Yessss! I started my job today! Okay, so like, I had to wake up at FIVE THIRTY in the AM! But I fell back asleep and woke up at 6:14 and had about... eleven minutes to get ready! Blah. But I get to work on time. So, I (along with Jayne) am the newest "Stock Replenisher" at J.C. Penney's Haywood Mall. The work was good. It really was. Time flies when you're busy, and this day was a big fat blur! Anyway, I spent most my day ripping plastic and moving merchandise. Fun, huh? Well, you could say that, but I might not. But it was good. Really
If you were silent, do you think your friends would notice? I'm usually loud, jovial. I like to be seen as happy, whether I am or not. One day at lunch, I sat down. Someone asked me a question, I nodded my head. Tim commented on my mace earrings. I grinned and shook my head from side to side so they would bounce off my cheeks. Andrew asked why I wasn't saying anything. "It's unusual to have a silent Mary." I laughed and said that I hadn't meant to be silent. We moved to talk about the random things that friends will often talk about. Today, I sat with my usual group of "friends;" the friends with whom I fit so well. And today, I was quiet. There is a difference between quiet and silent. Especially when the quiet is you sitting, unsmiling, going through the motions and the silent includes you grinning and playing with your earrings. However, no one noticed. Isn't it odd? I think if one of my friends was bummed, I'd notice. If the were quiet, d...
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