But after being in bed since Saturday, I was bored, lonely and checking for bed sores. So I went into work today for my first full shift. It was an extra zany day for some reason. Wednesdays are always a little crazy because the Viva models do a show out at Paradise Village in Nuevo at 2PM. That means four or five young beauties, running around, getting dressed, donning jewellery and blasting out of the store for the 45 minute drive up there, so they can walk around on the hot beach promoting the store, all the while looking cool and chic. What a job!
We are also promoting the store with a local modelling agency at different venues around town which means organizing pareos (sarongs), hats, shoes, sunglasses and jewellery for TEN more models (8 women and two men). This takes HOURS of prep work, including writing down a list of everything sent out in the hopes that we get it back. Fortunately, none of these jobs fall within my list of duties (thank the Goddess!) but I get to watch everyone else run around like headless chickens.
BTW, we had a group photo taken of the new staff at Viva (finally) and it up on the website. Check us out at www.vivacollection.com. Or better yet, drop into the store and see us "live"! The person recently responsible for our marketing "department" (I say that facetiously because the department consists of one person -- Nathan) is leaving to go back to school so we had chocolate cake at the meeting yesterday morning and then went to Burger King tonight after work as sort of a farewell. You might think this sounds a bit odd but Nathan is, without a doubt, the biggest junk food junkie I've ever met! So his going away "bash" was appropriate.
Nathan's replacement, Scott, is turning out to be a good friend. Actually, we are discovering that we are a lot alike and I call him my "alter ego" at work. We like the same kind of jewellery -- when something new comes in, I ask Scott, "Do we love it or hate it?" Invariably, we agree close to 100% of the time. Other than the fact that he is (1) a man (2) gay and (3) blonde, we are identical twins! LOL We joke about it all the time. We keep each other "sane" at work on the days when everyone else is driving us nuts! And he missed me terribly when I was off sick. It is nice to be needed ... BTW, I have a sign in the back room where I work. It says, "Welcome to the Marking Department" and then below that a big circle with the words "BANG HEAD HERE" typed inside. I've been told to move to a location with easier access for all employees. Haha!
After the junk food festival at Burger King, I walked home along the new bridge so I could look at the ocean. The water was wild tonight! There was a huge bank of black clouds in the south end of the Bay and I could swear it was raining south of Mismaloya. The ocean was churning out huge, angry waves and the wind was whipping the crap out of the palapas along the beach. So far it hasn't rained here but it seems to be pending. Weird weather for December. It's been really cool lately. So much so that this acclimated Canadian actually took her jean jacket out with her last night to ward off the chill! Oh that reminds me, it's snowing in Toronto. [insert evil laugh here]
I hope you are happy and healthy wherever you are. And remember, if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with!
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