It was so late when I finally got downstairs, I ended up calling Uber. And of course, they took 8 minutes to arrive. Even with the rider coming right on time and no traffic, I was still a minute late for work.
Things mostly went well after that. I spent the first half of the afternoon doing carts. When the afternoon bagger arrived, I was pulled to do returns. It took me longer than they thought it would to get the second cart done, but the second cart was filled with small shampoo and cleaning items that I just couldn't find the places for. I got called to go outside ten minutes before I was supposed to be done. I shouldn't have gotten upset, but I don't know why they couldn't have called me before that, or why I didn't tell the afternoon bagger I was done at 4. Thank heavens the Uber driver going home only took two minutes to arrive.
Once I got in, I changed and checked to see where the Eagles game was playing, then finally got my printer working. It wouldn't print the chocolate truffle recipe I wanted last night. Turns out it was just out of ink. I replaced the black ink, and it printed fine.
(I continually checked the score throughout the afternoon. Though the Steelers started to catch up in the second half, the Eagles ultimately out-ran them 27-13.)
After that, I jumped in the shower, then had dinner. Listened to Christmas With the Platters while I ate. This is the album I picked up from On the Record in October. It's late 50's-early 60's rock group the Platters singing holiday standards, but some of them are very nicely done. Their "All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" is hilarious.
Switched to YouTube just as the Platters ended. We finished our Bob Barker's birthday week with a selection of Price Is Right Christmas episodes made between 1979 and 1998. I really enjoyed seeing how the show - and Bob - evolved over the years. The marathon began in 1979, when Bob still had dark hair and Johnny Olsen was announcing. By the time I was 11 on Christmas Eve 1990, Bob's hair was now its natural white and big Rod Roddy of the flashy suits was the announcer. Some of the showcases that had the models as little girls sitting on Santa's knee or that showed them excited to receive prize package "presents" were especially funny.
Come on down and celebrate the holidays with Bob and The Price Is Right!
Finished the night with The Perry Como Christmas Album. I've had this one for almost two decades now. I think it might have been one of the earliest holiday albums I found. I like it much better than my other Como holiday record. The warm and friendly opening number "Christmas Eve" is my favorite, and there's also "There's No Christmas Like a Home Christmas." Other good ones include his renditions of "Do You Hear What I Hear?" and "Toyland."
(Oh, and it finally started raining hard around 8 PM after having been chilly and cloudy all day. It's continued raining, sometimes hard, off and on for the rest of the night.)
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