Perfect Storm

My boss called today "A Perfect Storm".

Started like normal... busy as shit. Normal lunch rush, out the frikkin door... lol Me, Bernie and Nick are working.. Nick on register, me in middle Bernie on slicer. Well, about noon Matt, our boss, comes out from the back puts on gloves and tells me to go in the back I have a phone call. Turns out Mikayla was sick... had thrown up twice at school and we needed to go pick her up. So I'm hanging up the phone and I hear, "Shit. Matt. I did it" and Bernie comes around the corner to the back where I'm at with blood just GUSHING down his arm. Seems that the slicer made his finger it's bitch.

So I turn on the water and get his hand under some cold water while I get some paper towels to put some pressure on it. Well, 9 million paper towels later we decide it's not going to stop and he needs to go to the E.R.... So Matt takes Bernie off to the hospital and I take Bernies car and drive home to tell Sean to go pick Mik up from school. Leaving Nick COMPLETLY alone with a line. Had no other choice tho. Took me maybe 10 minutes max and I come back to the store wash my hands get gloves and help Nick. Had to clean the slicer right in front of everyone (and strangely enough, no one seemed to mind that much)... We get those customers out and locked the door to assess the damage.

We get the front all stocked and clean and ready for business and go toward the back. Get to the back and theres blood everywhere.... lol I had to bleach all 3 sinks, the floor and the fridge doors.... it was wonderful. lol Took us maybe half an hour, then Nick and I enjoyed us a cig and re-opened the store.... lol I got off at 3 so I volunteered to go pick up Bernie from the hospital when he was done.... they didn't even stitch him... it like sheared off the tip of his thumb but it didn't even go as far down as the nail... it was just right at a pressure point so it bled like fucking crazy.

It was a hectic day though.... glad it's over... glad I got off at 3... lol I have to close for Bernie tomorrow tho and it was supposed to be my off day and I have a sick kid at home so it kinda sucks to have to come in.... but whatever right... thats life.

Bernie told me I impressed him, and my boss told me I did a good job cause I like took over when I seen he was bleeding... my boss said that we have our issues at work but when its needed we can't be beat as a team... and that felt good to hear. =)

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On another note.... a good friend of mines daughter is very bad off right now. All our friends have been spreading bulletins on Myspace and whatever about her asking for well wishes and positive thoughts and usually I'm not one to pass all that on.... But in this case, what this girl did shouldn't have been recoverable from and she's (slowly) showing signs of recovery so maybe theres something to mass positiveness..... so heres the story... the short version.

My friend Staci has 3 daughters. 2 twin girls and a 17 year old. The 17 year old attempted suicide the other night with an entire bottle of Elevil, cocaine, and alcohol. I may have spelled that first name wrong but it's pronounced like that... It's an anti-psychotic from what I understand. Anyway, she has been un responsive for 6 days. They weaned her off life support and the ventilator but still not coherent at all. It's really sad but it seems like she may be getting better. So everyone send her positive thoughts. Like I said, it seems to be working.

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And then to end it on a high note.. Seans brother Billy and his wife had their first baby this morning. =) Briley Joy. She was given her mama some troubles and getting way to big to not be out here with us instead so they took her by c-section today and she was 9lbs and 4 oz. =) Big girl. lol Mom and baby are both doing great though. I'm actually an Aunt now... It's official!