another night…
…of baseball on the tv and me fending for myself.
no it’s not that bad, as i am happy to just relax. today was an interesting morning. i was *almost* a fully legal starbucks employee today…had the apron, wore the dress code, served the pastries…just no paycheck. (i got $7 in tips though!)
wil’s store agreed to have a booth at a “fall fitness festival” for a grand opening of a nearby ladies fitness center. (bizarrely enough, the fitness center looked like it has been there for a decade or so, so i’m not sure if they revamped or got a new name or something?) i helped him and our friend/his coworker laura man the booth from 8-1…serving free stuff: brewed coffee, pastries, hot chocolate, and bananas. i really hardly did anything, except act like a barista and pretend like i knew what was going on…but unfortunately for the fitness center, there were hardly any people at the fair, so the morning consisted of most of the people from the different promo booths walking around visiting the other booths to all get free stuff from one another. (i don’t know how well it was promoted, and it was in a parking lot behind a movie theatre, where the fitness center is, so not great for drive by traffic).
not to be negative though- it was a nice morning. we’ve made the fantastic transition to cool fall weather, so it was perfectly crisp out, where the warmth of the sun made you feel toasty and cool at the same time. so great. laura’s husband came by halfway through and sat with us, which was nice because the four of us like to hang out outside of sbux whenever we can. we were entertained by a singer songwriter who performed next to our booth, and then watched ever so often when they did aerobics/weight class demonstrations out in the middle of the fair with the hip hop blaring and the lady giving instructions on how to do squats over the loudspeakers. also, one of the vendors was a ‘booth free’ business…a lady that just walked from booth to booth with her ADORABLE great dane (that was a perfectly behaved, off leash, so mellow, therapy dog) with brochures for her doggy day care/grooming/boarding place. i kept visiting “gilda” (who was wearing a full size tshirt) a few times, and watched her from afar. around lunch time, the man making some amazing pulled pork hooked us up for half price sandwiches. yum. and the most exciting part was that i won a free 90 minute massage in the raffle…so stoked for this because massages are one of those luxury things in life that are so awesome, but something i would never spend the money on. and 90 min! woot!
i played my role well, and convinced everyone there i knew what i was doing…i helped wil and laura take everything down when it ended and headed home (wil had to go straight to work to then work at the store for another 7 hours, yucky for him)…i can’t imagine for him but i was pretty tired when i got home…no sleeping in on a saturday morning, talking to lots of people and relaxing in the fall weather for a few hours all combined to make me a very mellow sleepy girl when i got home. so i have zoned out on the couch while wil watches the red sox attempt to come back and win another game in the series to not get knocked out.













