LilBitSassy
female - 42 years, Meadville, United States
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Blog messages with the tag 'Work':
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Vacation
I'm so excited---I have from today until after the 1st off work!!! My
boss closes the shop down for the holidays and inventory. Plus she's
getting the old carpet ripped out and putting in hardwood floors so
it'll be a "new" place when I go back!
I'm also excited because I have quite a few ideas of things I want to
make for my etsy shop and now I'll actually have some time to do it!!
I know you girls know how I feel about wanting to make this and that
and never having the time--gets frustrating!
I'm thinking of making purse sets--the purse with matching accessories
like checkbook cover, notepad holder, tissue pack---what do you think?
Do you think people would be more interested in those or if they were
just sold separately? I may try just a couple of purse sets to see.
Anyway, I just had to share my excitement over my vacation. Oh--and
I'm feeling a bit better too--I haven't been in near as much pain as I
was a week or so ago. Hopefully I'll stay that way during my vacation
so I can sew lol. -
New Job & Electricity Outage
So far I'm quite enjoying my new job. I believe I've been waiting for something like this for a very long time. I've always wanted to do office work. Strange, I know. But for some reason, I've always liked to type, file, etc.
The people I work with are very nice, understanding, patient, and helpful too. Such a different work environment from what I'm used to. Not as much stress either, that's for sure. The customers that do come into the shop are rather pleasant--another thing I'm not entirely used to. It's a nice change.
It's also nice to have regular hours. By that I mean that I will be working the same hours every week, not different ones from week to week. So it'll be easier to make plans. No more nights, no more weekends--a big plus. It's so nice to be home every night, and it will be quite a change getting used to not having to work weekends anymore. I believe I can try to get used to it though lol.
So, with the new job, the week has been going well so far. Except for the fact that we did lose our electricity Sunday night. During the Steelers game. I was NOT amused. Mike had to hook up the generator. The electricity managed to come on around 10:30 yesterday morning, but when I got home from work last night, it was off again. All night. Hooked up the generator--again. So, when I got home for lunch at noon, Mike said it had come back on again around 11:30. It's stayed on since. So hopefully, the problem is fixed. I shouldn't complain--but it is a pain. Especially if you have a well because not only do you lose power, you also lose water. -
The Week Ahead
My last day at JoAnn's was yesterday. The relief I felt when I walked out knowing I wouldn't have to go back to work there was enormous. I'm pretty happy and content now knowing I won't have to deal with all the high school b.s. that goes on there, nasty customers, and a bad work schedule.
On a great note: I'm looking forward to just working at my new job. Better hours, no nights, no weekends, not as much stress. It's going to be wonderful. We set up my work schedule Weds and it's great--25 hrs a week Mon-Fri.
Also my physical therapy is finished tomorrow. So, this will be a good week. I'm feeling happy, content, and relaxed for the first time in over a month. It's been very stressful working two jobs and going through p.t. I'm just so relieved it's finally over. -
Bad Week
My week has not been good. First off, I had to call in sick to my new job. Didn't want to do that but I really was sick. I got some kind of a bad bug. My new boss told me that my calling in had her a bit concerned. I've only been there a couple of weeks and already I've had to leave early and then I call in sick. Not a very good start. I was almost worried that she was going to decide not to hire me after all. Wouldn't that have been grand? But I convinced her that after next week (my last at JoAnn's), things will be better. At least I hope they will.
It's been rather difficult working two jobs and then having to go through physical therapy on top of all that. It wouldn't be so bad if JoAnn's had me working a steady schedule, but of course they don't so it's very difficult to schedule around oddball hours. Plus I haven't had too much time off between the two jobs. Next week will be worse because I only have two days off at JoAnn's and a few of the days I work there I'll be working at the new job too.
So, other than the job "problems", yesterday on my way to my new job, I ran over a 4" x 4" beam in the middle of the road that I didn't see. How didn't I see a big beam you ask. Well, I was following two semis and neither one swerved or bounced up as if they had hit anything so of course, why would I think there was anything in the road to avoid? I didn't see it until I was right on top of it. I swerved to avoid it but not fast enough. I ran over it with the left side of the Torrent and almost lost control because it threw me to the right so hard and fast. Thank goodness I didn't panic and slam my brakes or jerk my wheel or I could've ended up off the road and hurt seriously bad (nothing but ravine on that road).
So, we took it into the dealership at lunchtime. It messed the tracking all up so they straightened that out as best they could. Did some other major damage to the steering and such (can't remember now what all Mike said), put a huge bubble in the rear tire and messed up the wheel. Great. So now we have to wait for the insurance company to get back to us so we can get it fixed. It's drivable now, but it will need the other repairs ASAP.
Now, this is going to be fun because I will be without a vehicle probably next week while it's in the shop. Hopefully it'll only be a day. Maybe we can get it set up for Tuesday since that'll be the only day I'll have off both jobs. I'd hate to miss any more work at the new job. I could care less about JoAnn's. So we'll see.
I sure hope the week after next will be better than this week has been.
