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I know you are. I would be wondering, too, if I were you. I worked yesterday morning. I love Wednesday mornings because they're just about the slowest thing in my entire life. I got everything done by 1300 and then just sat and read my book and got all the way to the last chapter. Yea! First, I worked close the night before and...So I've had this guy come in numerous times in the past few months. He's very large and used to always wear a trench coat. His "daughter" would always come in with him and her two-three kids. They made me feel very uncomfortable. Number one, he literally scared me and was overly friendly. Number two, I was 90% sure they were stealing from my store, but I could never prove it. Anyway, point being that a few weeks ago, I got a call from one of my partner stores down the road saying he was caught by the police stealing from their store. YEA. Now I had a reason. So, she came in within a week after that call without him and I told her that she was no longer welcome at any of our locations. Then, Tuesday... It was later. I was filling the soda cooler, my back towards the door. All of the sudden, I hear his massive booming voice, "Put your hands up...Put your hands up." I finished filling the soda I had set out and then turned around. It was. It was him. He had just been joking about the hands thing. Whatever. You don't do that to someone anyway. I told him he'd have to leave because he was no longer welcome at our store. He stood there and argued with me for a few minutes about it and said it was racial discrimination. I told him to call the manager if he had a problem and that he had to leave. He was angry when he left. He's a scary, scary man. I was honestly so scared that I called Yost and told him to get his butt up to my store as soon as he could. I don't want to risk that scary man coming in later when I'm all alone. Anyway, on to my Wednesday... So I worked in the morning. That night, Yost worked and I had been planning this for a half week. Time to myself. Glorious. I haven't gone out shopping in literally months (at least not that I can remember). Our anniversary is on Sunday, so I bought Yost five cards (I gave them all to him last night) and a few little gifts (he already got his golf clubs in the mail), I bought myself three shirts (one for reading outside, one for wearing on warm days at the zoo or doing whatever else outside, and one because it was an End of the Spear shirt and I liked that movie a lot), I bought food because we haven't been grocery shopping this week, and I bought stuff for my new project. When Yost and I got married, one of my good friends (Patness...We worked together for about four years) made me a cute collection of wedding stuff including my invitation in a picture frame and I loved it. So, for almost a year, I've been wanting to do the same thing for Nate and Emily, my brother and sister-in-laws, but haven't had the time. Granted, we're trying to save money for school and because we're going to have to take off time for Ana's wedding and all...but I couldn't help it. I needed to get something for me. I haven't spent money on me (besides food) in what feels like an eternity. While looking at cards for Yost, I found one that was hilarious. The front: "Carpe Diem (seize the day)" The inside: "Buy the shoes." How true. How true. God loves you and so do I. ~K