Taking Time Out

So I haven't been taking a lunch break. Go industrious me? No! I was (finally) filling in my time card today and realized I'll be heading into overtime if I don't start taking breaks. (This would be bad.) Therefore! I'm taking advantage of my volunteer today and hiding in the back office. If I only pull a 7 hour work day today, I should be alright for the week. This is why planning ahead is important. *nodnod*

I had a big oops yesterday....I was trying to be efficient and close up and print maps off at the same time. I set down my keys to mess with the printer and didn't notice until the locked door had shut behind me! And my cell phone broke, so I didn't have anyone's numbers. >.< Luckily, I'd had stolen my mother's old cell phone and there was a phone book available at the greeter's desk. I called my boyfriend to look on the internet and find out a coworker's last name so that I could look her up. She gave me someone else's number and he came out and rescued me. :) I will not speak negatively of him ever again!

One Week In

Sometimes it amazes me how I ended up here ("here" being any of several places each at their own point in time). I would have never thought that I would be where I am. But I remember thinking this before.....so, I have created this blog. I have been at my job almost a full week. I need to somehow document my achievements and the craziness that sometimes happens here. (Yes, crazy things do happen. Even in a museum gift shop. ^_^)

I figured that today would be a slow day, so I brought in the pack of construction paper I bought for the making of bats! I taped up leaves in the windows, but.....come on! It's nearing Halloween and I want bats. I vaguely followed these instructions and hung my bats from various points on their bodies to the cords of the ceiling fans.
(I just so happened to have black thread in my bag...>.>)

Achievement! Today, I called in my first order! The woman came in yesterday and had shown me her merchandise. I had her write down the things that I thought might work well in the store....then got the OK from our bookkeeper. So that happened today: something new and I used the phone to do it! *is proud of self*

Funny museum goers:

Exchange of the day:
          "They have those Sears Roebuck catalogs."
          "Have one I don't look at, don't need two."

There was this one woman who came in and spent over $70 in the store. She didn't want admission into the museum, but she bought 1 of each of our postcards to write people on and then walked around the Main Hall. She had another couple take a picture of her in front of our sign as if she was actually going to the museum and then took pictures of the few cases that are there. I would be amused to hear the story she tells about her trip here! But hey, she spent money so I'm not complaining.