Blah, blah, yada, yada...

I'm looking for motivation today. I was content to just lie in bed, watch Will & Grace and get a nap in, but there are things I didn't get done yesterday that I should do today. I have projects already lined up for Monday (my next day off), anyway.

I thought about making banana bread, but I think I'm kinda over that. I'm just gonna want to eat it all week and that won't be good. I tried to make a cake earlier, but it turns out that 'cake' batter was actually pancake batter.

Oops.

So, that leaves putting away my laundry from last week (LOL, lazy ass), cleaning the carpet and...running, I guess. And maybe organizing my cabinets. Maybe.

This is what my life has become. Mucho exciting, huh? I need to take a shower...

There's something wrong with my right foot.

I think it started during work last Thursday. Far as I know, I didn't DO anything to make it hurt, I just noticed it was after awhile. I don't remember it hurting before I left the house, so it must've started sometime after work. I didn't trip, fall, have anything fall on it... So I have no idea what the deal is.

Yesterday I went out to the store and it was bugging me then, too. I only noticed it after I had my shoes on and went out. It wasn't bothering me while I was running around the house.

It's still kinda bugging me now. I can walk around fine, but if I touch it, it hurts. And later, when I get my shoes on for work, it's probably gonna hurt again.

WTF? This is gonna put a serious damper in my training. UGH.

I'm home this weekend. Man, I've been one lazy bitch the last couple weeks. LOL. I guess it works out in the end, cuz now I have something to do on my day off. And I do like a clean house...

( Read more... )

http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/phones/Detail.aspx?device=2be9e441-d76e-4e49-aec0-2d5e553f3eeb

*If* things go according to plan, that is. Nice phone, huh? Tres chic!

Heh. Well, you know how I said back in December that I was gonna wait 'til spring to start looking for jobs again? Turns out I'll be looking a LOT sooner than that.

Our store manager announced last night that in lieu of shitty sales -- both this year and last -- tour store will be changing its overnight process. That means that instead of our usual 10pm to 6am overnight hours, we will be starting at 3:30am and ending around 10am. He said that our store push hours would be knocked down from eight to about four, leaving seven hours or more for the backroom guys instead. And that team members from the flow side (that would be peeps like me) would have to make up their hours in other workcenters to get their weekly 30-40 hours. So once the push is done, you'll be working in the morning either cashiering, working at guest service, food ave, or on the sales floor.

HA! You know what I say? FUCK THAT!

I think this is the stupidest thing they could do. They are gonna lose so many good people. Some already rearrange their schedules for the hours this job requires. And I know of at least a handful that commute here and/or have second jobs. What the fuck are they thinking?!

We've been told that the transition for this is going to be about ten weeks. By March 1st, HR will be getting with people on an individual basis to consider their options. One is to transfer to another store. (Only two other stores in our area have the same overnight process that we do now. One is Northgate and I believe the other is in Renton.) Two, people have the option of going back to dayside and barter for hours as they need to. They insist that the more areas that you are cross-trained in, the more hours that you get. This company lives and dies by the philosophy that the more you know, the better off you are. When in reality, the more you know, the more they will use you the their advantage. (And I'm WAY over that. Been there, done it, never want to go back.) The third option is to resign, which, is exactly the one I will likely end up with.

First of all, with public transportation, I don't have the option to work these hours. The store won't be open after closing from dayside until 3:30am and there isnt a single bus that runs THAT early. Second, even if I wanted to go back to dayside, I do NOT -- I repeat, DO NOT -- want to go back to days for this company any longer. There was a reason I left days to work overnight. And third, I'm way past burnt out on this company. It's been ten years and I don't feel challenged there any more. I think the longer I stay, the less I want to be there, know what I mean? So does this new situation freak me out? Sure. But it gives me something to look forward to. I've talked about leaving this place on and off for the last year. So instead of panicking like I normally do, I'm looking at this as the perfect opportunity to get back on the job hunt and find something out there that will give me something new to do. I'll get two jobs if I have to. That's going to sacrifice my social life again, but as of this moment, right now, that's one I'm willing to make.

Ask me how I feel about that in six months.

I am glad that they gave this much notice, even if it isn't much. I just finished scanning through some job postings on Craigslist. Looks promising. I only pray that I can pull this off in such a short amount of time...