I'm tired and sore. Sleep was rough last night, and I had a long day, so I'm completely exhausted. I had the stressful pre-closing shift and had a couple of small but unexpected expenses come up, so my body is a mass of knots.
Frustrations abound.
I would kill to be able to take a week off of work, just to sleep and think and sit out of the endless cycle for just five minutes.
Oy.
The funny (or sad?) thing is, I didn't have a bad day.
I'm just exhausted. And frustrations abound.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
I'm A Little Tired...And A Little Spacey...Not That It's Obvious Or Anything...
Today started out kinda rough. But then it got better!
Not a lot of sleep. Up early for work. Started off my work day with my new boss (who honestly intimidates me) telling me to make some mocha, which I then royally screwed up and made a huge mess of. Fortunately, no one seemed to mind, or even really notice.
Today was the 40th Anniversary for Starbucks, which means PROMOTION! New cups, new sleeves, new coffee, new merchandise, new EEEEEVERYTHING!
I even got a new partner card...which is actually my first partner card. It has my name. And my partner number. And I can load it with money. And it's all spiffy and new. Hee.
I ended my shift with live music! A duo who call themselves The Bergamot came to our store and entertained from four until...I don't know, some point in the evening. They were very good and very nice. I left as they were singing...it felt like a movie.
My new partner card was sent to my old store, which meant I had to go visit...;) I was greeted with hugs and smiles and gossip and all that good stuff :)
Then I came home and made myself mac n cheese and attempted to do laundry and have been reading The Stand instead. The life of a tired nerd.
The lovely visit with lovely people gave me another lovely kick in the rear. I need to devote more time to setting up the shop and writing and all that...I need to keep up with my friends at 933...I need to combine the two! For example: I don't work until 1 tomorrow. I'm going to get up earlyish and spend some hours at 933 before I go to work. *firm nod*
For now, I'm going to reattempt laundry (and hopefully succeed this time) and read some more. Whee.
Not a lot of sleep. Up early for work. Started off my work day with my new boss (who honestly intimidates me) telling me to make some mocha, which I then royally screwed up and made a huge mess of. Fortunately, no one seemed to mind, or even really notice.
Today was the 40th Anniversary for Starbucks, which means PROMOTION! New cups, new sleeves, new coffee, new merchandise, new EEEEEVERYTHING!
I even got a new partner card...which is actually my first partner card. It has my name. And my partner number. And I can load it with money. And it's all spiffy and new. Hee.
I ended my shift with live music! A duo who call themselves The Bergamot came to our store and entertained from four until...I don't know, some point in the evening. They were very good and very nice. I left as they were singing...it felt like a movie.
My new partner card was sent to my old store, which meant I had to go visit...;) I was greeted with hugs and smiles and gossip and all that good stuff :)
Then I came home and made myself mac n cheese and attempted to do laundry and have been reading The Stand instead. The life of a tired nerd.
The lovely visit with lovely people gave me another lovely kick in the rear. I need to devote more time to setting up the shop and writing and all that...I need to keep up with my friends at 933...I need to combine the two! For example: I don't work until 1 tomorrow. I'm going to get up earlyish and spend some hours at 933 before I go to work. *firm nod*
For now, I'm going to reattempt laundry (and hopefully succeed this time) and read some more. Whee.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Delayed Post Due To Recovering From Insanity.
Sunday. Was. Ridiculous.
Insanely busy.
Ran out of soy milk.
Ran out of whipped creams.
Computers crashed. Twice.
We spent two to three hours giving drinks away because we couldn't charge anyone.
I barred the entire time. And loved every second of it.
Three different co-workers told me I rocked it :) Meanwhile, Shift N is insane--she was on the phone with tech support while taking orders for front, smiling the whole time. She's also very pregnant. And had been there for seven hours, from six in the morning. Insane.
This week is going to be long. Eight hour pre-closing shifts today and Wednesday, six hour shift starting at 10:30 tomorrow, three identical six-hour pre-closing shifts Friday through Sunday. And, as you might have noticed, only one day off. I had Thursday and Friday off, but I picked up a Friday shift at my old store to help out. Extra hours when we're broke? At my beloved 933? Yes.
In other news, Ryan and I baked last night. He made chocolate chip muffins, and I made meringues again. Nom all around. :)
Work soonish, so breakfast and such now. Whee.
Insanely busy.
Ran out of soy milk.
Ran out of whipped creams.
Computers crashed. Twice.
We spent two to three hours giving drinks away because we couldn't charge anyone.
I barred the entire time. And loved every second of it.
Three different co-workers told me I rocked it :) Meanwhile, Shift N is insane--she was on the phone with tech support while taking orders for front, smiling the whole time. She's also very pregnant. And had been there for seven hours, from six in the morning. Insane.
This week is going to be long. Eight hour pre-closing shifts today and Wednesday, six hour shift starting at 10:30 tomorrow, three identical six-hour pre-closing shifts Friday through Sunday. And, as you might have noticed, only one day off. I had Thursday and Friday off, but I picked up a Friday shift at my old store to help out. Extra hours when we're broke? At my beloved 933? Yes.
In other news, Ryan and I baked last night. He made chocolate chip muffins, and I made meringues again. Nom all around. :)
Work soonish, so breakfast and such now. Whee.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Just Another Day.
I have a feeling I won't have enough energy to post tonight, so here I am!
So far today I've taken a shower, caused butter to bust into flame by putting it into a pan that was WAY too hot while trying to make pancakes, made pancakes (half regular, half peanut butter, with one chocolate chip for Ryan), cleaned some dishes, and tweaked my money spreadsheet.
May make muffins tonight after work. Not sure.
Have to leave in 20 minutes for work. Six hour closing shift. Ugh.
Tomorrow should be better in terms of hours--11 to 7:30, mid-shift, hits the busiest times and has the least amount of cleaning.
It's gray outside. And snowing. At least it's not cold enough to stick?
I'm not very exciting today. Oh well! :)
So far today I've taken a shower, caused butter to bust into flame by putting it into a pan that was WAY too hot while trying to make pancakes, made pancakes (half regular, half peanut butter, with one chocolate chip for Ryan), cleaned some dishes, and tweaked my money spreadsheet.
May make muffins tonight after work. Not sure.
Have to leave in 20 minutes for work. Six hour closing shift. Ugh.
Tomorrow should be better in terms of hours--11 to 7:30, mid-shift, hits the busiest times and has the least amount of cleaning.
It's gray outside. And snowing. At least it's not cold enough to stick?
I'm not very exciting today. Oh well! :)
Friday, March 4, 2011
Back...For A Bit.
Originally, this was my third day off this week, thanks to a miscommunication with Boss Lady passed on to New Boss Lady. However, I checked the schedule my last day at my old store, saw that LW had a small number of hours in the middle of a day I had off, and asked if she was attached to them.
So today I worked at my old store, the store that feels like home. It wasn't a fantastic day--the weather was crappy, I was tired, people were cranky, customers were stupid--but it was still nice to be back, even just for six hours.
After work, Ryan and I grabbed groceries. Then I met Aurelie at the Main & Douglas, where she studied and I researched and we ate Chinese and hung out.
Tomorrow night I close at my new store. Blergh.
Sunday is a mid shift, which I prefer, but it is 8 hours long, which I'm still getting re-used to. Also blergh.
I can't wait until the adjustment period is over.
So today I worked at my old store, the store that feels like home. It wasn't a fantastic day--the weather was crappy, I was tired, people were cranky, customers were stupid--but it was still nice to be back, even just for six hours.
After work, Ryan and I grabbed groceries. Then I met Aurelie at the Main & Douglas, where she studied and I researched and we ate Chinese and hung out.
Tomorrow night I close at my new store. Blergh.
Sunday is a mid shift, which I prefer, but it is 8 hours long, which I'm still getting re-used to. Also blergh.
I can't wait until the adjustment period is over.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Second Day At New Work.
My second day at Ireland & Miami went...pretty well, actually. I'll admit, I started the date feeling very bratty and "No wanna" about it, but coming home was the complete opposite.
Everyone has been perfectly nice to me, making sure I'm getting settled in. There was a fun moment, while I was sitting and waiting to be able to clock in, when Shift N (who seems to be all-but-Assistant-Manager there, in a good way) asked if I'd worked with a certain barista yet. I hadn't. She told me, in no uncertain terms, that if he disrespected me at all, I should let her or Boss Woman know ASAP. He is known far and wide for being disrespectful, obnoxious, etc.
...He was perfectly nice to me. Joked around, but not in the obnoxious, forced-down-your-throat way I had both heard about and witnessed at the store meeting on Monday. He was friendly, he was helpful...I was dumbfounded.
I mentioned this when I got home to both roommates and our friend Aurelie (via text). Between Aurelie and Sameh, I found out that M, a barista at another location who works with Certain Barista, and Shift J, CB's girlfriend and a beloved ex-corker of mine, and Aurelie herself (via M) had told CB that he had damned well better be nice to me or he would pay for it in painful and unhappy ways.*
My response to Aurelie: "D'aw, I have Guardian Baristas!"
Aurelie: "Of course. You're loved."
:)
Today's plans are to clean and tidy up both the apartment and myself, do as much laundry as possible when Ryan gets home in just over an hour, and get my butt to 933 by 3:30. Aurelie gets off then and will be studying, and Katie** will be coming in for the sole purpose of hanging out with us because she misses me.
And tomorrow, on what was supposed to be a third day off I didn't really want, I get to have LW's hours over at 933!
:)
So, off I go to eat and shower and clean and make a list of things to work on at 933...or, as BJ now calls it, Cloud-933. Le sigh. :)
*If requested, I can draw up relationship charts for everyone in that paragraph. Actually, it'd be pretty interesting to draw up a relationship chart for the district...hmmmm....
**To be honest, Katie is one the of the worst parts of leaving 933 when I did. She went on leave to get thorasic surgery the week before I found out, and won't be back until the end of March. I have no idea when, if ever, I'll be able to work with her again. She was one of my all-time favorites to work with. Poop.
Everyone has been perfectly nice to me, making sure I'm getting settled in. There was a fun moment, while I was sitting and waiting to be able to clock in, when Shift N (who seems to be all-but-Assistant-Manager there, in a good way) asked if I'd worked with a certain barista yet. I hadn't. She told me, in no uncertain terms, that if he disrespected me at all, I should let her or Boss Woman know ASAP. He is known far and wide for being disrespectful, obnoxious, etc.
...He was perfectly nice to me. Joked around, but not in the obnoxious, forced-down-your-throat way I had both heard about and witnessed at the store meeting on Monday. He was friendly, he was helpful...I was dumbfounded.
I mentioned this when I got home to both roommates and our friend Aurelie (via text). Between Aurelie and Sameh, I found out that M, a barista at another location who works with Certain Barista, and Shift J, CB's girlfriend and a beloved ex-corker of mine, and Aurelie herself (via M) had told CB that he had damned well better be nice to me or he would pay for it in painful and unhappy ways.*
My response to Aurelie: "D'aw, I have Guardian Baristas!"
Aurelie: "Of course. You're loved."
:)
Today's plans are to clean and tidy up both the apartment and myself, do as much laundry as possible when Ryan gets home in just over an hour, and get my butt to 933 by 3:30. Aurelie gets off then and will be studying, and Katie** will be coming in for the sole purpose of hanging out with us because she misses me.
And tomorrow, on what was supposed to be a third day off I didn't really want, I get to have LW's hours over at 933!
:)
So, off I go to eat and shower and clean and make a list of things to work on at 933...or, as BJ now calls it, Cloud-933. Le sigh. :)
*If requested, I can draw up relationship charts for everyone in that paragraph. Actually, it'd be pretty interesting to draw up a relationship chart for the district...hmmmm....
**To be honest, Katie is one the of the worst parts of leaving 933 when I did. She went on leave to get thorasic surgery the week before I found out, and won't be back until the end of March. I have no idea when, if ever, I'll be able to work with her again. She was one of my all-time favorites to work with. Poop.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Third Anniversary!
Today is Ryan's and my three year anniversary. I'd use this entry to write him a letter telling him how wonderful he is, how much I appreciate him, how I don't know where I would be or how I would get along without him...
...except I told him all that earlier today, and basically repeat it on a semi-daily basis. He knows it. It's all good.
Today went...differently than planned. Ryan's computer went weird last night, and he spent the first couple hours of the day talking to Justin on the phone, trying to get it fixed with his help. When that didn't work, he called our computer-savvy friend Alex, who came over when he got off work. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to do anything because one of the possible fixes required a keyboard, but the computer couldn't boot far enough in to register any of the USB-based keyboards in the house. So Alex went home to get a different keyboard (and his fiancee, our other friend Kittie), and we ran off to do two of the things we had originally planned for today:
[o] stopped at my store to get tips and say hi, which was extremely rewarding and wonderful.
[o] visited Indulgence, a locally-owned pastry shop and cafe that makes I had visited before but Ryan hadn't been to yet. He has vowed to return to try a Reuben, something he hasn't a satisfactory example of since we last ate at Rein's Deli in Connecticut.
We got back and spent the rest of the afternoon working both the computer, discussing movies, and setting up March Man Madness while hanging out with Alex, Kittie, BJ, and Sameh. The computer has been saved, although it required a reformat which has Ryan busy re-downloading and re-bookmarking a bunch of stuff. Still, he's happy it didn't get borked, and we're both happy it didn't require a $60 hard drive, $150 motherboard, or $200 processor!
Dinner was at a local Mexican place called Burrito Chulo, which Sameh has endorsed forever but we had yet to visit. Dee-licious. We're currently doing random internetty things, but will soon be settling down to watch either some movies or some more Weeds, whichever plucks at our fancy.
Tomorrow is back to work--eight hours at the new store with the employee that everyone at every store in the district agrees is the meanest, loudest, most obnoxious worker in existence. Yay. Thursday is off and hanging out with Aurelie, Friday I picked up a shift at my original store--huzzah for extra hours AND working with friends!
Back to the Ryan-time-spending! :)
...except I told him all that earlier today, and basically repeat it on a semi-daily basis. He knows it. It's all good.
Today went...differently than planned. Ryan's computer went weird last night, and he spent the first couple hours of the day talking to Justin on the phone, trying to get it fixed with his help. When that didn't work, he called our computer-savvy friend Alex, who came over when he got off work. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to do anything because one of the possible fixes required a keyboard, but the computer couldn't boot far enough in to register any of the USB-based keyboards in the house. So Alex went home to get a different keyboard (and his fiancee, our other friend Kittie), and we ran off to do two of the things we had originally planned for today:
[o] stopped at my store to get tips and say hi, which was extremely rewarding and wonderful.
[o] visited Indulgence, a locally-owned pastry shop and cafe that makes I had visited before but Ryan hadn't been to yet. He has vowed to return to try a Reuben, something he hasn't a satisfactory example of since we last ate at Rein's Deli in Connecticut.
We got back and spent the rest of the afternoon working both the computer, discussing movies, and setting up March Man Madness while hanging out with Alex, Kittie, BJ, and Sameh. The computer has been saved, although it required a reformat which has Ryan busy re-downloading and re-bookmarking a bunch of stuff. Still, he's happy it didn't get borked, and we're both happy it didn't require a $60 hard drive, $150 motherboard, or $200 processor!
Dinner was at a local Mexican place called Burrito Chulo, which Sameh has endorsed forever but we had yet to visit. Dee-licious. We're currently doing random internetty things, but will soon be settling down to watch either some movies or some more Weeds, whichever plucks at our fancy.
Tomorrow is back to work--eight hours at the new store with the employee that everyone at every store in the district agrees is the meanest, loudest, most obnoxious worker in existence. Yay. Thursday is off and hanging out with Aurelie, Friday I picked up a shift at my original store--huzzah for extra hours AND working with friends!
Back to the Ryan-time-spending! :)
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