A Curious Girl: Hello friend - it's been so long

My my, it's been since Thursday!

Well, on Saturday I had a hellish day at work... I actually managed to stand up for myself in front of the manager when I got it wrong instead of slinking away. It wasn't my fault. And she was nice about it too, when I explained :-) I don't know what I'd be doing if I didn't have God... I had to psyche myself up and pray every time I felt a confrontation coming. I had to do the salad bar, on my own, the most boring and unrewarding job in the whole place I think. Except maybe for washing up, but I wouldn't know about that. On Sunday, I was so dreading work that I spent as much time as possible away from the restaurant; despite the fact that I'd arrived over an hour early, I managed to be a few minutes late, mainly as I spent time in a shop as far away from it as I could reasonably be. I prayed. I hate dreading things, and dreading work is the kind of thing that could turn into a weekend ritual which I would hate. I'm determined to stick with it - all that stuff about enduring trials and building character... but still, more than ever on Saturday I'd been persuading myself not to make that shift my last.

Sooo... Sunday. Kim was there, the girl who originally showed me what to do and now seems to have taken me under her 'wing', which can be annoying but is also nice because I know I can rely on her to tell me things, so I've got over the original annoyance she cause me, now she's stopped telling me to hurry up. I discovered that Pepsi, or indeed any caffeinated and sugary soft drink, is the key to getting through my shift - when I had finished I felt more awake than when I'd started! It was actually (buckets of cold water at the ready) a really good day. I learned the table numbers, did a little of the salad bar but Scott, who was also doing it, did most of it, as well as a girl whose name I can't remember. Vicky was on the door - we get on pretty well as she's really friendly, plus she hates the walkie-talkie things which was a wonderful relief as I can't make them out usually.

I said hi to Stuart who was upstairs a little later - he suddenly said, 'I saw you on the bus! Chantelle and me waved but you just went straight upstairs.' He said it teasingly, and it was kinda nice to feel noticed, especially seeing as he and Chantelle went to the trouble of waving.

I dropped a bowl I was drying for ice-cream though - split right down the middle. I'd gone to collect it for a boy who looked about 12 - got him another and asked if he'd like half a bowl or a whole bowl... I think he decided I was obviously crazy :-)

Monday I had homestudy, so I went early to the bus office to replace my ticket (it's a long story as to why I had to, also explaining hy Saturday night was so hellish... I had to keep stopping myself from crying. I think my obvious attempts to hold in tears probably helped my manager be nice to me :-) ). I then went to get some cash and wandered back to go to WHSmiths and who did I see but my old primary school friend Jennifer!

It was strange - at first I would have just wandered on past, I only vaguely recognised her. And then I realised that the only reason I only vaguely recognised her was because I hadn't seen her for six years! It was cool. We chatted - she suddenly said, 'You're a born-again Christian, aren't you?' and I grinned and felt the same as I probably would have done if someone had asked if I had got married recently and I had, or heard I'd done well in my exams... that's just a guess though. She's a Mormon, which was a surprise :-)

It's weird - in some ways I feel like I know her through and through, but it some ways it feels like I don't know her at all. I can remember so many things about my primary school, but meeting Jenny really drove home how long ago that was!

We exchanged mobile numbers - I texted her my e-mail address today, and she texted me hers, so we'll probably keep in touch, at least until uni :-)

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