Mrs Sheepie
[irl] Elle and I went into her old work to help out today, since it's a public holiday
Mrs Sheepie
it's a nerdy amine video game etc shop that she used to be the director of
Mrs Sheepie
it was us, her boss/friend, coworkerfren who is the fucking sweetest person I've ever met, and a new hire who is full used to retail
Mrs Sheepie
we set up a set of display cabinets
Mrs Sheepie
rearranged and dismantled and cleaned a heap of furniture
Mrs Sheepie
new hire cleaned up and rearranged POS
Mrs Sheepie
cleaned out most of a 2mx4m?? back room of like
Mrs Sheepie
bags and bags and bags of plush
Mrs Sheepie
stacks of boxes of pop vinyl bastards
Mrs Sheepie
twice my height in figures and blind boxes
Mrs Sheepie
had sushi for lunch |3
Mrs Sheepie
I personally swept out the majority of the back room
Mrs Sheepie
rearranged the kitchenette
Mrs Sheepie
cleaned the toilet and some general OH&S hazards
Mrs Sheepie
I'm exhausted to the point of gently shaking
Mrs Sheepie
cant stop sneezing from dust, my face hurts from tissues and generally I feel gross all over
Mrs Sheepie
this is the best day I've had in literal months
Mrs Sheepie
I got to spend a whole day actually working and doing things and feeling productive and validated and useful
Mrs Sheepie
I miss having a job so much
Mrs Sheepie
even if today was probably an outlier bc I got to spend all of it with friends and no deadlines and my wife and generally being silly through the whole thing but like
Mrs Sheepie
I need to feel useful and physically work or I get all dumb and fugue-state-y
Blue Emus
work is good for that, yeah. even aside from, you know, the need to earn money and shit, it's good to have Stuff To Do
Mrs Sheepie
I function best when I have a schedule and Stuff To Do so I am at my best when I have a steady roster