Lesson Twenty Eight - Boxing Day, Business and Bambu

I slept in on Boxing Day. I missed all the sales, I spent not a cent of my money. I usually don't do this. You're probably wondering, 'Is James all right?' Yes, I am. I am saving, saving, saving!
I have well over a grand now, more than enough for my holiday. Now all I have to do is plan it. I haven't tried to ring my friend to let her know of my plans. I haven't even heard from many others either.
Well that royally sucks. The Sydney EANers are a lazy lot!

Lesson - Sydney meets need a LOT of notice.

Another of my friends I haven't met in person yet has said she cannot wait to see me. I am looking forward to meeting her too. I am excited about this trip. I need to let work know that I will be away.

Work today was extremely busy. Boxing Day is always a long slog for anyone in retail. Even Parkmore, the centre where I work, is very busy. The parking lot was packed chock-a-block with cars, I was planning on walking there but it was pretty lousy weather. I didn't want to have to walk home in bad weather. So I drove and managed to get a spot.

Lesson - When working Boxing Day, bring your lunch.

I say this in terms of the metaphor, but also because it's mega busy in the food outlets. I was only working four hours, but it felt like eight. It was basically fixing people's mess ups pre-Christmas Day. A lady bought an XBox360 for her husband from Big W and she got screwed really. She bought a core pack which has no hard drive and comes with a corded controller. They paid less but didn't get what they wanted, so I fixed them up with a proper one with a hard drive, extra cordless controller and two free games. Yeah it was a really busy day. Good thing it was double time today! Yay!

After work I went straight to my cousin's house for a party. He got engaged recently and he and his fiance were holding a get together. It was all right, not much happened but it was good to catch up with him. His fiance is a teacher, so it's always good to talk to her about school and my experience there. She's a nice person. Her family was over too and they seem like a close knit group. He also has a dog now, she's a rottweiler named Bambu. She's such a sweet little dog. Well actually she's a large puppy. About six times bigger than my own dog, Koutho, and she's only six months old. A very naughty and playful dog. I think I would like to have a dog of my own when I leave home, because I know Koutho will stay with my parents when my sister and I leave.

Well that was Boxing Day, it was a hell of a long day. Take care of yourselves.

James