Back to work again, after being home Tuesday until Thursday with an inflamed back. Not rid of the pain, but passed the worst stabbing pain.
The first chore I had was my usual one: harvesting flowers for bouquets. The water sprinklers were working on the flower and veggie patches, but the one closest to where I was harvesting worked on the other side. Or, so I thought… I started cutting flowers and was almost done in one place when the blasted sprinkler turned and gave me not one, but two cold showers… I admit, I squealed when the water hit me… and cursed the sprinkler for giving me a false sense of security, while it obviously had an evil plan! :D
It got me one more time, in another part of the flower patch. I did get my flowers, though, and bound three bouquets. One were sold before my day ended, to one of the stand-in Park personnel.
While I was cutting off wilted flowers of our geraniums, I heard two of the stand-in Park personnel gossiping about coworkers, in loud voices, and I felt a bit uncomfortable. Thankfully they did lower their voices a bit when we got customers. But, I did tell my boss afterwards, and she’d heard them too and agreed with me. So, if it happens again, I’m going to remind them (kindly) that this is a Greenhouse and garden store, basically, so we do have customers coming.

I took the bus home today. Walking in one direction, was enough for my back. I was tempted, though…but thought it better to save my back, since I’d been on my feet for most of my work hours.