Well ladies and gentlemen I am completely done moving from my apartment in Lafayette! After two years away from Fort Wayne I officially live here now. It was a lot of heavy lifting and cleaning so now I get to rest up a bit (it's my day off today from work) and heal. Not a ton has happened between my last entry and now but I thought it was time to add a new one just the same.
First of all the new store has been really fun. Everyone there has made me feel very welcome and they all like to joke and laugh so it has been an easy transition and it keeps the energy up when those mid afternoon rushes happen. Drive through has taken some getting used to just like I thought it would but once you get the basics down, you get everything. It's all a matter of multitasking, greeting the customer while counting back change and handing off the drinks to the people right at the window then going back and confirming the new order and calling out the food you might need from your partners. It's not too bad but when there are cars lined up all the way out to the parking lot it starts to take a toll on me energy wise. I believe the next step for me is working more this next week with the manager and having him observe me in action and then hopefully the plan continues to move smoothly with the next step being a promotion back to Shift Supervisor. This should be happening in the next two to three weeks just about so a little bit of excitement coming I think.
Getting used to being back in the city hasn't been a terribly difficult process, once I got the routes memorized for driving to work and any place I like to hang out that was really all I needed. At this point it's more all about meeting new people and/or reconnecting with old friends. It's already been very hot here more often to start the summer and we've had a few storms (not the ones I've been hoping for yet but those will come eventually). I've been spending the rainy days either working or enjoying a coffee on my off days and reading or spending time with the family. I think the consensus is, so far, that it is good to have Jon back in the city.
Now what about my day dreaming of moving to Florida you might be asking. It is still going on, just about every day in fact. I still find a new apartment or two that I save to my favorites and keep looking at trying to see myself sitting in the living room, or making something to eat in the kitchen with that sliding door to the balcony open and the right music blaring. Of course laying by the pool is the next biggest daydream. For me, for some reason, the two biggest criteria for deciding whether or not to keep researching any given apartment is what does the pool area look like, and what does the kitchen look like. If both hold my attention I will then continue researching the rest of the apartment amenities. I'm still looking into the gulf side, mainly the cities or Bradenton, Tampa, and St. Petersburg. My vacation to that area of the state really stuck with me because of the weather and the water. I'll start branching out to nearby cities soon enough, but right now there are a ton of apartments in those three to look at.
Other than that and the usual self improvement that is always ongoing there really isn't a whole lot else to talk about. I feel I am kind of in the holding pattern right now, getting ready for the order to attack and start climbing the ranks at work and eventually take this act to Florida. My goal in addition to my usual reading is to start collecting people around me who will be very outspoken in terms of encouragement for my dream and hopefully people with high energy and who love to laugh and have a good time (not all about partying!). I think where I am at now I am in the very beginning stages of doing just that. I think that'll do it for today ladies and gentlemen. Have a great day wherever you are and, as always, thanks for reading!
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
Time For Another Change
That's right, I'm back everyone. After yet another long absence from the blogging world I return for what appears to be the last entry as a Shift Supervisor for the Purdue Memorial Union Starbucks. After two years back with the team I am taking a shot to move higher with the company and take one more step towards my goal of moving to Florida within a few years. I was thankfully able to time it so that I still have my apartment for a full month after switching jobs so I don't need one huge move, just a few trips back to Purdue now and then to clean the place out. I also was able to have my last day be the last day that this store is open before remodeling over the summer. Seemed fitting that the last day of the old store that I was a part of for seven years is also my last day here. There is still more I feel I could have done to improve this store, there is always more I could do, but I do feel that I changed this place for the better since coming back. The knowledge that the store I worked at and supervised is better off now than when I came in is really the greatest award I could hope for. It would mean that my studying has paid off and that maybe I do have the tools (tools that still need sharpened) to be a leader, not just a manager.
So it is back to Fort Wayne, my hometown, with me. A new store, new people, new challenges, but also new opportunities await me. What I do have going into this new endeavor is momentum. There is essentially no break between this job at Purdue ending and the new one beginning. At 3;30pm this Sunday I will have the car already loaded up with a lot of my belongings and I'm driving to Fort Wayne where my first shift is beginning Monday at 1pm! Good to have no gap so there is no time to get rusty or stagnant, the drawback being the same thing (no time to rest). I work four days I believe and then I have three days off which will be used to relax and get used to being back home. Toughest thing I think for me will be moving back home after being on my own for two years. It'll throw me off for sure, but only for a while. The positives far outweigh anything that could be seen as a negative. I'd say the biggest positive, even more than saving money, will be being near the family again (almost all of them live in Fort Wayne). There will be no shot at me being alone with my thoughts with nothing to do, therefore anxiety levels will plummet.
So here I am this last week on campus saying my goodbyes to the new friends I have made, but I am still within driving distance so it's more of a "see ya later" kinda deal. I'm not really too depressed about it because I had the luxury of knowing when my last days were here so I planned accordingly and so far I've been able to see everyone I wanted to say goodbye to. I can now go back home knowing that I have a couple dozen people here still pulling for me and that means a lot. At the moment, other than being on campus on a Friday, my days off have been a lot of the same but with a different feeling. It's been definitely more a feeling of excitement rather than anxiety. I'm actually looking forward to getting back to a new store and showing people what I can do. Over the last few months I have been talked up by a lot of people higher up in the management chain than I and so far they say I have definitely lived up to the praise. Now I get to show them back home that even though I've been at this company for almost eight years at a very busy store, my motor still does not stop. I hear they are very excited to have me on the team (and another store in Fort Wayne contacted me early on in the interview process and wanted to steal me away) so this should be a good time.
At the same time I know this won't all be about work. I am also looking at this as an opportunity to finally take more care of myself mentally and physically. I plan on getting a diet to gain weight started as well as a workout routine I can do at home and hopefully by the time I come back to visit Purdue to see the new store I'll be at a healthier weight and look pretty good which I know I can do I just need consistency in other areas of my life in order to focus on weight gain. There are some folks I want to hang out with that I know in the city (that I really didn't talk to as much as I would have liked until I moved away to Purdue). That should prove to be exciting as well in many ways I hope. Not going to get into why in this entry, I'll save it for a newer one down the road.
That's really all I got this round ladies and gentlemen. Other than a pretty good bout with anxiety the last few weeks I am finally getting back to my old self just in time to enjoy the next stage of my life. This stage, if my plan holds, will last three years at most before I am ready for the jump to Florida. Knowing that everyone I have worked with knows I am already ready for it, I can finally let myself believe that at the end of my time in Fort Wayne I will be ready. I have motivation, the network, the support system, momentum, the skill, and optimism. What more can I ask for? Stay tuned ladies and gentlemen, this is going to get interesting. As always, thanks for reading.
So it is back to Fort Wayne, my hometown, with me. A new store, new people, new challenges, but also new opportunities await me. What I do have going into this new endeavor is momentum. There is essentially no break between this job at Purdue ending and the new one beginning. At 3;30pm this Sunday I will have the car already loaded up with a lot of my belongings and I'm driving to Fort Wayne where my first shift is beginning Monday at 1pm! Good to have no gap so there is no time to get rusty or stagnant, the drawback being the same thing (no time to rest). I work four days I believe and then I have three days off which will be used to relax and get used to being back home. Toughest thing I think for me will be moving back home after being on my own for two years. It'll throw me off for sure, but only for a while. The positives far outweigh anything that could be seen as a negative. I'd say the biggest positive, even more than saving money, will be being near the family again (almost all of them live in Fort Wayne). There will be no shot at me being alone with my thoughts with nothing to do, therefore anxiety levels will plummet.
So here I am this last week on campus saying my goodbyes to the new friends I have made, but I am still within driving distance so it's more of a "see ya later" kinda deal. I'm not really too depressed about it because I had the luxury of knowing when my last days were here so I planned accordingly and so far I've been able to see everyone I wanted to say goodbye to. I can now go back home knowing that I have a couple dozen people here still pulling for me and that means a lot. At the moment, other than being on campus on a Friday, my days off have been a lot of the same but with a different feeling. It's been definitely more a feeling of excitement rather than anxiety. I'm actually looking forward to getting back to a new store and showing people what I can do. Over the last few months I have been talked up by a lot of people higher up in the management chain than I and so far they say I have definitely lived up to the praise. Now I get to show them back home that even though I've been at this company for almost eight years at a very busy store, my motor still does not stop. I hear they are very excited to have me on the team (and another store in Fort Wayne contacted me early on in the interview process and wanted to steal me away) so this should be a good time.
At the same time I know this won't all be about work. I am also looking at this as an opportunity to finally take more care of myself mentally and physically. I plan on getting a diet to gain weight started as well as a workout routine I can do at home and hopefully by the time I come back to visit Purdue to see the new store I'll be at a healthier weight and look pretty good which I know I can do I just need consistency in other areas of my life in order to focus on weight gain. There are some folks I want to hang out with that I know in the city (that I really didn't talk to as much as I would have liked until I moved away to Purdue). That should prove to be exciting as well in many ways I hope. Not going to get into why in this entry, I'll save it for a newer one down the road.
That's really all I got this round ladies and gentlemen. Other than a pretty good bout with anxiety the last few weeks I am finally getting back to my old self just in time to enjoy the next stage of my life. This stage, if my plan holds, will last three years at most before I am ready for the jump to Florida. Knowing that everyone I have worked with knows I am already ready for it, I can finally let myself believe that at the end of my time in Fort Wayne I will be ready. I have motivation, the network, the support system, momentum, the skill, and optimism. What more can I ask for? Stay tuned ladies and gentlemen, this is going to get interesting. As always, thanks for reading.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Jonny Mac is Back/Anti-Stagnation
Well after yet another extended hiatus from the blogging community I am back. I probably should have read my previous post as to not risk repeating anything but I think so much has occurred since then that I needn't worry about using old material. Let's get to it, then.
Well first of all Winter is already almost over. This is weird because Winter was supposed to be the season I set aside for myself to do the bulk of my writing. It helps with anxiety and all that. While there were a couple anxious moments peppered here and there I largely was able to get through them by simply bugging those closest to me until I felt reassured! While it is still cold outside I know that the Vernal Equinox is right around the corner.
The biggest change in terms of dominating my thinking, however, came in mid January right before classes started back up for everybody here and the new semester of work was about to begin. The student loan company upped the amount per month that they want from me and even though I technically can afford it on my budget, I can't sustain it over the long term and still afford those important things like food and gas. With a quick discussion with family I made the decision to start the wheels turning towards getting back to Fort Wayne to save some money. I didn't just stop at that. I got in contact with my District Manager for Purdue and set up a meeting to get a recommendation and see what kind of doors could be opened. Turned out she was fairly close to the DM's in Fort Wayne and put in a very strong word for me and now they are excited to meet me back home. I have already set up an interview with a Starbucks near the downtown area with the Store Manager AND District Manager at the same time. I was not officially told what the interview was for but I like to think they wouldn't bring in both heavy hitters unless it was for an Assistant Manager spot (which is what I specifically said in the emails I was interested in going after if at all possible). Late this month I have the interview set up and then I have a little getaway to Florida the day after for a week so that's not a bad set up. This is proof that when I turn on my focus and really go after something I really want I can really close in on it quick.
Here's the happy byproduct of all this: once I had the meeting with my DM now and then set up a meeting back home and heard how much I am needed in stores anywhere in the state (I was told I should be a Store Manager and if I was hired as a shift supervisor like I am now and I'm kept at that position it would be a major waste of potential and I would be the most underutilized supervisors my DM has seen) my confidence shot up. I noticed when speaking to my store manager I still defer to her as usual and run the important things by her but I started feeling more like an equal skill wise. I feel like now even though I am a shift supervisor it's like having a manager in the store almost every day. Long story short I guess you could say I am finally believing more in my own abilities after 7 years with the company and now I feel like maybe I can actually manage a store like people have been telling me I could for a while now!
Other than all that I am trying my best to manage the relationships in my life here while continuing to work hard and play even harder. Still continuing to self-assess and learn exactly how I work in order to better relate to others, I feel a very worthy goal and one more people ought to strive for. Over the last three months I believe a big piece that was missing has been discovered in what has come to be dubbed a "Writer's Personality". My feeling of being on the outside looking in is merely my proclivity for observing everyone and everything around me in order to better understand things. I may well be part of the group but I hardly ever feel like an important piece of the group and that is why. I am studying in order to re-tell an account of the fun nights out later. Once I can internalize this fact it will solve a long time problem I've had with myself.
Well gang I think this pretty well covers most everything new that I can think of. A lot to digest I know, definitely the most movement I've had in my life in quite some time! Hopefully I can remember to come in and make more entries now, maybe not every day or every week but hopefully more than one every 3 months! Thanks for hanging around and, as always, thanks for reading.
Well first of all Winter is already almost over. This is weird because Winter was supposed to be the season I set aside for myself to do the bulk of my writing. It helps with anxiety and all that. While there were a couple anxious moments peppered here and there I largely was able to get through them by simply bugging those closest to me until I felt reassured! While it is still cold outside I know that the Vernal Equinox is right around the corner.
The biggest change in terms of dominating my thinking, however, came in mid January right before classes started back up for everybody here and the new semester of work was about to begin. The student loan company upped the amount per month that they want from me and even though I technically can afford it on my budget, I can't sustain it over the long term and still afford those important things like food and gas. With a quick discussion with family I made the decision to start the wheels turning towards getting back to Fort Wayne to save some money. I didn't just stop at that. I got in contact with my District Manager for Purdue and set up a meeting to get a recommendation and see what kind of doors could be opened. Turned out she was fairly close to the DM's in Fort Wayne and put in a very strong word for me and now they are excited to meet me back home. I have already set up an interview with a Starbucks near the downtown area with the Store Manager AND District Manager at the same time. I was not officially told what the interview was for but I like to think they wouldn't bring in both heavy hitters unless it was for an Assistant Manager spot (which is what I specifically said in the emails I was interested in going after if at all possible). Late this month I have the interview set up and then I have a little getaway to Florida the day after for a week so that's not a bad set up. This is proof that when I turn on my focus and really go after something I really want I can really close in on it quick.
Here's the happy byproduct of all this: once I had the meeting with my DM now and then set up a meeting back home and heard how much I am needed in stores anywhere in the state (I was told I should be a Store Manager and if I was hired as a shift supervisor like I am now and I'm kept at that position it would be a major waste of potential and I would be the most underutilized supervisors my DM has seen) my confidence shot up. I noticed when speaking to my store manager I still defer to her as usual and run the important things by her but I started feeling more like an equal skill wise. I feel like now even though I am a shift supervisor it's like having a manager in the store almost every day. Long story short I guess you could say I am finally believing more in my own abilities after 7 years with the company and now I feel like maybe I can actually manage a store like people have been telling me I could for a while now!
Other than all that I am trying my best to manage the relationships in my life here while continuing to work hard and play even harder. Still continuing to self-assess and learn exactly how I work in order to better relate to others, I feel a very worthy goal and one more people ought to strive for. Over the last three months I believe a big piece that was missing has been discovered in what has come to be dubbed a "Writer's Personality". My feeling of being on the outside looking in is merely my proclivity for observing everyone and everything around me in order to better understand things. I may well be part of the group but I hardly ever feel like an important piece of the group and that is why. I am studying in order to re-tell an account of the fun nights out later. Once I can internalize this fact it will solve a long time problem I've had with myself.
Well gang I think this pretty well covers most everything new that I can think of. A lot to digest I know, definitely the most movement I've had in my life in quite some time! Hopefully I can remember to come in and make more entries now, maybe not every day or every week but hopefully more than one every 3 months! Thanks for hanging around and, as always, thanks for reading.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Shooting Star
I'm back ladies and gentlemen, after a long hiatus during which I have completed one year in my first leadership position at work, been in my first car accident (and subsequently went car shopping for the first time), got a new phone, and got a new apartment! So much so cover that I would not try to cram it all into this one entry, it would not do any of it justice. So let's just say that I'm back, and I'm still kickin'. Oh an apologies for the cheesy title of the entry, Owl City (my favorite musical artist) released a new album recently and there is always one song on each album that does something to me deep down, changes me for the better and keeps me reaching for everything I dream of doing and everywhere I dream of going and the song on this album that connected with me was Shooting Star!
First of all, as many of you may be wondering, I am completely fine after that car accident I spoke of. It was a dangerous merge onto a fast paced road (where it is customary to go 10mph over the limit) and a big Mack truck in front of me started to merge but then had to jam the break to avoid one of said speedsters and I crunched the front of my '95 Park Avenue on the back end of the truck. I saw him start to go and then looked back to make sure it was clear for me to merge, when I looked back he hadn't gone after all! Oops! Luckily he actually felt that my car hit his truck, there was barely a scratch on the Mack, my Park Avenue looked a lot worse than I felt the accident was. After a week or two of walking the route to work I went car shopping with my Dad and lucked out by finding a fantastic '05 Chevy Malibu with barely 36,000 miles on it! Luckily my Dad was with me that day, I can't imagine my first time dealing with credit checks, auto loans, and going dealership to dealership having to be done all on my own! The Malibu has been amazing and not just because it was the first car I ever picked out on my own. It had the best parts of every car I was looking at, had the low miles, and it was at a monthly payment I can afford!
Since that day I have been second guessing myself driving, I am still a little nervous but I am getting back to where I used to be. I have much more to focus on of a more positive nature than driving anxiety. Things at work have been going very well indeed since the last entries I wrote to you. I have never stopped reading books on leadership and people skills and I continue to relate everything I read in those books to how I can put the lessons into effect at my own personal store. I was told I may be the best trainer they've ever had at this Starbucks at Purdue and I never have to pull rank to get people to do things. Off the clock people still come right on up to me (even though there are student supervisors working at the time) and ask my input which I gladly give. I take it as a good sign that people trust me enough to come up to me when I'm not working for information instead of only when they work with me. The District Manager (or my boss' boss if you like) on multiple occasions said I am ready to be a manager at my own Starbucks. The most recent visit we discussed leadership and how I like to do things on my shifts, she asked my input on the remodel, then she asked me to let her know if there was anything she could do to keep me at this store just a little longer because they are lucky to have me. Imagine how that made me feel. That kind of talk keeps someone like me going for a long while! I did mention my loyalty to this store with extend through the remodel of the store to make sure they get off to a good start. I also said I had my eye on moving to Florida, the gulf side, to work as a manager at a store or assistant manager if need be. The DM told me to keep in touch and she would do everything she can when that time comes to see if we can get me down there to Florida (it's been a dream to live in Florida since I was 13 and first visited).
Other than that I fill my time continuing to write various things, plan get togethers for co workers to meet outside of work to build relationships with the team (got one coming up on the 8th that already has 6 or so people signed on) and visiting with the alumni and serving crew at Harry's once a week (big change from way back when I first came back to campus in terms of how many people I knew. Might be worth going back to that first entry to read about how nervous I was to come back and not know more than 3 people and not sure if I could handle the new leadership role I was taking on!).
I am currently enjoying a coffee or two here at the store whilst awaiting the rain to start, which I think is supposed to last two or three days! That should make the first football game of the season interesting for everyone tomorrow! I am working 9:30am to 6pm tomorrow and 7am to 3:30pm Sunday but then a paid day off Monday! This work week, between the rain, football starting again, the wacky schedule, and this new Owl City song should be something to keep life interesting as always! Not to mention it'll be nice to have a payday Wednesday where I can actually begin to put some money away for fun and savings (first time I can do that since moving in early July!) If anyone is still left reading these and are still interested, it's good to be back and to have people following me again. Let's make this next year something out of the ordinary and special. I'll be chasing my dreams no matter how childish and out of reach they may seem. When you're ready to do the same, I'll be right there ready to help! Have a great evening ladies and gentlemen!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
March 7, 2012
A very bright and very windy day here for the last day of my workweek. It is definitely a day I can go outside without the need for even a hoodie. I believe it has a chance to hit 70 degrees today with a low of just under 60! As far as early March goes in Indiana that's as good as it gets. Well, again I'm not really sure what to discuss in this entry but I just felt like writing again!
I feel like I really got into a zone this week at work (so far, I don't want to jynx it or anything). Getting more comfortable making judgement calls on where to put people throughout the shift. One or two of the decisions I made this week were by no means popular among everyone but I deemed them to be the right thing to do for what needed to be done. Are all my calls correct? Probably not, but I shouldn't be perfect all the time or things won't change, not to mention it wouldn't be human if I was correct 100% of the time. Basically it was pretty busy yet again the other night, people are calling in sick this week left and right, had to find two people quickly to cover a shift. Then at night there are quite a few things that need to be taken care of in order for the morning crew and day crew to be set up to run effectively. This would include running to the back cooler to stock up dozens of gallons of milk, running upstairs to the freezer to grab dozens of boxes of pastries for the case, running down to the basement to stock up all the syrups and cups and whatnot, then basically cleaning everything. The main goal is still to make drinks and to ensure great customer service but all that stuff I mentioned above is always in the back of my mind to get done. Usually, when it isn't busy I should say, all that stuff gets done and it's rather boring at night. When it's busy it gets pretty hectic unless you have a game plan, which I just happened to put together last night. Yes it asked a lot of the student workers but it also asked a lot of me! I like nights like that because if I start feeling the pressure I know I am learning and growing, hovering in that area we all like to be just outside our comfort zones. Anyway, that's my work related story so enough of that haha.
Other than that I am really enjoying this stretch of good weather we have going here. I must say the only drawback is how windy it is but I feel when it's this warm it'd be wrong to complain about that. I'm not absolutely certain what I will do with my weekend this week. I am a fan of breaking routines to keep things fresh lest what I like to do becomes something I feel obligated to do even on days I don't feel like doing it! I think I am about due for a day to just flat out lay in bed all day like I said the other day. Just watching Netflix with books in reach and phone nearby. Throw on my robe and just lay there drifting in and out of sleep, now that's a day off! We'll see what happens, like I said I don't like to plan things out too much and when I do they hardly ever actually work out haha.
I think that may be all I have for you guys and gals today, I better go enjoy the rest of my coffee and listen to a little more music to recharge for my shift tonight! I hope it's a great day wherever you are ladies and gentlemen and, as always, thanks for reading. :)
I feel like I really got into a zone this week at work (so far, I don't want to jynx it or anything). Getting more comfortable making judgement calls on where to put people throughout the shift. One or two of the decisions I made this week were by no means popular among everyone but I deemed them to be the right thing to do for what needed to be done. Are all my calls correct? Probably not, but I shouldn't be perfect all the time or things won't change, not to mention it wouldn't be human if I was correct 100% of the time. Basically it was pretty busy yet again the other night, people are calling in sick this week left and right, had to find two people quickly to cover a shift. Then at night there are quite a few things that need to be taken care of in order for the morning crew and day crew to be set up to run effectively. This would include running to the back cooler to stock up dozens of gallons of milk, running upstairs to the freezer to grab dozens of boxes of pastries for the case, running down to the basement to stock up all the syrups and cups and whatnot, then basically cleaning everything. The main goal is still to make drinks and to ensure great customer service but all that stuff I mentioned above is always in the back of my mind to get done. Usually, when it isn't busy I should say, all that stuff gets done and it's rather boring at night. When it's busy it gets pretty hectic unless you have a game plan, which I just happened to put together last night. Yes it asked a lot of the student workers but it also asked a lot of me! I like nights like that because if I start feeling the pressure I know I am learning and growing, hovering in that area we all like to be just outside our comfort zones. Anyway, that's my work related story so enough of that haha.
Other than that I am really enjoying this stretch of good weather we have going here. I must say the only drawback is how windy it is but I feel when it's this warm it'd be wrong to complain about that. I'm not absolutely certain what I will do with my weekend this week. I am a fan of breaking routines to keep things fresh lest what I like to do becomes something I feel obligated to do even on days I don't feel like doing it! I think I am about due for a day to just flat out lay in bed all day like I said the other day. Just watching Netflix with books in reach and phone nearby. Throw on my robe and just lay there drifting in and out of sleep, now that's a day off! We'll see what happens, like I said I don't like to plan things out too much and when I do they hardly ever actually work out haha.
I think that may be all I have for you guys and gals today, I better go enjoy the rest of my coffee and listen to a little more music to recharge for my shift tonight! I hope it's a great day wherever you are ladies and gentlemen and, as always, thanks for reading. :)
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
March 6, 2012
There we go! New schedule for those days I don't work until 4pm (which is actually every day except Saturday). On days like this I tend to wake up at 2pm and head straight in but not lately, these brighter mornings and warming temperatures are making it easier to jump out of bed earlier. In today's case it was 10:30am and that gave me a chance to brew my own coffee, to get up and moving around which makes waking up easier, and even breakfast before I head in to the store to read and wait for my shift. Not a whole terrible lot to write about today but I am in the writing mood.
Last night at work was pretty hectic but I feel I handled it well. There was something going on around campus, whether it was some sort of event for incoming students or exams I do not know. All I know is it was crazy busy compared to most weekdays at the same time. Add to the increased customer count the fact that we had new displays to put up around the store and merchandise to shift around because of the new Spring promotion and that equals me running around making sure everyone has a job to do, I get my restocking jobs and whatnot done, and the person setting up the new promotion gets it done. Long story short everything went well, I just had to clock out a little later, ended up getting home at 1am which isn't terrible actually (plus it feels good going back and listing all the things we managed to get done). So here I am, rested up and getting recharged for another day. Just a couple more days before my own fake weekend (I have Thursdays and Fridays off) and everyone leaves for Spring Break and we take it just a little bit easier.
Now, speaking of Spring Break I don't get one haha. What I do get is a chance to work the schedule I mentioned the last post. One that I do wake up early but I am done early in the day too and can enjoy warmer temps and bright sun so that'll be a nice change. All I want to do after clocking out those days is take it nice and easy. Netflix and napping the rest of that afternoon and night comes to mind. At some point during the week I am also putting in my application for an apartment a little ways away from this one. Hopefully I'll be locking down my own one bedroom and moving in this next July! Pretty cool place especially because it has a pool, but also because it'll be my first apartment completely to myself. I'll be talking more and more about it in future posts I'm sure.
Other than that I have run out of things to discuss! I hope all of you are enjoying your days wherever you are and keep an eye out for more posts! Stay classy ladies and gentlemen, and thanks for reading.
Last night at work was pretty hectic but I feel I handled it well. There was something going on around campus, whether it was some sort of event for incoming students or exams I do not know. All I know is it was crazy busy compared to most weekdays at the same time. Add to the increased customer count the fact that we had new displays to put up around the store and merchandise to shift around because of the new Spring promotion and that equals me running around making sure everyone has a job to do, I get my restocking jobs and whatnot done, and the person setting up the new promotion gets it done. Long story short everything went well, I just had to clock out a little later, ended up getting home at 1am which isn't terrible actually (plus it feels good going back and listing all the things we managed to get done). So here I am, rested up and getting recharged for another day. Just a couple more days before my own fake weekend (I have Thursdays and Fridays off) and everyone leaves for Spring Break and we take it just a little bit easier.
Now, speaking of Spring Break I don't get one haha. What I do get is a chance to work the schedule I mentioned the last post. One that I do wake up early but I am done early in the day too and can enjoy warmer temps and bright sun so that'll be a nice change. All I want to do after clocking out those days is take it nice and easy. Netflix and napping the rest of that afternoon and night comes to mind. At some point during the week I am also putting in my application for an apartment a little ways away from this one. Hopefully I'll be locking down my own one bedroom and moving in this next July! Pretty cool place especially because it has a pool, but also because it'll be my first apartment completely to myself. I'll be talking more and more about it in future posts I'm sure.
Other than that I have run out of things to discuss! I hope all of you are enjoying your days wherever you are and keep an eye out for more posts! Stay classy ladies and gentlemen, and thanks for reading.
Monday, March 5, 2012
March 5, 2012
Well hello again everyone! It's a bright (although chilly) morning here but I have my coffee and good music playing so the mood struck me to type up another entry. Just got back from a trip home to Fort Wayne the last few days which was pretty nice. I was hoping those few days would be nothing but relaxing with the fam but it didn't quite end up that way. I spent time with the family, yes, but a lot of semi-babysitting was in store for me. I did not get to follow my usual routine of heading to my old Starbucks and just sitting there with coffee, a book, and some music for a couple hours in the morning. Not to mention two and a half days really isn't enough time to really settle down and relax. Having said that, it was still a blast to see everyone again after a few months away.
Now back to Lafayette for me to continue working hard and playing even harder. This next couple weeks will be out of the ordinary which, therefore, makes it a very exciting way to run through this month. For starters my workweek is shorter by one day (I used a personal day on Saturday to stay at home a little longer). Plus, starting Friday, which I don't work anyway, the store closes earlier in preparation for Spring Break. That means my schedule is going to shift starting next Saturday to working more in the daytime. Again, this is very nice for a change. Yes I have to wake up much earlier but I am also done much earlier in the day! Then of course you have to mention the fact that most people are leaving campus for the week so I will be nowhere close to being as busy as a normal week. Everything over the next week or so points to a wonderful, relaxing change to get me set for the final push to commencement day for all these kids.
Has it already almost been a year since I came back here to work? July through now has flown by and so much has changed not only with me but with just about everyone I know! If I wasn't sure what kind of person I was in terms of handling change, I know now that I embrace it and it excites me which I feel is the greatest (and healthiest) way to deal with change. What was on the agenda to do when I got here? Well the main thing I knew I had to do but didn't know how was to meet new friends here on campus. Once I took care of that then everything seemed like it was perfect for me at this point in time. Gotta be happy where you are in the present and now I am :). Now you see all these relationships I have cultivated over the Fall and Winter months can be strengthened in a big way now that Spring and Summer are here again and being outside is a real possibility. My new friends, or most of them, are going to be on campus through the summer as well so I get to hang out even more. Summer on a college campus is fantastic. You get enough students still here taking summer classes that it isn't quite a ghost town. At the same time there is no worries finding a parking spot or waiting in line at any point to get into Harry's (or any other bar on Chauncey Hill for that matter). My store is never busy at all either, nothing I can't handle with ease. So I am just about ready for that.
That's all I've got for you guys today I think! Just going to continue my workout routine here for the day and then get ready for work. Warmer days are becoming more and more frequent so take comfort in that! Enjoy your respective days ladies and gentlemen and, of course, thanks for reading! ;)
Now back to Lafayette for me to continue working hard and playing even harder. This next couple weeks will be out of the ordinary which, therefore, makes it a very exciting way to run through this month. For starters my workweek is shorter by one day (I used a personal day on Saturday to stay at home a little longer). Plus, starting Friday, which I don't work anyway, the store closes earlier in preparation for Spring Break. That means my schedule is going to shift starting next Saturday to working more in the daytime. Again, this is very nice for a change. Yes I have to wake up much earlier but I am also done much earlier in the day! Then of course you have to mention the fact that most people are leaving campus for the week so I will be nowhere close to being as busy as a normal week. Everything over the next week or so points to a wonderful, relaxing change to get me set for the final push to commencement day for all these kids.
Has it already almost been a year since I came back here to work? July through now has flown by and so much has changed not only with me but with just about everyone I know! If I wasn't sure what kind of person I was in terms of handling change, I know now that I embrace it and it excites me which I feel is the greatest (and healthiest) way to deal with change. What was on the agenda to do when I got here? Well the main thing I knew I had to do but didn't know how was to meet new friends here on campus. Once I took care of that then everything seemed like it was perfect for me at this point in time. Gotta be happy where you are in the present and now I am :). Now you see all these relationships I have cultivated over the Fall and Winter months can be strengthened in a big way now that Spring and Summer are here again and being outside is a real possibility. My new friends, or most of them, are going to be on campus through the summer as well so I get to hang out even more. Summer on a college campus is fantastic. You get enough students still here taking summer classes that it isn't quite a ghost town. At the same time there is no worries finding a parking spot or waiting in line at any point to get into Harry's (or any other bar on Chauncey Hill for that matter). My store is never busy at all either, nothing I can't handle with ease. So I am just about ready for that.
That's all I've got for you guys today I think! Just going to continue my workout routine here for the day and then get ready for work. Warmer days are becoming more and more frequent so take comfort in that! Enjoy your respective days ladies and gentlemen and, of course, thanks for reading! ;)
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