(In no particular order.)
1- My kids are healthy
2- The incredible man I share my life with
3- Our fur (and feather) babies: Madison, Smokey, Murphy, O’Brian, and BlackJack
4- Our home
5- Friends I love
6- The opportunity to go to school
7- My snappy laptop
8- A hot cup of coffee
9- My health (such as it is, it could be much worse!)
10- It’s not raining at the moment
What are you grateful for today?
Last night I started my new job (part-time retail–ugh). It got off to a somewhat rough start, because no one who was there knew *I* was going to be there. The manager who had called me the day before and asked me to start Tuesday night apparently forgot to inform last night’s manager about me. It was… interesting.
After the initial confusion, it went pretty well. The co-workers I met (including the General Manager) were all very nice, and that’s always a bonus!
As much as I dislike working in retail, with my schedule for school, it’s pretty much my only option right now. The manager who hired me assured me that they would work with me when school starts.
I’ve worked in retail, off and on, since I was 17. Done everything from stock to management. Parts of it I really like; most of it (especially the long, crazy hours!) I cannot stand. I kind of got ’stuck’ in this line of work because I was a stay-at-home mom for 15 years, and, again, the hours of the retail world allowed me to work when my (now ex) husband could be home with the kiddos. After so many years of doing the same thing, I wasn’t really qualified to jump into another field. This is one of the principal reasons I chose to go back to school.
Hopefully I can get in touch with someone today who can give me my work schedule! And I’m going to be optimistic that the chaos of last night is not the norm around there!
The newest member of our family is BlackJack. He is an 11-month-old Chihuahua/Rat Terrier mix. What a sweet boy! Unfortunately, he has some socialization issues, but we are working on them. We got him from a family that just had too much activity for the little guy to handle.
He’s been with us for two weeks today. I can’t imagine my life without him now!
