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Well, June 28 and 29th were pretty nice days off for me.

On the 28th, I got a new set of colored pencils at a Target two and a half miles north of where I live. Then, at a GameStop literally just steps away, I got one of 1500 Super Shadow POP Figures. Someone who's a fellow regular at this GameStop location (who I will refer to as the gentleman) also goes to E3 conventions. He went through a ton of hassle to get four of these Super Shadow figurines. A few weeks ago, he said that he'd sell one of them to me for $80. A week ago, I went to the GameStop planning to just give one of the employees the money to relay to the gentleman. It turns out the employee had the figure in the back room. I gave the money to the employee, he gave me the figure, and it's possible he has since relayed the money to the gentleman. The figure is safely downstairs in a shelf containing some VHS tapes of mine as I type this up.

Friday the 29th was just plain awesome despite it being the start of a heat wave. I started the day by going to the Museum of Science and Industry to see the Science of Pixar exhibit. As someone who grew up with Disney and Pixar, I had to see it. The exhibit will be at the Museum until January of next year, but I wanted to see it while I figured I still had the chance.

As I was about to leave the Museum, I had a chance encounter with one of the Museum's team leaders. I spoke to him about the interview I had back in February. He asked if I followed up. Not only did I tell him that I did, but I told him I sent a thank-you e-mail to which I never got a response. He told me that the Museum's e-mails for this kind of thing are unfortunately no stranger to getting lost in the shuffle, but when he told me that I could try again, I was filled with rejuvenated hope. There's no question I plan to try again soon, albeit with more knowledge of what to expect.

On my way back, I stopped at Graham Cracker Comics to pick up the sixth issue of the IDW Sonic comics. For the heck of it, I bought all three covers. Talk about a devil's issue!

One of my last stops was at the GameStop just a mile east of where I live, and I got a ton of stuff there! I picked up Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy for the Nintendo Switch. I've yet to play it, but I plan to soon. I also got a $20 Crash figure for 20% off since I pre-ordered the Crash game as well as a Collectible Micro Blocks Figurine of Crash. There was also a Collectible Micro Blocks Figurine of Spyro that the clerk (all of the clerks at both GameStop locations know me pretty well) decided to give to me for free.

On a side note Spyro Reignited Trilogy will be out for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox ONE on September 21st. I've already pre-ordered the PS4 version.

While I was out having a hot but otherwise nice Friday all to myself, a couple things came in the mail, but my brother picked them up for me and put them in his room for me to get when I got home. One was a book about video game history while the other was a Sonic Sanrio figure of My Melody as Amy Rose, just another nice addition to my ever-growing Amy Rose collection.


So, last Thursday and Friday treated me very nicely, but when I got back to work on the 30th, it wasn't long at all before things took a sharp downhill turn. I don't want to go into detail as to what happened Saturday, but they involved a dirty set of clothes dumped on an outside bin containing ice pops and a close call with a rack containing tubes of Japanese peanuts.

Sunday saw me start this month by accidentally tossing a co-worker's jacket into a trash bag (thinking the jacket was trash), which was later put into a trash compressor. Miraculously, with the help of one of my bosses as well as myself, my co-worker got his jacket out of the compressor. When I told my co-worker about the incident with dirty set of clothes from the day before, he not only forgave me but commended me. He understood that I was simply doing my job. My biggest source of solace, however, was that he got his jacket back despite low odds. It has since been cleaned up.

Monday amazingly went by without incident (even though I stayed late to help clean up), but Tuesday was a completely different story. In fact, it was yet another example of why I hate Tuesdays. Not long after I started, I accidentally overheard one of my other bosses having a stern word with a co-worker I get along very well with. Although the co-worker wasn't fired, I was still left in a dim mood, but I acted as if I never heard a thing. As I was helping close up shop, another co-worker operating a forklift spilled a large bin filled with watermelons. I had to help clean up the mess, and I was to do it quickly, which didn't help my mood. The final insult was a hold-up at the meat department, which was similar to one I had 365 days before only on a much larger scale. Well over a dozen last-minute customers were waiting in line to get meat for their 4th of July dinners, forcing me to stay until the carts were put back. Normally, I punch out when the store closes at 10:00, but because of the hold-up, I did not punch out until 11:05 as opposed to 10:44 the year before.

Then last night, the 4th of July. I was scheduled for only six hours instead of the usual seven (and thus had a break of only fifteen minutes as opposed to thirty minutes), but the busy activity and hot weather ensured that the six hours did not go by quickly at all. In fact, the only thing that went by quickly was my fifteen-minute break. The store closed down early at 8:00, but there was so much trash in the lot that I had to sweep it up, but my boss (the one I had on Sunday and Monday) wanted me to punch out and go home. After being pressured by him, I ended up punching out at 8:20 despite me not being done.

When I got home, I was left emotionally smashed yet comforted to know this long, hot, busy, stressful, and depressing week was finally over. Now, I have another couple days all to myself. I already have some plans mapped out.

In addition, I learned just a few hours ago while I was on break that more work has been made on the special work of my lovely Lisa, much to my delight.