Girls Gone Wild - I Wish!

Well, the day was somewhat productive. The girl I was going to train was not working today. Of course, my dumbass forgot to check schedules. lol.

Anyway, I have been reading up on everyone and I have noticed that it's a little weird. It's like you are invited into a tiny part of these people's lives and you look forward to what will happen next. I read about Karin and how her job is going. I have read about Leann and her adventures in Alaska. Then there is Beck and her daily updates about how she is doing. Annabel is always so busy. She makes me look like a sloth. hehe. Jade hasn't been around lately, but I guess she is quite busy with school and work. She is probably a kick-ass bartender. Too bad all of us girls couldn't hit her establishment together with a girl's night out. Of course, we would have to fly Austere to the states for that, but what's a few thousand miles between girls and a great night of fun? Miss Parlancheq (Miss Mass.) could crack us all up with her fun loving self as she points out the best and unique men in the room. It would be so much fun.

Now, I know the men who may read this will be a little jealous. But the girls have got to do their thing once in awhile, you know what I mean? Helllllooooo!

Andrew, Pipe, my boyfriend, and all of the single, married, divorced, gay, hetero, whatevero guys out there - Eat your hearts out on a night like that.

Nothing tastes better than a great cup of coffee in the morning while I read all the activity that happened the night before on all of the blogs I read. It seems more activity happens after I go to bed. You know what I mean?

It rained last night and it will continue to rain all day. Yeah! I love it when it rains. I have to visit one of my smaller stores today. It should be fun. I love training and coaching new associates and that is what I will be doing there today. When I was there last week, I gave one of the girls something new to learn and told her that I would be back to follow up. Today is the day.

Well, I got to get goin'. I shall return later this evening.

Garbage Day Needed

I have been doing a lot of self-evaluating lately. I think it is time for a change. I don't know what type of change quite yet, but I do know that not all is right in my life. I feel like I should clean up a part of my life, maybe become more organized. You see, I am one of those who has always been the listmaker, never the one checking off the list. And it's hard to believe when you see the line of work I am in. My job is all about follow-up. It's my home and personal life that lacks the follow-up. I am in need for a change.

I suppose you could say I noticed this - ah, well, it hit me pretty hard this morning. As I was on my way to drop my kid off to school clear across town, I saw everyone on their daily commute to only God knows where. All of those single file cars on the three-lane highway, all with the same purpose of having to be somewhere by sometime. It made me think about how predictable my life is and how I need more organization. Now you may be thinking that I am talking out of both sides of my mouth here, and I am. Sort of. I wish I could organize my life and home better. I have always been a dreamer of the family dinners at the kitchen table and nights curled up with my family, watching a great show together. Very traditional, I know. But it is also very RARE!!! Not very many families do that anymore. We are always in such a hurry that we don't make time for the small stuff that really matters. As for being predictable, I guess you could say that about me with relationships. I always know how they are going to end up. It's pretty bad when you know the reason why it doesn't work out, but don't do anything to make sure that it doesn't end up that way.

Did that make any sense?

Oh well. I guess it takes time. I am just afraid that one day I will wake up and see that I don't have as much time as I thought I did.

What A Day

Funny day today. It was one of the most stressful days I have had since I took this new position. I actually had one of my bosses, D#1, threaten me with my job today. Actually, she threatened all of us. I have to laugh about it because she doesn't have that authority, but she is one of those who thinks she does. So, it is comical to watch sometimes.

Anyway, we had a conference call with her today and of course, she wants us to come up with an action plan on how we are going to cure the shrink problem she has created. Only because we have the magic ways of getting it all turned around. We didn't have any help except- wait! She was the one who told all of our stores to concentrate on sales and not to worry about shrink. Well, guess what? They listened. And now she is scrambling to find the answers.

Quite frankly, I am stressed out, but I am also seeing another side of this. I have been evaluating D#1 quite a bit since I took on this position and I have noticed that she has low self-esteem. I believe this to be the reason why she is always throwing us under the bus. I had to go off on her a bit today. It wasn't very nice and I would normally never talk to a superior that way, but she has allowed me to do it so many times before, that it is difficult not to anymore. I want her to hear what our people have to go through for the "office people". What they seem to forget is that the people who are working their fingers to the bone in the stores are their bread and butter. How easy it is to forget. I will never forget. I haven't yet and I never will.

Auburn #2

Auburn is now ranked #2 behind Ohio State. Amazing. Well, Andrew, looks like we have a slight competition between us. How fun!