Ignore The Full Moon

 Good morning Good morning!!  Maybe if I say that enough I will convince myself.  Oh my great aunt Suzie!!  I feel like I got run over by a truck and then bucked off my Mare-With-An-Attitude.  In spite of doing quite a bit of stretching, I'm stiff as a board.  All I want to do is sit on the couch ... which of course is probably the worst possible thing I can do.  So let's see if I can BUCK UP!

In spite of trying to sleep, it was not to be.  And in spite of trying to SLEEP IN, that didn't happen either.  I didn't even get in a few winks before heading out to the lodge to the call of the bookkeeper. 

But first, I really needed SUGAR to provide some energy.  I settled for brunch instead.  That's a tamale hiding under the bacon, because if I don't see it, I don't have to count the calories.  The avocado, purchased I think five days ago and placed in the water bath ... was perfect.  

In no time, I was off to the Lodge.  The receipts were coming in from the Officers trip to the Southern California Elks convention.  

Things like drinks and tips have to be removed.  That's on you.  What we were left with was one single slice of pizza for $18.99.  Multiply that by at least eight slices, and that hotel charged $152.00 for that entire pizza.  I'm calling that a major rip-off of Southern California to cash in big time.  One single cup of coffee was $5.00.  There was NO free coffee in the rooms.  Ridiculous does not express what I'm thinking.

I signed off on what was left, signed some checks and grabbed a BLT sandwich for dinner.  That and a huge pile of onion rings (making three meals for me) came to $13.00.  SO much better than So Cal.

That's when I realized .... to my HORROR .... that the full moon had occurred on Monday night.  The carryover is always bad.  It's the flower moon.  I bet you can guess why ... because of May flowers.  It's okay, just IGNORE the moon.

I'd much rather have a few Bingo nights without the full moon, since I have a new cash register trainee.  Last time was perfect, since I didn't show her all the hard stuff.  She did great and left while there was NO full moon.  On THIS night ... she got the full treatment.

Almost immediately, we had someone come in to buy seven sets for seven people.  The girl came back to say she was missing one full pack of games.  I checked her receipt.  She bought two, but was insisting it should be three.  Out came the pitchfork.  She tried to say I gave her the wrong cards, but she handed them to me first ... then I counted ... then she was charged.  She refused to pay for the third pack, so left the table empty handed ... and MAD!  I'll be honest, I wasn't in the moon for shenanigans.  

The next gal up had a rather rude T-shirt on ... something about the Bingo Balls ... which I tried to ignore.  As I counted, our new gal ran the cash register, doing a great job.  BUT ...  you just can't spend time talking to the players about their T-shirts.  Your job is to get through the 120-some people before the games begin.  There's no time for chit-chat.  

The NEXT lady up had on an even MORE disturbing T-shirt.  Something about rub WHAT for luck?  Sorry, I can't even type it out.  Let's just say I wouldn't wear that T-shirt in a million years.  My new gal loved it.  Okay then ..... on with the line ..... we don't have time to waste.

The next two hours was spent relating nurse stories, since she's a retired nurse.  In return I related bingo stories and how they will try to cheat you if you don't pay attention.  

Now comes the hard part.  I showed her payouts, which she did very well.  Unfortunately, no one will be able to read her handwriting on the paperwork we have to fill out.  Then came the hard part.  Closing up and balancing.  I gave her the option of waiting until next week, but she bravely went forward.  YAY!!  I think it was the challenge, since when I walked away once, she was told it's the worst job in the place!

Lots more explaining happened, but luckily the full moon stayed at bay.  We balanced to the penny.  Take THAT full moon!!   In a flash, I was out the door, forgetting my sandwich that was lounging in the walk-in fridge.  

The second I got home, I knew.  As I looked out my driveway, I saw TWO street lights, but there is only one.  It WAS a FULL MOON!!   Boy did I dodge a bullet!!  Or maybe I caught one in my teeth since I didn't scare off the new help.  WOOHOO!!

Though I would love to play couch potato, I have to go back first thing this morning to go over another reimbursement.  They require two signatures, and the recipient is going out of town today.  At least I can pick up my sandwich!!  

My thought was to head south today to get in a little instruction on my embroidery machine, but alas, I'm just too tired.  Maybe next week.  See how good I am at procrastinating?????