Saturday, January 12, 2013
Taking a Break
I'm not going to be posting anything for awhile. I need to focus on some other personal stuff and my book. I know I have some viewers out there that shouldn't know the stuff I want to post about. So I'm just going to stop until it's no longer an issue.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Look Back on 2012
Wow! 2012 has been just a whirl wind of a year for us. We started the year with such a great outlook on life. I had just been promoted to a new position and my husband and I were well on our way of repairing our marriage after talks of divorce.
January - I was getting used to the new position. I learned what really goes into not only hiring people, but getting people to apply.I realized pretty quickly that I had to grow a lot, personally and professionally, if I was going to make it in this position. I had to be comfortable enough to put myself out there at job fairs and speak on the radio. There was a huge adjustment period with working together with other departments within the company. Personalities clashed as we were feeling each other out. I frequently felt over worked and struggled to maintain my home and work life.
February- I was starting to freak out about my niece coming for a visit during the Summer. Wasn't sure how I was going to afford it at the time or if she would even enjoy herself while she was here. The HRM went on maternity leave and I was still struggling with my new role. I was finding it difficult to make everyone happy, play HRM and AM. I had to deal with a lot of drama that ended up coming back around a couple months later.
March- We all had an absolutely amazing trip to Minneapolis, where we took our first steps into welcoming Teal into the folds of our group. We went to Mall of America a couple of times, watched Hunger Games in the Dbox(never be going to Dbox again btw), went to this awesome Newsroom restaurant(including a two way mirror in the bathroom, men could see into the women's and vice versa), got crazy drunk at a club where Eleven and I danced for hours and I got my foot stomped on, Eleven and I went to watch Hairspray while everyone else hit up some museums. I would love to do this again sometime.
April- I was starting to feel pretty insecure about myself. Two close friends of mine just decided to cut all ties with the rest of us. I guess they assumed since they were moving in a few months anyway what's the point of maintaining friendships. This caused some unfortunate drama at work and so I stopped blogging until they moved and no longer worked for the same company as me. The HRM came back from maternity which prompted everyone who felt that I didn't handle their complaints properly to come forward and dug up all sorts of drama all over again.
May- I honestly didn't do a lot of actual working at the company this month. The first week I was traveling to the client's headquarters. Had a very good trip, I think everyone was very impressed with me. I had to speak in front of every employee there and explain what I learned while I was on the trip. I hope to return there soon. I always enjoy myself and learn a lot during my visits there. Toward the end of the month Hubby and I went home for a week. We started off visiting with his dad for the weekend and then surprised my mom for Mother's Day, she thought I wasn't going to visit until the day after. Unfortunately my aunt passed away while I was there. We went to the funeral and the wake, got to see a lot of family I hadn't seen in years. That same day Hubby and I had plans to spend our five year wedding anniversary in Stillwater. We ate at our favorite restaurant and spent the night at an amazing hotel. We also swam in a salt water pool for the first time. Overall it was a great trip. I always love coming back home. We brought my niece back with us for the Summer.
June- Getting used to having a 13 year old in the house. After awhile I realized she pretty much entertained herself. My boss was cool enough to let her come to work with me once a week. She loved coming to work with me and meeting all the people I work with. She even helped me from time to time, mostly cleaning desks and highlighting new hire paperwork. She went to a job fair with me at the BBQ cook off thing. We even got caricatures done. It was really cute. We frequently went out and ate with the group a lot. She loves all of my friends.
July- I was really used to having my niece around. I paid her to clean the apartment and she used that money to buy new clothes and a cell phone while I didn't have to clean anything for two months! She was eager to learn how to cook so we started cooking dinner together. She loved making Swedish Meatballs. My boss gave her free tickets to the water park in town. We all went one weekend and I got a sun burn from hell. I learned I'm no longer allergic to aloe vera, at least there was that. At the same time the account I manage was getting to big for our center to staff. So we branched out to another center in another state, which had a higher unemployment rate. Dildo went there for two weeks to train the first class so I could stay with my niece during the last couple of weeks we had together. Toward the end of July we flew back home to take my niece home. It was her first time on a plane and she was super nervous, but I think she enjoyed it. The rental car I had didn't even make it out of the parking spot before an employee from the rental company hit the car. I got a free upgrade out of the deal though! Took her shopping for school clothes and her birthday at the mall there. Spent the weekend there and then flew back the following Monday.
August- I took a trip to the new center myself and spent two weeks there to train the 2nd class and train the trainer. The city smells like manure and I missed my home, my hubby, and friends. I couldn't even celebrate Eleven's birthday with her, which made it suck even more. I did take the time to see the sites there though. I went to their capital during the weekend. Also took a detour through the mountains on the way back to my hotel. It was so beautiful. I think I could get used to the manure smell just to live three hours away from the mountains.
September- Ugh, September. So much work drama. I don't even really want to get too much into it, but basically I had to demote three Team Managers, not due to performance, and hire a new (or old depending on how you looked at it), experienced one. It caused a lot of hurt feels that everyone had to get past. Let's just say I spent a lot of hours in the HRM's office.
October- From what I can remember was a pretty uneventful month. We did some contest and things at work. Wounds were starting to heal and things were getting back to normal, well even better than normal really. I had three experienced Team Managers that required very little attention. I was starting to work less and less hours every week, which was a great change for me.
November- Took another trip to the other center to help train a new TM and bridge the gap between the Site Manager and the client during the client visit. See the client pretty much trusts me and doesn't like the other center's Site Manager too much. She tends to piss him off a lot. I gotten to know the client a lot better. He even asked me to consider working directly for him instead of for the company. I was rather flattered and it's something I have always wanted to do. On my way back home I stopped off and had dinner with an old friend I hadn't seen in years. It was great getting to catch up. While I was gone on my trip our HRM was spending her last days with the company. I miss working with her a lot. She was a great HRM and a huge asset to have on your side. Hubby's grandmother lost her husband just before Thanksgiving. We had to make an emergency trip to Oklahoma to support his family and especially his grandmother during this tragic time. The only up side was that we got to spend Thanksgiving with the family for the first time in years. The funeral service was very nice and his grandmother has got to be one of the strongest people I know. She has survived the loss of two husbands now. I couldn't imagine surviving the loss of one, let alone two.
December- Man was December an easy month for me on most levels. It was a little stressful because the Site Manager decided to give out over 500 hours in vacation, which left us short staffed and ended up having to offer OT. I learned that my position with the company was in jeopardy. I had to apply to keep my job and relocate to the new center. I have yet to see how that's going to play out. I actually don't feel like I did too much actual work the entire month. I went off site with...we'll call him Apple, he is the new/old TM I hired and/or Dildo to go get SBUX or lunch almost every day. Apple also works for SBUX and I have spent so much money there in the last couple of months....I don't even want to think about it. On a personal level I had a great time with my friends during our "Thanksgiving" dinner and then our "Christmas/New Years Eve" celebration. I reconnected with an old friend I hadn't seen a couple of years. It was great seeing Aizen again. CPK and I invented and made some epic pizzas, which we should definitely make again sometime. Think about it, Thanksgiving dinner on a pizza. A-Ma-Zing!
June- Getting used to having a 13 year old in the house. After awhile I realized she pretty much entertained herself. My boss was cool enough to let her come to work with me once a week. She loved coming to work with me and meeting all the people I work with. She even helped me from time to time, mostly cleaning desks and highlighting new hire paperwork. She went to a job fair with me at the BBQ cook off thing. We even got caricatures done. It was really cute. We frequently went out and ate with the group a lot. She loves all of my friends.
July- I was really used to having my niece around. I paid her to clean the apartment and she used that money to buy new clothes and a cell phone while I didn't have to clean anything for two months! She was eager to learn how to cook so we started cooking dinner together. She loved making Swedish Meatballs. My boss gave her free tickets to the water park in town. We all went one weekend and I got a sun burn from hell. I learned I'm no longer allergic to aloe vera, at least there was that. At the same time the account I manage was getting to big for our center to staff. So we branched out to another center in another state, which had a higher unemployment rate. Dildo went there for two weeks to train the first class so I could stay with my niece during the last couple of weeks we had together. Toward the end of July we flew back home to take my niece home. It was her first time on a plane and she was super nervous, but I think she enjoyed it. The rental car I had didn't even make it out of the parking spot before an employee from the rental company hit the car. I got a free upgrade out of the deal though! Took her shopping for school clothes and her birthday at the mall there. Spent the weekend there and then flew back the following Monday.
August- I took a trip to the new center myself and spent two weeks there to train the 2nd class and train the trainer. The city smells like manure and I missed my home, my hubby, and friends. I couldn't even celebrate Eleven's birthday with her, which made it suck even more. I did take the time to see the sites there though. I went to their capital during the weekend. Also took a detour through the mountains on the way back to my hotel. It was so beautiful. I think I could get used to the manure smell just to live three hours away from the mountains.
September- Ugh, September. So much work drama. I don't even really want to get too much into it, but basically I had to demote three Team Managers, not due to performance, and hire a new (or old depending on how you looked at it), experienced one. It caused a lot of hurt feels that everyone had to get past. Let's just say I spent a lot of hours in the HRM's office.
October- From what I can remember was a pretty uneventful month. We did some contest and things at work. Wounds were starting to heal and things were getting back to normal, well even better than normal really. I had three experienced Team Managers that required very little attention. I was starting to work less and less hours every week, which was a great change for me.
November- Took another trip to the other center to help train a new TM and bridge the gap between the Site Manager and the client during the client visit. See the client pretty much trusts me and doesn't like the other center's Site Manager too much. She tends to piss him off a lot. I gotten to know the client a lot better. He even asked me to consider working directly for him instead of for the company. I was rather flattered and it's something I have always wanted to do. On my way back home I stopped off and had dinner with an old friend I hadn't seen in years. It was great getting to catch up. While I was gone on my trip our HRM was spending her last days with the company. I miss working with her a lot. She was a great HRM and a huge asset to have on your side. Hubby's grandmother lost her husband just before Thanksgiving. We had to make an emergency trip to Oklahoma to support his family and especially his grandmother during this tragic time. The only up side was that we got to spend Thanksgiving with the family for the first time in years. The funeral service was very nice and his grandmother has got to be one of the strongest people I know. She has survived the loss of two husbands now. I couldn't imagine surviving the loss of one, let alone two.
December- Man was December an easy month for me on most levels. It was a little stressful because the Site Manager decided to give out over 500 hours in vacation, which left us short staffed and ended up having to offer OT. I learned that my position with the company was in jeopardy. I had to apply to keep my job and relocate to the new center. I have yet to see how that's going to play out. I actually don't feel like I did too much actual work the entire month. I went off site with...we'll call him Apple, he is the new/old TM I hired and/or Dildo to go get SBUX or lunch almost every day. Apple also works for SBUX and I have spent so much money there in the last couple of months....I don't even want to think about it. On a personal level I had a great time with my friends during our "Thanksgiving" dinner and then our "Christmas/New Years Eve" celebration. I reconnected with an old friend I hadn't seen a couple of years. It was great seeing Aizen again. CPK and I invented and made some epic pizzas, which we should definitely make again sometime. Think about it, Thanksgiving dinner on a pizza. A-Ma-Zing!
Overall 2012 was a great year and I have no regrets. I wouldn't change a thing about it, regardless of the work drama. Here is to hoping 2013 treats me just as well.
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