I had one of those weekends that feels like it just went on and on...but at the same time, kinda like it all happened in a flash.

Faire opened this weekend....and that was interesting to say the least. Saturday goes down in history as one of the most worst days I've ever endured. I woke up at 5:30 and packed up all my stuff and left my apt just before 6:30. Then my boss calls me and asks me to picks up some cigarettes for her husband...and me being the nice person I am, I did it....and the rest of the day was just one unfortunate event after another.

SHIT List:

1. No power in the store until about 4:30. Every purchase had to be written up and calculated by hand with the worldest smallest calculater (I'd bet money the calculater was purchased at a 99 cent store...)
2. It was hot as fuck, and the tent they decided to use a store traps heat like no other, it was like a sauna all day. I was like a melting fat girl
3. I left my apt at 6:15 in the morning....and walked in the front door at about 10 till 9 at night. I've never been so frazzled or drained in my life.
4. There is no "back area" to my booth...so no where to actually take a break and chill.
5. The store is right on the lake (which should be cool, but its not). Every child that walks in the store is like, "LOOK WATER!!!" and then they are off and running. I'm already short staffed, but now I have to have one person on lake duty at all times.
6. My supervisor had a breakdown about 10 minutes before faire was to open and started crying.
7. I drank a WHOLE GALLON of water and I only peed once!! Can way say heat exhaustion? I thought I was going to pass out, I got all dizzy, and felt shakey....so I was like, I need to go sit down for awhile... yeah that was fun.
8. I forgot my cup at home, so I went next door to the Ale Stand and explained that I was the manager over at Renco, and politely asked if I could have an EMPTY cup...and he told me no. Yeah, that bastard is on my shit list...First of all, it was a goddamn cup, second of all that is the stupidest thing I've ever heard of. I was like, "I AM THE MANAGER NEXT DOOR!!!!" So he handed me a 4 ounce cup...I told him I'd think of him when I'm doing shots of water. Yeah, that asshole is in for it!
9. The new girl is scared of her own shadow.I could go on and on, it was that bad.

After walking a mile out to my car I sat down and just cried. Why am I doing this again??? Oh yeah...because I used to enjoy it and I wanted the extra money....I hurt so bad when I woke up Sunday morning, it was like my body was going to break in half. I was sore in places I didn't even know existed! I went in when I felt like it, to hell with that 7am shit! First thing in the morning I talked to my boss, and was like, I'm quitting. She begged, we discussed and I laid out my conditions. I know all the problems and shit I dealt with on Saturday were not her fault, and me quitting has nothing personally to do with her, and she understood that. I just can't handle being beaten on all sides. A) the money isn't that great and B) if I'm not enjoying myself then its a total waste of my time. She asked me what it would take for me to stay and I laid it all out for her. She agreed with me on everything...and pleaded with me to stay. I told her I'd come back next weekend, but if its shitty again I'm walking. On the brighter side, Sunday was a much better day.

I guess the thing that got to me the most was that physically, emotionally and mentally I was at my breaking point on Saturday. I'm a clearheaded strong individual...but Saturday pushed me to my limits in more than one way. It was like one shitty thing after another. My body and my health are too important to be toyed with. At the end of the day my brain and body were just beat. I had one beer on Saturday night and I thought I was going to die. My body was like, "You bitch...first you take me to hell and put me in a bodice and not you want me to digest this shitty beer you're drinking"

More rantings to come later....I left work early because I feel like shit (head, throat, nose and I have a fever) and its time for me to take some meds and say hasta la pasta to the world for awhile.