Survivor 50: In The Hands of the Fans, Ep 1 and 2

 I'm excited for this season, since it's all returning players!  Esp ones I've not seen for several seasons:)

Tribes:

Purple:  Stephanie, Aubry, Q, Angelina, Kyle, Colby, Genevive, Rizzo

Orange:  Savannah, Christian, Cirie, Jenna, Ozzy, Joe, Emily, Rick Devins

Teal:  Kamilla, Chrissy, Tiffany, Mike, Jonathan, Coach, Charlie, Dee

NO RICE OR SUPPLIES!

Challenge #1:  Retrieve torch and get your fire

Purple through first and wins! Gets their flint and a massive bonfire

Orange close behind

Teal makes up a lot of time retrieving their torch and paddling back; catches up to the others retrieving their key to unlock the torch.

Journey:  Fight for supplies:  Q, Coach and Ozzy!

Oz shinmies up the pole 1st; then digs up the 2nd bag and swims out to get the 3rd.

Q and Coach get their bags and swim out while Oz is making his stick to retrieve the key.

Coach's pole breaks

After 45 mins, Oz knocks it off!  Drags it to them, then Coach steals it from him!  Gets his pot, machete, and flint:)

Oz and Q flip the note over once Coach departs....and they've been stranded on Exile Island!

Back At Camp....

Jenna's rallying her tribe for Cirie to be the 1st to go

Colby's not too fond of Rizzo's mouth and non-work ethic

Savannah fesses up about her win, since she left 2 weeks after her win and before her season aired!

Mike wrote and co-produced White Lotus (HBO Max)

Early Bonds:

Colby, Steph, Angelina, Genevive, Aubry

Devins, Christian, Emily

Chrissy, Coach, Jon

Kamilla, Tiff, Dee

Exile:

Boats show up with a pot and machete....but there's a catch:  One person gets it but loses their vote. The other returns empty-handed, but gets a secret extra vote.

Oz tells Q to take the supplies; he will take the extra vote.

Back At Camp.....

Kyle fills Q in on the bonds; Q tells K he's lost his vote.

Christian starts a fire with Gen's glasses!

"Science is cool, kids!"

Devins tells Cirie about Jenna wanting to get her out; Cirie tells Oz, who in turn tells her about his extra vote.

LMAO....Rizzo won over Colby!

Immunity/Reward Challenge:   Ramp, muddy net, roll crate with coconuts; empty coconuts; then toss coconuts into net to release a crate with a rope. Toss rope to drop a ramp, then get everyone up to the platform and solve a puzzle!  Reward:  Fishing Gear

Purple, Orange, then teak

Q tossing and Charlie, and Ozzy

Aubry, Coach, and Cirie tossing the rope; Coach first

Teal onto the platform 1st, followed by Orange

Chrissy and Kamilla on puzzle

Kyle hurts his ankle; Jeff stops the challenge.

Medical clears Kyle; it's back on.  Q helps Kyle up the ramp.

Angelina and Gen on the puzzle.

Cirie FINALLY pulls down the ramp!

Emily and Christian on puzzle

Teal WINS!

Purple wins, sending Orange to tribal!

Tribal:  Jenna, Cirie, or Ozzy??  Are they NUTS?  Keep the Oz-man!

Jenna voted out, 7-1

Episode's not over though.....

Kyle reveals his ankle feels okay.

Gen finds the Billie Eilish Boomerang Idol!  She has to send it to someone on another tribe, and if they're voted out before they use it, it returns to Gen!

She sends it to Ozzy!

Journey:  Mike, Colby, Savannah

Task:  Pick 2 to play:  Draw rocks, Mike can't play.

Jenga-like challenge.

Structure falls on Colby's turn; he loses his vote. Savannah earns a secret Block-a-Vote!

Kyle gets ultrasound on his Achilles Tendon....then a test that confirms he has damaged his Achilles, and needs to be pulled from the game.

Ep 2:

Reward Challenge:  Water Obstacle, ring toss; hammocks, tarp

Orange in the lead, followed by blue, then purple, due to Aubrey missing her 1st target.

Orange wins, followed by Blue!

Teal Tribe:  Coach cramps up in the water; Chrissy's 'mothering attitude' is beginning to grate on Dee, Tiff, and Charlie.

Purple:  Aubrey is gifted the Boomerang Idol by Christian (Orange tribe)

Immunity Challenge:  Collecting 3 sand snakes, move them through an obstacle, then maneuvering balls on snake track.

Teal in the lead to the track; then drops it

Purple in the lead; Purple wins Immunity!

Orange drops; Teal wins Immunity!

Tribal Council:  Ozzy, Savannah,  or Joe?

Devins and Christian hatch a plan to show a fake idol at Tribal, just to stir things up.  Whaaaat?

Savannah voted out, 6-1

As the group is leaving, Christian falls, and Devins plants the fake idol.

From The Stupid Files: Y8, W2

 Day 5: Cold, high 30s; 79 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC: Madi, but went home sick

Loaders:  Conrad, Isaiah

1) We were busy until 4

2) Trained Jael from 5-close

3) Customer tried to return a dryer, but it was past the 48 hour mark.

4) Corporate arriving tomorrow; Kent C was named District Sales Mgr of the Year!

Outfit:  Dark brown and white striped cowl neck; patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, tiny silver hoops

Day 6:  Warmer, 60s, rain am; 78 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loaders: Jax, Isaiah

1) We were SLOW!

2) Had my trainee Jael from 5-cl and was able to show him how to process a check and ring up carpet.

3) I was late, due to my drs appt, so only got a 15 min break.  Emailed everyone about my being late next week, since my appt isn't until 12:45, which is an hour later here.

4) Had a customer at close, just as Madi was closing me down. He told Keri 'none of the cashiers would help him'.  He finally left around 9:25, through ASCO.

Outfit:  Black tunic, yellow plaid vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, moon/stars danglies

Day 7:  Rain, 60s; 96 t/a

ASM:  Daniel

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Conrad, Isaiah

1) Day began with call from Sedgewick saying I'd been placed on 'approved leave', due to the INSANE restrictions they 'thought' I needed,  Had to have the Dr's office fax an updated note, then email ME a copy, so I could forward it to the gentleman's inbox.  I was cleared to return to work at noon, which was a good thing; they needed me to come in at 2!

2) Customer brought us Cap'n D's Sweet Tea.

3) Customer got sticky cart and even after cleaning it off, griped about it.  I wiped the ENTIRE cart down.

4)  Ran out of $1s, $5s, and $10s on #1; had to use #2 for 30 mins.

5) Was fairly slow 2-5, then slammed, just as my antibiotic alarm went off.  Managed to swallow it between customers.

6) Customer ordered 150 boards at 2pm; the boys finally loaded them around 6, but they were the wrong ones.

7) It rained on and off.

Outfit:  Teal floral tee, black vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, small gold hoops.

Off tomorrow and Friday, unless I get called in!

Day 8:  Rare Sat

Day 9:  Rare Sun

March Goals

I wasn't very productive in February, due to the cold weather and watching the Olympics every possible waking hour!

-Do well at Winter Market Sold 3:)

-Watch Olympics (Milan, Italy) Check!

-Watch Super Bowl (Pats vs Seahawks) Seahawks win!  29-13:)

-Have an enjoyable Valentine's Day Check!  Worked 9 hours

Health:  Now dealing with a staph infection on leg wound, plus it's larger, after briefly shrinking. Spent too many hours on my feet when the weather warmed up.

 Books Read:  3

            Print:  2

        E-book:  1

             DNF:  0

2026 Events:

March 11-12:  GSH Spring Vendor event ($50) Might have to skip the 11th, if drs appt is right!

March 7th:  Winter Creative Market, 1972 KCARC, 10-1pm

April 17th:  Creative Market, 1972 KCARC 4-7pm

April 18th:  Tippecanoe County Author's Fair, Lafayette, In 1-4pm

June 5-7:  Indy Comic Con (Panelist)

June 13:  Pride

July 10-12:  InConJunction Convention, Wyndham West, Indpls

July 17-19:  Imaginarium, Louisville, KY (Pd 8/2025)

Aug 8th:  Indy Author Event ($250; Pd $50 5/16 still owe $200)

Aug 22nd:  Lafayette Comic Con, Tippecanoe Co Fairgrounds, Lafayette, IN ($40)

Sept 12th:  StompCon, Fowler, IN

Nov 11-15:  ICGAHS

Nov 28th:  Creative Holiday Market, 1972 KCARC

Dec 2-3rd:  GSH Christmas Vendor Event ($50)

March Goals:

-Lose 5 lbs (start 244)

-Republish Rex

-Fill out passport paperwork and turn it in

-Find out about passport photo

-GET VAN FIXED!!

-Add words to Dragon story and Hallmark-inspired story

-Create new website

-Buy new soap dish for MBa 

-Finish trim, lights, medicine cabinet, and shower guard in MBa 

-Pay down CC and start pecking away at med bills

-Read 6 books

-Finish current e-book 

Feb Reading Schedule:  

Fiction Favorites:

-I Need You To Read This-Jessa Maxwell Very good!  Hate the 1st person-present tense though

-Yours, Eventually- Nora Maznavi

-Perfect Storm-Paige Shelton

The President and the Freedom Fighter- Brian Kilmeade

Die Laughing-Benjamin Oneal

Someone Like You-Karen Kingsbury

George Washington's Secret Six-Brian Kilmeade

Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates-Brian Kilmeade

Bride-Ali Hazelwood

The Good, The Bad, and the Aunties-Jesse Q Sutanto

The Hating Game-Sally Thorne

The Choice-Anne Greene (misplaced??)

Louise Penney book

A Quiet Strength-Janette Oke

Valley of the Shaman-Arlen Andrews

Joyful Poems For Children-James Whitcomb Riley

I Heard God Laugh-Matthew Kelly

Life Is Messy-Matthew Kelly

Franklin and Eleanor

-29

E-book:

Carbon Copy-Terri Ventures Great story!

Naughty and Nice-Phoebe Alexander

Defending Devon-Shannon West

Twins-RG Miller

Dare To Love-Sandy Sullivan

The Lust Boat-Roz Lee

TBB (on wish list-was tired of not finding them!)

The Marriage Bargain-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

The Marriage Trap-Jennifer Probst (2013-$15)

The Marriage Mistake-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

The Marriage Merger-Jennifer Probst (2013-$10)

Into Thin Air-Jon Krakauer (2013-$15)

The Cookbook Collection-Allegra Goodman (2013-$11)

The Girfriend-Abigail Barnett ($5)

The Summer Without Her (Men???)-Siri Hustvedt

Searching For Someday-Jennifer Probst (2014-$8)

Hard As You Can-Laura Kay (2014-$9)

The Year of Living Biblically-A.J. Jacobs (2014-$15)

Retaliation-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10)

Accused-Yasmin Shiraz (2014-$10) 

Romulus-Marilyn Campbell ($5)

Gaslight Chronicles-Cindy Spencer Pape ($8)

So Far Away-Dakota Madison, et al

Love Realized-Melanie Codina

Love Resisted-Melanie Codina

Assumptions-Melanie Codina

One The Run-Jade C. Jamison

Decker-AD Ellis

Sawyer-AD Ellis

Monster Among The Rose-Linda Kage ($6)

Flower of Heaven-Julien Ayotta

Dangerous Bloodlines-Julien Ayotta

If I Fall-Lydia Michaels ($5)

If You Want Me-Tara Mills

Tomorrow-Samantha Kane

Backdoor Billionaire's Bride-Roz Lee (2019-$5)

The Play-Tawdra Kandle

Hopeful In Yellow-Sandra Sookoo

Magic In Mayflowers-Sandra Sookoo

Zero Chance-Linda Kage (want entire series in print)

Paging Dr, Breakup-Jillian David

The Girl Vanished-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

The Lost Summers-Jessica Ann (Jessie Clever)

Ballad of Us-Sasha Marshall

Naughty, Nice, Never Been Kissed-Cassidy Hudspeth

A Party To Die for-Kerry Schafer

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W46; Y8, W1

Day 184: 30s, windy; 67 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) COLD!  Had to wear my coat all shift

2) Was 15 mins late, due to wound care appt

3) When I arrived, hopped on #2 to help with the line

4) Pro Kim had complicated order and didn't leave until 6:30.

5) Was told to use Walky-Talky app on Zebra to page

6) Had a lot of returns from yesterday

7) Final customer didn't understand the sales tax. Thought the bill was $10 cheaper, until I pointed out the sales tax.

Outfit:  Maroon blouse, white s/s turtleneck, black vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, silver spirals

Off tomorrow, to be on the Star Chamber Show!

Y8, Day 1:  Mid-40s; 98 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Isaiah

1) Saw Nate and Olivia!

2) Saw Valerie and the new baby:)

3) Austin and Floyd were there twice

4) Alex bought me M&Ms

5) Got a strange email from HR, basically stating I should be in a full body cast *eye roll*

6) Received my 7 yr patch!

7) Whomever closed last night used Moxi trash bags instead of the regular ones.

Outfit:  White speckled tee, blue vest, patterned leggings, new dark jeggings, sapphire hoops

Day 2:  High 60s; 101 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles and Conrad

1) Was called in this afternoon; arrived at 3:30; only got a 15 min break

2) Trained Jael all evening; he did a good job!

3) Saw Floyd twice!

Outfit:  Red turtleneck, new dark jeggings, thin gold hoops

Day 3:  Rare Sat Mid-60s; 71 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  DS Charles, Jax

1) Was asked to come in ASAP; made it around 4pm

2) Trained JB for about an hour before they needed him elsewhere

3) Ordered GS cookies, intending to eat them around 6:30; they didn't arrive until 2 hours later!

4) Final customer was at close

Outfit:  White tunic, maroon vest, new dark jeggings, drop crystals

Day 4:  Rare Sun, Store Meeting:

Clocked in at 7:30 and joined Holly, Pro Kathy and Pro Kim up front.  We're definitely getting our bonus this Friday, since we went 105% above plan:)  The funniest moment was Pro Ian's son Jonah booing Alex!

2026 Winter Olympic Games Milan Cortina

Opening Ceremony:

SO happy to see Jamaican Bobsledders back!

LOVE Andrea Boccelli!!!!

Skiing:

Women's Downhill:  USA (Breezy Johnson), Germany, Italy.  Lindsay Vonn crash; airlifted out. Jacquie Wiles in 4th; Bella Wright 21st

Men's Downhill:  Switzerland, Italy, Italy (USA 10th, 13th, 18th, and 19th)

Men's Downhill Slalom:  Switzerland, Austria, Norway

Women's Downhill Slalom:  Austria, Germany, USA 1 (USA 2 4th Breezy/Michaela Shiffrin)

Men's Super G:  Swiss, USA, Swiss  (USA 23rd, 26th, and DNF) Never seen a skier lose his ski before!  It just popped off! Another skier's pole broke when he went too tight around a gate.

Women's Super G: Italy, France, Austria (USA 13th and 2 DNFs)

Slopestyle:

Women's:  Switzerland, China (Eileen Gu), Canada

Men's:  Norway, USA, New Zealand (USA 4th)

Big Air:

Men: Norway, USA, Austria (USA 4th and 5th)

Women:  Canada, China (Eileen Gu), Italy

Aerials:  

Women:  China, Australia, China (USA 5th and 6th)

Men:  China, Switzerland, China (USA DNQ)

Ski Jumping:

Women:  Norway, Norway, Slovenia (USA 28th, 29th, and DQ-skis 1 cm too long)

Men: Austria, Poland, Norway

Cross Country Skiing:

Women's Sprint Final:  Sweden, Switzerland, Germany (USA 5th)

(Dog was in the qualifying round; came in '4th' ha ha!)

Men's Sprint Final:  Norway, USA, Italy

Figure Skating 

Team Event: 

-Ice Dance:  USA, France, GB, Canada, Italy (Rhythm)

-Pairs:  Japan, Georgia, Italy, Canada, US

    -Overall:  US, Italy, Georgia, Canada, France

-Women:  Japan, USA, Italy, South Korea, Georgia

     -Overall: USA, Japan, Italy,Georgia, Canada

-Men: Japan, USA, Canada, France, Italy

      -Overall: USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Georgia

-Ice Dance:  USA, Italy, Canada, Georgia, Japan (Free)

    -Overall:  USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Georgia

-Pairs:  Japan, Georgia, Italy, USA, Canada

     -Overall:  USA, Japan, Italy, Georgia, Canada

Women:   Japan, Georgia, USA, Italy, Canada, 

     -Overall: Japan, USA, Italy, Georgia, Canada  

Men:  USA, Japan, Italy, Canada, Georgia

     -Overall:  USA, Japan, Italy, Georgia, Canada

Individual:

Ice Dancing:  Rhythm Dance:  France, USA (Chock/Bates), Canada (USA 1st, 8th and 14th)

                        Free Dance/Final: France, USA, Canada (USA 5th and 11th)

Men's Short: Guy from Spain skated to Minions!  Cute:)  Is France's Adam's shirt sheer, or is it patterned that way? If it's sheer, then *fans self* whew, does that man have a chest!   USA, Japan, France  (USA 8th and 14th)

Men's Long:  Kazistan, Japan, Japan (USA 8th-Ilya, 12th-Andrew, 20th-Maxim) 

Ilya 'Quad God' Malin fell 3 times and doubled one of his quads.

Pairs:  Short:  Germany, Georgia, Canada, Italy, Japan (due to drop in lift) (USA 7th and 9th)

            Free:      Japan, Georgia, Germany  (USA 7th and 9th (Ellie fell twice); if Emily and Danny ever pair up, they could be 'Team Teeth'!)

Women Short: Japan, Japan, USA (USA 8th and 13th)

              Free: USA (Alyssa Liu), Japan, Japan (USA 5th (Amber Glenn) and 12th (Isabeau Levito) 1st USA medal since 2002 and Sarah Hughes!

Gala:  Spain's ice dancers did a soccer-themed number:)  Team Italy performed together and didn't run into each other!

Amber Glenn:  Sassy skating to That's Life by Lady Gaga

Lithuanian Ice Dancers:  Performing to Guns-n-Roses Welcome to the Jungle and Paradise City:)

Georgia Pair:  Mortal Kombat!

Team USA!  We will Rock You; Ilia did his quad and back flip!

S Korea K-Pop Demon Hunters:)

Chock/Bates skating with a sheet:)

Italy Pairs:  Macarena time! YMCA!  Cotton-Eyed Joe!

Ilia Malin:  Fear by NF

Kazastan:  Kung Fu Panda!

Japan Pair:  Can't Stop the Feeling-Justin Timberlake

Finale:  Viva by Coldplay

Men's Luge (single):  Germany, Austria, Italy (USA 11th and 20th)

Women's Luge (single):  Germany, Latvia, USA (USA 12th and 14th)  

Women's Skeleton: Austria, Germany, Germany (USA 12th and 15th)

Bobsled: 

2 Man Germany, Germany, Germany (USA 4th) 

4 Man:  Germany, Germany, Switzerland (USA 11th and 12th)

2 Women:  Germany, Germany, USA (USA 5th and 7th)

Women's Single:  USA, Germany, USA

No Men's Monobob???

Snowboarding:

Big Air:

Men: Japan, Japan, China (USA 4th)

Women:  Japan, New Zealand, South Korea

Half-Pipe:

Men:  Japan, Australia, Japan (USA 8th, 10th, 11th)

Women:  Prayers to the Chinese woman who broke her neck in qualifying. Korea, USA (Chloe Kim(, Japan

Cross:

Men:  Austria, Canada, Austria

(LOL....there's an 'Adam Lambert', from Australia!)   I disagree with the call against USA in the quarter finals; Nathan Perry had his BACK to the competitor who went down; it was NOT intentional!  USA's Nathan DQ'd; both Frenchmen moving on.)

Women:  Small Final:  Austria wins; USA 3rd.

                Big Final:  Australia, Czech, Italy

Slopestyle:

Men:  China, Japan, USA (USA 6th and 9th)

Women: Japan, New Zealand, Japan (Kokomo Matura!  Love her name! (USA 5th)

Moguls:

Women:  USA, USA, France (USA 9th and 10th)

Men:  Australia, Canada, Japan (US 7th)

Speedskating:

10K Meters:

Men:  Czech, Poland, Netherlands

1500 Meters:

Women:  Korea, Korea, USA (Hong Kong 4th??)

Closing Ceremony:

Thrilled to see Kazistan's figure skater carrying the flag for his country:)

Evan Bates and the female captain of the USA Hockey team carrying our flag:)

France will host 2030 games:)

Never heard of Major Laser....

Summer Olympics LA 2028!

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W45

Day 180 President's Day: Warmer, mid 50s; 92 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Isaiah, Conrad

1) Customer asked about their card balance, but didn't have their card.  I had a line, so asked if they'd mind waiting a few mins; they couldn't, but left the same time as my last customer in the line.

2) Customer tapped his card, but couldn't remember his PIN.  Inserted it and suddenly remembered it!

3) Customer claimed their horrible-looking heating element came from the brand new water heater. But since they didn't have their reciept, and learning we'd have to call a manager, decided to just buy a new one.

Outfit:  Bless This Mess sweatshirt, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, black danglies

Day 181:  Warmer, 50s; 81 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Customer wanted windows, but they were special order and not available until March 4th. He wanted them next week. Told him I'd already entered his military discount; set up the phone sale, and he types his PHONE NUMBER instead of the card #, then cancelled it, causing me to set it up again. THEN noticed the two sodas and at least one candy bar not paid for, but by that time, I didn't care. I just wanted him to leave.

2) The wind was so cold coming through the doors, I wore my coat after lunch.

Outfit:  Blue Whitehorse sweatshirt, patterened leggings, new faded jeggings, thin gold hoops

Off the next three days!  Mom on Wed, taking truck for service Thurs, and getting Ned's laundry on Fri.

Day 182:  Rare Sat Colder, 40s; 120 t/a

ASM:  Shannon

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Was called in at 2

2) First thing I did was help a customer pick up 2 sheets of OSB and his water heater from an overturned cart

3) We were BUSY from 2-4!

4) Saw Casey; he's trying to come back!!!

5) Shannon was irritated when I told her the interviewee was ready; "I KNOW!"

6) Emma is transferring to Millwork

7) Customer didn't understand the difference between square foot and linear foot

8) I didn't discover someone had made coffee until 8pm; Isaiah watched the register while I emptied it.

Outfit:  Blue Cozy blankets sweatshirt, white s/s turtleneck, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, small gold hoops

Day 183:  Rare Sun Cold, 20s; 71 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Went in at noon

2) Yancy misread his schedule and didn't show up until noon

3) Riley was with me until 4pm

4) Computer said we had 140 pieces of Zip System; couldn't find them. Later, DS Charlie found them in top stock in Aisle 51.

5) Was very slow after 3pm

6) Jax forgot my trash

7) Chad sent up carpet without the item # written on it.

Outfit:  Blue crew neck Cabela's sweatshirt, white s/s mock turtleneck; patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, small gold textured hoops.

From The Stupid Files: Y7, W44

Day 174: Chilly, 40s and falling; 94 t/a

ASM: Shannon

HC:  Madi

Loader:  Conrad

1) Had 64 of those transactions the 1st 3 hours!

2) Told customer the register was running slow; his response?  "Must be a woman." I gritted my teeth.

3) Emma and I were called out on the surveys...."Molly greeted us with a smile and was very helpful."

4) ASM Shannon was mad at close b/c we didn't hear her page for assistance in Receiving at the trash area.

Outfit:  Blue Cozy Blankets sweatshirt, white s/s mock turtleneck, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings.

Day 175: Warmer, low 60s; 76 t/a

ASM:  Keri

HC: Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) 7 was the 'chosen' quantity of the night!  Even talked another customer into getting 7 boards:)

2) Joked with a customer about 'hard to find good help these days'

3) Customer wanted to get to $2K to get the VSP discount; bought me a candy bar!

4) At 8:30, #1 froze up; had to reboot it.

5) Sold another copy of Heart Song:)

6) Thought I was going to be late, but was able to clock in at 3:06. Was late getting back from appt in E'ville.

Outfit:  Black/gray leopard stripe l/s tee, black vest, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, thin gold hoops

Day 176:  Cooler, mid 40s; 83 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Madi

Loaders:  Isaiah, Conrad

1) Was asked to come in at 2

2) Customer broke my pink pen

3) Was sent to break at 5:10-25; then lunch at 5:45-6:45

4) A dad was stern to his kids; I almost asked the wife if she felt safe when she was also stern to the kids.

5) Picked up Finn's shifts for this weekend, and the 22nd.

Outfit: Olive stripe tee, black vest, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, small gold textured hoops

Day 177:  Cooler, mid 40s; 74 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Kaitlyn, Austin

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Was asked to come in at 2:30

2) Customer wanted water heater; didn't realize he could go get it off the shelf!

3) My alarm failed; took an hour and ten min lunch!

Outfit:  Palm tree sweatshirt, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings; sea horses

Day 178:  Rare Sat Valentine's Day Rain, 50s; 133 t/a

ASM:  Alex

HC:  Kaitlyn, Madi

Loaders:  Jax, Isaiah

1) Took Finn's shift, 11-5:30, then worked my own.

2) Got a credit app!

3) At one point, was on 3 registers:

     -#1 needed o/r;

     -#3 wouldn't take cash and Izzy was on #2

     -#2 Hopped on after Izzy was finished!

4) Things slowed down around 3.

5) Had intestinal issue around 1.

Outfit:  Red turtleneck, black vest, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings; thin gold hoops, diamond tennis bracelet, headband with white bow and red hearts.

Day 179:  Rare Sun Warmer, high 40s; 118 t/a

ASM:  Maria

HC:  Kaitlyn, Madi

Loader:  Jax

1) Took Finn's shift, 12-4:30, then my own.

2) Was TIRED all day!

3) Customer's rewards wouldn't show up after scanning her QR code. Finally it did after 5th try!

4) Was telling everyone 'have a good evening' all day

5) Customer took the pallet without paying for it

6) Izzy was fired because of her snow days.  WTH???\

7) Pam greeted me with the news that #2 was $200 OVER.  Told her we got a Valentine's day donation???

Outfit:  Blue crew neck Cabela's sweat shirt, red polo, patterned leggings, new faded jeggings, diamond hoops