Work has been better, thankfully. Not as overwhelming. I, at least, have an ASM now. I took two days off in a row this week and I don't feel stressed out about it. This is good. Now I get to write reviews for associates that I've only worked with for two months. This seems highly unfair for them, but I will do my best ( Read more... )

My week, for the most part, has sucked. Mostly family stress. Surprise surprise. I swear, I feel like the black sheep of the family sometimes. or the screw up. Same difference. I'm just ready for some good news ( Read more... )

Everything is starting to grow rapidly in my yard. Bushes and trees of which I have no idea what they are are starting to show life. And the grass and weeds are going at full blast...and I don't own a lawnmower yet!! lol. My yard is looking a mess. Next payday we're totally buying a lawnmower. Funds have prevented us from buying one lately. It's ( Read more... )

Hello from the West coast ( Read more... )

So, the week went well. Got a lot done last week. Prepped for inventory. The store numbers improved. Yay!
Then...the bomb dropped.
( Do you really want to know about my day? )

Well, after calling HR about the stress in the store and other crazy crap going on, I got a call from my DM wanting to talk. So we went over a few things, not everything, but as much as we were able to cause the store got busy. He told me not to stress too much about losing my job, that my numbers have improved this week and I need to stay focused ( Read more... )

So Steve and I got our taxes done. Yay. We're getting $$ back, which is nice. Other than credit card bills we're getting him a new camera and I'm getting fabric. lol. Well, enough to get a couple costumes started I hope ( Read more... )

Sorry, no progress pics. We ended up helping a friend move some stuff, got lost in the process and then hung out til 6pm. We all went out to dinner afterwards to relax. Oi. I started cutting all the new pieces for Giselle. With luck I'll have a lot of it sewn together. I wasn't expecting to be away nearly all day. I still need to buy sandals for my ( Read more... )