December 2

Hey Papa! I got good news. Wish you were still here so I could tell you for real and not through this. I got certified today for master cashier!! Woooo-Hoooo!! I'm so happy! I made it daddy! I know you'd be so proud of me. I can hear you-- you would chuckle and you would say Well, congratulations darlin'. I am so proud of you baby girl. I knew you could do it. So what happens now? Well papa.. I get a pay raise of $2/hr and get a yellow shirt. It's bright yellow too. I also will get a new visor, it'll be red. The one I have now is beige. And my name will be sewn on my shirt.  I wasn't expecting the guy to come today. It was a different guy from the one we had yesterday for the manager that got certified. He was really nice and have to say it was a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. He just observed me, made sure I did what I was supposed to and was bubbly.. and apparently I was bubbly enough :) and that I handled my customers correctly, touched tables.. that means, checking back on my customers. He asked me a few questions.. how do you make sweet tea, how do you know if you have a counterfeit bill, what would I do if a customer insisted I short changed him. He gave me the master cashier application and it had questions on it and while I filled it out he went and checked the computer to see how my attendance and points were. I told him it would be a boring report cuz I'm always on time and don't have any points. So we get done with that and he watches me some more with my customers and then we weren't busy and I was checking the lobby and was coming from the back with a broom to sweep up a mess this family made with their four little ones, it's called birth control-really ppl!!.. anyway, he stopped me as I was going back to the lobby and said, I have just one more question, What size shirt do you wear? Papa!! OMG!! Yeah, I was stoked!! So I picked out my shirt size and he told me that with the certification comes a $2 raise which will go into effect on Monday. (whoop whoop!!) He gave me a congrats letter from the big boss, and told me that as soon as he gets my lapel pin he will get it to me. Oh daddy! I'm so happy it's over, so happy I was able to achieve this. Now I just have to bring it every day from now on. Of course Donna was there today. I was worried what she would do or say. She didn't say anything while he was there but after he left she sure had a lot to say. She said that she wanted to be certified too cuz the certify guy didn't do anything. Yes he did, and his job was to observe. She has no idea what he was asking me or what I had to do to achieve it. She's just jealous. I wish they'd just fire her and get it over with. She is so hateful. She was talking crap on our new mgr today. I hope she gets busted or caught and they get rid of her. I know, bad attitude dad but she is just ugly. I don't know much more. Just wanted to tell you. You've been gone 24 weeks now. 24 weeks too long. All seems like a dream still. I wish so much I could wake up from all of this and call your phone and you'd be at the other end and I could hear your laugh and you telling me what you've been up to and how proud you are of me. I miss you daddy. God how I miss you. Guess I'll go. I love you papa. (forehead kiss) Talk to you in a little bit. <3