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