Hard Work

It was a long hard day at work, when there are always too many things to be done, and not enough people to serve. By the end of the day I was fed up with running around all over the place trying to be a supervisor, and serve customers at the same time. It's great that we are so busy, I had every register open at one stage, which I haven't seen too often while I've been there, but I was one of the people who needed to serve, and there are really only so many things I can do at the same time, despite trying the contrary. I don't know how other supervisors find their shifts, but every time I work it's a constant battle. It is that I am not working properly? Not organised enough? I don't think that's it, because everyone seems to like working with me, and are happy with the department when I leave it. Maybe its that I don't have enough support, not enough staff rostered. It was a long day.

Early start tomorrow, with the marching band. The lazy me that wants to sleep in has been contemplating cancelling it, I just hate the thought of yet another early start. I haven't had a day off at all this week, except for wednesday after the morning class, where I slept all day sick. But thats not really a day off. I need more time to catch up with myself. I feel a bit like chasing my tail at the moment, I am almost better but I don't have home time to completely get rid of it. It's a constant thing, not enough time at home. I feel like I'm sneaking a day here and there in between engagements.

Easter break is coming up soon, and I'll be going home for a few days, if I have anything to say about it. Anyway, marching tomorrow, and work tomorrow night. Hopefully I can come home and relax between then.

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Weekend is Here

I would say 'yay it's the weekend' but I am working early tomorrow and marching with the band early sunday. Whyyyyyyyy?!?!?!?! I just want to sleep! I want to stay in bed and recover from being sick this week and rest and do some more house work and just generally chill out. But no. Not for me this week. Anway, at this stage I am not working on Tuesday, and its damn well going to be my weekend...! Extra work can go away!

I weighed in this week, YAY 80.3kg!! I MADE IT TO HALF WAY!! Finally, I am making headway! Lots of exclamations!!!!!!!!

I've been going to lots of Yoga and Pilates classes at uni, and I am liking it so far. I hope that it works better over the month that I have a membership. I decided that it would be more cost effective to pay for the month and go to lots of classes in the big breaks I have during the days than just pay for random classes. Only a few more weeks and I plan to be trying on dresses for the big day....

Well, off to bed again for me. Another early day, like all the other ones this week. I guess I've never been any different, always lots of things on the go. I wouldn't know how to be quiet and go home at 5pm every night. You all just watch when I start working, how it suddenly turns into lots of extra stuff. Maybe I should keep it to two extra things, and say no after that. (good luck keeping to that...)

I am finally feeling better today than earlier in the week. I still feel it, that feeling that I am not quite 100% Hopefully it goes away soon, and I am back on top for next week. Lots of German tomorrow after work. See how I feel for sunday. Sigh, who is awake anyway at 9am on a sunday for marching???

Sick

I've been sick the last few days, I'm not sure if I've reached the midway point yet. I cancelled piano lessons today, and spent most of the day asleep. I wish that I didn't have a class in the morning, and if I feel horrible when I wake up then I might just spend the morning alseep too. I need to make an effort to attend this class, I feel like with all the time that I'm spending doing German this semester, I've hardly bothered studying for the other classes. So far its a bit of reading each week and a lecture. The lectures have been really interesting, but I'm not awake that early in the morning, and I struggle to pay attention for two hours to her talking.

Blah, I hate being sick.

The intro of the new screens at work went over well, now it's just a matter of learning the altered procedure that goes with it. There is a lot less paperwork when counting drawers which is great! Monday and Tuesday night were so busy, it was hard to concentrate on what I was doing. I nearly left a drawer in overnight tuesday night, but I'll blame that on being sick. Lucky its a single prcedure now, and no more logging on to the computer to finish counting and balancing. Yay.

I got new jeans! Yay!
I'm off to bed! Yay!

Fitball

I went to the fit ball class today, the only one without shoes. I had planned to go to the pilates class, but changed my mind. Didn't matter today, but I felt like a fool. Anyway, I can feel all the muscles I worked today, going to be sore tomorrow. I'll have to have a bath tonight when I get home.

Training for the screens tomorrow, Mark might be coming to see me this weekend, might catch up with my Auntie Ants and Matty, so it's looking up to be a good weekend. Four shifts next week, put some money away in the wedding dress fund, shopping for the dress next month. Must get a photographer by the end of this month. It's such a lot of money, however. I'll call the Occasion studios and see what they have to say.

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Better Week This Week

This week has been a better week than last week, tuesday I actually had some time at home! It was really nice to not have to rush off to somewhere in the morning, and I had some time to go grocery shopping and get some decent food for the house.

I decided that I would go in early to uni and try out the pilates class. Though I was out of the house by 6.20am, it was worth it. I enojyed the stretches and poses, but it was challenging to do most of them. I'll give it another go next week.

Training for the screens at work begins this week. I'm really excited to start on the new screens, all new and flashy. Hope it all goes well and they put them in soon.

Spiral

Today I reached the end of my rope, so to speak. I've been having real trouble with my roster at work this week, I feel like every time I've looked at it, it's been different! So when I checked my roster on tuesday, and it said 1pm, and I turned up at 1 and it had changed to 4, I lost it. I got angry and cried all over the place. I hate feeling rushed and pressured, and this was it. So I left, and walked down to Lygon street to go somewhere, checked my phone and found 4 missed calls. Everyone was calling me wondering where I had gone, so I went back and talked about it with Tash, which I hadn't had a chance to do this week. I wish I had just called her at the start of the week, and saved myself a lot of trouble. She bought me a V and we sat outside and chatted for a bit, made me feel better. She fixed up my shift for the weekend and said I could start whenever I wanted. She's been having a tough few weeks too, broke up with her boyfriend and moved out of home, and also trying to juggle rosters so that everyone gets their training shifts for the new registers going in in two weeks. I really like Tash, whatever everyone else says. She would help me out any way I wanted.

And then there was the actual supervising shift! I felt like I barely had 5 minutes to scratch myself we were so busy. It was really hard to find time to just get organised and clean up after the day. Apparently we did 55,000 yesterday, which is big for us, when they planned for 40. The poor guy in liquor was there all by himself, and constantly had a queue, and every five minutes had a void limit. I don't know what they were doing in there all night that I needed to go in there all the time. I thought the night would never end. Sigh.

And then there is this band trip on the weekend. I am really regretting that I said yes to this band thing. I'm out of the house so much at the moment that I don't have time to practice, and I don't have the desire to practice when I am home. I really don't want to go on the weekend, only the fact that I paid for it, and the fact that I did commit myself to playing for Easter competitions is why I am going to get up early and go. I think that it doesn't feel like my band, and also that I feel so stressed every thursday to get there after teaching on time. It's colouring my view of the band. They are a great band, B grade compared to the last band I played with, I just wish I could... I don't know. I'll think about it after Easter is over. I think the money and time isn't worth what I am getting out of it. Lets see how the weekend works out. I can leave early if I feel I need to be home Sunday, otherwise it finishes by 5pm, I could cook up a great dinner at home to celebrate when I get there.

Next week should be better. Hope.

Uni Again

First day for me back at uni. Oh, what an easy life this is, when assignment deadlines are far away and the time for coffee and papers and mucking around on the net stretches on into infinity. I had my music computing class and so far it's pretty easy, just introducing the music software to everyone, 'finale'. Cause I am fairly computer literate, it is easy for me. Have to keep working ahead so that the end of the semester is just as easy. This class will be really useful for highschool classes, so I can teach my students how to use it. Then they can write their own music and put it on a C.D.

This is my last real uni semester.

The last few weeks on placement were really good, I now feel really confident about taking on my own classes and teaching them heaps of cool stuff. I felt better about standing up in front of the class, and I think the more you keep things moving and the more options you offer for an activity, the less behaviour problems you'll have.

The marching band is coming from America! They are coming to Sydney, and I'm going to go there for a few days if I can manage it away from school. If I keep up attendance then it shouldn't matter if I miss one class later in the semester. Hopefully I can go on a weekend and then not have to miss any classes at all. I wonder who I know will be coming?

My sisters cat, Miffy, is coming to melbourne to stay for a while, due to being terrorised by the new cat at my parents house. It is crazy enough with one cat, wonder how two will work out.