Saturday, 17 July 2010
Week 20:Â Do at least 10 crunches each day this week.
Barry J Juggling Apples
Good morning. Well, maybe the other day wasn’t a fluke –Â it seems I filled yet another toke box during my shift, and they had to do an emergency drop. Ahh, life is good. I passed one of the people I showed how to do stretches to and he said, “Hey Stretch, thanks for the advice the other day.” No kidding, he called me Stretch. I guess I can live with that. Believe me when I tell you I’ve been called a lot worse.
I’m eating a nice grapefruit with a slice of whole wheat toast and Jif while waiting for my Mom to drop off Luke. She’s been such a big help since I started this job. I work swing shift which means I go in at 6:00pm. Last night I worked until  4:00am because of overtime, but normally I would only work until 2:00am. They may not be the greatest hours, but they were the best ones that allowed for spending quality time with the Lukinator.
Speaking of which — when he gets here we will be going down to the town park for a little summer picnic I whipped up. I’m sure It will be a fun challenge keeping up with him running around and playing on the huge jungle gym, but at least I will have a bunch of fruit cut up to enjoy on this beautiful summer day.
I hate to cut it short, but so much to do so little time.
I hope everybody has a great day and gets called a good name also.
Later,
Barry J
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Friday, 16 July 2010
Week 20:Â Do at least 10 crunches each day this week.
Barry J Juggling Apples
Good morning. Well, I got called into work last night and that’s a good thing. WARNING WARNING WARNING there will be some bragging happening in the following lines. You have been warned. The pit manager (boss) needed me on a blackjack game and in the first hour I worked I filled up my tip box. Not bad, huh? Now mind you, I don’t get to keep all that for myself — it gets split up between everybody, so at least I get to say I did my part for me and ten other dealers last night. The truth of the matter is, I’m sure there will be nights when customers won’t tip me, but last night I was just Mr. Charming (oh please, Barry). I got tapped out for my first break and my supervisor said to me that she never saw a dealer fill up a “toke” box that fast.
On my break I was enjoying a banana, dry raisin bran cereal, and an apple while talking to some of my co-employees and they were saying about how sore their backs and legs were from dealing over the past few days. One of them asked me how I felt and I replied, “Like a million bucks” and she said to me, “Well you’re in great shape.” and I thought to myself, “Holy carp, I am in great shape and getting in greater shape every day.” So I told her that if she would just do some basic stretching before she came into work, it would elevate a lot of her aches. She asked what kind of stretches and I got up right there in the E.D.R. and showed everybody at the table what I did when I wake up. And to my surprise, I had everybody’s attention. It felt really good to pass on some healthy advice to people who were looking for it. My sister, Carol, must feel like a billion dollars every day with all the people she helps. Of course in the middle of my stretching lecture I told everybody they could go to theFitSchool.com and get everything they need for a healthy life. So, if anybody is reading this from last night. You guys ROCK and were the BEST! And thanks for checking out the site.Â
I came back from my break ready to fill up another toke box, but they pulled me from blackjack and put me on a dice game. By that time my confidence level was so high I was walking on air and ready to take on the casino world. Just another bonus for getting healthy.
I hope everybody has a great day and remembers to stretch.
Later,
Barry J
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