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Old Oct 15, 2022, 09:36 AM
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Past few days have been pretty uneventful. Work has went by like a breeze, I didn't have to deal with the abrasive rep and his antics and family has been relatively quiet.

My mom's cornea transplant is this coming Thursday, so Sunday services tomorrow will possibly be the last time I see her in a while while she recovers. I hope there's a positive outcome.

Work has been great! Got top sales reward two weeks running, my low performing store is even on the up and up and I had a customer who just HAD to talk to my boss over the phone to brag about my performance. I do have to figure out that abrasive rep's schedule. If he's not gonna be a regular fixture in my work environment, I'm not gonna bother. If he is, well, there are issues to address. His abrasiveness extends to customers. He started an argument with one and was so aggressive with another (He had them boxed in while making his pitch.) that they crammed themselves and their cart into a small split in the aisle between a support beam and the shelves (3/4 the size of a shopping cart) to escape.

Got one of my final historical letters before I have to decide on resubscribing. It's a letter from Teddy Roosevelt pre-Presidency to his toddler aged son, affectionately called "Ted-Ped." He writes a quick letter to be read to little Ted-Ped, but on the back, he sketches out a little story complete with pictures featuring a cow and a goat going on a stroll and running into a big ferocious bear which they get away from by the skin of their teeth. It's no wonder that Teddy Roosevelt, Jr. (Ted-Ped) led a swashbuckling life, just like his father.

Basic bit of info about me: I tolerate the cold better than most, so I don't turn on the heat generally unless it's getting really cold. My Sophie-cat doesn't feel the same way. She's taken to burrowing herself under the covers when I'm in bed, which is sweet. I don't mind it one bit, but the cat doesn't seem to remember I'm a restless sleeper. I've woken up more than once in the night to a muffled, but unmistakably annoyed, meow. She might make me give in and light the pilot light.

Today's my Friday. Apart from meeting my mom tomorrow, I've got a lazy weekend ahead!
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Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."
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