Amazing Job!
I'm now working at Graner Music over on Austin Bluff and Barnes. Tell yah what...it's about the most amazing job I've ever had. The first time I walked in there, I was on a hunt for sheet music...it was a disaster. I was so overwhelmed by the damn buckets of sheet music, packed too tightly and totally disorganized. I was looking for a job at the time and submitted my resume on a whim. I actually walked into the GM's office, handed him my resume and sat down to start the interview...there was no way I was going to walk out without one. I was pretty much a shoe-in...thank God. During the course of our conversation, he asked me what my future goals where...and since I wasn't going to lie and tell him that I was destined to be in the music industry forever, I was honest. I basically went on a schpiel about how I want to own a cafe and have live music and the whole nine...of course I was nervous when he raised his eyebrows at the beginning of my explanation, and started babbling. I think I ran out of wind and he grinned and told me that I would fit in perfectly with the team.
Here I am, almost 2 months later, and happier than a fat kid with a cupcake. I'm helping manage sheet music, which is where I was hoping to go. So far, I've gotten some stupid midi disks sent back to the rightful publishers and am about to do some trading with Hal Leonard to get him out to the store to help get our backwards operation running efficiently. Hal Leonard and Alfred publishers are huge competitors, so I gave Alfred the same option, and they're sending out a rep to help with their stock as well. May and early April are going to be big months for me. I'm trying to flush out old, dead stock to get new stuff in...if it's old enough to not have a bar code...it's gone! Thankfully we're starting to inventory all sheet music, so we have an idea of what the hell we have, and I've requested that the publishers send us our top selling list once a month so we can forcast ordering. My biggest goal is to get rid of the nasty bins and get bookcases up so that it's easier to browse, and alot nicer for the store. Thankfully, Hal Leonard has started manufacturing bookcases, and there's a great chance that we'll be able to get enough bookcases to start us in a direction. Overall for the time I've been there, I think I'm kicking ass and taking names. I have a great repore with the people I work with and my life is so much nicer. The current manager just found out she's pregnant and leaving at the end of the month. With this, I'll get the manager's spot and hopefully be able to squeeze 13$ an hour out of Corkey for the work I'm doing. Life is wonderful right now, and it's always nice to know how valuable I am to a company. Mel Graner has been talking to me alot lately, and it's kind of fun hearing about how things were when he started the company...I'm hoping to get to know more about how the music industry works. This is definitly not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life, but thankfully I wasn't hired for this job specifically. I can't wait for them to get the cafe up and running! Managing that will make things so fucking cool. Everything in my life is falling into place nicely again, and for the first time in a long time, I feel like myself again. Bill has been amazing! He's potty training Kai for me and watches him 3 days a week. Kai has started going part time to daycare at a home daycare, and they're absolutely wonderful. Bill and I are saving for a trip to Acapulco in the late fall and praying that it all comes together the way we want it to. With 13$ an hour the bills will be paid off in a couple months and we'll have the rest for savings. I've started Kai a savings for college, and excited to see where we are in 17 or 18 years. College for me is going slow, and hopefully I can get into some classes soon. I really have nothing to complain about right now! I'm happy, and productive. Kai is starting to learn words and how to read them and growing SO fast. Since I'm working, I can definitly see how fast he's growing. I think that this way I've learned not to take him for granted...funny how that happens. Bill's work has picked up by double, and it's fun to see so many creative minds in and out of here. I've picked up electric bass lessons for one of the guys I work with, and it's been fun. I bought a hot pink bass, that everyone seems to be in love with. Being hot pink, I thought everyone would avoid it like the plague...guess I was wrong.
I found out I have a thyroid issue...gaining weight the way I was started to concern me, and thankfully the problem was caught fairly early. I can't be on birth control anymore, since it completely fucks up my hormone levels, so now I'm hoping to lose the weight. I'm praying to be back at a size 13 again by the summer. Can't always get what you want, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.
Here I am, almost 2 months later, and happier than a fat kid with a cupcake. I'm helping manage sheet music, which is where I was hoping to go. So far, I've gotten some stupid midi disks sent back to the rightful publishers and am about to do some trading with Hal Leonard to get him out to the store to help get our backwards operation running efficiently. Hal Leonard and Alfred publishers are huge competitors, so I gave Alfred the same option, and they're sending out a rep to help with their stock as well. May and early April are going to be big months for me. I'm trying to flush out old, dead stock to get new stuff in...if it's old enough to not have a bar code...it's gone! Thankfully we're starting to inventory all sheet music, so we have an idea of what the hell we have, and I've requested that the publishers send us our top selling list once a month so we can forcast ordering. My biggest goal is to get rid of the nasty bins and get bookcases up so that it's easier to browse, and alot nicer for the store. Thankfully, Hal Leonard has started manufacturing bookcases, and there's a great chance that we'll be able to get enough bookcases to start us in a direction. Overall for the time I've been there, I think I'm kicking ass and taking names. I have a great repore with the people I work with and my life is so much nicer. The current manager just found out she's pregnant and leaving at the end of the month. With this, I'll get the manager's spot and hopefully be able to squeeze 13$ an hour out of Corkey for the work I'm doing. Life is wonderful right now, and it's always nice to know how valuable I am to a company. Mel Graner has been talking to me alot lately, and it's kind of fun hearing about how things were when he started the company...I'm hoping to get to know more about how the music industry works. This is definitly not what I want to be doing for the rest of my life, but thankfully I wasn't hired for this job specifically. I can't wait for them to get the cafe up and running! Managing that will make things so fucking cool. Everything in my life is falling into place nicely again, and for the first time in a long time, I feel like myself again. Bill has been amazing! He's potty training Kai for me and watches him 3 days a week. Kai has started going part time to daycare at a home daycare, and they're absolutely wonderful. Bill and I are saving for a trip to Acapulco in the late fall and praying that it all comes together the way we want it to. With 13$ an hour the bills will be paid off in a couple months and we'll have the rest for savings. I've started Kai a savings for college, and excited to see where we are in 17 or 18 years. College for me is going slow, and hopefully I can get into some classes soon. I really have nothing to complain about right now! I'm happy, and productive. Kai is starting to learn words and how to read them and growing SO fast. Since I'm working, I can definitly see how fast he's growing. I think that this way I've learned not to take him for granted...funny how that happens. Bill's work has picked up by double, and it's fun to see so many creative minds in and out of here. I've picked up electric bass lessons for one of the guys I work with, and it's been fun. I bought a hot pink bass, that everyone seems to be in love with. Being hot pink, I thought everyone would avoid it like the plague...guess I was wrong.
I found out I have a thyroid issue...gaining weight the way I was started to concern me, and thankfully the problem was caught fairly early. I can't be on birth control anymore, since it completely fucks up my hormone levels, so now I'm hoping to lose the weight. I'm praying to be back at a size 13 again by the summer. Can't always get what you want, but I'll keep my fingers crossed.