I had so many butterflies in my tummy that I couldn’t eat the lunch Wiley fixed and 
brought to me! (Isn’t he a sweetie?!) Fortunately, even a bad day is not unbearable when it’s only 6 hours long. Wiley and I drove over the breakwater and hiked out to the lighthouse (7/8 mile each way). The rain finally broke this afternoon and the sun felt so great! Just as we reached the end of the breakwater we saw the ferry go by. The captain tooted his horn and the passengers waved. The sea gulls were out snacking on sea urchins, and the water was so clear we could see the starfish on the rocks below.
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Joyce and Wiley
Our Home on Wheels
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- Joyce and Wiley
- We took early retirement from careers as Executive Assistant (Joyce) and Lawn Care company owner (Wiley). We have been full-time RV'rs since March, 2006. We've taken our RV to Maine, Michigan, California, North Carolina and everything in between. We live in Florida in the winters and travel in the summers. It's a tough life, but someone has to live it!
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You know, I kept wondering why you never responded to my comments. I've been passing along tips and other nice stuff. I'm glad you figured that out.
As far as being "queen of a bad day," I don't think it was so bad. It was easily fixible and it seemed like a normal mistake, to me. I know you pretty well and you can be quite tough on yourself.
Yeah, you're right--I'm tougher on myself than any boss I've ever had. I'm used to being the star performer--you don't work for Coke for 17 years unless you've got something on the ball. It's difficult for me to be the new kid on the block, especially when most of the other workers have at least some retail experience. Today I found myself standing in front of the cash register with the rolled coins from the laundry, wondering how on earth to record it in the cash register. It finally occurred to me it was a sale, just like any other sale. People had "bought" laundry from us. So I just rang up the amount of coins I had collected, pressed the laundry department key and put it in the cash register. Duh!! It seems so obvious, but I had brain freeze until I thought it through logically. And I don't think well when I'm "performing." Today was much better.
I'm so glad I figured out how to read the comments. I wondered why no one was posting any!
I think you're doing just fine! From one perfectionist to another...
And I remember trying to figure a cash register out from my own years of retail and even volunteer experience!
By the way...how much would they charge to rent that lighthouse cottage at the end of the pier that Wiley is standing on? (heh-heh)
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