So the flower shop job rocked. I didn't have to do any deliveries, thank goodness. I picked up an order for them at a greenhouse and then went out to the shop. They had me and the girl I took with me (she's nice, but so quiet, and such a copycat of everything I did, I wanted to kill her a few times) clean roses first, taking the thorns and lower leaves off with a gizmo, then taking off the ugly petals and cutting them all a certain length. When we had done three hundred of those, they taught us how to make these little flower arrangements (just one rose, some "pit" foliage, and wax flower each) that were going to be at each place setting for some banquet. We made about 230 of those, us with two other people. It was way fun at first, but we stood for hours doing it, and I got really tired of it. I would choose that over calling people to get them to do a survey (for minimum wage) any day, though.
Saturday, we went back at 8:30 and finished that order. Then they sent us to their other location where we met new people (there was a girl from my ward there helping out for Mother's Day too, and she was so fun and SUCH a sweetheart!), filled up those little water tubes they stick on the ends of flowers, and cleaned lots more roses. I am now an expert rose cleaner. They said so. And I even got to step in and make a cute little flower arrangement when they were making a bunch for a baby's baptism: short square glass vase, two blue hydrangea blooms, with short white tulips stuck in them at random. It was so simple, but so pretty. And one of the girls there said I did mine perfectly! (I'm like a little kid bragging to mommy about the nice things my teacher said about my crayon scribble of nothing.)
I know I'm too detailed and long-winded, but I LOVED working there. I've been itching to go back since I left. I've never enjoyed a job this much, but it was just for the Mother's Day rush, to my disappointment. I told Brother Lang and his daughter (owner & manager respectively) each that I loved working there, am looking for a job, and would LOVE to learn more, so if they ever need anyone... They both said they'd certainly keep me in mind. I sure hope they let me have a chance. I watched the people who actually worked there getting to make these beautiful arrangements, wrap things all pretty, make corsages and boutinerres (sp), play with ribbon and pretty paper and FLOWERS all day! What more could you ask?? Seriously, I want to work there so bad, I ache. Even if they don't pay me much. I'd be learning such cool things! Lol why did I get a psychology degree again??
Oh, one other piece of news. I found a cute white skirt today, after decades of searching! YAAAAAY!!!
Anyone who reads this, please pray that I can work at Welke's House of Roses. Thanks.
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