The sidequests for this week included getting a new plant, deleting the apps on my phone that don’t bring me joy, and a writing prompt to narrate my day as excitedely as possible with exaggerations welcome.
The plant one was a little difficult because this isn’t really a season when normal stores sell an abundance of plants. And the ones they do have aren’t ones I really want. I didn’t want to make a special trip to a particular store or nursery to complete this one either. After some thought, I figured my best bet was to go to a pet store and get some cat grass – then it would definitely be something pet friendly. As it turned out, they were also selling live catnip plants, so I opted for that instead. Typically I’m a black thumb so I would say the thing is doomed, but my boyfriend says he’ll keep it alive, so we’ll see.
The app deletion is a lot easier. Usually I keep my phone pretty clear of apps I no longer use, or don’t plan to use again. There were a few that I hadn’t made a lot of use of recently (about 3) so I went ahead and cleared them. I suspect I will redownload one in the future though (specifically the fitbit app, if I decide to get myself a new fitbit).
The writing prompt is actually kind of hard for me because enthusiasm and excitement is not my forte. But here goes:
This morning I woke, looking at the clock. An alarming thought crossed my mind – had I dreamed his alarm clock going off earlier, or had it gone off and he was now late for work? I said his name, and looked over to see him wide awake in an instant. “What time do you go to work?” He was not late, and I hadn’t dreamed it – he’d accidentally set his alarm for the wrong time.
Later I got to work less late than usual. In fact, I was almost on time for once! It was a mostly quiet day owing to the holiday. Because my fellows have failed to train our work-child on it for another month in a row, I was forced by my boss to complete a most arduous task – the return of expired products!
At one point early in the day, the younger pharmacist (who was working at another store) challenged our elder to a competition to see who would complete the most immunizations this day. Though she did turn out the higher numbers, we had a surprise guest. A customer that none had ever seen, but all had heard from multiple times on the phone. She appeared before us in person for the first time ever in order to obtain her shots. And so our boss declared herself the winner, despite her poorer showing, because this one patient incited the younger pharmacist’s jealousy.
I also enacted a most evil plot – when a coworker said that she desperately needed to visit the bathroom, I sent her to train one of the work-children on a task that took place right next to running water! She was most displeased.
And now I am home, listening to my lover die of the man-flu!
I mean, it was a work day, and Labor Day, so not very exciting. Outdate returns aren’t that hard to complete at all, but they do keep forgetting to train one of our newbies on it every month. Also, I didn’t send my coworker to stand next to running water while she had to pee on purpose. I honestly didn’t even think about it, then she asked me afterwards if I had done it on purpose. “Oh! Oh no… but that would have been great! I wish I could say I did it on purpose!” I said.
And so that one sidequest is kind of last minute-y, but I usually forget most of my days pretty quickly and there was literally nothing to report for Sunday other than I slept and kind of cleaned, and then ate food, and then slept again.
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