Rushed out to work again and made it just in time. That was the worst thing that happened all day. I did have to put away a pile of cold items. It was also a little bit busy around 11 and harder to keep up with the carts then. Otherwise, I spent the morning sweeping and pushing carts...and enjoying the glorious weather. It was breezy, sunny, and warm, but not overly so for early September, probably in the lower 80's. No real problems whatsoever.
Got my schedule when they posted it. In good news, not nearly as many hours. I'm off on the weekdays again except Wednesday, which means a lot less running around. I do have another 8 1/2 hour day next Saturday, which I'm totally dreading.
Changed when I got home, then had lunch while watching What's New, Scooby Doo? Daphne's "Ready to Scare" when she visits her cousin Dannica in Paris, only to discover she's been kidnapped by a giant moving gargoyle right before a big sportswear fashion show. Fred investigates the sewers of Paris, while Velma falls for a French movie star and Shaggy and Scooby befriend a modern Hunchback of Notre Dame who thinks the gargoyles come to life.
Switched to The Scooby Doo Show for "The Ghost That Sacked the Quarterback" in honor of the start of football season. Mystery Inc ends up on the gridiron when they investigate the mysterious disappearance of a star player from the football field. Seems the Rambling Ghost, a star football player from years below who disappeared, doesn't want the players on the field...or for his record to be broken.
Hurried to Thomas Sharp School soon as the cartoon ended. It was pretty much the same as it has been, with even more kids. I drew Maple at the hearth with Hilary and Betty the deer on her leash with the artists when I arrived, when we weren't trying to keep the enormous fans in the cafeteria from blowing our papers away!
We've been taking the younger kids to their tiny library to hear a story or two after they arrive and have played for a while and before they all use the bathrooms and have snacks. There were a lot of kids who had to go to the bathroom right when they arrived, which meant there were fewer that went later, and I had no trouble with them. We all ran around in the playground again after snack time. The kids all had a marvelous time, dancing and chasing each other to the tune of "The Floor Is Lava" and several Disney songs.
I stayed a little longer this time to help wipe down tables. The younger kids enjoyed playing with those magnetic colored tiles and wooden blocks, but the older kids had more trouble with the Legos. They made such a mess with them getting all over the floor, it took 20 minutes for everyone to clean it up working together.
Went straight into writing Maplepunzel when I got home. Maple spends the next month tending to the aging Hilary. She cooks and cleans for her, with the help of Walter the bear and Foley the rabbit, and listens to her stories of Hope Springs in its glory days. Hilary even trims and brushes Maple's hair to even it out and get it to look better.
Scott uses Maple's distraction to spend time with Betty. Even as a deer, Betty is still angry with Scott for stealing from businesses in Hope Springs to fund their escape to another kingdom. He keeps bringing her food and trying to pet her, and she keeps not eating and pulling it away...until one day, she's so hungry, she ends up eating. Scott explains what he did, and though she only leans into his touch for a minute, it's enough for Scott to end up sobbing on Maple's shoulder in heartbreak.
Watched Match Game PM while I worked. I came in during the episode with the sweet little old man contestant "Tiger" who looked and sounded a great deal like Wally Cox. We also got the very funny show where Charles tears his name off the Star Wheel after his answer fails to be on the Audience Match. There's also the man in blue who hopes Joyce doesn't give a strange answer to "Mill__" in the Head-to-Head.
Finished the night with The Wild Wild West at Pluto TV. In "The Night of the Firebrand," Jim West travels to a fort in order to stop Irish revolutionary Sean O'Reilly (Pernell Roberts) from blowing up Indian ground and inciting a revolution in Canada. Unfortunately, he arrives too late, as O'Reilly and his confederate Sheila O'Shaungnessy (Lana Wood) has already taken the fort and captured its major and his men. While West rescues the men, Artemis Gordon infiltrates O'Reilly's gang as a French confederate to keep him from doing any more harm.
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