Hey There,
As part of my new role at work, during shift change I like to process with the other supervisor who is either leaving or working after me. During this time I like to share with them what I call bad news/good news. It's my fun little way of framing the not so good stuff with something a little better. For example, I might say the bad news is we were so busy I wasn't able to get x, y and z done. The good news is the customer that no one wants to wait on (b/c she is crazy) has already been in today so you won't have to deal with that later. Or the bad news is I'm leaving in a few minutes. The good news is I did get x, y and z done before you got here.
Since I am off today I thought I would share the home version of bad news/good news.
The bad news is I can't get my vacuum cleaner bags from Sears. The good news is the bags are durable and I was actually able to empty the one in my vacuum.
The bad news is my vacuum is small and therefore the bags are too. The good news is, after emptying it, I found out they hold a remarkable amount of Golden Retriever hair.
The bad news is I don't know if this shortage of bags in permanent. The good news is I've found a temporary solution.
The bad news is there is a predicted high of only 60 degrees today. The good news is without having heard the weather, I started making a vat of chili yesterday to be finished and eaten today.
The bad news is I have plenty of chores that I need to go do. The good news is I've updated my blog more than once this week.
Make hay while the sun shines, kids!
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Random Thoughts
Greetings One and All,
Happy Spring! After a long cold winter in the northeast I hope the warmer weather finds you all soon. In the land of sunshine we've already been dealing with the joys of pollen for weeks. Allergies have been coming on strong and everyone's vehicle has a lovely yellow tinge to it.
Things at work are moving along just fine. I'm starting to get my feet under me in the new position and find my place among the other supervisors. There are more changes on the horizon. Another supervisor is transferring to our store and one of our current supervisors will likely be promoted to an assistant manager. Since we do not currently have an assistant manager it will interesting to see how this all works out.
Jak and I are enjoying the extra hour of daylight as it gives us a bigger window of time to get to the dog beach around my crazy schedule. Currently Jak is laying across the threshold with his head hanging over the step. He's really so good about me coming and going at all different hours. One good thing about his love of food is that he will eat his two meals a day any time. Even on the days when breakfast is at 4am or supper is at 11pm. Last night I rolled over in bed and knocked a pillow onto the floor right on top of poor unsuspecting Jak who was sleeping peacefully next to my bed. The poor thing jumped up from a sound sleep not knowing what hit him. Needless to say I felt pretty bad. I'm glad it wasn't anything heavier than pillow. Poor pup.
If I can find the ambition this morning, I will go for a run before work. I am still trying to work up to running a 10k, though my schedule makes it tough to have a set training routine. I'm at least trying to run 2-3 miles a couple times a week sans Jak and then whatever running he is up for on the days I walk him. At the very least I want to do the same 5k that I did last May.
Before I wrap this up, I want to send out some belated birthday wishes to my friend MaryAnn. I apologize for being a few days late and just remember you get a whole week to celebrate. So Happy Birthday Week MaryAnn! I hope there's sun and fun in store for you!
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
Happy Spring! After a long cold winter in the northeast I hope the warmer weather finds you all soon. In the land of sunshine we've already been dealing with the joys of pollen for weeks. Allergies have been coming on strong and everyone's vehicle has a lovely yellow tinge to it.
Things at work are moving along just fine. I'm starting to get my feet under me in the new position and find my place among the other supervisors. There are more changes on the horizon. Another supervisor is transferring to our store and one of our current supervisors will likely be promoted to an assistant manager. Since we do not currently have an assistant manager it will interesting to see how this all works out.
Jak and I are enjoying the extra hour of daylight as it gives us a bigger window of time to get to the dog beach around my crazy schedule. Currently Jak is laying across the threshold with his head hanging over the step. He's really so good about me coming and going at all different hours. One good thing about his love of food is that he will eat his two meals a day any time. Even on the days when breakfast is at 4am or supper is at 11pm. Last night I rolled over in bed and knocked a pillow onto the floor right on top of poor unsuspecting Jak who was sleeping peacefully next to my bed. The poor thing jumped up from a sound sleep not knowing what hit him. Needless to say I felt pretty bad. I'm glad it wasn't anything heavier than pillow. Poor pup.
If I can find the ambition this morning, I will go for a run before work. I am still trying to work up to running a 10k, though my schedule makes it tough to have a set training routine. I'm at least trying to run 2-3 miles a couple times a week sans Jak and then whatever running he is up for on the days I walk him. At the very least I want to do the same 5k that I did last May.
Before I wrap this up, I want to send out some belated birthday wishes to my friend MaryAnn. I apologize for being a few days late and just remember you get a whole week to celebrate. So Happy Birthday Week MaryAnn! I hope there's sun and fun in store for you!
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
Monday, March 17, 2014
A Big Sigh (of Relief)
Greetings Compadres,
I didn't realize it's been over a week since I've written. To be honest, with my scheduling varying so much at work, most of the time I don't know what day it actually is. I just know whether I'm supposed to be at work or not. For example, it dawned on me only about an hour ago that I missed my favorite soccer team's game on Saturday. (Luckily I can watch the replay online and I'm so out of the loop with news I don't even know who won.)
After years of being a pastey white (sun deprived) tourist that visited the area, today I am breathing a big old sigh of relief that Bike Week is over and the tourist population has dropped by a million or so. Those bumper stickers that say "Look Twice, Save a Life, Motorcycles Are Everywhere" was an understatement these past 7-10 days. The people were nice, no biker gang issues or anything. There were just so many of them. My brother says that even though I've lived here almost a year, I can't consider myself a local. I told him, you are w-rong. I became a local the first weekend (last April) when I went to the dog beach and it was over run with inlanders and I was completely annoyed about it.
In other news, things are work are going pretty well as I start to settle into my new position. There were some times last week when I was feeling incompetent and on the verge of tears. I told myself I was feeling vulnerable about the recent changes/increased responsibilities and that it was not that many months ago that I was feeling completely overwhelmed about working there to begin with. For the record, this strategy of talking myself down is not really satisfying in the moment but does seem to have a good effect in the grand scheme of things.
The weather has been warmer here and I am loving it! It's almost time to start switching out long sleeves and pants for shorts and t-shirts... yes please and thank you!
That's about all for now. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Celebrate safely.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
I didn't realize it's been over a week since I've written. To be honest, with my scheduling varying so much at work, most of the time I don't know what day it actually is. I just know whether I'm supposed to be at work or not. For example, it dawned on me only about an hour ago that I missed my favorite soccer team's game on Saturday. (Luckily I can watch the replay online and I'm so out of the loop with news I don't even know who won.)
After years of being a pastey white (sun deprived) tourist that visited the area, today I am breathing a big old sigh of relief that Bike Week is over and the tourist population has dropped by a million or so. Those bumper stickers that say "Look Twice, Save a Life, Motorcycles Are Everywhere" was an understatement these past 7-10 days. The people were nice, no biker gang issues or anything. There were just so many of them. My brother says that even though I've lived here almost a year, I can't consider myself a local. I told him, you are w-rong. I became a local the first weekend (last April) when I went to the dog beach and it was over run with inlanders and I was completely annoyed about it.
In other news, things are work are going pretty well as I start to settle into my new position. There were some times last week when I was feeling incompetent and on the verge of tears. I told myself I was feeling vulnerable about the recent changes/increased responsibilities and that it was not that many months ago that I was feeling completely overwhelmed about working there to begin with. For the record, this strategy of talking myself down is not really satisfying in the moment but does seem to have a good effect in the grand scheme of things.
The weather has been warmer here and I am loving it! It's almost time to start switching out long sleeves and pants for shorts and t-shirts... yes please and thank you!
That's about all for now. Happy St. Patrick's Day! Celebrate safely.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
Friday, March 7, 2014
When Hope Breaks in Two
Greetings Friends,
A while back I wrote about choosing "hope" as my word for the year. Since then I haven't mentioned much about this decision and how it's going. I also haven't shared any good metaphors lately so I thought I would write about both in one letter today.
About a week ago during a visit to Charming Charlie I decided to treat myself to this...
It is my word for the year and really, who couldn't use a little sparkly hope in their everyday. (Plus, it was on clearance for the girl who loves a bargain.) All was going well. My Revolution key chain would be moved from car key to newly assigned work keys and Hope would become my car key chain. Then it happened. I caught the H on my console and just like Hope broke in two.
Insert metaphor here: Sometimes in life it really feels like hope just falls apart. The thing you've been waiting for, wanting for and especially hoping for seems to break into pieces. So what do you do? What did I do? Well, first I tried a little glue but that only held for a few hours. Then I tried glue and band aid (yes, a real band aid!) but that only last a few days. Today I designed a custom wire brace and am currently waiting for the glue to dry so I can see if that will be enough to keep Hope together indefinitely. The thing about hope is that it doesn't have to be permanently broken. Even when it all seems lost, there is always a way to put hope back together. Maybe it's not exactly the same as it was before, however maybe the new version will be even better and stronger. Plus there is satisfaction and character building in working with the broken pieces to put them back together.
All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty dumpty back together again. Hope, however, can definitely be repaired. It just takes some trust and confidence that it can be done and as previously stated that's what hope really means.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
A while back I wrote about choosing "hope" as my word for the year. Since then I haven't mentioned much about this decision and how it's going. I also haven't shared any good metaphors lately so I thought I would write about both in one letter today.
About a week ago during a visit to Charming Charlie I decided to treat myself to this...
It is my word for the year and really, who couldn't use a little sparkly hope in their everyday. (Plus, it was on clearance for the girl who loves a bargain.) All was going well. My Revolution key chain would be moved from car key to newly assigned work keys and Hope would become my car key chain. Then it happened. I caught the H on my console and just like Hope broke in two.
Insert metaphor here: Sometimes in life it really feels like hope just falls apart. The thing you've been waiting for, wanting for and especially hoping for seems to break into pieces. So what do you do? What did I do? Well, first I tried a little glue but that only held for a few hours. Then I tried glue and band aid (yes, a real band aid!) but that only last a few days. Today I designed a custom wire brace and am currently waiting for the glue to dry so I can see if that will be enough to keep Hope together indefinitely. The thing about hope is that it doesn't have to be permanently broken. Even when it all seems lost, there is always a way to put hope back together. Maybe it's not exactly the same as it was before, however maybe the new version will be even better and stronger. Plus there is satisfaction and character building in working with the broken pieces to put them back together.
All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put humpty dumpty back together again. Hope, however, can definitely be repaired. It just takes some trust and confidence that it can be done and as previously stated that's what hope really means.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Recovery Day
Yo,
What's up? I'm up this morning, though a bit reluctantly. In the middle of last week my schedule was changed to accommodate training for the new position. This meant I went from having Sunday off to having Thursday off and had to open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Now, taking the training part out of it, opening means going in at 4:30am. And in my world that means getting up at 3am so I have enough time to get myself ready and get Jak ready. In addition to getting up early, my brain is also trying to absorb new information so I'm pretty much exhausted and thankful to have today off.
On Friday and Saturday I opened with another shift supervisor and on Sunday and Monday I was the only shift supervisor. When I arrived Sunday morning I was greeted by the following, left by my colleagues that closed the night before...
There was also a sea of encouraging sticky notes left around the backroom of the store. A total vote of confidence to know I have so many people in my corner. (And yes, my nickname at work is Cray Cray short for crazy, of course. It's a likeable crazy though - I think!)
This week I will have three nights closing the store. Two with another shift supervisor and one as the shift supervisor. I will be working both openings and closings and mostly the mid shift which covers the gap between the opener and the closer. I think it's good to learn how to do both. I find it valuable in the learning process to see the other side of why things are done a certain way. I have closed a few times during my tenure and now that I've opened a few times, I can already understand why some things are done the way they are.
Not much else is going on here. Obviously the last few days have been consuming enough on their own. I did take some time when I was off last Thursday to update my front door for the next holiday. It was a little harder to accomplish than the heart for Valentine's Day, however I enjoy the creative process and gave it my best shot.
Oh well, even if it isn't the most accurate looking shamrock, it is at least cute. And I had fun doing it.
For now I'm going to try to shake this nasty headache I have. As it turns out, after a few nights of sleep deprivation, a full night's sleep has left me feeling hungover. Without any imbibing. Go figure.
Keep it real and stay awesome Peeps! Leave your co-worker an encouraging note today. It makes a world of difference.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
What's up? I'm up this morning, though a bit reluctantly. In the middle of last week my schedule was changed to accommodate training for the new position. This meant I went from having Sunday off to having Thursday off and had to open Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Now, taking the training part out of it, opening means going in at 4:30am. And in my world that means getting up at 3am so I have enough time to get myself ready and get Jak ready. In addition to getting up early, my brain is also trying to absorb new information so I'm pretty much exhausted and thankful to have today off.
On Friday and Saturday I opened with another shift supervisor and on Sunday and Monday I was the only shift supervisor. When I arrived Sunday morning I was greeted by the following, left by my colleagues that closed the night before...
This week I will have three nights closing the store. Two with another shift supervisor and one as the shift supervisor. I will be working both openings and closings and mostly the mid shift which covers the gap between the opener and the closer. I think it's good to learn how to do both. I find it valuable in the learning process to see the other side of why things are done a certain way. I have closed a few times during my tenure and now that I've opened a few times, I can already understand why some things are done the way they are.
Not much else is going on here. Obviously the last few days have been consuming enough on their own. I did take some time when I was off last Thursday to update my front door for the next holiday. It was a little harder to accomplish than the heart for Valentine's Day, however I enjoy the creative process and gave it my best shot.
Oh well, even if it isn't the most accurate looking shamrock, it is at least cute. And I had fun doing it.
For now I'm going to try to shake this nasty headache I have. As it turns out, after a few nights of sleep deprivation, a full night's sleep has left me feeling hungover. Without any imbibing. Go figure.
Keep it real and stay awesome Peeps! Leave your co-worker an encouraging note today. It makes a world of difference.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
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