Wednesday, January 26, 2011 AM

Yesterday was pretty hectic.
I did things at home in the morning, and it was pretty outside.  I picked up some things around the yard, though it was kinda muddy, and unloaded some things from the white truck.
Ronnie came and put the new water pump and serpentine belt on the red truck, and then found that the belt breaking had punched a hole in the radiator.  He took it to a radiator shop I know of in Morristown, got it fixed in just a few minutes, and brought it back and installed it.  That's service!
I had gone to eat at the Down Home, and then a quick trip to the Goodwill.  I didn't buy much there.  Barbara joined me at the Goodwill, and we went to the bank to get her some cash.  Then to the Co-op for me some corn for the birds.
I dropped Barbara off at her apartment, then I went by the Family Dollar to help Joan get ready for the inventory.  They were supposed to start it at 5:00 this morning. 
Fern came in to work, but was sick with streph throat and an inner ear infection, and was throwing up, so Joan sent her home.
Elaine and her two daughters stayed until 4:00, which is two hours past when she was supposed to be off the clock.  Joan then had to make her leave, because they can't go into overtime.
Beth had came in at 2:00, and Steven had left at 2:00, so that left Joan, Beth, and myself there to finish the stocking and counting for inventory preps.
I am always dismayed at the number of half-empty packages and the broken-open blister packs.  Theft is so common in retailing. 
We worked like fighting fire all evening, and the customers we had must have thought we were running a mad house.  I might have thought so, too.
We barely had time to gulp down a hamburger from Hardee's that Beth went to get for us.
Cherokee (one of our volunteers at the Goodwill) came by to see me, and told me that her son had got to come home from the hospital.  I'm amazed at his speedy recovery.  It didn't look good for him at first.  He's the young man who rolled his car 11 times, mentioned in an earlier post.
We were all really tired at quitting time.  Beth needed to get home to fix supper for her kids and husband, so I told her I would stay with Joan until she got to her truck.  I just don't like to leave the ladies to get out safely alone.
Joan counted the money and got the money bags ready for the safe, and I kept cleaning and putting things in their proper places until she was ready to leave.
I didn't get home until 10:00, and I was whipped.
I did as little as I could, and got ready for bed.
I didn't get to sleep right away, because I was having pin pains.  I took half a Lortab, and that helped me get to sleep.
It's raining this morning, and they're calling for three inches of snow.  Grainger County Schools have already sent the students home.  It's not snowing yet, and it's a little after noon.
Ronnie came to put out a bale of hay for the cows.
My modem on my computer crashed again this morning, and it had crashed last night.  I'm about to crash something, myself.