Drunken Owls and Other Delights

 The day job has cut everyone's hours a bit just as they did last year, considering that summer is often the slowest time of the year for the shop. I'm currently hovering somewhere around 32 hours a week which to me is fine -- I'd told them I'd wanted to hover around 32 to 38 per week when I started. We've also lost a few people -- two recently gave their two-weeks-notice, one went on a two-week vacation, and one broke their ankle and won't be back until mid-September -- and it does make for some thin days here and there, but we make do when and where we can. Unfortunately this meant that for a few days this month I had to close, which was NOT fun, as we close at 11pm. OOF. I'm usually already in bed and sleeping by that time! Still, it seems to have balanced out as the only odd hours I'm doing now is the 11:30 to 8pm midshifts one or two days a week to fill in on another person's days off. I'm not the biggest fan of that shift but its not entirely hellish...just exhausting sometimes. I'm not holding my breath...but I am hoping that my boss has the scheduling a bit more under control so it's not so out of whack. And that I can take Sundays off!

Speaking of which, I did in fact get today off, and we took the bus up to Japantown for a sushi lunch, some manga and Pusheen plushie purchasing, and a bit of walking as well. All this while the SF Marathon is going on just a few blocks away from our apartment! The bus schedules were a bit wonky but not completely out of commission, so that wasn't a problem. It's been a very nice couple of days recently so I'm quite happy we were able to get out and frolic!

Hope everyone has a lovely week!