Got to admit it's Getting Better....

Greetings all. Hope yr Xmas is a happy 1.
I had my busiest workday in 6 yrs yesterday at the store: 2wice as busy as a normal nite, 2wice as many customers. I was sposta get off-work 2 hrs early, but there were so many people out (R store was apparently the only place in town open after about 7 pm) that I Nded up putting-in a 10-hr shift & got home Xactly 15 mins earlier than usual. Some Xmas break. Not that I'm grumping....
Every1 was in a pretty good mood, as they shoulda bn on a holiday, so it was actually a pretty quick&EZ nite -- Xcept 4 1 guy, 1 of R semi-regulars, who dropped-in about 90 mins in2 my shift when I was still inna Good Mood & not all tired & fed-up w/ the non-stop flood of people.
& this guy told me -- dead-seriously, he was NOT happy -- that I was in WAY 2 GOOD A MOOD & I needed 2 take a step back & get ahold of myself.
On CHRISTMAS!
This is 1 of the risks of trying 2 hava good time while working -- some1 will always try 2 slap that smile offa yr face, sooner or later. Ghod 4bid NE1 should try 2 Njoy themselves at work, even onna holiday....
But still, on Christmas?!
So. I didn't kill him. In fact, I gave him my standard farewell: "Have a good nite, B careful out there...." & he said nothing.
But I think if he comes back in again in the same mood I'm gonna tell him we don't need his $$$ & he can take his grumpiness somewhere else. Cos I didn't do NEthing wrong. Xcept B in a better mood than he was....
In the meantime, I 4got 2 other great Xmas songs 2 add 2 the Ndless list I started making 3 wks ago:
* Elton John: "Step Into Christmas" (1973) -- Just like my buddy Crabby sez at his MySpace blog (http://blogs.myspace.com/townedger), Elton matches Phil Spector at his best in this marvelous mix of massive choir, jangling bells, great acoustic strumming & swirly keyboards. Shoulda bn a huge hit.
* Nilsson: "Remember (Christmas)" (1972, from SON OF SCHMILSSON) -- If U agree that Christmas can B a thing of bittersweet nostalgia 4 the best of times gone by, U may love this -- tho Christmas itself is never specifically mentioned. Sure sounds like the holidays, tho. From 1 of the oddest Top 10 albums ever, I hadn't heard it in YRS when an ALL MUSIC GUIDE review rang bells w/ me, & when I played it I realized I'd heard the whole thing sevral times in highschool & then 4got10 it. "Remember" is probly the best thing on the album (also includes the minor hit "Spaceman"), but worth a spin if U're in2 the off-the-wall....
Still reading Johnathon Green's DAYS IN THE LIFE (about the '60s British psychedelic underground), about 1/2way thru now, & I've got 2 admit it's getting better. There's more about music -- Beatles, Pink Floyd, Soft Machine, SGT. PEPPER -- & LSD has made an appearance. Some of the book is laff-out-loud funny, 1nce U get in2 it. Might B worth tracking down if U're a closet Anglophile like me. I'll have a full review soon....
That "sunny-day-songs" list I did is still working: Sun's bn out all day 2day & temps in the 40s. Not bad 4 Washington at the Nd of Dec, but I hear the rain is coming early next wk. Am still tempted 2 post that list, but I don't wanna B blamed 4 further Global Warming -- tho apparently the rest of the country could USE some more Global Warming....
Njoy yr holidays & don't let the Stress or the Dummies get U down.... -- TAD.