Thursday, May 15, 2008
For those who don't know, I am leaving for the coolest mission in about 3 weeks! I am headed to the Greece Athens Mission on June 4th. This lovely event has allowed me to quit my also lovely job working as harp tuner extraordinaire and shipping expert for Lyon & Healy West. So for all you who read my blog(aka Melissa) here are some of my favorite memories of my new old work.
1. My work operates out of David O' McKay's old home. The PTA also used this house for many years. Needless to say, this house is pretty darn old. When people come to the store they have to ring the doorbell, there are rocking chairs out on the front patio, and I once found a secret compartment in one of the stairs.
2. I once broke one of the house's old windows with my bare hands while trying to get rid of some box elder bugs. It would have been just awful-- if it wasn't incredibly hilarious.
3. Kenneth Cope came in once. I should have ended the madness that day...
4. I also recently met Travis Meeks- the lead singer of the slightly famous post-grunge band Days of the New. I was pretty sure he was going to rob our store when he first came in, but then he spent about two hours looking at our harps, singing to me, and telling me all about how he spent most of his life in a mental institution but that "the best ones do." He of course didn't know how to play the harp at all, but apparently he wants to record with it on his next album. My boss finally came and intervened and (one hour later) somehow convinced him to by a music stand light.
5. There were treats at every staff meeting.
