weekendy stuff

So, Friday the DM came in and we talked about the "plans" for Ann Arbor and Laurel Park. I'm still not satisfied with the answers, but we'll see how everything plays out. Two of her reasons for giving LP to Dominique instead of me are BS, in my opinion: 1) Dom wanted out of Ann Arbor, it's too far for her to drive; and 2) I'm not organized enough. 1) Wah. Wah. Fucking Wah. I drove from Farmington Hills to A2 the first 6 months I started working here. Don't like the drive? Then you shouldn't have accepted a position in Ann Arbor. Suck it up. Or move. 2) Ok, those of you who know me personally, say, yeah, Naarah's not all that organized. That's true. At home, I'm a mess. But when it comes to work, I'm very organized. I have a calendar for work, a folder for all my work stuff at home (which I carry with me), and at work everything has a place. If I find something out of place, I find out who didn't put it back and give them hell. She used the backroom as an example: that it's better, but there's still stuff on the table. She didn't have anything to say to me, though, after I explained to her that stuff on the table were training materials and photography magazines. So :-P As Dustin said, if you want me to be more organized, buy me a desk!
Ok, so what about your store, Naarah? Well, the lease is up in November! Fuckin' A! That soon. Shit. She's been told that we're looking at moving to the ArborLand area. Ok, that could be good, that could suck donkey balls.

Good:
-Potentially high traffic.
-A move means a Frontier (digital lab).
-A move to a higher traffic area may mean higher levels and more cameras.
-The store won't close and we won't all be out of jobs.

Bad:
-Where exactly in the ArborLand area? In ArborLand? By Whole Foods? Where? Because if it's across the street, then you can cross it off your list now! Unh-uh! No way. Across the street are ghetto stores! It would suck to be there! We'd be better off sticking it out where we are now and see how traffic improves once the changes to our center are made!
-Adray and Circuit City would be immediate competition! Ok, so we've got CC beat on knowledge and Adray beat on customer service, but they've both got my store beat on selection. So, unless you make my store a mini-ultra and make sure I have all the stock, fuggedaboutit.
-Moving in November would suck donkey balls. Right during the Christmas rush. Oy. Now that'll be fun.

So, that was Friday.

Saturday, Rob and I were considering going to the jewelry show in Novi and taking my mom. However, mom's latest medications were making her the bitch from hell (even she admitted to picking unnecessary fights and being unreasonable!). And Rob and I really wanted nothing to do with that. Besides, she didn't feel like going. So, we didn't! Ok, so I missed out on getting some jewelry. Eh. The show will be around again. Rob and I had a nice, relaxing day. We went to the Ann Arbor farmer's market and got lots of fresh goodies: organic greens and carrots (for the piggies), snow peas, shelling peas, strawberries (the real kind of strawberries, not the overgrown, on-steroids kind from the supermarket), and some lamb (yup, they have meat there too). Rob has decided he wants to be a "Greek vegetarian:" eating fish and lamb.* ;) Then we had pizza and gelato for lunch, came home and relaxed. It was nice. Later that evening we built the piggie's larger cage and watched In Good Company.

Sunday was a bit more hectic. We went up to Grand Rapids for a bird trade for my mother. 16 lovebirds for a red-lored Amazon. All I can say is hallelujah! Less lovebirds. The Amazon's name is Dixie, and she's very sweet. We stopped and got a carry-out of Pietros to take home. The. Best. Italian. Food. Ever. By the time we got home it was 9:00 and we were exhausted.

*Reference from My Big Fat Greek Wedding.