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The Fondue Debacle.

I do sorta love that word: Debacle. Well a few posts ago I was celebrating the purchase of my first Le Creuset piece. (Ironically, NOT from the store that I work in.) I got a great deal on the pot for a 1.5 qt. fondue in the flame (Orange) color, which matches the other things I plan to buy on the 16th when I get my fantastic employee discount. I was very excited on Tuesday to recieved the package from the ebay seller from whom I bought my lovely fondue pot, and managed to pull myself away from chemistry long enough to open the box and (to my despair) found a large ugly-as-he** copper frying pan. Ugh. Fortunately, one quick email to the seller and MY fondue pot was on it's way. A few days later...and it finally arrived. (FedEx guy picked up the frying pan same-day, and hopefully it's new owner appreciates it way more than I would've.) I would be all excited that I could now make fondue...and I suppose technically I could. Because Le Creuset pieces can be used in the oven, freezer, fridge, dishwasher, AND stovetop. But I'll have the stand, burner, and forks for it next week...then it will be even more phenomenal.

Working...or not.

Have I mentioned I have the most phenomenal (if not, at times, the most boring) job ever? The other day the supervisor handed me a picture and says "Make the tables look like the pictures." What could be more fun than building displays? I mean...being PAID to build displays. I do that kind of stuff on our dining room table for free. :P Although then there are days like today...slower than molasses. Despite the fact that it was sunny, I couldn't help but think of the oh-so-melancholy and classic quote:

The sun did not shine.
It was too wet to play.
So we sat in the house
All that cold, cold, wet day.

I sat there with Sally.
We sat there, we two.
And I said, "How I wish
We had something to do!"

Too wet to go out
And too cold to play ball.
So we sat in the house.
We did nothing at all.

So all we could do was to
Sit!
Sit!
Sit!
Sit!
And we did not like it.
Not one little bit.

So yeah...our a/c was broken and we had NO customers. Jack and I sat, and looked up employee prices. I've decided to make it a habit to take books so I can study when it gets like that. Otherwise, it's just wasted time, which definitely aggravates me. Then I got to fight with the a/c repair guy. Big fun. Not that I'm complaining, I don't come home dead tired, I love the product, my discount is phenomenal, and the pay is great to sit there and do nothing. (Or, if I remember my books, getting paid to study!)

Another exciting thing, Nathan's coming for Thanksgiving!!! :D I'm so excited. (Mostly to show off my cooking skills...haha, maybe not.) Should be a ton of fun. I'm thoroughly excited, since I thought it would be January before we got to spend time together again. Anyway - I'm getting verrryyy sleepy. I'll write more tomorrow if I'm not too swamped with work and Chemistry.

-Lindsey, who is off to pull her jello out of the fridge.