We went to the LLL of Georgia (that's La Leche Leauge) in Helen this past weekend and had a blast. Miguel went with me this year and took Eowyn to all the kids' activities. At one point he told me that he said to Eowyn, "come on Eowyn, let's go make some more garbage." I thought that was pretty funny since most of the stuff they made, like a miniature boat made of sticks and yarn, and a rain stick made out of a paper towel tube, probably will end up in the trash. But she had fun and got to see a opossum and touch a snake in two of the activities. And Miguel also told me I was missing all of the good stuff. But I was there to go to the different sessions offered, including two led by Dr. Bob Sears, so that was really cool. Plus we had a lot of fun in downtown Helen taking carriage rides and checking out all the shops and taking tons of pictures. It's so great to get away and go somewhere without having to worry that my children are causing a disturbance and not to have to think about nursing in public. I blend right in. I love LLL and conference so much that I have been thinking a lot about becoming a LLL leader. I like LLL so much that I want to be involved with it long after my kids are weaned. I actually had registered to attend the session entitled, "is leadership for you?" but I must have been the only one since they cancelled it. Oh well, I'll just talk to my LLL leader about it at the next meeting.
On a sad note, I found out that I won't have a job anymore at the end of the month. Lulu's is closing May 30th. I found this out from my co worker who called to ask if I could cover her shift. It was kind of a shitty way to find out and I got my feelings hurt a little that I was sort of left out. I know it's b/c I work part time and I'm hardly ever there, but damn, I do exist. I didn't find out until the last second about our tips going on our checks and that was by accident when I was present for a conversation about it and got filled in only b/c I asked what they were talking about.
The thing that really gets me though is that my boss told me today that they were told not to tell any clients. Are you kidding me?! The reason for this is b/c the owner doesn't want people to get a chance to redeem their gift cards. It's so outrageous. She didn't set aside the money to pay us when she sold the gift cards so then she's got to get the money from somewhere else when the gift card is redeemed. So all these people are going to be calling the spa to use their gift cards only to find out that they are worthless. I feel terrible for people who got them for Christmas and will never be able to use them. People sit on those things forever and keep putting off using them. I guess that's why Clark Howard hates gift cards so much. I know I would be livid if I spent 300 bucks or so to send someone I love to the spa for the day and found out the place closed. How terrible. My boss did tell me that they were telling the regulars who had purchased series (packages) so that they could use them up in time. She also told me she feared the spa might close even sooner than the end of the month. I was pretty shocked but then again I'm not there much so I didn't have any idea how bad it was. Well, maybe a little, since I hadn't had an appointment in ages, but since I wasn't there, I could assume that other people did. Plus I thought that since it had been around for several years that the spa would survive the weak economy. Guess I was wrong.
I do have an appointment for an interview at a massage place here in Woodstock on Monday. I'm spoiled by Lulu's though. It'll be hard to go back to working for someplace like Spa Sydell, where they treat you like crap. Of course, I hope this place won't be like that. It would be so convenient to be in Woodstock. It's not a spa though. I really prefer working in a spa. I'll just see how it goes.
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