early today... what am I thinking?!

[lavandarlizard2]

I have a part-time job, see... *sigh* It won't pay the bills and it sure as hell won't pay for my insurance, but at least we'll eat. But I expect to be beat to hell by the time I get home tonight, so figured I better post this now. >_>

For anyone interested, the job I really want is still in process. Who knew that it could take up to six months to get a job where you don't even carry a gun? O.O Alternate job possibility has skipped happily into my life, so I may even have a backup now. ^__^ Happy about that; not happy at spending all day on my feet again. I worked pretty hard to get past that stage of my life; not at all amused at having to backtrack. Still, the place does offer a pretty decent employee discount... if I had any money to take advantage of it. =p

Anyway; more Lockjaw. Enjoy!







A rumble of protest from the hallway.

"I SAY SO! OUT! IF SOMEONE DIES BECAUSE OF YOU, I'LL SEE EVERY-DAMN-ONE OF YOU IN PRISON! Get that fucking camera out of my face or I will feed it to you!"

"*GENTLEMEN! LADIES!*"

Wufei snickered. "Uh-oh... Une's here. They're stuffing into the elevators like sardines into a can... Yuy just planted his foot in someone's butt so the doors will close. Ha! Noin brought a squad in riot gear... Heero's coming..." He hopped away from the door only an instant before it burst open.

"Duo! Are you okay? They didn't get in here, did they?" He didn't notice Wufei flattened against the wall until he spoke.

"Yuy, please!" he huffed. "Do you think I'd let those hyenas disturb Maxwell? I am insulted!" He stuck his nose in the air haughtily, but the effect was ruined by his snicker.

"Chang, you're supposed to be resting, not fending off jackals." Heero wrapped his arms around Duo, hugging him close. "Okay?" he murmured and kissed his forehead.

"I am now," Duo sighed.

"I was resting," insisted Wufei, returning to the chair. "Not like I couldn't still kick ass on those fools," he sneered.

"Lemme see," Duo demanded, turning Heero's head to get a look at the stitches. Wufei also leaned closer. "Hmm... Not too bad," Duo allowed critically, tracing the twelve tiny neat stitches covered by a clear plastic butterfly. He glanced at Wufei who was also nodding his approval. "Your lady does pretty good work."

Wufei snorted in amusement. "The lady has taken up quilting."

Heero also snorted. "An outstanding use of her skills."

Duo reached for his arm. "Wrist now. How bad is it?" he demanded checking the splints and wrapping.

"Clean break. Sally says she'll stick it in regen as soon as the swelling goes down, and then cast it. Tonight or tomorrow." He nuzzled Duo's temple. "Sorry about our vacation, babe..."

Duo huffed. "So am I, but hey, I'm a big boy; I can handle it."

Wufei snickered. Duo glared at him.

"I already talked to Une," Heero said. "She says we have six weeks of medical leave plus up to six weeks of vacation, if we want it. Starting now."

Duo stared at him. "Really? Well, shit; we may have to name our first child after her!"

Comments

[pellsfan.livejournal.com]

Oh I hope you get the job you want right away. You deserve so much better than the trouble you've had.

As for Lockjaw...I love it! The idea of Heero pushing the reporter into the packed elevator with his foot...Noin with the squad in riot gear...Une terrifying the press...Hehheh.

And sweet Heero, beat up himself, cuddling Duo who's probably in better shape than HE is....*sigh* This is such a wonderful fic. Thanks so much.

Oh yeah, loved the bit about Sally taking up quilting and Heero's remark about it.

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Prospective Job #1 is just taking forever; I think the guy handling it is deranged or something. =p Prospective Job #2 just showed up on Wednesday, but the job begins the first of next month. Either one would make me happy. It's been over four years since I worked at a job where I'm on my feet all day and my feet are very unhappy with me. My back is downright livid. I can feel that disc degenerating. >.<

I do believe Heero was channelling the Tokyo subway pushers. ^___^ Although he probably would have preferred an open shaft....

Everybody needs a hobby... ^___^ Just ask Sunny.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

This part makes me all warm and fuzzy at the same time I'm rolling on the floor at the mental image of Heero shoving somebody's butt into the elevator!
And I lit a couple of hamsters for the job. They work pretty good once you dip them in wax. ^____^

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Warm and fuzzy.... O.o You're not turning into a hamster, are you?! O.O

Light a couple more, please. My back feels like it's on fire. >.< I got off my feet for the sake of my back; I am not amused. Tomorrow is my 'long day', 7.5 hours. I work 4hr on Sunday, then off until Thursday.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

More like a wombat... they are warm and fuzzy too, yes? :P

*dips a couple more rodents* Gotcha. ^^; Can you at least wear comfortable shoes? I wear Nike hiking shoes, and my feet would KILL me if I didn't. But that's good hours, right? Money is a good thing...

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

I've got a pair of cushy-soled sneak things; they helped. I'm more worried about my back. That degenerating disc hasn't bothered me in about four years; I don't want to start it up again. I'm hoping they'll let me get away from the front; it's not so bad when I can bend and stretch and move around. O.o Right now, I'm really hoping for the RoV to come back next week.

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

How's it been otherwise? Was it hard dealing with people? I would suck at register work because I suck at math and I'm always embarrassed by how hard I have to work at it, so making change is this ordeal. Are craft people nicer than your average shopper? ^^;

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

You know, I always say that I suck at customer service, but I don't have much problem interacting with people for five minutes at a register. If they look grumpy, I just ask what they're making and they usually cheer right up. ^.o

The registers at this place are a touch screen monitor hanging in mid-air. I don't like it because it kind of bounces everytime I tap a key. =p Everything scans, but sometimes the scanner is wonky. It does all the math for you; all you have to do is pull out the right money. Making change has never been a problem for me; I used to do it in my head, but it's nice to have it onscreen now that I'm old and creaky. ^__^ The drawer seems to be located in position for gnomes, sprites and garden fairies to be able to reach it; it's also killing my back. >.<

Most people are really nice, although there was this crusty bat yesterday who got her knickers in a knot when I told her I couldn't do returns. She got all snide and sarcastic about how I certainly wasn't *helping*. But hey, only managers and sups can do returns; nothing I can do about that. ^___^

Oh, and one person who bought a lighted crochet hook and got snappish when I said that I hoped it worked out well. She said if it didn't, she'd by god return it! O.O Oooooh... Somebody missed their coffee. ^.o

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

A... lighted crochet hook? O.o; It's funny... my projects are so darn fandom oriented anymore that I usually just get flustered if the clerk asks what I'm making! ^o^ And it's kind of funny, with them working in a craft/fabric/quilt shop... how many of them don't even seem to be interested. o.O

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Yeah, they have light-up knitting needles and crochet hooks. At the place I'm at, the hooks are $7.99 and the needles are $15.99. But the needles are 14 inches long; way too long for my comfort, and they only go up to size 15, so I'll pass for now. And the hooks are the 'Boye' style with the narrow throat, and I cannot use those. Just as well; I'm not tempted to spend money on them. ^.o

Don't be flustered; just say it's an afghan or a quilt. Most of them are just making polite noise. ^__^ I don't see a lot of craft interest from some of the people at the place either. It is weird... A few people are crafty, but they seem to be the older employees. The young ones just don't seem interested at all. O.O I spent the whole frigging day on a damn register, staring at stuff, thinking "Oooooh...! That looks neat!" and not being able to walk over and examine it. >.< Everybody should have some kind of hands-on hobby... O.o

[sunhawk16.livejournal.com]

The light up knitting needles amuse me. Light sabers! ^o^ I wouldn't be able to make the kid and hubby leave them alone!
The last time somebody asked me, I was buying some of the printable fabric and they actually asked what I was going to print, It caught me off-guard to start with, and then the kid started snickering behind her hand. So I stammered out this, 'Uh... uh... cartoon characters!', but I was blushing bright red and Sap KNOWS what they thought! ^o^

[merula31]

I do so love Heero! And Wufei, still being tough even on pain meds. *grin*

Yay for Une!

*hugs*

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

He's just not in the mood for any crap. ^___^ Wufei's being a Real Man(TM); got to keep up his image.

I imagine Une tossing a few lingering reporters down an empty shaft, just for grins. ^___^

[yanagi-wa.livejournal.com]

Love Duo fussing Heero. Cute. Excellent chapter. thanks.

I hope you get the job you want, it's hell working a job you don't like. (I should know. Wal-mart! Bleh!)

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

It's only fair; Heero fusses over Duo, so Duo gets to fuss over Heero. Everyone's happy. ^___^

I almost applied at Walmart... got as far as the application terminal and chickened out... >_> Just couldn't do it. Target was bad enough. =p

[rogue53.livejournal.com]

No, don't do the WM thing! Can vouch for that. This week they cut our hours and then expected us to do everything in a shorter amt of time. I'm going to try and transfer to a saner store, if there is such a thing... And maybe someday a real job will show back up...

[duohiro.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Wal-Mart is getting nuttier all the time. Can't have any overtime, period. So if you get any you have to kill it at some other time, which puts you behind so you get more overtime, and over and over and over. And this close to Chirstmas even the sane ones go nuts. Can't believe I've done this for seven years now. Maybe I'm the one that's nuts 0.0

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

*points at self* Thirty years (one way or another) in retail. THAT'S nuts. =p

Walmart's grip on the market and on suppliers seems to be slipping; probably why they're in panic mode. The attitude that really ticks me off is the 'you don't like it here, tough; you can be replaced anytime.' It's the troops on the ground who really know what's going on and what customers want; if Bentonville don't wanna listen, oh well.

I'm working at a craft store. Same holiday lunacy, just two months earlier. There is just no way to bag damn flower picks without them holing the bag. >.< And cheap bags, at that.

[rogue53.livejournal.com]

Yeah, and the funny thing was that two of our asst managers were looking at our daily sales and figured out that they were up on days we actually *gasp* had associates on the floor. Well imagine that. But WM is slipping, too much 'either sell it our way or go away' and it's come to bite them in the butt.

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

I used to work at Target, back room, and our sales were always better when we were fully staffed. the days when they only had two people on the floor for the whole frigging store, sales just went into the toilet, but "sales don't justify more people". It's a vicious cycle.

Are you familiar with the blogs about Walmart? I read this one obsessively.

http://www.behindthecounter.com/index.html

It's always good for a laugh, though it makes me hurt for the intelligent employees. O.o

[rogue53.livejournal.com]

That was some of the funniest (and saddest) stuff I've read in quite awhile. And pretty much true. *sighs*

[annakas.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwww finally the reunion of Heero and Duo. *g*
So sweeeet.

annakas

[thekittywolf.livejournal.com]

congrats on the part time job. Some money is better than no money and I'm glad you have something to tide you over until you get something you like. :)

[soshoni.livejournal.com]

Ack, how did I miss this? So glad to see it! ^_^ I loved the idea of Noin and the riot squad getting called in to deal with the reports, lol.

[lavendarlizard.livejournal.com]

Noin would probably be just as gleeful as Heero at tossing someone down an open shaft. ^___^ I've often thought that Noin and Heero are one of those 'separated at birth' pairs.