A little bit of everything
So, it has been awhile since I posted.
My hair is fading sort of quickly - not really that surprising. It has gone from maroon-y to copper-y. Still looks pretty good on me. When I use regular shampoo it seems to strip the color out very quickly. I was mildly shocked at the difference one day of using non-color safe shampoo made when I washed it over the weekend with the shampoo in the travel bag. Chunks of blond started to show. Hmm. So, I guess I need to choose: Do I let it fade? Do I dye it again? Do I dye it sort of normal color so it doesn't look so splotchy as it fades? Decisions, decisions.
I talked to the teacher at the school this weekend. She only wound up with one extra class, so, not enough to hire me even part time. *sigh* She kept talking about other teachers in the area and that she would keep an eye open for positions for me, but the truth is... I'm scared. I'm scared to run a program by myself. I don't have the materials. I've been out of it too long. I need a mentor and a partner to get up off the ground again.
Work is stressful, of course. We have received permission to hire another Account Manager, which is exciting. K is interviewing people, and has a couple good candidates. Of course, she also said to me today that her current best candidate would actually do better in D's department. Now, I am all for building up D's department, b/c it needs it and it also might take some pressure off me, but darn it! That was OUR interviewee! (I am only partly kidding there.) There was someone in our sister company that we were possibly considering, but K feels that she is a bit too..passive? We need someone that will push back against the customers when we need to. Like when they change art 3 days before we ship. Or when they, oh, I don't know, can't choose a frickin' hang tag to save their lives! In the meantime, we are trying to prepare things for said new person. We have a standing 'date' to stay 1 hour late on Mondays and work on procedures and organization. Currently, K is working on a training plan and I am working on vendor manual organization.
The kitties are doing well, for the most part. They are adjusting to the carpet being gone. It was funny those first couple of days to see Sakura speed through the house and go sliding when she tried to pivot and stop. Heehee..I'm a mean mama. Sakura went back into heat heavy-duty on Thursday and apparently eventually got on Athena's nerves at some point over the weekend. Athena clocked her. She has a scratch down the bridge of her nose, a scrape on her temple, and a spot just inside her ear. Athena is missing a small tuft of fur off her chest, but seems otherwise unscathed. Watch out Athena, you won't be bigger than her forever!
Today I took Sakura to the vet over my lunch hour. She got a B Complex shot and some medicine to take for 2 weeks to bring her platelet count up. She is scheduled to be spayed on 5/10. We'll see if we can't accomplish it this time.
People ask me how I am, and I don't know how to answer. It seems like your job eats so much of your life, that 'how you are' should be based on how work is going. If that is the case, I am stressed out and mostly unhappy. That seems ... like it's not how I want to be. I am working on having more to my life than that though. I visit Grandma, I finally have achieved weekly hangouts with friends, I am trying to appreciate my kitties and my hubby, I am trying to do more in the evenings than just sit on the computer. Speaking of which, I am going to go plant some flowers.
My hair is fading sort of quickly - not really that surprising. It has gone from maroon-y to copper-y. Still looks pretty good on me. When I use regular shampoo it seems to strip the color out very quickly. I was mildly shocked at the difference one day of using non-color safe shampoo made when I washed it over the weekend with the shampoo in the travel bag. Chunks of blond started to show. Hmm. So, I guess I need to choose: Do I let it fade? Do I dye it again? Do I dye it sort of normal color so it doesn't look so splotchy as it fades? Decisions, decisions.
I talked to the teacher at the school this weekend. She only wound up with one extra class, so, not enough to hire me even part time. *sigh* She kept talking about other teachers in the area and that she would keep an eye open for positions for me, but the truth is... I'm scared. I'm scared to run a program by myself. I don't have the materials. I've been out of it too long. I need a mentor and a partner to get up off the ground again.
Work is stressful, of course. We have received permission to hire another Account Manager, which is exciting. K is interviewing people, and has a couple good candidates. Of course, she also said to me today that her current best candidate would actually do better in D's department. Now, I am all for building up D's department, b/c it needs it and it also might take some pressure off me, but darn it! That was OUR interviewee! (I am only partly kidding there.) There was someone in our sister company that we were possibly considering, but K feels that she is a bit too..passive? We need someone that will push back against the customers when we need to. Like when they change art 3 days before we ship. Or when they, oh, I don't know, can't choose a frickin' hang tag to save their lives! In the meantime, we are trying to prepare things for said new person. We have a standing 'date' to stay 1 hour late on Mondays and work on procedures and organization. Currently, K is working on a training plan and I am working on vendor manual organization.
The kitties are doing well, for the most part. They are adjusting to the carpet being gone. It was funny those first couple of days to see Sakura speed through the house and go sliding when she tried to pivot and stop. Heehee..I'm a mean mama. Sakura went back into heat heavy-duty on Thursday and apparently eventually got on Athena's nerves at some point over the weekend. Athena clocked her. She has a scratch down the bridge of her nose, a scrape on her temple, and a spot just inside her ear. Athena is missing a small tuft of fur off her chest, but seems otherwise unscathed. Watch out Athena, you won't be bigger than her forever!
Today I took Sakura to the vet over my lunch hour. She got a B Complex shot and some medicine to take for 2 weeks to bring her platelet count up. She is scheduled to be spayed on 5/10. We'll see if we can't accomplish it this time.
People ask me how I am, and I don't know how to answer. It seems like your job eats so much of your life, that 'how you are' should be based on how work is going. If that is the case, I am stressed out and mostly unhappy. That seems ... like it's not how I want to be. I am working on having more to my life than that though. I visit Grandma, I finally have achieved weekly hangouts with friends, I am trying to appreciate my kitties and my hubby, I am trying to do more in the evenings than just sit on the computer. Speaking of which, I am going to go plant some flowers.