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74: describe a good friend of yours without using their name or gendered pronouns.
They're funny, bold, loud, and a caring friend. We bonded over our mutual love of odd humour and sometimes-crass outlooks on things. I can tell them just about anything and don't have to worry about being judged or what I tell them getting back to anyone else. I feel incredibly lucky to have made such a good friend in someone who I probably wouldn't have been as close with under any other circumstances
I've been a bit AWOL of late because I've been trying to finish out these last few days of mmom. But with the inclusion of yesterday's story I have officially met up with where I should be with my getyourwordsout count! I signed up to do 150k this year and have just passed over 70k which means I've written over 43k this month! And there are still three days left, counting today!
Work just took a turn into the way more interesting direction. My company just bought another business and so I'm one of the key players in the acquisition in terms of wrangling all their social media, merchandise, internal ordering, working with the Corporate Director on the website, and controlling the narrative behind it. Our city is quite small so there's some crossover between employees who used to work with us that are now at this new place that's ours and so we want to be able to put the info out there that we want people to know and not what they hear through the grapevine. Even in our own manufacturing facility there are people saying things like that the same business with the same name in a city about 40 minutes away was also included in the acquisition, which it wasn't (at one point there were three with the same name owned by the same dude who then sold them off one by one and they're all now separate entities, despite having the same name and logos and such).
The social media for this place is scattered all over and not maintained in the least so I've got to herd all those cats (some of them that are set up aren't done properly, even in the category they're listed under! If they were a banana seller they'd be listed under toothpaste and motor oil in two other places--not what they are and not even consistently incorrect!) and hope that the people I'll be dealing with at the new place are easy to work with. Like in anything where someone's livelihoods are potentially threatened there have been some negative nellies in the mix but we're going to go in with a positive attitude and hope it rubs off on the people who will be making the transition with us. This company is still very viable and relevant in the community but in the past 30 years have changed very little in terms of how they operate and even the systems they use so there's going to be a learning curve as we basically overhaul everything except the actual products they sell--and even then we'll be switching up providers and supplies.
It's overwhelming because I'm freaked out that I'll shit the bed with some or all of what I'm required to do but at the same time we're all kind of in this weird space of figuring out what we're doing and how we're going to do it. The relationship between all the companies we have under our umbrella is already confusing and while this will help better define the relationship between them, it's going to be weird figuring out how we market that while we transition but also keep the established brand loyalty--on both business fronts.
I don't know if any of this makes any sense but it's good to get it off my mind for now. I've known this was coming for months now, just wasn't sure when or how quickly. Now it's here and we're all still a bit confused, LOL. But! One day at a time and I can only do as much as I can do and nothing more.
OH. On a fun note, I just realized over the weekend that if you download the Giphy app for iphone and then enable it in the images/videos/gifs button in imessages YOU CAN USE ANY GIPHY GIF THEY HAVE INSTEAD OF ONLY THE ONES SELECTED BY APPLE IN IMESSAGES ITSELF. Mind blown, day made. Like, Snapchat is fun and all but if I could communicate with people just through gifs I'd be SO happy.
OH! I finally got around to doing my hair this weekend!
I mermaided my own hair!
They're funny, bold, loud, and a caring friend. We bonded over our mutual love of odd humour and sometimes-crass outlooks on things. I can tell them just about anything and don't have to worry about being judged or what I tell them getting back to anyone else. I feel incredibly lucky to have made such a good friend in someone who I probably wouldn't have been as close with under any other circumstances
I've been a bit AWOL of late because I've been trying to finish out these last few days of mmom. But with the inclusion of yesterday's story I have officially met up with where I should be with my getyourwordsout count! I signed up to do 150k this year and have just passed over 70k which means I've written over 43k this month! And there are still three days left, counting today!
Work just took a turn into the way more interesting direction. My company just bought another business and so I'm one of the key players in the acquisition in terms of wrangling all their social media, merchandise, internal ordering, working with the Corporate Director on the website, and controlling the narrative behind it. Our city is quite small so there's some crossover between employees who used to work with us that are now at this new place that's ours and so we want to be able to put the info out there that we want people to know and not what they hear through the grapevine. Even in our own manufacturing facility there are people saying things like that the same business with the same name in a city about 40 minutes away was also included in the acquisition, which it wasn't (at one point there were three with the same name owned by the same dude who then sold them off one by one and they're all now separate entities, despite having the same name and logos and such).
The social media for this place is scattered all over and not maintained in the least so I've got to herd all those cats (some of them that are set up aren't done properly, even in the category they're listed under! If they were a banana seller they'd be listed under toothpaste and motor oil in two other places--not what they are and not even consistently incorrect!) and hope that the people I'll be dealing with at the new place are easy to work with. Like in anything where someone's livelihoods are potentially threatened there have been some negative nellies in the mix but we're going to go in with a positive attitude and hope it rubs off on the people who will be making the transition with us. This company is still very viable and relevant in the community but in the past 30 years have changed very little in terms of how they operate and even the systems they use so there's going to be a learning curve as we basically overhaul everything except the actual products they sell--and even then we'll be switching up providers and supplies.
It's overwhelming because I'm freaked out that I'll shit the bed with some or all of what I'm required to do but at the same time we're all kind of in this weird space of figuring out what we're doing and how we're going to do it. The relationship between all the companies we have under our umbrella is already confusing and while this will help better define the relationship between them, it's going to be weird figuring out how we market that while we transition but also keep the established brand loyalty--on both business fronts.
I don't know if any of this makes any sense but it's good to get it off my mind for now. I've known this was coming for months now, just wasn't sure when or how quickly. Now it's here and we're all still a bit confused, LOL. But! One day at a time and I can only do as much as I can do and nothing more.
OH. On a fun note, I just realized over the weekend that if you download the Giphy app for iphone and then enable it in the images/videos/gifs button in imessages YOU CAN USE ANY GIPHY GIF THEY HAVE INSTEAD OF ONLY THE ONES SELECTED BY APPLE IN IMESSAGES ITSELF. Mind blown, day made. Like, Snapchat is fun and all but if I could communicate with people just through gifs I'd be SO happy.
OH! I finally got around to doing my hair this weekend!
I mermaided my own hair!