Might Have Trouble Tonight

I have so much on my mind, I was afraid my mind wouldn't shut off...So I took 2 sleeping pills an hour and a half ago. I am still not tired. Normally, 1/2 of a pill puts me down. I just don't know what to do. I guess I should dream about girls day out on Saturday. I just hope my renters pulls through with some money or I won't go...I don't like to window shop. Pray I get some money or I will be really more depressed than I am already.

Another Red Letter Day

I surely can not have this much fun tomorrow as I did today. I should have counted how many times my employees called me. I turned my cell phone OFF around 2:30 pm. I had asked them to fax me orders. They were supposed to fax me questions, all laid out in form and yet, all day long, they called me. I finally just stopped answering the phone. What better way to teach them is by showing them first hand. It isn't like I didn't answer their faxes right away. Normally, within minutes I had answers completed and refaxed back to them. I looked at my cell phone and one person called at 3:29, 3:30, 3:31, 3:32, 3:33 and 3:45 but this went on like that all day long. I guess I have lots to train them on. Like, how to follow directions. The simplest tasks seem to throw them.

New Employee Left Alone

With everything going on at work, I have scheduled our new person to be ALONE on Monday for about an hour/hour and a half. She doesn't know this yet. One employee is out for the morning until 10:30 for a scheduled appointment. Another employee will come in, then leave at 9:00 for class and then come back in at 2:00. Another employee doesn't come in until late morning 11:00. Owner is out of town and won't be back until tomorrow and I am at home working due to the computers not working....and that leaves my new full time person alone for a short period of time. I am starting to pray right now that the phones will be kind and not ring during this time. I just might find myself short 1 person tomorrow if it is bad. That would be bad.

New Provider

I have a new provider arranged for our internet service and our telephone service. The issue I have is getting the service installed now versus the 30 day waiting period. The guy I have been working with tells me they are going to push for a 1-2 week time period and will waive the hundreds of dollars for the expediate fee. OMG..I think the owner of my company might come unglued when he finds out we have not had internet service for days and may not have internet service for several more days..if not weeks... You see, he is on a National Sales Meeting in the middle of the ocean and doesn't know what is going on. He comes back on Tuesday. It is my hope, we have an alternative situation up and running.

On a positive note, the painter (my friend Luci) painted another 2 rooms in our office and it looks so bright and cheerful. Maybe I should just paint myself the same color so I can be bright and cheerful...

Another Stressful Day

I went into my work today to see if our internet provider got our service up and running yet...and it wasn't running....I almost cried. I called them and they said, "Well, we aren't sure what else to do so we are going to refund your money." Although I appreciate the fact they are going to take care of refunding money without a fight, because it is the right thing to do, but I am extremely upset because we are left high and dry. This means, I will not be going back into work on Monday. My office will continue to limp through as it has been for the last few days. It has been so stressful. I don't know if my shoulders and neck is going to be able to take another long day sitting in front of my laptop. I feel like a prision at war. The other thing is I was supposed to have last Friday off and because of this situation I couldn't so I was supposed to have tomorrow (Monday) off and guess what...I can't because of the current situation. I am so frustrated!

I am not sleeping...I am resting my eyes

Love the non drowsy medication. Woke up 3 hours later after taking it with a sinus headache...LOL!!! I am coming to terms with the fact that my head problems must be stress related....hummmmm

After watching the Olympics, I think I might pick up a sport...I am thinking kick boxing...wouldn't that be fun to watch me do that?!?!

My renter had better cough up some green backs this week! I have a rubber stamp convention to attend! I might have to pretend that I have mastered the art of kick boxing if he doesn't come through for me. ./sfdal;0pasof OOOPS, sorry, I had to pick myself up from falling out of my chair because of the thought of me kick boxing made me laugh so hard I fell down.

Winter Carnival

After a stressful day I went to niece's school and I tied approx 150 balloons myself. We ended up doing 200 between my brother and I. My dad (the clown) made the animals for the children. It was a rocking good time. (LOL!) What better way to spend a Friday evening? I can't think of anything else I would have liked doing then helping out niece's school. She is what really is important and I want her to know she is worth the world to me...with my blisters and all.

How can one be this stressed?

How can one person be so stressed? I am still working at home and find it more stressful than if I were physcially at work. My head hurts and I am exhausted.

I had to work all morning long dealing with corporate America and our telephone service along with staff calling me every 2 seconds (not really but it seemed like it)...I wanted to scream.

I can't wait to discuss all this with my coach on Monday.

BAD DAY BAD DAY

Computers have been down at work for over 2 days now. You might think I would enjoy working from home but it SUCKS...because I get a call every minute with one of my employees asking me question...of course, I know they HAVE to call me because I am giving them price and delivery and putting their orders in for them...but I am really, really tired and I just want them to stop calling me. I can't even get to the bathroom and this isn't a good thing because I have the BIG D! On top of this, I get a call today from the owner of my company. He is on a business trip and missed his flight...I had to help him get reconnected. I have OEM customers calling me who waited to tell me they were OUT of their speciality motors. I am now pushing, calling and going nuts working with the factory to see what can be done to help them. Their production facility is SHUT DOWN. This means, employees don't work and don't get paid on top of not being able to meet their customers deliveries.... Did I also mention, I am working with finishing up construction in my office, and continue to lead staff into moving things around so the painters can finish painting...(We have been living in boxes for a month now because of constuction...it has been fun!) Let me see, what else....I am dealing with sore shoulders because my massage was cancelled and I really hurt. I am having to deal with the people who is working to get our internet back up. I am working on marketing blitz and updating records. I am working on switching telephone service and internet service and this should be done by month end. I also am taking bids on getting a new phone system for work. Also, taxes are due and I have to be finished and have everything updated and current to give to our accountant since our companies taxes are due March 15th...My renter is 2 months behind in paying and I am broke. I mean BROKE. I have had to pay the payments to avoid forclosure. I can't get payroll finished because I don't have interent at work and I can't do payroll from home because it takes a special program to do them....I have to have this done no later then tomorrow if we are going to be paid on time...tomorrow...which is supposed to be a day off from work for me. The last thing to whine about is at this very moment, I have cramps...This has been a bad bad day.

Patches

This is a very funny website my mother sent me. I can't even believe people let this horse do this...I can't believe they feed this horse hamburgers...Do you think this horse is potty trained?

http://gprime.net/video.php/patchesthehorse

Shopping Today

I went shopping today. I could have spent $700 but only ended up spending $7. WOW what a big difference between the 2 amounts...But money is tight right now...Has been for since my renter is unable to pay me. It is crazy, most people would have thrown him out, but he is having a difficult time. His wife just left him for another man. Now he doesn't get to see his 4 kids. I know, I know, sad story... everyone has them but he has been really good about keeping me in the loop. He is self employed in the construction business and it has been really slow for him right now. He says it is only a matter of time when he will be able to get me caught up. He also calls and checks in with me and if I ask him to follow up with me on a particular day, he does it. So, I have been a little laxed with him and giving him the benefit of the doubt. If it continues through the busy season, which is during the summer, I am going to have to put the house up for sale and say bye bye to him. For now, I just pray he gets a few jobs to cover expenses. If anyone needs any type of construction bidded out, let me know. It would / could help all of us.

Back to shopping....If you haven't been to Archiver's in Southport, it is worth the trip. They have a huge store. We did a make and take today too. I will try to put up what we made later.

Hope everyone's weekend is going good. I am really sorry it is about over but happy to have had it never less.

Eating Healthy Had Better Days

Had a burger and fries yesterday. I also ate a piece of chocolate and a corn dog. Not a good day for someone who is trying to be health conscious. Today is a new day so I will choose better for myself. It is difficult to eat healthy every day. Upwards and onward!

It Lives!

I have been without my computer! It is now that I am being able to write only because I am on my brothers computer downstairs in the basement while he is fixing mine....(Now one of the real reasons I am downstairs in the basement is because we have guest of the cruelest kind...MIL brought her mentally challenged friend)...I do pretty well with family joining us, hers, mine, others...Let's face it, I consider them part of my family and without family, where would I be or anyone else for that matter...However, with having a stressful day and then coming home to find the mentally challenged person following me from room to room and asking me question after question, and with niece crying and the MIL going into a diabetic sugar low thingy...It was just to much...I believe it was to much for the brother to as he was excited that my part came in so he could go downstairs and fix my computer. I also believe it was stressful and to much for the SIL...She escaped to give niece a bath upstairs...(Not that the niece didn't need a bath...She did...But luckily, it was a great excuse.) Hopefully in a matter of a few more minutes I will be able to surf and buy once again! WHOOT!!

BTW, I am not going to be able to go to the SU Party on the 23rd....We will be celebrating my moms birthday on Thursday night the 22nd and the 23rd they are coming up to go to the school carnival thingy. My dad is going to be part of the entertainment...He will be there making balloon animals and be dressed up as a clown. (He is a clown even if he isn't dressed up!) So if you go to Carey Ridge and see a rather tall looking man making balloons, go up to him and say "You're looking good!" It will be very funny because that is his normal verbiage whenever someone calls his home. He always using that sentence.

Work totally sucked today. I had 2 people off today and I ended up doing the customer service side of the business to help out. I really dislike that particular job. I really took my anger out on the owner of the company. I told him, "I don't want you to do anything but to listen to me so here goes...blah blah blah, bitch bitch bitch..." And this went on all day long. Later tonight when I was driving home, I called him and said, "I am much, much better now and thanks for letting me take out my frustration on you versus the customers". He said "At one point, I looked at Jeff and said, "I hope she is taking her frustration out on me and not the customers." However at the end of the day, he got a call from XYZ customer who bit half of his cheek off and said to him, "If it wasn't for "R" nothing would ever get done! She if FAB!" So he knew I didn't take my anger out on anyone and we laughed about it. Why would anyone doubt me? I just don't know. HA HA.

I have a new person starting Monday. I am really looking forward to having another person on board before Michael leaves us in May. Of course, I will have to train yet another person after he leaves but one down, one to go! (Michael is already a chemical engineer and went back to school to get his degree in law...Smart boy when it comes to technically aspect of the business but it takes him 45 minutes to complete a damn form...Which should take about 5-10 minutes. He has to think about what he is typing...One day I came in and he was reading the catalog and started asking me questions about what he read." I was like..."WHAT???? I appreciate the time to get to know the product but that order, which was placed will not get entered unless you do it and it has nothing to do with reading our catalog!" Of course I didn't put it in those words but you get my drift here...

Does everyone know I am a TAC demonstrator? I will be placing an order before the end of the month and anyone who wants to order with my discount you can...Let me know SOON and I mean VERY SOON!

UPDATE: MY BROTHER IS A SUPER GENIUS! I AM NOW UP AND PLAYING ON MY VERY OWN COMPUTER! THREE CHEERS FOR BROTHER!

Expensive Babysitting Job

My next task is to hold employees accountable for what they are responsible for. As I have staff going through the desk of fired employee, it has been found she didn't do what she was supposed to be doing. Now I ask, and I need some input... How can I make sure employees are doing what they are supposed to be doing without actually babysitting them?....Without looking over their shoulder all the time. The fact of the matter is, I don't have time to do that and my work load too. So I could give up some work of my own to babysit but I would become a very expensive babysitter. I am clueless as to what to do and how to handle.

FINALLY

At last, it has happened. Difficult employee is GONE. I am happy to report my next phase of management is now on it way. I have to use the thousand of dollars spent towards my training and put it to good use. Weird about her being let go. She acted like it was coming, which it was but we had to cross all out t's and dot all of our i's not to get sued. Another employee stated she had another job lined up. Good for her. I wish her next employer much luck.

Update

I was feeling better for about 2 days, however my sore throat and cough has come back to me. WHY? I am very mad about it...Anyway, I came home early from work tonight and went to bed. Got up around 8 and watched Battlestar Galitica...Me, my brother and SIL have been caught up in the story now. This is kind a weird thing for me to watch but I got sucked in. Last night I watched like 4 or 5 Project Runway shows back to back on Bravo...now that I can see myself watching Project Runway but the Battlestar stuff has me worried that I might be a bigger geek then I knew about.

News on the employee! It is official from the owner, owner states employee is done, terminated, fired. Here is an email I got from employee today when I came in...(BTW, employee has craziness in life...every single month some kind of craziness happen..in fact, on Monday, employee was late to work because car would not start, then late coming back in from lunch because another car ran into her and her hubcap exploded..on top of this, last Friday another car ran into her, which caused employee to be late coming in from lunch...) Anyway, here is the email:

Good Morning. I came in this morning to get a couple of things completed. I must go
back home to care for my son. He is immobile at the present time and needs his mothers care. (Hopefully he is still sleeping and not sitting in the couch having to pee right now)

It will take a day or so for him to get the confidence to try to attempt the crutches which is fine with the DR because this was traumatic for my son.

I understand that I need to be here and plan to try to find someone he can be with tomorrow. I suggested he stay with your wife for the day) hoping she wouldn't mind, but he wasn't very comfortable with leaving the house yet. I will call this afternoon to let you know what I have arranged.

I can be reached on my cell.
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In the email "I suggested he stay with your wife" --- your wife equals the OWNERS WIFE!!!!! I almost died reading that one and "on top of sitting on the couch having to pee right now" I realize I am being picky here but why must we know this?? Why would you say that?? Anyway, happy to know this is ending.

Judy - I did not order a glue stick but thanks for checking!