Gah....DRAMA.
And there's lots of it. I don't even know where to begin.
Oh, here's a good one. This ridiculous HEAT. I HATE SUMMER. I can only take off so much clothing here, people!!! Well, technically, I could get nakie, but I'm not really into being nakie around my family...or at work...
Ah, speaking of work. IT STILL SUCKS. Now they have taken away some responsibilities of mine, including making the schedule and making cotton candy. Now, as long as they don't cut my pay, I don't really care, but they have taken away the schedule making thing so I don't give myself the days off that I want. This is stupid because I don't just give myself the days off, I give everyone else the days off that they want too...within reason of course. My bosses don't want me taking off the first weekend of the month...as I have done every month this summer. In June, Derek left for England. In July, Derek returned from England. And this month, some friends of Derek's got married. Now, it's not like I can do anything to change the dates of these events, and it's not like I'm going to Chicago to just hang out for a weekend...there are actual reasons. And typically, the first weekend of the month is our busiest because all of the welfare people and geezers who get Social Security checks come in and shop at Wal-Mart. However, this past weekend was not any busier than a regular Friday. Even Holly (my pseudo-assistant manager) has told me that they haven't needed me...so what's the big deal??? As for the cotton candy, I spent four-plus hours on Wednesday making 150 tubs. 14.4 hours that day total. And they think I don't do anything substantial while I'm at work. I really need to get out of there. I had one girl (one of my best workers) put in her two weeks today because she got hired at a nice hotel doing front desk. About half of my employees are looking for either a second job or a new job. All of this has come about since our employee meeting (run by the district managers, with no input from me). I love my girls, and we are all friends, but this BS has to stop, and I'm encouraging them to find new jobs and get out of this bullshit business. Is it bad that I am looking in the classifieds and giving them suggestions as to where to apply? I'd look for myself but I don't want to start another job and only be there for four months. It's really hard to run a successful business and keep everyone happy when all of the higher ups are related. AND they discourage relatives working together. My brother is in the process of getting out of Subway too...he is working on getting a job at the telescoping seating (folding bleacher) company here in Altamont, which will actually use the skills he has learned in college. Good for him!!!
Meanwhile, I've been researching/planning for the wedding. I've got some great ideas, and I'm keeping them all in my little black notebook. I can't divulge a lot of details here because they are surprises, but I think I'm pretty much on track. We still haven't picked an exact date or a location (hopefully we can do that soon), and right now I am a little more focused on doing research for a house so we will actually have somewhere to live in five months or so. Plus looking for a job. Wow, I am busy!
Also, most of you probably know that the last time I went up to visit Derek, I missed my return train and he had to drive me home. I still had the ticket, and figured I'd use it this trip, right? WRONG. We even got to Union Station early this time (an hour and a half or so), went to the gate at about 7:30, and they were loading other trains and saying that your ticket needed to have that day's date on it because the train was sold out. So I went to see if I could actually use my old ticket, and found out that my train was also sold out, and that I couldn't take a train to Effingham until 4 p.m. the next day at the earliest. Of course I had to work at 2 p.m. so that wouldn't work. I returned to my seat, where Derek was waiting with my luggage, in tears. I was so pissed and upset because I knew Derek had to work at 10:30 the next morning and I didn't want him to have to drive a total of 7 hours to take me home and then go back and work the next day. But, since I have the absolutely most wonderful fiance in the entire universe, he did. We got to my house around midnight or so, got to bed at 12:30, and he woke up at 5:30 a.m. and left.
I am convinced that I could never have an actual functioning long-distance relationship. This summer has sucked, and I'm glad it will be over next Thursday when Derek returns to EIU. And then, after this semester, I will get to see him every single day, and I can't wait.
Anyway, this post is now HUGE and I need to end it.....right now.
Oh, here's a good one. This ridiculous HEAT. I HATE SUMMER. I can only take off so much clothing here, people!!! Well, technically, I could get nakie, but I'm not really into being nakie around my family...or at work...
Ah, speaking of work. IT STILL SUCKS. Now they have taken away some responsibilities of mine, including making the schedule and making cotton candy. Now, as long as they don't cut my pay, I don't really care, but they have taken away the schedule making thing so I don't give myself the days off that I want. This is stupid because I don't just give myself the days off, I give everyone else the days off that they want too...within reason of course. My bosses don't want me taking off the first weekend of the month...as I have done every month this summer. In June, Derek left for England. In July, Derek returned from England. And this month, some friends of Derek's got married. Now, it's not like I can do anything to change the dates of these events, and it's not like I'm going to Chicago to just hang out for a weekend...there are actual reasons. And typically, the first weekend of the month is our busiest because all of the welfare people and geezers who get Social Security checks come in and shop at Wal-Mart. However, this past weekend was not any busier than a regular Friday. Even Holly (my pseudo-assistant manager) has told me that they haven't needed me...so what's the big deal??? As for the cotton candy, I spent four-plus hours on Wednesday making 150 tubs. 14.4 hours that day total. And they think I don't do anything substantial while I'm at work. I really need to get out of there. I had one girl (one of my best workers) put in her two weeks today because she got hired at a nice hotel doing front desk. About half of my employees are looking for either a second job or a new job. All of this has come about since our employee meeting (run by the district managers, with no input from me). I love my girls, and we are all friends, but this BS has to stop, and I'm encouraging them to find new jobs and get out of this bullshit business. Is it bad that I am looking in the classifieds and giving them suggestions as to where to apply? I'd look for myself but I don't want to start another job and only be there for four months. It's really hard to run a successful business and keep everyone happy when all of the higher ups are related. AND they discourage relatives working together. My brother is in the process of getting out of Subway too...he is working on getting a job at the telescoping seating (folding bleacher) company here in Altamont, which will actually use the skills he has learned in college. Good for him!!!
Meanwhile, I've been researching/planning for the wedding. I've got some great ideas, and I'm keeping them all in my little black notebook. I can't divulge a lot of details here because they are surprises, but I think I'm pretty much on track. We still haven't picked an exact date or a location (hopefully we can do that soon), and right now I am a little more focused on doing research for a house so we will actually have somewhere to live in five months or so. Plus looking for a job. Wow, I am busy!
Also, most of you probably know that the last time I went up to visit Derek, I missed my return train and he had to drive me home. I still had the ticket, and figured I'd use it this trip, right? WRONG. We even got to Union Station early this time (an hour and a half or so), went to the gate at about 7:30, and they were loading other trains and saying that your ticket needed to have that day's date on it because the train was sold out. So I went to see if I could actually use my old ticket, and found out that my train was also sold out, and that I couldn't take a train to Effingham until 4 p.m. the next day at the earliest. Of course I had to work at 2 p.m. so that wouldn't work. I returned to my seat, where Derek was waiting with my luggage, in tears. I was so pissed and upset because I knew Derek had to work at 10:30 the next morning and I didn't want him to have to drive a total of 7 hours to take me home and then go back and work the next day. But, since I have the absolutely most wonderful fiance in the entire universe, he did. We got to my house around midnight or so, got to bed at 12:30, and he woke up at 5:30 a.m. and left.
I am convinced that I could never have an actual functioning long-distance relationship. This summer has sucked, and I'm glad it will be over next Thursday when Derek returns to EIU. And then, after this semester, I will get to see him every single day, and I can't wait.
Anyway, this post is now HUGE and I need to end it.....right now.