Excuses, Excuses, Excuses

Yesterday was another BL day.

Based on all the car troubles from the previous weeks, we weren’t sure how she was going to get to work or if she was going to come, for that matter. Right around 11, however, I saw the Green Cube pulling up. The Employee Parking Lot by our office was full, so she had to park further away than normal. A few minutes later I saw BL walking across the parking lot. This time she wasn’t sporting the ole pink or flowered hat. Nope, she was under a bright green umbrella with her red suitcase trailing behind. Let me take this moment to point out – it was NOT raining. The sun was shining bright above. I’m guessing she was thinking A. her umbrella was a parasol and 2. people still carry parasols. Either way, both were false!

I’m not going to lie to you; I had a hard time yesterday with any amount of extra patience. Every time that we work together I hit my breaking point, but it seemed to break a little earlier than normal yesterday! Call me crazy, but I am not a huge fan of answering the SAME question OVER and OVER especially when I’ve told her to write it down in her handy dandy notebook! I’m also not a fan of her responses when I point out that she’s asking the same things over and over! When she gets overwhelmed or can tell that I’m frustrated with her, she’ll say one of two things EVERY TIME. A. “I just need to get something to eat. I’m so hungry that I can’t concentrate.” or 2. “I really need to go to the bathroom.” I’m not lying; I have heard both of those several times! Both have the same affect on me – they TICK me off!! Yesterday, I called her on both of them! Those are STUPID excuses that can EASILY be remedied! That should have nothing to do with your ability to work or remember something that we just talked about minutes before!!

Can’t you see why my patience dwindles so quickly?!

At the end of the day, one of the ladies that comes by a few times a week to pick up some paperwork stopped by. Her father recently passed away, and she was letting us know how her kids were doing since we all know them. BL looked at her and said that when she is sad or having a hard time, she always eats a Lindt Chocolate Bar and that makes everything better. Really, BL?! A candy bar is going to make the pain of losing a parent unexpectedly all better?! The lady kind of looked at her and said, “Um, yeah, I’ll have to keep that in mind,” and kept talking about the kids. BL said, “Yeah, Lindt, L-I-N-D-T. You can get a 95, 85 or even 65. They’re all good.” I’m thinking at this point that she was referring to the cocoa content, but I don’t think our friend caught on to that. BL went on to say that she couldn’t eat them very often because she would *holds hands out like a sumo wrestler while filling cheeks with air* swell up. As if she isn’t already “swelled up”!! 

Really, y’all?! Who does things like this?!

Well, that’s all I’ve got for today. I was unable to see much of what she did yesterday as comical since my patience was running low. Tomorrow should be a good day though! D is out of town (moving her baby boy into his college dorm *tear!). One of the girls from our “sister office” is coming to work with me. She will be working my job while I work D’s which means she will get stuck with BL in the afternoon. I will get to be D and look on while laughing! I kind of can’t wait!!

More stories to come…