lessons learned

Work again. Wednesday is the day the supply truck comes to Taco Bell. The young strong guy that works with us puts the items on the shelves. I tried to help him because he helped me with my indoor prep--put trash bags into the trash cans, lay out some of the mats, etc. I collected money at the drive through and then left at the usual time. Evelyn had gone with Shirley to Asheville so I had the car. I went to the Baptist center and got the hymnals they don’t use anymore to take to Texas. They are the same ones we use at Trail’s End. They had 28. We will need them if our attendance continues to grow as it did last year. I then went to the bank to deposit the checks from JNL and my work. From there I went to the hotel to play with the computer until 5. I arrived home just as Shirley had dropped off Evelyn. We had some tortilla soup for dinner and then went to choir practice. Evelyn had bought a basket of peaches at the Farmer’s market and had to peel many of them so they won’t spoil so quickly. Then to bed. Work tomorrow.
Thursday work again. Yesterday was slow but today was the reverse. We were very busy during a thunderstorm--at least the drive through was. We have a small ledge to protect both me and the customers from the rain, but most of them seemed to drift to the middle of the driveway and then whine that they were getting wet. Only two drivers were saavy enough to drive close. As I was leaving, I noticed how filthy the dining area was. I guess they were as busy as I was. I can’t believe that because I don’t think people would run in from the rain. I thought they were all coming through my window. At any rate I couldn’t leave the place that dirty so I stayed a bit longer to sweep. One of our good assistant managers is leaving to work at Harrah’s casino in Cherokee. She has been with Taco Bell for 8 years. “I’m tired of working my butt off and then seeing the managers get the bonuses. She will be missed but life goes on. I came home for dinner and then remembered I had not transferred some money to cover a credit card payment. I went back to the hotel to do that via the Internet while Evelyn went to an association meeting about the sign and the landscaping. She also asked if we could park our coach on the street in the event of the Beeli’s visit. Everyone there approved. We stayed up later since I am off tomorrow and made plans to go to Chimney Rock tomorrow.
We walked and came home to prepare to go to Chimney Rock. While looking for something else, I saw that the Folkmoot parade was scheduled for today, not tomorrow as we had thought. That ended the Chimney Rock plan. We ate lunch and then went to watch the parade. We parked in the parking garage on the 3rd floor. We took the elevator with several other people and they got off on the 6th floor. We thought that strange but went on to the street level floor and walked quite a way uphill to the parade street. We then noticed that the 6th floor was on the street level on the east side of the street! We will remember that for a while. It was hot and humid but overcast as a blessing. Early in the parade of the countries visiting the area a nice gentle rain began and lasted around 20 minutes. No one melted and the parade went on. We then went with Paul and Shirley so they could have lunch. We just had a drink and bought some blackberry cobbler to take home.
We came home for tortilla soup and the blackberry cobbler that was quite good. We then got ready to go to the dance. We met a few couples we had met last year and met a new couple--Bill and Linda Marquis who live in Clyde. We enjoyed the dance but left ½ hour before it ended. Earlier in the day I had complained about the color on our new set and the owner’s son gave me some new cables that he says will fix the problem. I also saw a sale at a video store. It offered 3 DVDs for $25, and I bought Phantom of the Opera, The Pink Panther (the Steve Martin version), and Polar Express.