BACK TO NORMAL???


Well, I hope everyone had a nice, relaxing Christmas. I hope you all felt Peace in your spirit. Joy in your soul. Love in your heart.
My Christmas was nice. I got to sleep in (which I love), My morning Starbucks(thanks to the 24hrs), and an amazing lunch with my family. Santa was good to me this year too! It was a nice day.

NOW. Back to reality. I am currently taking a break from packing to write this post. I have the pleasure(kidding) of traveling to Dallas to open a new store this week. Yeah! It is going to be a very long week and I am really bummed that I am having to go. Normally, I would have this week off. Vacation. Not this year. My request was denied and I am leaving on a jet plane in the morning to what will be a week from HELL.
On the bright side, I do get to see some of my friends that work with me and we tend to laugh a lot...Drink A LOT...EAT A LOT!!! It will be good times. I normally look forward to work trips for these very reasons. Just not this year.
OH...Did I mention that the trip will take me into the NEW YEAR?!?! Yes, folks that's right. I will be working New Years Eve and Day in a different city. I am probably least happy about this the most. I would really like to spend the time with family and friends. Heck, I would like to spend it with the guy I just started seeing a month ago!!! He's not real happy about this either. Oh well. Whacha gonna do? I don't really have an option. Its my job. Maybe I will ask him to drive up for the night and we can hang out together...We shall see.

So I will not be blogging this week. No access to a computer.
Happy New Year everyone and I will talk to you guys next week.
Until Next Time...

M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S! ! !
A N D
H A P P Y N E W Y E A R! ! !


I hope that everyone is doing well this Holiday Season and Peace, Hope, Joy, and Love are alive and well in your Hearts.

xxoo,
Jim

IS IT CHRISTMAS YET???


I have to tell you...I am feeling a little bit like the Grinch! It's sad really because I love this time of year. With all the Lights. Decorations. The smell of pine. There seems to be an air of Hope that hangs around. Love. Peace. You know, all the things that are Christmas.
Unfortunately...These things or emotions are lost in the mall. It is "crazy time" for all the holiday shoppers. The thoughts in their minds are that THEY are the only ones who need things and that YOU need to provide it for them. I had a lady the other day tell me to "read" this book that we sell to her to see if she likes it. I politely opened the book. Made her hold out her hands. And said "Here you go. Read." She had a shocked look on her face. Here I am with nearly 40 shirts in my hand, that I had put down to answer her question, and all she wanted me to do was read her a book. Good Grief!!! She wasn't a child. NO...She wasn't impaired. She could read. Just lazy! Snotty actually. Which, in my opinion gives me full license to be snotty back! Yes, yours truly can be a bitch. I'm ok with that. Thank Goodness I'm not in sales! It would have cost me.
...As for the rest of my world...
Starting to date this guy. Nice guy. His name is Patrick. Trying to keep level headed about the whole thing. Not to jump the gun. He is tall. Handsome. Green eyes (which is my weakness). Smart. You know all the things that we look for. He and I are going to dinner, again, tomorrow evening so lets hope it all goes well.

I am going to wrap things up now. Need to shower and get ready for bed. I hope everyone has a good day tomorrow.

Until Next Time...

THE DAY IS OVER...THANK GOODNESS!!!


If you want an idea as to how my day was...My boss/friend and I are emailing each other back and forth acting like we are different people playing joke on one another. Making fun of each other... What makes it worse is that she and I live 3 blocks away from each other. LOL!!! BTW..."SIX" we took the "reindeer quiz" and she was Blitzen and I was Vixen. LOL! The world is not right this evening.

I am glad to say that I held my cool today with a couple of co-workers. If it wouldn't have cost me my job, I might have told one of them to go F@#K herself and that I hope she got hemorrhoids in the process! Yes, the one person that I work with that gets right up my nose was in full swing today! I swear it took all that was in me to not just...Well lets just say that more grey hairs came through today!
I cam home looked at my nicely decorated tree and thought just let it go! So I am, but first I wanted to right about it in my blog.

I hope everyone's week is going well and I will type more later.
Until Next Time...

THREE THINGS I KNOW FOR SURE:

1. My name is Jim (not James)!
2. Life goes on!!
3. Work sucks for me this time of year!!!

Until Next Time...

IM BACK!


It just seems that the world lately for me has gotten SO BUSY that I am not getting anything for myself done. When I do have down time I have little to no energy to get anything accomplished. Does anybody know how I feel? UUGGGHHH!
Work lately has been out of control. We've had a couple of VIP's come to town which means really long hours and for what? Its Christmas time so all your work is done in vain. People just come in destroy everything that you did the day before; its a never ending cycle. I also have my Visual District Manager coming to town and she gets a little particular about the details...And right now, there isn't time to focus on the details! She's a great woman, but she does tend to get stuck on something and not let it go. SO, Tuesday-Thursday will end with a round of drinks!!! Be thinking about me...LOL!!

Other News...
I have started dating again. I guess I never really stopped, its just been a long time since I have gone on one...LOL! He is a very nice guy, Handsome, Tall, and very confident. Which of course makes me nervous as hell and I start to say the dumbest things. I hope I don't mess this up before it gets going. I am going to relax about it, take it all in stride. I was happy before him and I will continue to be that way. I will fill you guys in when there are more details...

One more thing...
I have met a really interesting guy on line. I don't want to give specifics, but he is still in the closet and is very scared to come out. WE have very similar backgrounds and I am able to answer questions for him. He is a sweet man and I really hope that he comes to terms with himself and realizes that he can still have a relationship with God and be gay. He has a lot to learn and I want him to be happy. So, if you ever think about him...Wish him the best. More on this later too!

IM going to let you guys go now. I have got to finish my Christmas tree and clean up the house for a party later on this week...MORE THINGS TO DO!!! Is it January yet? LOL!!!
Have a good week everyone. Until Next Time...

YES...I AM A BAD PERSON!!!


Well, the truth be told...I havent felt like blogging lately. A great deal has been going on, just havent felt like writing about it, thats all. I have continued to read all of you guy's blogs though. It has been nice to take a break and I am only writing this tonight to let you guys know that I havent fallen off the blog-wagon...just taking a break. I have some interesting news though, so I will write tomorrow night about everything that has been going on.
Good Night Everyone.
Until Next Time...