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dad's party was nice. i was actually early to a family gathering so that was good. dad was happy to know he didn't have to get up and drive to work the next morning. work's been pretty bad for me lately. we just found out one of the stores in richmond is closing next month. our manager is aware of the possibility of more stores closing including ours. that's why he'd cut hours so much over the holidays when we should have had extra coverage. it made for many difficult shifts for me. the worst came new year's eve when my csr found out she hadn't gotten paid holiday pay for working christmas eve. she had a temper tantrum and i ended up telling her to leave. after being in the back for an hour she came up and said she couldn't afford to leave. i told her to straighten the store and didn't see her the rest of the night until closing. so i basically worked by myself. it was pretty busy and quite annoying. i've made a new year's resolution though to not complain so much about work. so i'm hoping that's my last complaint written this year. it happened last year and was pretty crazy so i'll let it slide. it's mostly in the form of complaining to gareth. he's shown me how much i let these things effect my life outside of work. and it's not fair to him. or me. so i hope i can improve. he did his top ten movies of last year. the last one before that he'd reviewed was avatar. it made it on the list. another one i didn't see. i got the results back from the vets. everything's ok for now. if budd doesn't have the rest of the eggs in the next few months i can bring her back to get the shots that will help her pass them. kitt's results were good. i'm happy they're both healthy for now. it's been a pretty good start to the new year so far.