Saturday, November 26, 2011

Rainy day...

We have been suffering lately from bouts of extreme frenzy as well as extreme slowness. There is no longer a middle ground to what is going on at work. There are times when you will almost fight in order to help a customer because you have nothing better to do than to keep count of the minutes left in the work day. I am not even completely happy trying to type out a post. Typing and writing have always been two of my favorite pastimes and even now they cannot fill the void of boredom. 

It is a truly sad day when having high speed internet cannot solve your boredom. There are things to do but then again I really have nothing to do. We are trying to get ready for the annual sale one week from today but that doesn't help because there are things that if we do them today we will just be repeating them before the week is  over. Already we have finished cleaning up the loan department desk, we have gotten most everything off of the floor that is not useful or moved it to a place where it useful. Really it is a matter of getting things done before our boss gets back so that we don't have him trying to go behind us and change what we are doing. But that will happen anyway because that is just how it goes. 

I'm just happy that my office doesn't get used so that I won't have to try and get it cleaned up before then because well it is a disgusting mess that is usually coated in a nice layer of grime and dust. I will clean it up some I have a couple of A/C units that I have to find better places for. They will probably end up in the warehouse before the week is up which will put them in the way for next week. We have a tendency to oversell things which in some cases has stemmed from a customer being indecisive. If you want it go for it because if you wait too long there won't be one for you to have and then you have to wait for us to order one and that doesn't always happen in a timely manner. 

I actually set out to write about an article over on babble.com about scary kids movies, which was not a very impressive list. There were quite a few movies that I had never heard of and a few that are probably more psychologically harmful than scary. I don't see Bambi as scary just as a way to psychologically scar child and guarantee therapy bills in the future especially if you live in an area where hunting is very popular. Also your child will probably end up being terrified of going in the woods for fear of fire. Maybe that is why I have a truly deep fear of fire. Granted I will light a candle, cook on a gas stove and hold a lighted candle for an hour during Christmas eve service, but put me around fire that does not have set boundaries you might as well box me up and send me packing. Thinking about it could also stem from seeing Backdraft as a younger child which also gave me a fear of theaters. Not movie theaters but the real ones with curtains and backstage areas.

Ernest Scared Stupid scared the living daylights out of me as a child. I still refuse to watch that movie. I will watch Ernest goes to jail or any of the other Ernest movies but NEVER will I watch that one again. My brother has tried to make me watch it to show me that it is not as scary as I make it out to be but I just can't do it. I am still afraid of trolls (and it sounds much better with the accent I hear in my head).

love ya!

Friday, November 25, 2011

Hello there...

Hello.

I know that it has been awhile but I'm taking advantage of a little down time during this lovely gorgeous Friday afternoon. It is beautiful outside. The sun is shining, the wind is just a tiny bit breezy and for a moment I am going to relax. The week before Thanksgiving starts a hectic personal life for me that will die down somewhere in January. The hectic work life starts in mid to late September and runs until Spring. Then right around Thanksgiving they collide and that is where the problem starts. 

I have an anxiety disorder that makes normal tasks monumentally stressful and it makes it hard to relax. I usually end up sick around this time of year and right now I am trying desperately to stay well enough to make it through to around December 7th or 8th just depending on how the 5th and 6th go. I will then come crashing down to a halt which will then make me even more worried that I have to abandon my desk for a few days to other people. I love my coworkers but I don't like other people touching my things and when I try to explain things to them it just seems like there is a lot of talking and no listening. 

I over commit myself at this time of the year starting with shoe boxes at Church. It is something that I am compelled to do and this year we really were cutting it close when it comes to time and that stressed me out. Then we had volunteers that were helping who didn't know what they were doing and that stresses me more. Because I become truly concerned with what they are doing instead of what I should be doing. This is because every year no matter how hard and carefully we plan, we always come up short on some things and we have to make a mad dash to the dollar stores and Wal-Mart for last minute cheap toys. The selection of eighty-eight cent toys at Wal-Mart has turned into dollar toys and the selection has dwindled significantly. Then you also are not allowed to send toys with guns or related to military and that makes that difficult. We had to take pencil sharpeners out this year that were little Marine Duckies that were so adorable but we couldn't risk them getting pulled out.

And the Thanksgiving holidays are just plain stressful because of family. Then on top of that at work we are trying to prepare for our annual sale which is essentially our Black Friday a week late. 

I had to get in on the Black Friday action this year. And I have to say thank you to Wal-Mart for putting some stuff on at 10 pm this year. I was home by 10:37 with a 1600 piece set of legos, 2 seasons of Bones, all 3 Lord of the Rings (@1.96 each!), Water for Elephants and Zookeeper for right around $80. I have been sent on a mission from my mother to go back at 5 pm for a $38 steam mop and some $9 backpacks that look like Darth Vader and Yoda. I think I can make that happen. Those would be great for my nephews but I'm not sure what the protocol for presents at my in-laws is.

That opens up that whole stressful who am I supposed to buy for and how much do I spend, do I get a gift for everyone that gives me something. Where do you draw the line for Christmas presents? I already am in the process of making something for my mother-in-law and then my husband bought her something. I still have to pick up something for my father-in-law and am wondering if it is silly to get a grown man a Green Bay Packers Mr. Potato head?  I think I may do it. I think that it is a sign when I put Green Bay Packers into Amazon it was the first item that pulled up. I think they are also on sale right now. There are other teams and no I don't know why they are all the same price.

love ya!

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Well it is Saturday...

There were complications last week that caused me not to get anything else posted and this week has been a mess. Partially it is a mess because I have become a little tiny bit obsessed with Pioneer Trail on Facebook and I spend every waking minute I can on there trying to complete missions and earn points. I was okay when I just had the homestead but not there is the ghost town and the trail. Of course I really can't get anywhere on the trail until I get one more person to help me stitch some stuff up I will be on my way to Beaver Valley. I've really kinda given up on the Ghost town because I never have enough of what I need and on many of the quests my status keeps getting reset or I will do a whole bunch and it will find a bug and restart and then I find out that half of what I did didn't count. I don't mind when it doesn't count but there are a few times I don't get the same secret items that I did the first time which hacks me off unless it was one that I already have a half dozen or more of. 

I am probably going to buy some nice shiny metallic spray paint in a few minutes if it is still there if not I didn't need it to start with. I can't even get through writing anything without there being a total loss of sanity. Had someone in a panic over an ice cream freezer, another who needed a transformer for their heater which it is still not truly cold enough to need a heater. But I am looking forward to winter so I can try out some outfits that I have seen online using what I already have. I'm thinking that my green pull over sweater over my black dress will look nice if I can get my ankle to stop giving so I can wear heels. More than anything I am really looking forward to getting to wear tights this winter. 

I will have to stop for a few because I am a bit off center and am having problems staying awake and concentrating. Also my clothing is a bit snug and that irritates me and makes me uncomfortable.

love ya!