After two days off, Shortcake's voice is sounding much better. It was getting a little harsh at the end of the day. Shortcake needs to work on talking in a lower register which is hard because the human - excuse her, elfin - condition seems to be to switch into a higher register to talk to children.
She started the main exit today, bright and early at 8:30am. Somehow being awake to be at work at 8:30a was harder than being awake for work last week at 7:30am. Silly body. It's all confused. After a 15 min. on her morning break, Shortcake was good to go, and spent a few hours Photo Elfing. The Usher elf made the mistake of breaking the illusion during a Santa visit. The other four elves present stared her down in consternation. Shortcake then had to walk her through how to usher. Shortcake & Santa did ok though. There were two school groups, and a group of mentally disabled adults. There was one family where both kids started screaming, and while the mom was talking one son to the other side of the house, the other son took off running. Shortcake had to leave the house, run after him, and corral him into the direction of his mom since he wouldn't let Shortcake touch him. She got back to the house just in time to take the photo for Santa.
There was another runner while Shortcake was ushering in the afternoon. He took off, and then fell flat on his face after 3 steps. Luckily, he was ok. Lots of pushy moms and screaming kids today. There were also two boys who had long blonde hair, pulled back in ponytails and braided. They were dressed in turtlenecks, sweatpants and snowboots. At first glance they looked like girls. The mom was very insistent they were boys, and they did ask for swords and trophies and Star Wars toys. It was an interesting experiment in gender stereotypes because after staring at their faces, Shortcake decided they could pass for boys or girls.
3 friends came by to see Shortcake on her lunch break, which made her very happy. We took a picture, and chatted. Here's a shout-out to LH, AT and MM (even DC who overslept). Sorry you missed Good-Lookin' Santa. Maybe next year.
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