There she goes, there she goes again!

Hello everyone! The past couple days have been eventful ones, which is good. I think I left off at...Day 2, which was the day we picked up Aunt Diane and went it to Taco Taco. Okay! So we're onto Day 3.

Day 3: This was our first day working in the booth at the convention. Have I mentioned it? This convention was the 75th Anniversary of AA, so we're selling merchandise from mom's store. It was a pretty good day, REALLY tiring though. My feet hurt so bad after every day we worked, along with everyone else's. The neighbor booths around us were very nice and we all had a bunch of fun getting set up. Today was just a "get used to the surroundings and set up your store" day, so that's it.

Day 4: This day...I think I stayed home. I'm forgetting a lot of the dates here, but I believe mom let me stay home this day to relax and regain my foot arches once again. They had a good day at the store, however it rained a LOT while they were there. Actually the first day, we got the merchandise out, then it started to rain! So we had to scramble to grab everything and get it to a dry place, and our station still ended up flooded by the end of Day 4.

Day 5: Day 5 was yesterday, July 2nd, I believe. I went back to work today, and since it was Friday it was reallyy busy. We were constantly taking charges and cash and our money belts were so messed up by the end of the day. It rained some today, but not as much as the day before. A little of the merchandise, including some of our shoes, were ruined by the rain, but we didn't lose too much. OH! At the beginning of the day, I was harshly insulted by a customer! She had bought some merchandise, and gave me a large bill, so I made the change best I could(I've never been very good at it), and it was wrong. She counted it by herself, and replied "You're short changing me, do you know what country you're in?" Now I had no idea how to respond, and so I just gave her the change she was asking for, hoping she would just GO AWAY. Now every time I see a woman that looks like her pass by, I cringe inside, because she was really mean! When I bent down to get her a bag, I was almost teary eyed; I wasn't expecting to be insulted! By the end of this day, I was almost sure I wasn't coming in for Day 6....

Day 6: But I did. Day 6 is today, July 3rd. Today was VERY eventful. This morning we all got up and shuffled into the car, and went to work. Once we got there people flooded in. We had so many customers, it was like all of the previous days combined. Since we were one of the booths with the most diversity, and the only ones with the spinner rings and the sobriety year pins, we stayed pretty busy throughout the day. Once everything started winding down...around 11 PM, we started to get a little punchy... Also, there were crickets EVERYWHERE! They were attacking! It scared me so bad, I couldn't even bear to sit in my chair for fear of crickets jumping on my head again. They were creeepyyyy. Anyways, around 12:15 AM we headed out to the car..which is when things started to get weird. Mom was already overtired, but I don't understand the rest of the night. First, when we were all in the car, Aunt Diane realized that she hadn't taken her money belt off yet, so she was standing outside the car untying it. She had one leg inside the car, and mom started to pull away! It was insane! We all were freaking... Mom stopped, Aunt Diane finished untying her belt, and got into the car. We paid for parking that day, and headed out onto the streets. On the way home we had some laughs talking about the many things that happened that day. Then as we got closer to home, we were on a side street, at a red light. Mom started inching forward (the light STILL red) and she just slowly...creeps through the red light. Her justification: "I got tired of waiting! It seems like we were stuck in a vortex of time, and I HAD to get out!" I told her, when I run a red light, that's going to be my excuse. We all were laughing so hard, and Aunt Diane and Mom were 'squeaking' (a traditional family noise for this side of the family). So we got back to the house, still laughing and we all get out of the car, get our stuff and make our way inside. Well, I'm trying to get out of the door, and mom presses the automatic close door button! I had to narrowly escape being crushed by the door, even though it would've just bounced back. Anyways, we all got inside, and now I'm sitting in our room with Aunt Diane and we both have our laptops, typing away!

That's all I have for you now, stay tuned for further updates!

Hugs and Cake,
Emily