A nice day

I went to work today.
It was a nice day.
I got called in early,
I went and played operator.
I went back to clerical.
I got a lot accomplished.

Sometimes I wonder why I care.
I care that there are call-ins.
I care that there are a lot of punch corrections.
I get excited when there is no one on compliance.
I care whether or not we make sales.
I care how many days we have worked safe.

Do I want to care about these things?
Not really,
and yet I do.
Have I become a dedicated retail worker?
Have I started to care for a company that does not really care about me?
YES! WHY?

It's all because I care about the world I live in.
I want to be successful in whatever I do.
It's that value that was instilled in me from little on.
Stupid family upbringing!
Stupid Catholic education!
Stupid college education!

There are more important things in the world to care about.
I've decided to care about them.
I've decided to let the little things go.
I will still be a dedicated worker,
but I won't let it all go to my head.
I have to stand on my own.

I am my own person!



The book this time is:
A Light in the Attic (Shel Silverstein)
He seriously writes the best poems, I don't care if they are for children! I'm a child at heart! :)

Size what?

I went shopping the other day. I am not a skinny girl...there is no way of getting around that. I am comfortable with myself. I'm not exactly plus size, but there is no way I'm extra extra large either. Here's my thought, why are stores suddenly changing the sizing of plus sizes? I'm not usually a Maurice's shopper, but my friend wanted to go in so we did. I saw a sign out front that said now carrying plus sizes. This was my thought.....so clothes that are the real size that they say they are? I'm sorry, XL's are not extra large! So the "plus sizes" are in the back of the store, and first of all the clothes are disgusting, they are just huge bags that hang over you. Is that really plus size? No! Also there is this chart which helps you decide your size. The chart said, 1=16-18W, 2=20=22W, and so on. Are you trying to make me feel better so that I can say I'm a size 1! That's a little pathetic. Why are we so scared of the sizes that we really are? I'm happy with myself, could I stand to lose weight? Yes! But why, because society tells me I'm not the ideal figure, right..... Maybe I like being XXL! At least I don't lie about my size and pretend that I'm a size one. Why can't I have a shirt that shows I have a body? I would rather not wear a flowery printed bag (Thank you very much Maurice's, but I think I'm going to stick with my XXL figure!)



The book this time is:
Fat and Proud (Charlotte Cooper)

P.S. I swear I'm going to keep up with blogging. I know all three people who are reading this miss my rants! :)