In all the drama over my work suckage I forgot to mention I cut my hair. I also had a bit of a miscue with the hair cut as well. My hair had been down past the middle of my back. I think my mom was worrying about the Crystal Gail effect. I have only been "trimming" the ends for the past four years. I thought, you know it would be good to take about four inches off. With as long as it was it would be hard to tell to average person. Well, my dear Gina took off more than eight. I blame it on the hormonal swing of just having a baby. It went down something like this....
Me: I can't believe I'm taking four inches off. I haven't done that in years.
Gina: Umm, I took more than four. (While holding up a section of my now detached hair that was around eight inches.
The longest section of my hair is now almost to my shoulders. I'm having a slight identity crisis over the whole thing. Now, it doesn't look bad. In fact, it looks pretty good. I just wasn't ready to part with my hair. I feel a bit like I didn't mentally get ready to part with it. On the plus side, blow drying my hair is no longer an upper body workout. If anyone is curious they can check out a couple pictures I uploaded to Facebook.
Have a great Hump day.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Sunday, July 13, 2008
It's 3am and I can't sleep
So, today (yesterday technically) is my new all time low for my career. I should know by now that when things look like they are going well, it means the whole thing will blow up in my face. I enjoyed exactly one week of solely being a pharmacy supervisor again. Not that I haven't been doing that all along these past few years. I've also been wearing numerous other hats a well. Yes, I'll be a staff pharmacist, pharmacy manager, payroll person, hiring person, firing person, flu shot giver, bitch at me because I do the scheduling person. You get my drift.
So today someone gives their notice and I am once again back to being the jack of all pharmacy trades. And I cried. I never cry. I am not one to be short sighted. I see the big picture, not just today, but what I want to be doing five years from now. The only major problem, my picture seems to be getting farther and farther away. I'm disgusted, mad, pissed, depressed, and I feel totally adrift. The sad thing is I actually understand the reasoning behind having to go to this store. I'm the best person for the job. That almost makes it more difficult. I'm always the team player, even at my own expense. I made no effort to hide my disappointment to my boss. But you know what real life is a bitch and we can't all have it our way.
I had plans for going back to school in the spring. I know, that is a totally separate post. Seven years wasn't enough, I'm looking for more punishment. I've been wanting to go back for some time to work on finishing my undergraduate degree in Spanish and work towards integrating this into my job. So put that on hold, again.
I feel like I'm becoming one of those jaded individuals who never gets excited about anything anymore because I'll always be waiting for the other shoe to drop. I let my guard down and actually let myself get excited about learning something new with my job. Maybe even having some time to myself while I was at it. If I seem withdrawn or cranky this week, just know that I need to mope and deal with this. I'll have to have the best of the best A game to get this store rolling and I need to get this out of my system. And did I mention I need to do all this by Monday?
To finish up my rant. If you tell an employer during an interview that they won't regret hiring you........you're full of shit. And if anyone ever hears that during an interview and they look to good to be true, run the other way. Twenty years in the business and I'm a hundred times better person let alone pharmacist than she is. Maybe I should write my own book? Tenatively titled, "Guess what, you're full of shit and 101 other reasons why you can't hack it as an independent retail pharmacist" Really, I think I could be on to something here. It would save so many people valuable time.
Sorry for the negativiy that is dripping from this post. I needed to talk this thing out. I think I can sleep now.
So today someone gives their notice and I am once again back to being the jack of all pharmacy trades. And I cried. I never cry. I am not one to be short sighted. I see the big picture, not just today, but what I want to be doing five years from now. The only major problem, my picture seems to be getting farther and farther away. I'm disgusted, mad, pissed, depressed, and I feel totally adrift. The sad thing is I actually understand the reasoning behind having to go to this store. I'm the best person for the job. That almost makes it more difficult. I'm always the team player, even at my own expense. I made no effort to hide my disappointment to my boss. But you know what real life is a bitch and we can't all have it our way.
I had plans for going back to school in the spring. I know, that is a totally separate post. Seven years wasn't enough, I'm looking for more punishment. I've been wanting to go back for some time to work on finishing my undergraduate degree in Spanish and work towards integrating this into my job. So put that on hold, again.
I feel like I'm becoming one of those jaded individuals who never gets excited about anything anymore because I'll always be waiting for the other shoe to drop. I let my guard down and actually let myself get excited about learning something new with my job. Maybe even having some time to myself while I was at it. If I seem withdrawn or cranky this week, just know that I need to mope and deal with this. I'll have to have the best of the best A game to get this store rolling and I need to get this out of my system. And did I mention I need to do all this by Monday?
To finish up my rant. If you tell an employer during an interview that they won't regret hiring you........you're full of shit. And if anyone ever hears that during an interview and they look to good to be true, run the other way. Twenty years in the business and I'm a hundred times better person let alone pharmacist than she is. Maybe I should write my own book? Tenatively titled, "Guess what, you're full of shit and 101 other reasons why you can't hack it as an independent retail pharmacist" Really, I think I could be on to something here. It would save so many people valuable time.
Sorry for the negativiy that is dripping from this post. I needed to talk this thing out. I think I can sleep now.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Stormy Summer
The Midwest has just been getting slammed this summer. Already, we have had a tornado in Millard, another tornado that took out a boy scouts camp not far outside Omaha, and a storm that brought "straight line winds" with hurricane force. I was really lucky I did not sustain any damage worse than a few downed tree limbs. Others in my neighborhood were not as lucky. I was without power for a little over a day. Nothing to complain about considering some people were without power for a week.
We headed to Bambino's to drink and converse with others without power. It was hilarious. Flashlights and candles and a flash light was a must for anyone using the restrooms. Anyone reading this familiar with Shawn of the Dead? Well, Bambino's was our Winchester. As one man said, "Look, more survivors" LOL!
The Olympic swim trials were in town this past week. Wow! I was blown away by the Qwest center crowd. I saw Phelps and Hoff each break the World record in their event. I have never heard the Qwest center so loud. I also saw Bob Costas. He was literally 15 feet from me. On the live coverage we were sitting just off screen. Kind of cool. I think I might be taller than him too!
The puppies are doing great! Hank is now joining Ellie at Doggie Day Care. Its worth every penny when they crash and sleep hard at night. Speaking of Hank, he will be getting "fixed" on Friday. Poor guy, he has no idea what is coming. I hate that I have to leave him there over night. I'll keep everyone updated on his recovery.
The fourth rocked. We headed out to the lake and had a very relaxing day on the water. Nothing better than floating on the water and having a few cold ones. The dogs survived the fireworks, but not without the help of valium. I'm a firm believer in drugging the dogs for the fourth now.
The Roger Clyne show is tomorrow night. I'm way excited. I had the opportunity to meet Roger after the last show. The guy is a class act. I'm also just a little over a week away from my trip to Colorado. Whoo Hoo!
Well, I should stop blogging and get back to writing the August schedule. Have I mentioned that I loathe doing the scheduling? Primarily because it always seems to take forever. Second, no one is every pleased. I had been working on it for two hours when I took this break. After two hours I only have two stores and three vacation requests complete. ugh. Here come the other three.
Happy Hump Day gang!
We headed to Bambino's to drink and converse with others without power. It was hilarious. Flashlights and candles and a flash light was a must for anyone using the restrooms. Anyone reading this familiar with Shawn of the Dead? Well, Bambino's was our Winchester. As one man said, "Look, more survivors" LOL!
The Olympic swim trials were in town this past week. Wow! I was blown away by the Qwest center crowd. I saw Phelps and Hoff each break the World record in their event. I have never heard the Qwest center so loud. I also saw Bob Costas. He was literally 15 feet from me. On the live coverage we were sitting just off screen. Kind of cool. I think I might be taller than him too!
The puppies are doing great! Hank is now joining Ellie at Doggie Day Care. Its worth every penny when they crash and sleep hard at night. Speaking of Hank, he will be getting "fixed" on Friday. Poor guy, he has no idea what is coming. I hate that I have to leave him there over night. I'll keep everyone updated on his recovery.
The fourth rocked. We headed out to the lake and had a very relaxing day on the water. Nothing better than floating on the water and having a few cold ones. The dogs survived the fireworks, but not without the help of valium. I'm a firm believer in drugging the dogs for the fourth now.
The Roger Clyne show is tomorrow night. I'm way excited. I had the opportunity to meet Roger after the last show. The guy is a class act. I'm also just a little over a week away from my trip to Colorado. Whoo Hoo!
Well, I should stop blogging and get back to writing the August schedule. Have I mentioned that I loathe doing the scheduling? Primarily because it always seems to take forever. Second, no one is every pleased. I had been working on it for two hours when I took this break. After two hours I only have two stores and three vacation requests complete. ugh. Here come the other three.
Happy Hump Day gang!
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