Interrupted

My Life Thus Far
2015-11-30 08:05:18 (UTC)

Fuzzy (Vegan) Sherpa Shams

Not gonna lie, I'm pretty pleased with myself at the moment. I had a really good day at work today. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, we were kind of lightly staffed, and I decided to take advantage of having the entire sales floor pretty much to myself (with the exception of PINK, but I don't enjoy being up there). I get so frustrated when I work with a lot of associates and spend my day essentially helping them make their sales goals, while not making or struggling to make my own. This is why a lot of the time I feel used and abused. Of course I'm going to take care of customers and make sure they get an accurate measurement and find the right fit. That's the whole point of what I do. Yet, I'm usually picking up the slack of less experiences, but more extroverted associates who are super good at getting their name out there and chatting up every customer in sight, but when it comes to actual product knowledge and skill, they don't have it yet. Anyhow. None of that bullshit today. I even outsold our PINK associates. Which is never my goal. I don't compete with anyone, but expect high performance from myself. It was just nice to see myself at the top of the sales numbers for a change (well, the past 3 days). Today is Day one of the fiscal month, and I'm off to a strong start!

Tonight while scrolling Facebook, I had my heart crushed a little. Sometimes as I'm scrolling down my newsfeed, videos will automatically play as I scroll past. Well, as I was scrolling past a PETA video, it started playing just in time for me to see a sweet little puppy get beaten with a club in a Chinese leather processing plant. Honestly, I didn't know some cheap Chinese leather comes from dogs. It's actually pretty wide-spread and unregulated (you wouldn't know by the label). I have such a hard time seeing those kind of videos. I haven't seen any of the popular documentaries most people watch before going vegan, or as new vegans. I just can't. The pain is literally physical. My chest hurts, I feel sharp electrical jolts throughout my body... I can't stand slaughter videos, animal cruelty videos, horrific treatment and housing of animals. All of it weighs so heavily on my heart. I want to scream, and cry, and understand why humans have devolved to such a state of complete and total, blatant disregard for life. Not just human life, but all life. But then again, if we can't even love our fellow human being, why should I expect my fellow earthlings to give a shit about animals. Lower life forms in their eyes. Sometimes it's too much to bear.

I got us a new comforter for our bed. It's a fuzzy sherpa style material (polyester, not actual sheepskin) that's so warm and luscious. We've had a quilt on the bed for the past month or so, and it's too light. When Snookums is cold, you know it's time to do something different. I got this one at Ross for $44, and I'm in love. It even came with fuzzy (vegan) sherpa shams. I don't love the design (it looks like a stereotypical manly red/burgundy/black plaid), but it's all the right colors, and the fluffy texture makes up for the masculine design. Which, Snookums is happy about. He's very tolerant of me dominating our home's décor. And he never complains. He's such a good Snookums.

I'm off tomorrow, and I still haven't decided what I want to do with my time off. I want to go out and do stuff, but then again I have plenty I could be doing at home. Like cleaning. But that's no fun! I need to buy more food for my kitties. I guess that settles it, I'm going out...




Ad: