Merry Christmas and Happy Yuletides

Merry Christmas everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful one.

Ken and I are doing fine. We’re another day closer to our 21st anniversary. Quite an accomplishment for someone who’s been together all those years without the burden of marriage. But who knows, maybe someday that will be changed. Neither of us are worried about that aspect of our relationship. We’re happy the way things are. Its funny that we have been together almost as long as we have been alive. I mean. I was just turning 22 when I met him and now here I am almost 43 years old. Where have the years flown to?

I got a wonderful little Christmas surprise leaving work last night (insert sarcasm here). I walked to my car to find that someone had ran into her and left a nice foot long dent along the back door on my drivers side. My beautiful purple 2000 Plymouth Breeze. I nearly cried when I saw it.

Merry Christmas to you whoever you are you cowardly prick!

Ahem…sorry about that.

Anyhow, I hope you all have a glorious day and hope that you all got what you wanted and gave all that you did from your hearts.

Merry Christmas!
Happy Holiday!
Happy Yule!
Happy Kwanzaa!
And
Happy Hanukkah!
(trying to be PC here…lol)

I love you all!

Sue/Red

A very surreal experience

Well, I’ve had a very interesting day on Sunday. First of all, I am in the first throws of a full blown cold. I really didn’t want to be at work, but a paycheck is a paycheck so I was there. The day itself was pretty much the same as any other business day before Christmas. Customer wanting this thing or that thing with additional money off for this reason or that reason. I mean, come on…It’s Macy’s, not Macy-Mart. Anyway, it was finally at the end of the day and my co-worker, Atifa, and I just dropped out bag of money into the drop box at the office.

Atifa and I started walking out of the gift wrap office and had just started down the aisle when a man in a black ski mask, with a gun pointed at us, told us to get on the ground. He stated that there was three other men there and to do as he said. At first I thought it was a joke that our security man, Steve, was playing but realized that it wasn’t a joke after all when I realized he held a gun in his hand.

Immediately Atifa and I dropped like a stone but he then demanded that we move back into the gift wrap area. Atifa and I did that pretty quickly. The man then told everyone, there was four of us outside of the counter and one woman inside, to get on the ground, face down. The woman behind the counter, Melissia, was told to get the key and open the safe, unfortunately she didn’t have the key. I could hear him threatening her with the gun to open the safe. It was quite frightening to hear him threaten her.

The guy then asked me if I was a manager and I told him no. He then asked if there was a manager there that would have a key. I told him there was a manager, but I didn’t think she had a key. He wanted to know which one it was, but I told him that I didn’t know, that I was to scared to think clearly. I mean, Michelle was there on the ground with us, but I didn’t want to point her out to be a victim too.

Once the man realized that he couldn’t get at the money since it was a drop box and a time release lock, he told us to stay where we were and that someone was watching us. He left told someone named ‘Steve’ to watch us as he left the office. (Of course, now we know there was no Steve).
A few minutes later he returned and asked me which door was unlocked. I told him that all the doors was locked now. Then he wanted to know how we got out. I then told him that we left through the employee exit on the first floor. He told me to get up off of the floor and show him which I did. I took him down the flight of stairs and nearly flew out of the two doors. I stopped just outside of the door and he flew by me, jumped into his truck and drove off.

Once I felt that he wasn’t returning I ran back into the building and into the security office. The guy who was there just looked at me like…What?

I screamed at him. “Didn’t you see all of that?”

He just gave me a look and I said. “We were just FUCKING ROBBED!” (excuse my language here, but I was a bit upset at being forced to run down a flight of stairs and across the freaking floor)

He looked shocked as hell and said. “Your kidding.”

What a freaking idiot. He was sitting at the blasted monitors for Goddess’s sake and didn’t think anything of a man with a damned black ski mask on?

I gave him such a murderous look and ran back upstairs to where everyone was still lying on the floor. Melissia was very upset where she was lying. I then told them that he was gone and went to call 911. Steve, from security, never came up to talk to us, but the police was quick to get there.

Our store manager, Richard was called in and he showed up not long after the police. I gave statement after statement before we were allowed to leave. It was near Midnight, by the time I got home.

I think the whole thing shocked the sickness germ out of me because I forgot all about being sick. That is until now, as I’m sitting here writing this blasted Blog. A full day after it happened. I guess it took me this long to get it all straighten out in my head.

I really wasn’t scared during it all, because I’ve been through it before when I worked at Sears several years back. Plus the one time where a man literally walked into my apartment demanding money. So I’m an old hat at this.

I just got the impression that he wasn’t going to hurt anyone so I wasn’t all that scared, just more worried about the others. Thankfully, the guy didn’t get anything and left without harming anyone else.

So I guess it ended up a pretty good day, I mean everyone was fine and all. But I swear, it was a very surreal experience.


Red/Sue

New chapter

In case you are interested. I have a new chapter of my story up.


Hope you like it.

Red/Sue
http://www.adultfanfiction.net/aff/story.php?no=8376
Or
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1455300/1/

A floor unto myself

Well, today was an interesting day. I had the whoooole day (and floor) all by myself. I swear I don't know what Macy's is thinking of late. I can usually handle the china/crystal area without a problem when I work alone but not the whose freaking floor. Today I was in charge of *taking a deep breath* China, crystal, cookwares, electrics, utensils, luggage, silver, bedding, bathroom linen, the kids department, Macy's woman, sleepwear and oh yes lingerie. The whole of the third floor. I don't know what the scheduling staffer was smoking when he made up the schedule. This close to the holidays and he has only one person working? Glory days, someone get that man/woman a clue.

anyhow, I made it through and my poor feet are killing me. I'm off to bed.

Red/Sue

Mornings should be outlawed!

Everyone who knows me knows that I am NOT a morning person. Add that to the fact that I abhor exercise and hate traffic. Okay…now put yourself in my place this morning at…oh…say eight of the clock. I was peacefully sleeping dreaming of sugar plums and fairies probably when I was oh so rudely awakened by Kenneth. Okay, granted he was making my breakfast as he always does on the weekend but alas the milk had frozen in the refrigerator and he couldn’t make the gravy without it. Okay…so fine, I could dress and go to the store while he watched over the biscuits in the oven. That wouldn’t have been that bad, the store is just around the corner and I could easily walk there, however…it was ****ing COLD. Nope…I was going to drive.
Bad idea. I should have figured out something was up when the gate to the apartments was locked closed. Once my sleep addled brain comprehended that the locked gate meant that I couldn’t get out, I then realized that there was a gross amount of people running by. Well, thankfully I didn’t immediately think of something like a massive fire or something else just as drastic or dramatic, I was mostly pissed that I couldn’t go and get the milk that way.
Deciding to go out the other way onto the main street of Charleston, I found out that you couldn’t get out that way either. The roads were blocked with those irritating and way to brilliant orange cones. Now I was really getting mad. And those idiots were still running along Torrey Pines. Unfortunately for the car behind me, I had to force her to back up to let me out. I then cursed (quite brilliantly if I do say so myself) and turned to start back to the apartment. I then remembered another entrance that I had almost forgotten was there. I never used it before. Thankfully that drive wasn’t closed off but the traffic was atrocious. By the time I got to another store about five blocks away and back the biscuits were burnt and my temper was flayed.
Come to realize that the 25 mile marathon for AFAN went right by my place.
Sigh, I guess I can get over my bad morning for a good cause. But I still didn’t have to like it. I still say mornings should be outlawed!

Red/Sue

All Hail ME!

Hi all,

Well, I decided to start my own little blog after reading a few others. Of course my life isn't as great or interesting to most people, but at least it will keep some people up to date on me and mine.

I've just started some notes on a new story that I had running around loose in my head for a few weeks. Its about how our country would be if we lost the revolutionary war. I think it would be interesting. Ken has some fabulous ideas for it as well. I am also working out my story about Abby and Mojo the Magical bounty hunters. My latest story of 'A Secret worth keeping is nearly ready for an update. Its at my beta readers getting a run through. When I get it back and post it I will let everyone know. *Warning* it IS a Harry Potter Fanfic and has some Adult content. If you don't like Severus Snape...Don't read.

The link to that story is here: http://www.adultfanfiction.net/aff/story.php?no=8376

On a personal note, Ken and I are doing great. Both are healthy, if a tad over sized. My heart condition is improving since my procedure. Last Thanksgiving morning I had a bit of a scare however. It woke me up early in the morning trying to go into the erratic beat, but the procedure didn't allow it to. I think I pissed my heart off.

Well, that's about it today. I'll let you know when I have something else to say.

Much love and Blessed be to you all

Red/Sue