Ever notice how it's the little things in life that amuse us so much? More to the point, ever notice how it's the silly little idiocies in life that amuse us more than anything else? Well, this is not as much ''the little blog that could'' as it is ''the blog that enjoys going up the down escalator in your local mall.'' Will it have anything of real importance? No, probably not. But enjoy the ride never the less!

 

So today Mel & I head down to CT to visit her family for the post-Christmas Christmas shindig. This pretty much explains why there's been so little activity in this little bit of nowhere: most of our non-work hours have been spent making sure we've made all our arrangements (car, packing, making sure someone's in to feed the cat & bunny). That, and being exhausted. I've fallen asleep far too many times on the couch for my tastes. Ideally the quiet time down south will recharge my obviously flailing batteries.

(As if I required proof I'm in dire need of some time off, I managed to shatter a light bulb over my head last night as I was pulling down some luggage. Not exactly recommended, unless you've got a "covered in pointy, painful shards of glass" fetish. Then again, I also blame our Head Office for installing the spotlights less than a foot away from the damn shelves; we have to carefully maneuver any suitcase around them if we want to yank them off the top row.)

We'll have to see if someone successfully sets something on fire in my store this time around. So far both attempts to burn down the store in my absence have been microwave-related. I myself am betting on a herd of crazed, half-shaved llamas storming the store and eating all the winterwear. That would be strange, but cool, and something I'd want pictures of.

"But what about an explanation of how the llamas got there in their crazed, half-shaved state?" you ask.

Bah! Details like that are trivial. Who cares? I know I wouldn't after learning they did me a favour and ate all my winterwear for me.


Anyhoo, the next time a post is made, it should be from down in Connecticut. So until then, we shall leave you with Further Proof The Universe Has A Knack For Comedic Timing: this past Sunday, some of the Zehrs employees in charge of rounding up stray shopping carts from around the mall managed to ram and subsequently smash one of the glass displays at the jewellry kiosk. (In fact, this was the same kiosk that Mel is happily no longer working for. Imagine how much she was happy not to have to contend with this when I told her!)

So as security was cordoning off the area so people wouldn't walk all over the debris, the mall Muzzak system immediately kicks in with "Walking On Broken Glass." Well played, universe. Well played.

Labels: Sean Gaffney is not in CT and we shall miss not seeing him so say hello for us, visits to Connecticut

posted by Phillip at 4:46 AM