the few ups and mostly downs
I feel like I've kind of dropped off the face of the earth with this new job. I mean I still see some people occasionally, but I guess that's what actually working 40 hour weeks is about? So if I don't call you, I'm sorry. I still love you in that purely platonic way.
My parents 25th Wedding Anniversary party turned out well. My Grandparents had most everything set up before I could get up there on Friday afternoon, even after I told them not to do anything until I got up there. But that's my grandparents. The rain held off for dinner, we managed to get everything in the tent out before the rain, and then it stopped at dusk to allow us to have a bonfire. I love bonfires. All in all it was relatively stress free.
The same cannot be said about my work life. I'm beginning to wonder if this is someones cruel way of telling me I am not cut out to be a groomer or even a bather. When it comes to the kennel aspect of the job I am excelling in it and am never questioned about any work I do. But for whatever reason I cannot slow myself down when I am bathing. I have learned ALOT. I know how to "fluff dry" poodles or bichons now, I'm learning what different medicated baths do, how to internally express anal glands and other various things reguarding being in a veterinary setting.
However, I'm missing a lot of critical things while bathing dogs. They're things I never had to look for before because I've never worked at a place where we can treat them. We would notice they had an issue with their skin/ears/etc and let the owner know but that was as far as we could go. We were never ever allowed to tell the owners what we thought it was, even if we were 100% sure. So I'm missing critical things that I should be notifying someone about, but I'm working on it. There are a lot of little things that are VERY different at Waverly and, for a reason I haven't figured out yet, it is very hard for me to adjust.
I know a lot of it has to deal with my always needing to move fast. In ALL aspects of my life, not just my work life, I need to just SLLLLOOOOWWWWW the hell down. I'm always rushing, always stressing. I'm generally at least 5 minutes early everywhere I go, and if I don't make that deadline I stress out. No matter how many times I tell myself to slow down every single day I still rush.
I hope all of you are doing well. I was thinking once the pool warms up over at my parents maybe a BBQ at the pool will need to be had again. Let me know what you guys think, anyone is welcome!
My parents 25th Wedding Anniversary party turned out well. My Grandparents had most everything set up before I could get up there on Friday afternoon, even after I told them not to do anything until I got up there. But that's my grandparents. The rain held off for dinner, we managed to get everything in the tent out before the rain, and then it stopped at dusk to allow us to have a bonfire. I love bonfires. All in all it was relatively stress free.
The same cannot be said about my work life. I'm beginning to wonder if this is someones cruel way of telling me I am not cut out to be a groomer or even a bather. When it comes to the kennel aspect of the job I am excelling in it and am never questioned about any work I do. But for whatever reason I cannot slow myself down when I am bathing. I have learned ALOT. I know how to "fluff dry" poodles or bichons now, I'm learning what different medicated baths do, how to internally express anal glands and other various things reguarding being in a veterinary setting.
However, I'm missing a lot of critical things while bathing dogs. They're things I never had to look for before because I've never worked at a place where we can treat them. We would notice they had an issue with their skin/ears/etc and let the owner know but that was as far as we could go. We were never ever allowed to tell the owners what we thought it was, even if we were 100% sure. So I'm missing critical things that I should be notifying someone about, but I'm working on it. There are a lot of little things that are VERY different at Waverly and, for a reason I haven't figured out yet, it is very hard for me to adjust.
I know a lot of it has to deal with my always needing to move fast. In ALL aspects of my life, not just my work life, I need to just SLLLLOOOOWWWWW the hell down. I'm always rushing, always stressing. I'm generally at least 5 minutes early everywhere I go, and if I don't make that deadline I stress out. No matter how many times I tell myself to slow down every single day I still rush.
I hope all of you are doing well. I was thinking once the pool warms up over at my parents maybe a BBQ at the pool will need to be had again. Let me know what you guys think, anyone is welcome!