My days off seem to fly by. This weekend was no different. Friday was a trip to the gym and relaxing. Saturday I enlisted the help of my hubby and the kids and we did a major house cleaning. It is amazing how much bigger the house feels now that all the winter clothes are put away along with everything else. All the clothes are washed, folded and put away.
I took a few hours last evening to work on my paper Scrap booking. It has been a long time since I had been inspired to work on it. I managed to complete 6 pages. I am quite happy with how they turned out. I am still scrapping about Christiane's birth and so have a lot more to go lol, only another 9 years! Oh well, I enjoy it! Once my craft room is finished in the basement I should be able to work away more often and not worry about a certain Mr Monkey getting into things! (Oh yes there will be a lock on that door!)
Today was going to be a day of scrapbooking for me, but turned into a morning of laundry folding and bedroom cleaning. That was fine, then as I decided to sit down and get to work on scrapbooking, my dearest daughter tells me about a project that she has to do for school......and surprise surprise it is due on Tuesday!! Since I am working night shift Monday and Tuesday that left only today to help her start and finish this project. Ahhh children. So instead of scrapbooking for me, I worked away and helped Christiane 'scrapbook' a cereal box based on a book. It really is a neat project and we had fun doing it. (I did have to keep reminding her that it was her project so she needed to do it....not me :p ) After all was said and done, I did manage to do one page, not fully, I still need to add the journalling but the basis is there.
Tomorrow is a sleep day and working nights. The nice thing about this week is that Friday is a stat holiday so I get an extra day off this week. It is always nice to have a stat holiday even if it lands on a day shift :D
So even though this weekend went by so quickly, much was accomplished and I even got some relaxing time in that actually felt relaxing! My house is closer to being in order (before the chaos that is going to be the basement renovations )
Mood Great
Life Great
Still taking it day by day, but is there really any other way to take it??
Until Next Time
Cheers!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Friday, March 26, 2010
Back to Work
Alarm goes off at 6:15am......I REALLY didn't want to get out of bed. I dragged myself out of bed, got ready and left for work. While the day itself was no more stressful that it had been of late...my poor feet and legs screamed at me after the first few hours and then continued the rest of the shift. To make things worse once I got home and got into bed my legs burned so badly I could hardly stand it!! That will teach me for taking a vacation LOL.
Outside of my body's rebellion, my mind was glad to be back at work, well at least a little. I hit the floor to do my shift exchange (that is to talk to the people who ran the line the shift before to find out how things went, things to watch for etc) Anywho....Jason saw me and a great big smile burst out and he gave me a big hug and said "Thank God you're back!!". and to top it off Joel (my supervisor) must have told me half a dozen times how glad he was I was back. It is so nice to be missed :) Things with "Guy" hadn't changed at all while I was gone and so patience is a little thin. It has gotten to the point where my Line Supervisor no longer enjoys coming to work....which is a huge deal as he loves what we do. (I do most days myself, especially since I had/have a great crew to work with) So we had 2 rough shifts, but made it through. Last night for the last 2 hours of our shift was our team celebration so we all went out for dinner (company paid yippie) and had a great time. After dinner a few of us decided to go for drinks. It was nice and we mostly avoided talking about work. I stayed out a little longer than I should have since I had to get up with the kids today, but it was worth it. I'll take a nap a bit later today.
Today, I went to Curves and ran some errands. I plan on doing some housework, but for the most part I think I will just relax today and worry about the cleaning tomorrow. I will admit that I was in quite the foul mood this morning and my instinct was to go crazy cleaning the house and put myself in an even worse mood. But I didn't.....I went to the gym instead and now I feel much better. While the state of the house still makes me angry, I am choosing to ignore it for now...it will still be there later for me.
Outside of my body's rebellion, my mind was glad to be back at work, well at least a little. I hit the floor to do my shift exchange (that is to talk to the people who ran the line the shift before to find out how things went, things to watch for etc) Anywho....Jason saw me and a great big smile burst out and he gave me a big hug and said "Thank God you're back!!". and to top it off Joel (my supervisor) must have told me half a dozen times how glad he was I was back. It is so nice to be missed :) Things with "Guy" hadn't changed at all while I was gone and so patience is a little thin. It has gotten to the point where my Line Supervisor no longer enjoys coming to work....which is a huge deal as he loves what we do. (I do most days myself, especially since I had/have a great crew to work with) So we had 2 rough shifts, but made it through. Last night for the last 2 hours of our shift was our team celebration so we all went out for dinner (company paid yippie) and had a great time. After dinner a few of us decided to go for drinks. It was nice and we mostly avoided talking about work. I stayed out a little longer than I should have since I had to get up with the kids today, but it was worth it. I'll take a nap a bit later today.
Today, I went to Curves and ran some errands. I plan on doing some housework, but for the most part I think I will just relax today and worry about the cleaning tomorrow. I will admit that I was in quite the foul mood this morning and my instinct was to go crazy cleaning the house and put myself in an even worse mood. But I didn't.....I went to the gym instead and now I feel much better. While the state of the house still makes me angry, I am choosing to ignore it for now...it will still be there later for me.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Vacation Time
I love vacation time. But then again who doesn't!! I opted to take March Break off with my hubby and the kids. This chews up a lot of my vacation hours but it is worth it! The first half of my time off we spent visiting my best friend Amy. She bought a new house in November and I hadn't been able to make a trip up to see it until now. (It is a 4hr drive) Her new home is beautiful. It needs a lot of work, but she and her husband are both handy so the potential is there. We spent 4 days. The first day was just a relax, house tour and setup loggings day. The next day went for a nice walk through part of the city and enjoyed watching our kids playing in the backyard. The weather was gorgeous. We also made a trip to Ikea, which is always a lot of fun even though I didn't do any shopping this time. I did get a lot of ideas though :) Our last full day was spent at the local Sugar bush. Maple syrup is wonderful but Maple Syrup Lollipops are to die for! The last day was a morning of playing in the yard and helping Amy setup a new computer station, then it was time to get on the road.
I didn't get as much accomplished today as I would have liked, but I'm not obsessing that I didn't. I did get a plan sketched out (with measurements) for my basement reno project and sent the plans to my friend Dan who is going to help me make it happen. We also went out as a family and did our huge grocery shop and then came home to relax together.
Tomorrow I plan to get back to the gym and start cleaning/packing up my basement. The best thing about having the plans on paper is knowing what section to tackle first! I knew I wanted to build in a bedroom, but didn't know where it was going to go. Now that that is realized I have to get that area cleared out first.
So for today and the last little while, my mood has been good. Everyday is a new day, full of new choices and battles. I am choosing to be happy and enjoy my vacation!!
I didn't get as much accomplished today as I would have liked, but I'm not obsessing that I didn't. I did get a plan sketched out (with measurements) for my basement reno project and sent the plans to my friend Dan who is going to help me make it happen. We also went out as a family and did our huge grocery shop and then came home to relax together.
Tomorrow I plan to get back to the gym and start cleaning/packing up my basement. The best thing about having the plans on paper is knowing what section to tackle first! I knew I wanted to build in a bedroom, but didn't know where it was going to go. Now that that is realized I have to get that area cleared out first.
So for today and the last little while, my mood has been good. Everyday is a new day, full of new choices and battles. I am choosing to be happy and enjoy my vacation!!
Monday, March 1, 2010
Life and the Reality of it
It has been difficult lately to stay happy and positive. Work has been stressful and my brother (well his life/choices) are also a great stress.
Let me start with work. A member of the team has come back after being off for 8 months for surgery. He is 2 years from retirement and has been in the department many years. My line crew (which is me, my supervisor and a contract worker) has had a difficult time with this. This "guy" is just not doing the amount of work that is expected of him. He has been back over a month now and the medical department at work keeps telling us that he has no restrictions and should be able to preform 100%. So this leaves us feel as though he doesn't want to do the work (he has voiced this several times, but we still hoped there was a medical reason to it)
My supervisor's boss decided to have this "guy" shadow our contract worker as he should be able to do everything he does and more. "Guy" is not able to keep up even 50% of the time. Then it was decided that he would shadow me. While he did better with me (I am not a fast person) he still was only doing 60-70% of the work. I was/am very frustrated with training someone who doesn't want to learn or work. I am hoping that something will be resolved while I am on vacation over March Break. I doubt that will happen, but one can hope.
My brother is an entire other issue. He is making some really bad choices in his life right now (he is almost 30) He has lost 2 great girlfriends in the last year and is also getting him in trouble with the law. I have always been depended on by my parents (and my brother) to keep him going in the right direction. He had 'issues' back home in school so my parents moved him 8hrs away to live with me. He almost dropped out of high school, but my fiance at the time helped me get him through school. It wasn't long after I was married (and pregnant) that we had to get him to move into his own place because of his 'issues'. Here we are almost 10 years later and I am still in the middle, trying to keep the peace in the family and my brother alive. This time there is nothing I can do but listen to each side b!tch about the other. He is almost 30 and not a baby. I have given him my opinion on a few occasions that were quite blunt but also truthful. I am very worried and feel helpless. All I can do is watch and pray that he survives.
On the positive side, work on the whole is going well other than being stressful, my performance is holding steady and climbing. I am learning a lot and becoming a resource on the team. This bodes well for me achieving my level 2 sometime in the next year (I hope!) Money/financial part of life is getting better also. After my nervous breakdown we accumulated a paralyzing amount of debt. We are now on the uphill crawl and can actually see the top of the mountain. It will still be sometime before we are where we actually want to be, but that is only another part of the journey of life.
Let me start with work. A member of the team has come back after being off for 8 months for surgery. He is 2 years from retirement and has been in the department many years. My line crew (which is me, my supervisor and a contract worker) has had a difficult time with this. This "guy" is just not doing the amount of work that is expected of him. He has been back over a month now and the medical department at work keeps telling us that he has no restrictions and should be able to preform 100%. So this leaves us feel as though he doesn't want to do the work (he has voiced this several times, but we still hoped there was a medical reason to it)
My supervisor's boss decided to have this "guy" shadow our contract worker as he should be able to do everything he does and more. "Guy" is not able to keep up even 50% of the time. Then it was decided that he would shadow me. While he did better with me (I am not a fast person) he still was only doing 60-70% of the work. I was/am very frustrated with training someone who doesn't want to learn or work. I am hoping that something will be resolved while I am on vacation over March Break. I doubt that will happen, but one can hope.
My brother is an entire other issue. He is making some really bad choices in his life right now (he is almost 30) He has lost 2 great girlfriends in the last year and is also getting him in trouble with the law. I have always been depended on by my parents (and my brother) to keep him going in the right direction. He had 'issues' back home in school so my parents moved him 8hrs away to live with me. He almost dropped out of high school, but my fiance at the time helped me get him through school. It wasn't long after I was married (and pregnant) that we had to get him to move into his own place because of his 'issues'. Here we are almost 10 years later and I am still in the middle, trying to keep the peace in the family and my brother alive. This time there is nothing I can do but listen to each side b!tch about the other. He is almost 30 and not a baby. I have given him my opinion on a few occasions that were quite blunt but also truthful. I am very worried and feel helpless. All I can do is watch and pray that he survives.
On the positive side, work on the whole is going well other than being stressful, my performance is holding steady and climbing. I am learning a lot and becoming a resource on the team. This bodes well for me achieving my level 2 sometime in the next year (I hope!) Money/financial part of life is getting better also. After my nervous breakdown we accumulated a paralyzing amount of debt. We are now on the uphill crawl and can actually see the top of the mountain. It will still be sometime before we are where we actually want to be, but that is only another part of the journey of life.
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