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Holiday starts NOW. Ugh. Work is getting insane. The people are getting bitchier, and there's more of them.
The good news is... Dan told me a promotion is coming my way. He said that after Holiday is over (which is technically mid-January) there will be a lot of "things going on," and that if I have open availability... there might be some good things in there for me. No guarantees, of course, because he can't make that promise two months before it happens... but he said the chance was good. He didn't tell me what the position was... but... I'm hoping it's something along the lines of Visual Merchandiser. Something that's full time, at least, hopefully with a raise, and maybe more power. I've got power now, yes, but not enough to really make huge decisions, not enough to make serious changes. Employees listen to me, and I can get just about anyone to do their job quickly and efficiently, but I can't change schedules or make promises to get them to do it. I'm in charge for no more than an hour and a half at a time, and I handle all of the store's accounting and documentation. Woo. Not exciting.
In other news... I REALLY miss my brother today. Hardcore. And my niece. I don't know what it is. I think it's this time of year. I really miss my family, and I hate that Savanna has grown up without me around. I was there for her birth, I was there the first six months... but I missed her first steps, her first words, her first Christmas, her first Halloween, her first Thanksgiving. I miss Andrew, and the conversations we used to have. He calls me almost every day, and leaves funny voicemails, but... it's hard not being able to hug him. He's my big brother, he takes care of me. I miss Joseph, too... more than anything. He's one of the people I admire most in this world, and it's hard not having him around, either. I feel so inadequate next to him, true, but he inspired me to make changes in my life, in my thinking. Without him around, I'm boring again.
I should start on Christmas gifts. Ugh. I don't know what to make or buy, this year. I have a short list, since I've lost contact with so many people... but I've also gained some essential people, too. I've gained some friends that are just... incredible. I don't know where I would be without them in my life. So, back to the problem at hand: I'm better at making gifts, and I'm strapped for cash anyway, but I just don't know what to do. I don't have any ideas. Last year, I knew EXACTLY what to do... this year... not so much. Bleh. Maybe it'll come to me...
And how are all of you?
The good news is... Dan told me a promotion is coming my way. He said that after Holiday is over (which is technically mid-January) there will be a lot of "things going on," and that if I have open availability... there might be some good things in there for me. No guarantees, of course, because he can't make that promise two months before it happens... but he said the chance was good. He didn't tell me what the position was... but... I'm hoping it's something along the lines of Visual Merchandiser. Something that's full time, at least, hopefully with a raise, and maybe more power. I've got power now, yes, but not enough to really make huge decisions, not enough to make serious changes. Employees listen to me, and I can get just about anyone to do their job quickly and efficiently, but I can't change schedules or make promises to get them to do it. I'm in charge for no more than an hour and a half at a time, and I handle all of the store's accounting and documentation. Woo. Not exciting.
In other news... I REALLY miss my brother today. Hardcore. And my niece. I don't know what it is. I think it's this time of year. I really miss my family, and I hate that Savanna has grown up without me around. I was there for her birth, I was there the first six months... but I missed her first steps, her first words, her first Christmas, her first Halloween, her first Thanksgiving. I miss Andrew, and the conversations we used to have. He calls me almost every day, and leaves funny voicemails, but... it's hard not being able to hug him. He's my big brother, he takes care of me. I miss Joseph, too... more than anything. He's one of the people I admire most in this world, and it's hard not having him around, either. I feel so inadequate next to him, true, but he inspired me to make changes in my life, in my thinking. Without him around, I'm boring again.
I should start on Christmas gifts. Ugh. I don't know what to make or buy, this year. I have a short list, since I've lost contact with so many people... but I've also gained some essential people, too. I've gained some friends that are just... incredible. I don't know where I would be without them in my life. So, back to the problem at hand: I'm better at making gifts, and I'm strapped for cash anyway, but I just don't know what to do. I don't have any ideas. Last year, I knew EXACTLY what to do... this year... not so much. Bleh. Maybe it'll come to me...
And how are all of you?