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Yesterday at work was pretty much one of the worst days I've ever had at my job at Walgreens. We had a person call in sick, and also the new store that opened up in the same area had no power that day, so all of their customers came to us. I was there from 1:15 PM to 10:30 PM with no lunch break, just constantly grinding away - near the end I don't even think my mind was functioning anymore, the only thing I had to eat was a banana that the pharmacist gave me out of pity. One good thing, he told me that he would have the store manager manually punch me in at 8 AM this morning, but I didn't have to show up until 8:30, which let me get just a little more sleep, which is always good, but I still don't feel quite recovered yet.
And my boss was there, she gave me my schedule for the next 3 weeks, and most of those days are going to be at that same store which I'm trying to extricate myself from - when I work at my home store this Friday (my 3rd day working there in the past 2 months) I need to talk to the pharmacy manager and see if any progress has been made towards stabilizing their schedule so that I can come back there. I miss my home store. It's the only place where employees actually get to take their 15-minute breaks (1 every 4 hours) that are mandated by Walgreens policy. *sigh* But of course, I can afford the commute to this other store I'm at most of the time more than I can afford to not be working anywhere.
So the good news is that I've got 40 hours a week for the next 3 weeks. The bad news is, every day I'm not working for Walgreens I'm going to be working for my dad - which my mother tells me is "my choice" but it's not, not really, it's what I'm forced to do because I'm facing the consequences of my choice to live on credit cards for 3 years...*deep breath* which I really need to stop beating myself up about. But hey, at least that's a more recent "sin" - it's better than going back farther in time and beating myself up about not finishing college, right? :-P
It's just enervating, thinking about the busy days ahead...and by the way, nyarhotep, if you're reading this, it was really good getting to hang out with you and divo/diva on Friday, and we should do it again soon, because I don't get to see you nearly as often as I would like :-)
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So ok, I know it's not so bad. I've still got friends in many places, it's just that impulse, the less time I have to connect with people, the more I seem to need it, you know? But I got an IM last week from carielewyn whom I've known on LJ for a couple of years, even though she's not really on LJ anymore, which was really nice catching up, and I've still got ACIM on Thursday nights, the Men's Group at my church is having a canoe trip on the 19th - which I'm going to go to no matter if my dad wants me to work for him or not - and then, of course, there's Sandra :-D
And I'm going to stop listing my friends now, because it seems weird.
When I remember to keep picking up Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth, even if I just read a few pages, it kicks me in the pants and reminds me of the Now in the middle of all the busyness of my life, and for that, as well as for all of my friends, all of those who care for me, I am grateful :-)
And my boss was there, she gave me my schedule for the next 3 weeks, and most of those days are going to be at that same store which I'm trying to extricate myself from - when I work at my home store this Friday (my 3rd day working there in the past 2 months) I need to talk to the pharmacy manager and see if any progress has been made towards stabilizing their schedule so that I can come back there. I miss my home store. It's the only place where employees actually get to take their 15-minute breaks (1 every 4 hours) that are mandated by Walgreens policy. *sigh* But of course, I can afford the commute to this other store I'm at most of the time more than I can afford to not be working anywhere.
So the good news is that I've got 40 hours a week for the next 3 weeks. The bad news is, every day I'm not working for Walgreens I'm going to be working for my dad - which my mother tells me is "my choice" but it's not, not really, it's what I'm forced to do because I'm facing the consequences of my choice to live on credit cards for 3 years...*deep breath* which I really need to stop beating myself up about. But hey, at least that's a more recent "sin" - it's better than going back farther in time and beating myself up about not finishing college, right? :-P
It's just enervating, thinking about the busy days ahead...and by the way, nyarhotep, if you're reading this, it was really good getting to hang out with you and divo/diva on Friday, and we should do it again soon, because I don't get to see you nearly as often as I would like :-)
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So ok, I know it's not so bad. I've still got friends in many places, it's just that impulse, the less time I have to connect with people, the more I seem to need it, you know? But I got an IM last week from carielewyn whom I've known on LJ for a couple of years, even though she's not really on LJ anymore, which was really nice catching up, and I've still got ACIM on Thursday nights, the Men's Group at my church is having a canoe trip on the 19th - which I'm going to go to no matter if my dad wants me to work for him or not - and then, of course, there's Sandra :-D
And I'm going to stop listing my friends now, because it seems weird.
When I remember to keep picking up Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth, even if I just read a few pages, it kicks me in the pants and reminds me of the Now in the middle of all the busyness of my life, and for that, as well as for all of my friends, all of those who care for me, I am grateful :-)