Flying By

As I write this, I am 19 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I (give or take) am halfway there. That thought strikes me as almost unreal. The month of October has absolutely jetted by me.  I can't believe that November is just over a week away. My store's manager is leaving at the end of the week, and while I am not shaking in fear, I am not sure I'm ready. I know that our district manager is working on getting us a new manager, but these coming weeks could be tough. I asked Stephen if I could get a prenatal massage when my next check comes in, and he agreed. I am definitely looking forward to it! The worst part about the coming week is that I'm having trouble scheduling it. I have (until we get a new manager) taken over scheduling for the store, and, of course, no one wants to work on Halloween. I'm sure they all have plans, but I hope it will actually be a calm day for us. I made a pair of lace cat ears on a headband to wear (with all black- I'll be a cat), and we got a memo from the corporate office that we are allowed to participate in giving away candy to kids along with many other stores in our outlet mall. I think it will be fun, actually. I gave my fellow key holder, Crystal, the day off (we both are only allowed to work 40 hours per week, and have to have 2 days off per week), so I thought it would be best to have a bit of fun with it since I'm going to be there all day.
Today is my day off but somehow I have not taken the nap I was planning on. Before settling on the cat ears, I was going to be a panda (black/white dress, panda ears/hair buns), so I ventured out to the local thrift stores and was pretty disappointed.  Maybe it's just in Ohio that the thrift stores are cheaper, but I decided the prices were a bit much for me, especially with the lacking selection. I did, however, see a circus themed waffle maker (as well as a few other ones, including snoopy), a nice bread machine, and a new looking humidifier. All three of which we have been interested in getting sometime soonish (the waffle maker doesn't have to be circus themed, though). I didn't get any reaction to the texts I send Stephen about the appliances, though, so I didn't end up buying anything. By the end of two thrift stores, I just wanted to go home and eat something, so that is exactly what I did.  Then Stephen got home for lunch, which reminded me the water heater was not making hot water. I took a look, saw it was electric, then looked at the breaker box. Curiously, the water heater switch was off. I turned it on, then saw a blast of black smoke and a spark of electricity and it turned itself off again. Not a good sign... I immediately called the rental company and emailed them a maintenance request, so I'm hoping something will happen about that rather quickly. I may be heating up water on the stove and taking a bath tomorrow otherwise...
When it rains, it pours, eh?