Laundry and Edgar

Edgar, my sweet puppy, has a particular taste for clothing. Mostly his preferences seem to run to socks, but every once in a while he snags something more. And has even been caught skimming off the top of the laundry hamper and pulling out socks that were protruding through the little holes in the sides.

He went too far this weekend. Was in the bathroom, heard a "riiiiiiippppppp". Oh, no, what does he have now? Just so happened to be one of my very favorite shirts. A non-replaceable one that had been in the hamper...and get this...under some other things! So I have no idea how he got it without dislodging the rest of it. I don't think the shirt is fixable, either. Its along the bottom edge, near one of the sides. I was very upset.

So now we are on a laundry hamper search. Chad and I ususally put ours in the same hamper, so it has to be of a decent size, if there are vent holes, they have to be small, and most importantly, have a lid. I really wanted to find one yesterday, and you would think this would be an easy search. Evidently not. If we liked it, it had no lid. Lots were just too small. This was frustrating. I just wanted to fix this problem quickly! So I have been looking online some, and will stop today at the Container Store just around the corner from work. Maybe IKEA, too. We shall see how tired or inspired I am feeling.

I told Edgar that this will be the end of his clothing raids!

On a positive Edgar note...we were struggling with him greeting people. When he is in the house he was growling or barking until we introduced them and a little time had past. I didn't want to have to worry about him with new people in the house. So everytime someone new comes over, we have this little routine with him. Alison, my roommate, was having a group of people over on Sat and Sun this past weekend. Sat was girls from the sorority she advises, and Sun was freshman from Emory she advises. Chad was there Sat, and said it went pretty good. Edgar went with us in some of the laundry hamper search (he loves riding in the car, thank goodness). When we got back everyone was already there. He came in and was a little hesitant, but otherwise very good. Progress! By the time they were about to leave, he was wandering closer for petting, etc. So glad to see this. At least this is going well, even if the laundry and little bits of paper shredding isn't.

Holiday

Here at work, the holidays are upon us. Holiday decorations went up in my mall before Halloween. Yes, we no longer get to enjoy Halloween without being decked out in green and red! Lucky us!

I have a problem here at work. Nothing to do with any of my current employees or the company. I am having an awful time finding holiday help. Its frustrating, as I just helped staff another store, a brand new store, and had no problem recruiting. But my own store...help! Two people I was interested in hiring...well, one never returned my call (and we had already interviewed her), and the one I did get ahold of and make the offer to was supposed to come in and fill out paperwork on Saturday, and never did. And has yet to show up. I guess I can write her off, too. I made an offer to someone else that I thought was in the bag...not enough money. This is retail part-time we are looking at, people. What you do you expect?

I already find this the hardest time to work in retail, personally. Its difficult sacrificing a major part of your holidays to work. And it really does drain your holiday spirit to be around the decorations and music from Halloween to Christmas. It would try the most holiday-spirited person. I just don't need this part of this. I suppose that is part of the fun of being a manager. I guess it doesn't help that I have this cold dragging out since last week...I wish I could stop sniffling!