checking in.
i maybe might have had a couple (of really light) beers at this point. just feeling buzzy and chatty and saying hi. i've been writing a follow-up piece to "there's more than corn in indiana" mostly because i found some unused material in an old notebook that made me chuckle, so i wanted to see if i could do anything with it. i've got 3000 words of a piece i shoved into the season 3 timeline right after "bad day at black rock" and i don't hate it, so that's a good start. needs a lift and a polish, though, which i hope to complete sometime during my VACATION next week.
boy, was that a long time coming. i'm in no way going to say a have a job that is more stressful than anything ANYONE out there is doing, but it has its moments, and every three months or so i hit my shit-taking limit, and just need to be NOT IN THE RESTAURANT for a few days. the problem is, we only get two weeks of vacay a year, so i've tried to take one every six months. i'm lobbying for an extra day off every three months, or a policy that consists of a set number if vacation days we can take whenever, as opposed to two whole weeks. i love my job, but DAMN, those people are annoying. i now have a staff of 105 reporting to me, which means 105 people yapping my ear off about their issues every time they see me. it's not always fun. but i grin and bear it, and will continue to, because i'm really aiming to get another award this year, hopefully the one reserved for the top 1% of general managers in the country. already bagged one for the top 10%, what up?
the kittehs would like me to say hi. toast tried to jump up onto the desk and failed miserably. miss kitty is napping on the bed right where i sleep, which is why i wake up every morning with cat hairs between my eyelids. shenanigans is a shit. end of story.
i think i'm getting a ring this year. well, i more than think. he's pretty much told me. i got tickets to fenway for his birthday, so we're going to boston in september, which just happens to be our three-year anniversary, and i hate to jinx anything, but that would be awesome. when we were in chi-town at the red sox/white sox, two couple got engaged on the big screen, and i know how his mind works.
enough rambling. time for a refill!
boy, was that a long time coming. i'm in no way going to say a have a job that is more stressful than anything ANYONE out there is doing, but it has its moments, and every three months or so i hit my shit-taking limit, and just need to be NOT IN THE RESTAURANT for a few days. the problem is, we only get two weeks of vacay a year, so i've tried to take one every six months. i'm lobbying for an extra day off every three months, or a policy that consists of a set number if vacation days we can take whenever, as opposed to two whole weeks. i love my job, but DAMN, those people are annoying. i now have a staff of 105 reporting to me, which means 105 people yapping my ear off about their issues every time they see me. it's not always fun. but i grin and bear it, and will continue to, because i'm really aiming to get another award this year, hopefully the one reserved for the top 1% of general managers in the country. already bagged one for the top 10%, what up?
the kittehs would like me to say hi. toast tried to jump up onto the desk and failed miserably. miss kitty is napping on the bed right where i sleep, which is why i wake up every morning with cat hairs between my eyelids. shenanigans is a shit. end of story.
i think i'm getting a ring this year. well, i more than think. he's pretty much told me. i got tickets to fenway for his birthday, so we're going to boston in september, which just happens to be our three-year anniversary, and i hate to jinx anything, but that would be awesome. when we were in chi-town at the red sox/white sox, two couple got engaged on the big screen, and i know how his mind works.
enough rambling. time for a refill!