway... A couple came up, scanned their several items, and their last item was a clearance toy item. While I was trying to get an associate from the area to call me, the Man says that he would go and get another one (though I'm thinking at this point if there aren't any stickers on it, that's not gonna help). 

I nodded, and was still on the phone the first time he said something. I heard him repeat it to his wife/girlfriend, and just as I was about to put the phone down, he yelled/shouted "HEY!" Loudly enough to startle me, and I blinked and politely said to him that I did hear him the first time. His wife got this incredulous look on her face and snapped- "You don't have to be rude." Damn it! By this time I felt like I had been slapped in the face for no reason. I wasn't trying to be rude, but I'll be damned if I was going to yelled at. His wife/girlfriend just glared at me and said "I used to work for Wal-Mart".  Well missy, I don't give a damn if you worked for the pope, If you worked for wal-mart, you'd know that we don't put up with abuse to our associates.

By the time I got that all sorted out, The husband/boyfriend had returned by this time (sans proper pricing mind you), and was actually mollified and being nice to me, my hands were shaking I was so upset. I wanted to cry. I know I'm not supposed to take things personally there, but sometimes I just can't leave it be. The man must've seen how upset I was by this time. I know I had tears in my eyes, but I tried not to let them fall. He even said he'd take it at the ring-up price, but I insisted that we would change it, I just had to follow proceedures to get it marked down. He was nice but the woman didn't say another word to me. 

I don't know what it is but sometimes these people make me feel like a beaten dog! Try to appease and get slapped at, only to beg forgiveness to have it happen all over again.....