I suppose this blog is important. It's been a heck of a week but I am glad I survived and now the fun will begin in 2.5 hours. I am so close to being done work for the day/week/year and I couldn't be happier!!! Well I probably could but buddy is on holidays...haha Anyway it is Friday!! Tonight I am hanging out with Emmy at my place, maybe playing some Wii, and doing laundry before the big day tomorrow. Saturday, I will be packing all day, maybe taking a nap with my kitty, and getting ready to leave. I have a friend giving me a ride to the airport tomorrow night and then they will pick me up on the 26th.
As far as my plans when I get to Stettler, the 23rd is a day that I will spend in Ponoka with my friend Braelyn and her boy Jace. He is so adorable and I can't wait to see him. He is probably just getting so big and I won't be able to handle it. He is 2 years old now!!! I guess he copies a lot of what you say too so that will be cute. In the evening when I am back from Ponoka I think I will try to spend some time with Tara, Evelyn, Char, or Jane. I need to see all of these people at least for 30 minutes during the span of me being home. No need for a long visit but a hello and goodbye would work. The 25th will strictly be a family day which should be fun!! Opening presents in the morning, usually brunch around 11, and then i am not sure what else my family has planned but either way, we will all be together and that will be good.
This is going to be my last blog before Christmas but I will write again before New Years. I will have to let everyone know what I got and how my vacation was. So till then.....MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!
Friday, December 21, 2012
Monday, December 17, 2012
The LAST Week...
To start off I would like to address the issue of the Connecticut massacre since it is in today's newspaper. Another incident where one idiot ruins it for the responsible people in the world. Yes, this is a terrible thing that happened indeed. Of course, the world thinks Obama is going to save the day. Barf!! I'm reading that they were so happy to see him there, well just for those of you who don't know, every President in history shows up at the scene of something terrible. It's in their job description. Do you really think the great Obama would show up if he was an average blow joe? NO! And then, I found it interesting to read that apparently Obama was supposed to address the gun issue back in 2008. Shocker that he didn't do something else he was supposed to. So what is it about this dude that people think is so great. Now as a general statement, not just because I dislike the president but as for any leaders in this world we live in, shouldn't the issue, also being addressed, be the Tv Shows and movies, video games, and information being shown on tv to young or old people?? The guy who went in the theatre to kill people. His outfit awfully resembled the bad guy in the Batman movie. The person who shot up this elementary school, probably played one too many games of Grand Theft Auto or whatever game you kill civilians. Like really, the issues seem simple to solve. Sure there are nutcases everywhere in the world but do we really need to help them along by producing a gory movie, basically saying, "here, copycat this guy and you will get away with it like he does in the movie". So before we go restricting everything from guns, to kitchen forks because they could be considered a weapon, lets take a look at the society we have created and what we show the kids of today of what is right and wrong. This paragraph is most definetly not just a rant for America. Canada has its issues too. Sure we might not get as many school shootings but that's not saying kids havent wanted to. In Edmonton, they have made a seperate law about carrying a blade of a certain length. YET, in Canada, we already have a law, assualt with a deadly weapon. I don't know why somebody had to justify their jobs by making a law that was clearly already in place. I mean assault with a deadly weapon is pretty straight forward and covers all the bases. As I mentioned earlier in the blog, a fork is a deadly weapon but nope now we will wait till something legit happens with a fork and someone dying until then alas they can make a stupid law specifically for this. It is all just getting way too ridiculous. Bottom line, if politics have all the control then its time they end the real problem not fixing the result. It is a really terrifying thought, but since we make these movies, when is the copycat for SAW going to come out.
Well that was a well deserved rant. One thing about B.C. so far.....I haven't found a single person who shares the same opinions as I do and everyone out here seems to hate America. Even more so than the people back home. Weird....So how did I end up in such a place? I most definetly need to find an American man soon!!!! This is honestly going to be the most depressing week of all time. Without the one person I look forward to seeing even if it is only 3 or 4 times a day, it is what gets me through and excitement in my voice.
So now that lunch is done I have 2 and a half more hours. I'm impressed with how fast and rather good this day has gone. The countdown is officially on for the end of work/Christmas. Ok cancel that, only 2 more hours to go and its almost my last break!!! Hooray for the end of the day!! The one pluus side to Stacey always being late for my breaks is that she only covers the lunch and afternoon break which in the end, makes the afternoon go by super fast. For the most part, now that I have been here a while, I am starting to get my own routine of a day and most of the time this makes the days go faster. I think that the end of the week is the hardest. Especially this week....with Christmas being just around the corner, lots of people will only be working a half week, or not at all, or will be leaving really really early on Friday. These are the days I need to prepare for. I don't have a choice in the matter being a receptionist and all, and I also don't have a choice as far as money goes. I would love to call in sick everyday but I just know I can't afford that. I am saving a certain sick day for the new year!!
The weather is quite hilarious here today..Sunny and blue skies surrounding the building and gloomy clouds in the distance. Snow on the Mountain by Deep Cove and there was snow on a car out front this morning!!! This makes me extremely angry. I do not like snow. I don't like dressing for it, driving in it, walking in it, or even seeing it. I realize that all this might be hilarious to my readers seeing as they have snow already, but I just do not want it here. Luckily I know it won't last until April/May, but still. I would be happy to live somewhere, where there is never any snow!
So here I am, back from my afternoon break. Sitting in my big comfy chair, relaxing, waiting 45 minutes away. Most of my favorite people are gone for the day and now everyone will start straggling out of their offices and head home. I wish that if I came in early I would get to leave early as well. But this is not how it works for reception. Although I am really not sure why not, since I called once after hours and after we are closed, you can just enter the extension to the person you wanna talk to or a number to a specific department. If all this is set up why do I need to be here so late when really, everyone of importance leaves so early in the first place. Half the time, from 4-5 I have to transfer to people's voice mail just because they are already gone. Figure this out for me and explain it. Why 5? The floor workers are only here until 3:30.
Anyway, I made a list of things I need to accomplish in this countdown until Saturday and it seems as though I will have a busy week....in the evenings anyway...it is good for me to have things to do or try to do so that I am not completely insane. This is about the only hard week I see in the near future and so I have set deadlines and planned a busy week so that I have something to look forward to each day, even if it is just cleaning. As for work, maybe a good idea would be to type a letter to certain people with all the important details of life. That should cover the next 4 days.
I am so very sad to leave Gizmo at Christmas. He is going to be so very lonely while I am gone. I hope he isn't too whiney all the time other wise my landlords won't want to feed him. But it was really nice for them to offer to take care of him. They will be feeding him and hopefully spending a little bit of time with him each day while I am gone. I'm sure he will be fine...as long as he has food and water and his many toys to play with. Before I leave on Saturday i plan to set up the house like he would like for him to play and frollic around. I have a feeling that as long as the blinds are open for him to sit on the windowsill and the bed is nicely made for him to sleep he will be fine. It's just me he will miss. No one to cuddle up with on the bed or to see when I get home from work. Oh the sadness is overwhelming.......I told him this is the only place his mom is going in the next while though so I think he should be satisfied with that. I suppose with all the evidence I shouldnt even miss that little critter. He attacked me again this morning and it was pretty hard core. I can't even remember what I did this time, but while I was walking to my mirror in the living room to get ready, he attacked my leg...so i hit him and yelled at him to stop....when i do this it only makes matters worse. So I sat down and he lunged and gripped my arm. i have scratches on all sides of my arm now. The only trick I have learned with this insane cat is that if he is attacking the best thing to do besides backing away slowly is to distract him with his favorite feather toy!! This works the best...
Anyway I should get going and do my final clean up and then read about safety!! Woo!!
Well that was a well deserved rant. One thing about B.C. so far.....I haven't found a single person who shares the same opinions as I do and everyone out here seems to hate America. Even more so than the people back home. Weird....So how did I end up in such a place? I most definetly need to find an American man soon!!!! This is honestly going to be the most depressing week of all time. Without the one person I look forward to seeing even if it is only 3 or 4 times a day, it is what gets me through and excitement in my voice.
So now that lunch is done I have 2 and a half more hours. I'm impressed with how fast and rather good this day has gone. The countdown is officially on for the end of work/Christmas. Ok cancel that, only 2 more hours to go and its almost my last break!!! Hooray for the end of the day!! The one pluus side to Stacey always being late for my breaks is that she only covers the lunch and afternoon break which in the end, makes the afternoon go by super fast. For the most part, now that I have been here a while, I am starting to get my own routine of a day and most of the time this makes the days go faster. I think that the end of the week is the hardest. Especially this week....with Christmas being just around the corner, lots of people will only be working a half week, or not at all, or will be leaving really really early on Friday. These are the days I need to prepare for. I don't have a choice in the matter being a receptionist and all, and I also don't have a choice as far as money goes. I would love to call in sick everyday but I just know I can't afford that. I am saving a certain sick day for the new year!!
The weather is quite hilarious here today..Sunny and blue skies surrounding the building and gloomy clouds in the distance. Snow on the Mountain by Deep Cove and there was snow on a car out front this morning!!! This makes me extremely angry. I do not like snow. I don't like dressing for it, driving in it, walking in it, or even seeing it. I realize that all this might be hilarious to my readers seeing as they have snow already, but I just do not want it here. Luckily I know it won't last until April/May, but still. I would be happy to live somewhere, where there is never any snow!
So here I am, back from my afternoon break. Sitting in my big comfy chair, relaxing, waiting 45 minutes away. Most of my favorite people are gone for the day and now everyone will start straggling out of their offices and head home. I wish that if I came in early I would get to leave early as well. But this is not how it works for reception. Although I am really not sure why not, since I called once after hours and after we are closed, you can just enter the extension to the person you wanna talk to or a number to a specific department. If all this is set up why do I need to be here so late when really, everyone of importance leaves so early in the first place. Half the time, from 4-5 I have to transfer to people's voice mail just because they are already gone. Figure this out for me and explain it. Why 5? The floor workers are only here until 3:30.
Anyway, I made a list of things I need to accomplish in this countdown until Saturday and it seems as though I will have a busy week....in the evenings anyway...it is good for me to have things to do or try to do so that I am not completely insane. This is about the only hard week I see in the near future and so I have set deadlines and planned a busy week so that I have something to look forward to each day, even if it is just cleaning. As for work, maybe a good idea would be to type a letter to certain people with all the important details of life. That should cover the next 4 days.
I am so very sad to leave Gizmo at Christmas. He is going to be so very lonely while I am gone. I hope he isn't too whiney all the time other wise my landlords won't want to feed him. But it was really nice for them to offer to take care of him. They will be feeding him and hopefully spending a little bit of time with him each day while I am gone. I'm sure he will be fine...as long as he has food and water and his many toys to play with. Before I leave on Saturday i plan to set up the house like he would like for him to play and frollic around. I have a feeling that as long as the blinds are open for him to sit on the windowsill and the bed is nicely made for him to sleep he will be fine. It's just me he will miss. No one to cuddle up with on the bed or to see when I get home from work. Oh the sadness is overwhelming.......I told him this is the only place his mom is going in the next while though so I think he should be satisfied with that. I suppose with all the evidence I shouldnt even miss that little critter. He attacked me again this morning and it was pretty hard core. I can't even remember what I did this time, but while I was walking to my mirror in the living room to get ready, he attacked my leg...so i hit him and yelled at him to stop....when i do this it only makes matters worse. So I sat down and he lunged and gripped my arm. i have scratches on all sides of my arm now. The only trick I have learned with this insane cat is that if he is attacking the best thing to do besides backing away slowly is to distract him with his favorite feather toy!! This works the best...
Anyway I should get going and do my final clean up and then read about safety!! Woo!!
Thursday, December 13, 2012
December 13
I have got to say that this will probably be my most boring day this week. It has been fairly busy with phone calls this morning but that tends to die down in the afternoon. I had to keep telling myself this morning, 2 more days and I need the money, 2 more days and I need the money. Other wise today would have been a sick day. I just don't have the one person I look forward to seeing here today and that puts kind of a dampner on my day. Oh well it is almost mail time and then just to get through the afternoon. I have my hopes up for tonight but in the back of my head I have to tell myself, brianne, don't you be getting all exciteable for another let down. So I am currently inbetween happiness and excitement vs. disappointed Brianne.
No offence to my Mother or Father here, but I strongly dislike my name. At least as far as answering phones and having to say it one million times a day. Couldn't I just have a nice short name?? I would shorten it to Bri, but that somewhat disturbs me and just sounds like an unfinished or made up name. I should go with Briannie, like Mrs. McComish would call me. No, that just sounds kiddish. I'm pretty sure it sounds like Bran when I'm speaking on the phone because I try and be quick about it. I just hate saying the same old same old. Oh well....such is life....
FUNNY STORY!!!!!!! So Viking Air has a Calgary branch as well located at their airport. There is not quite as many workers but still quite a few. They are constantly phoning here on conference calls or to verify information. And every now and then certain people from the Calgary office will come to Victoria for a few days. Well this has happened 2 times in the last couple days, there were what looked to me like visitors but they had a Viking badge. Adam was the first guy and as he walked in said, "Good Morning Brianne", I just kind of stopped and was confused. They know me because I talk to them all the time on the phone. Then he asked if I remembered his voice. how weird is that? Do you realize how many people I talk to in a day. The second guy, Gregory said the same thing but luckily he didn't ask me if I remembered his voice. That just weirds me out. Funny thing about Adam though is that I do remember his voice now, after talking with him for a bit but not when he first just said good morning. Another funny part to this story was when I was getting coffee one day while he was on his lunch break, and he said it was funny to talk to me on the phone because he would thank me for tranferring him and I always say thank you back. So thank you to thank you. haha I guess that is kind of funny but at least I am polite on the phone.
Well it turned out to be a pretty busy day so far. I have had a ton of visitors and a tour that was this afternoon of 14 people. Its almost 3:00 and that is a terrific sign. I will soon get my break and more people will leave so I will get to visit with them. Then the tour people should be leaving at 4:00 and so to get them all set to leave, clean up passes, glasses, and get them signed out that will almost take me to 4:30 and then clean up, then the best time HOME TIME!!
It has been kind of awkward today, because everyone is talking about the Christmas party that is happening tomorrow. There is one girl who I thought I would sit with and now I almost feel bad if I don't go because she came down and said that she wasn't bringing anyone either so she would save me a seat. And everyone is like are ya ready to party? Well Yeah I am but I am broke so how is that going to work. just go for the food?? HA! But I just don't know what to do. Then some dinky guy from Hangar 1 was like oh well if you don't go you know that you have to pay 50$ refund type thing. Just because it is catered. I don't think I would go for the supper anyway. And technically they can't take it off my pay check because I still get paid through the agency. It is just a gong show and I don't know what to do yet. And now if I don't go, people have been talking about it all day and I keep saying that I will be there so I will end up being a liar and since I need the money I have to be here all week next week but I don't know how I am going to do that if I lied and said I would be there. I'm kind of hoping everyone is too drunk to remember and maybe I'll say that I skipped the meal and showed up for a bit. No one will know the difference. I am sure there will be enough people that little ol me wouldn't be noticed anyway.
So I suppose that is what I will do. That or decide to go....which is doubtful....group events were never my thing...I just don't know what I will use as an excuse. Too bad I don't have 2 jobs and school like I used to. That was always the best excuse!!! No one is going to get mad at someone who works that hard. Trying to tell these people it is because I'm broke wouldn't work to well. I probably shouldn't tell people that anyway but these are all hoity toity Van Island people. Even the young punks who work on the floor seem well off. This is my dilemma for the week. Let me know if you have any devious ideas about my excuse why I wasn't there. I hope I don't have to lie too much tomorrow. I really don't care if they are mad that I didn't go its just that I don't want to hear all about it on Monday why weren't you there? why weren't you there? why weren't you there? I almost have to fake a death just to get past Monday. That or actually show up for ten minutes then sneak out. Oh grrr I just don't know!!!!
Anyway, i am strictly just rambling now wasting some time but I am going to do some cleaning now and get ready to go home. OK before I start rambling again. Goodnight!! thats it.
No offence to my Mother or Father here, but I strongly dislike my name. At least as far as answering phones and having to say it one million times a day. Couldn't I just have a nice short name?? I would shorten it to Bri, but that somewhat disturbs me and just sounds like an unfinished or made up name. I should go with Briannie, like Mrs. McComish would call me. No, that just sounds kiddish. I'm pretty sure it sounds like Bran when I'm speaking on the phone because I try and be quick about it. I just hate saying the same old same old. Oh well....such is life....
FUNNY STORY!!!!!!! So Viking Air has a Calgary branch as well located at their airport. There is not quite as many workers but still quite a few. They are constantly phoning here on conference calls or to verify information. And every now and then certain people from the Calgary office will come to Victoria for a few days. Well this has happened 2 times in the last couple days, there were what looked to me like visitors but they had a Viking badge. Adam was the first guy and as he walked in said, "Good Morning Brianne", I just kind of stopped and was confused. They know me because I talk to them all the time on the phone. Then he asked if I remembered his voice. how weird is that? Do you realize how many people I talk to in a day. The second guy, Gregory said the same thing but luckily he didn't ask me if I remembered his voice. That just weirds me out. Funny thing about Adam though is that I do remember his voice now, after talking with him for a bit but not when he first just said good morning. Another funny part to this story was when I was getting coffee one day while he was on his lunch break, and he said it was funny to talk to me on the phone because he would thank me for tranferring him and I always say thank you back. So thank you to thank you. haha I guess that is kind of funny but at least I am polite on the phone.
Well it turned out to be a pretty busy day so far. I have had a ton of visitors and a tour that was this afternoon of 14 people. Its almost 3:00 and that is a terrific sign. I will soon get my break and more people will leave so I will get to visit with them. Then the tour people should be leaving at 4:00 and so to get them all set to leave, clean up passes, glasses, and get them signed out that will almost take me to 4:30 and then clean up, then the best time HOME TIME!!
It has been kind of awkward today, because everyone is talking about the Christmas party that is happening tomorrow. There is one girl who I thought I would sit with and now I almost feel bad if I don't go because she came down and said that she wasn't bringing anyone either so she would save me a seat. And everyone is like are ya ready to party? Well Yeah I am but I am broke so how is that going to work. just go for the food?? HA! But I just don't know what to do. Then some dinky guy from Hangar 1 was like oh well if you don't go you know that you have to pay 50$ refund type thing. Just because it is catered. I don't think I would go for the supper anyway. And technically they can't take it off my pay check because I still get paid through the agency. It is just a gong show and I don't know what to do yet. And now if I don't go, people have been talking about it all day and I keep saying that I will be there so I will end up being a liar and since I need the money I have to be here all week next week but I don't know how I am going to do that if I lied and said I would be there. I'm kind of hoping everyone is too drunk to remember and maybe I'll say that I skipped the meal and showed up for a bit. No one will know the difference. I am sure there will be enough people that little ol me wouldn't be noticed anyway.
So I suppose that is what I will do. That or decide to go....which is doubtful....group events were never my thing...I just don't know what I will use as an excuse. Too bad I don't have 2 jobs and school like I used to. That was always the best excuse!!! No one is going to get mad at someone who works that hard. Trying to tell these people it is because I'm broke wouldn't work to well. I probably shouldn't tell people that anyway but these are all hoity toity Van Island people. Even the young punks who work on the floor seem well off. This is my dilemma for the week. Let me know if you have any devious ideas about my excuse why I wasn't there. I hope I don't have to lie too much tomorrow. I really don't care if they are mad that I didn't go its just that I don't want to hear all about it on Monday why weren't you there? why weren't you there? why weren't you there? I almost have to fake a death just to get past Monday. That or actually show up for ten minutes then sneak out. Oh grrr I just don't know!!!!
Anyway, i am strictly just rambling now wasting some time but I am going to do some cleaning now and get ready to go home. OK before I start rambling again. Goodnight!! thats it.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
What a weekend...
Well I will first off I'll say that I had a great weekend away from work and just over all had a lot of fun. Friday after work, I got some groceries and some supplies for the night me and Emmy had planned. Meaning Red Bull and such. I cleaned my house some and made some supper. I picked her up from work at 9:30 and then we headed back to my place. We had some drinks and went for a walk. Ended up staying up all night. So basically Most of the weekend I didn't sleep. I was up for work on Friday at 5:00 like usual, so all day then, all night, and we went shopping on Saturday which was super fun and I finished my Christmas shopping and then we drove out to Sidney. I didn't get back till at least 8:00 Saturday night, still had to change my bedding and tidy up a bit because it would drive me nuts other wise. and then after all was said and done. Freshly made bed, I laid down and told myself I would just close my eyes for a bit then go wash my face and get some sleep. Well I should have known better, in our family, especially since I take after my Father, we can fall asleep at the drop of a hat. So because of this I closed my eyes and didn't wake up till 3 a.m. Had left all the lights on in the house, had even left my suite door unlocked. Somehow I got under the covers while being in my zombie like state, and slept right through till 9. It was a good sleep and although I probably could have completely slept Sunday away, I did have a ton of laundry to do and also had to get some new spark plug wires for my car. This did not help my situation though. The car is still running a little funny but it does sound a little better.
That was pretty much my weekend. I burnt my hand in the oven on Saturday while making bacon and burnt my fingertips on my right hand yesterday when making pizza pops on apparently the wrong type of plate. I guess that won't ever happen again. Ouch it hurt so bad and I didn't really know what to do. it was a very bad bad burn and so I held it in a bowl of cold water and then for overnight put polysporin on it and wrapped each finger in bandaids. You can imagine how funny this looked but it helped. My fingers are still sore this morning but not too bad. I don't have them wrapped up today just trying to let them heal and breathe. I think the funniest part and most difficult was this morning when I was trying to shower. Trying to wash your hair with one hand and that hand being the left hand is harder than most might think.
I'm back to work for the 2nd last week! WOO!!! This week should be pretty interesting. I am hoping the good interesting and not the bad kind but who ever knows these days. I am flat broke again until Friday so it will be interesting to see if I can make it to work and back everyday for the next 4 days on half a tank of gas. Maybe I'll see if I can carpool a day or two. So far this morning is going by way too slow.Usually after my first break time speeds up a bit but I am just dragging this morning. I am still way too tired but not sleeping much this weekend. I must be getting old hahah
Old and Lazy apparently...I didn't finish this blog at all on Monday and now it is already Wednesday!!! It's not like work has been that busy although yesterday was a very busy phone day. I sometimes enjoy a busy phone day. The two things that would make it better would be a "Brittney Spears headset" or just a headset haha to make me seem more professional of course and for the callers to just get straight to the point. That way it doesnt matter if the phone is ringing off the hook, I can still answer them all and transfer quickly but noooo there always has to be one bunyak who yaps and yaps away not even letting me cut in enough to put the buddy on hold.
Anywho...today is hump day. The day in the middle of the week when everything is supposed to go great the rest of the week. Well i don't know if today will bring anything to exciting but I will be able to do dishes tonight when I get home, and go for a walk hopefully which I have not been able to do the last couple nights. Either way, I look forward to a quiet evening alone and hopefully a productive one. Tomorrow is going to be a different story. I think work is going to be painfully slow and sad and lonely. I don't have my break buddy so this will not be good. I think along with the many other things I will do tonight, I will also make a list of things to talk about on here so that I can just type all day tomorrow. Friday should be alright. It is the Viking Christmas Party but I am not going. 1, I don't have money, and 2, I am disturbed about the rules of people allowed to go. This weekend is going to be a cleaning one and next weekend will be packing for Alberta. I think I will also go buy some wrapping paper and get that done while I feel I have time. I'm a little bit on house arrest until I can get some funds going and get back on track.
So that is about the extent of the excitement in my life right now. I got to talk with an old co-worker last night, Jane. She just had surgery and is not working right now so she gave me a call last night. It was good to hear about the store and how everything is going. It makes me sad that they are short staffed when I would love to still be working there. I totally have a plan for the 24th though!!!! I am hoping that since my mom says I will fly early and get to Stettler early that maybe I can go in and visit yes, but also help out for the afternoon!!! It would be so great to run the till again there or visit and help customers and just be there to help! Either way this is where I plan on spending most of Christmas Eve. Mom will make a supper and I will be there for that and maybe the Christmas Eve Service but that I don't know about. Christmas Day will be spent with the family. Boxing Day or the 27th will be when i go visit my friend Braelyn in Ponoka!!!! Haven't figured out which day but when I do the other day will be visiting Evelyn and Tara, and then I think I will be flying home on the 28th.
This will be a short visit, but long enough to see the important people and then leave before word gets around.
I guess that's all for now...
That was pretty much my weekend. I burnt my hand in the oven on Saturday while making bacon and burnt my fingertips on my right hand yesterday when making pizza pops on apparently the wrong type of plate. I guess that won't ever happen again. Ouch it hurt so bad and I didn't really know what to do. it was a very bad bad burn and so I held it in a bowl of cold water and then for overnight put polysporin on it and wrapped each finger in bandaids. You can imagine how funny this looked but it helped. My fingers are still sore this morning but not too bad. I don't have them wrapped up today just trying to let them heal and breathe. I think the funniest part and most difficult was this morning when I was trying to shower. Trying to wash your hair with one hand and that hand being the left hand is harder than most might think.
I'm back to work for the 2nd last week! WOO!!! This week should be pretty interesting. I am hoping the good interesting and not the bad kind but who ever knows these days. I am flat broke again until Friday so it will be interesting to see if I can make it to work and back everyday for the next 4 days on half a tank of gas. Maybe I'll see if I can carpool a day or two. So far this morning is going by way too slow.Usually after my first break time speeds up a bit but I am just dragging this morning. I am still way too tired but not sleeping much this weekend. I must be getting old hahah
Old and Lazy apparently...I didn't finish this blog at all on Monday and now it is already Wednesday!!! It's not like work has been that busy although yesterday was a very busy phone day. I sometimes enjoy a busy phone day. The two things that would make it better would be a "Brittney Spears headset" or just a headset haha to make me seem more professional of course and for the callers to just get straight to the point. That way it doesnt matter if the phone is ringing off the hook, I can still answer them all and transfer quickly but noooo there always has to be one bunyak who yaps and yaps away not even letting me cut in enough to put the buddy on hold.
Anywho...today is hump day. The day in the middle of the week when everything is supposed to go great the rest of the week. Well i don't know if today will bring anything to exciting but I will be able to do dishes tonight when I get home, and go for a walk hopefully which I have not been able to do the last couple nights. Either way, I look forward to a quiet evening alone and hopefully a productive one. Tomorrow is going to be a different story. I think work is going to be painfully slow and sad and lonely. I don't have my break buddy so this will not be good. I think along with the many other things I will do tonight, I will also make a list of things to talk about on here so that I can just type all day tomorrow. Friday should be alright. It is the Viking Christmas Party but I am not going. 1, I don't have money, and 2, I am disturbed about the rules of people allowed to go. This weekend is going to be a cleaning one and next weekend will be packing for Alberta. I think I will also go buy some wrapping paper and get that done while I feel I have time. I'm a little bit on house arrest until I can get some funds going and get back on track.
So that is about the extent of the excitement in my life right now. I got to talk with an old co-worker last night, Jane. She just had surgery and is not working right now so she gave me a call last night. It was good to hear about the store and how everything is going. It makes me sad that they are short staffed when I would love to still be working there. I totally have a plan for the 24th though!!!! I am hoping that since my mom says I will fly early and get to Stettler early that maybe I can go in and visit yes, but also help out for the afternoon!!! It would be so great to run the till again there or visit and help customers and just be there to help! Either way this is where I plan on spending most of Christmas Eve. Mom will make a supper and I will be there for that and maybe the Christmas Eve Service but that I don't know about. Christmas Day will be spent with the family. Boxing Day or the 27th will be when i go visit my friend Braelyn in Ponoka!!!! Haven't figured out which day but when I do the other day will be visiting Evelyn and Tara, and then I think I will be flying home on the 28th.
This will be a short visit, but long enough to see the important people and then leave before word gets around.
I guess that's all for now...
Friday, December 7, 2012
2 weeks left to endure
I don't exactly know what this blog is going to be about today. I am pretty bored already but really hoping that today goes by fast. All the decorations went up well and the pizza was delicious. They had alot of it done by the time I was done work at 5 but that ended up being a little bit awkward because I was just sitting here doing nothing except waiting for the phone to ring basically. I could have started helping but would have had to run for the phone anyway so I chose to stay seated.
After that was all said and done, I went and hung out with Emmy for a bit, talked about life, and then made my way home. Dallas has given me a mirror which is nice. Its not a full length mirror but if I stand it against the wall then I can at least get ready with it or check out the full outfit. This is very important to my day.
I have had it. I know Fridays are always supposed to be the happy day of the week but at this point I am so fed up I just want the day to go fast to get the heck out of here. Yes I have exciting plans this evening so that should automatically make my day 100% better but it doesn't. Today, I feel like a prisoner at Viking. I may as well just skip having a break because everyone is late for mine, yet everyone else gets to take off whenever. I know I have talked about this before and it probably shouldnt bother me as much as it does. But I waited ten extra minutes after my supposed break time. I can't plan or do anything because no one is ever on time. Maybe its an island thing being all relaxed and what not. I may as well just not take any breaks at all. I also found out that I can't bring Emmy to my Christmas Party now because no one under the age of 19 is allowed in. This is stupid!! I knew there would be a bar but that doesn't mean that people can't be there. I just thought there would be some kind of wrist band or something. If I did end up going, which I AM NOT GOING TO, I would be some ticked off to put it nicely if I walked in and saw people with their babies. Oooo boy I would be fuming at this point. Like apparently its too big of a drunk fest that my friend can't go because she isn't 19 yet your crying annoying baby can be in this atmosphere. NO! Get a babysitter or miss out.
Then today as I always do on Friday, I fill out my time card for Express, Leona always gets Edward to sign it and then faxes it off. So I read it today and he has always put excellent when it comes to my work in the week. Well this week he only put Satisfactory. It doesn't hurt my feelings none, but what I would like to know is why he rated it that this week. And now I'm curious as to what he put last week. I barely look because it is usually the same. I did hear though, that he was Bipolar, a JW and that he usually only hires his kind...meaning JWs. I have also worked with these people when I worked at DanD Variety in Alberta. They can be a weird bunch. And they tend to stick together so this makes sense that Edward would only hire his people. Leona also confirmed this when she said she got the job through Edward. So much for telling kids, work hard at something and you will succeed. The real teaching should be its all about who you know as a general statement and as far as Viking, its all about which cult you belong too.
It is also totally like a high school here. All the petty critics in each department and the cliques that go for lunch together. I just have to laugh as I observe all this from my desk. In regards to my title of my blog, the 2 weeks left to endure is the 2 weeks left of work. I can't miss any day because I need the money yet I can not wait until the Christmas break from work. My last day is the 21st and don't have to be back to work until the 2nd. I guess there is still perks to a 9-5 type job. Well it is 2:00 and I only have 3 more hours to go. Lots have already left for the day of course, but still enough around that I am not too bored.
A secret of mine was that while we were decorating yesterday, I told them that we should hang something from the stupid spotlight that hangs above me. Cindy didn't like the idea of course but Scott did it anyway and I love it. Since the Christmas balls are shiny, the light mainly reflects off of them and then I get to sit in the shadows a bit. Hey! If its only for part of this month I may as well get some protection from that stupid spotlight. Like why is it even there?
I don't mean to sound racist or stereotypical but like really? The people who call, some can't even speak English properly and I just have to laugh. I just answered a call and in his accent he was like "can I make contact with the Carmine" like who says that? Its "May I speak with Carmine, or extension 2277 please." I also don't really care when they start explaining who they are or what they want. Like just tell me the stinkin number or name people!!! I personally can't help you any further so you are just wasting your breath. I had this one spanish or something chick call recently and she kept wanting to talk to Edward. Well he was on the phone so I just asked if she would like to call back or maybe leave a voicemail. She could not manage to understand either concept. So I just cut her off and sent her to our multilingual parts people. DO you want to leave a message? How much more simply or slower could I have said this to make it make sense. Bottom line, if you can't speak perfect English or understand English you should not be working in any public workplace, fast food restaurant, or on any telephone!!!!!!!
Well that was my venting session for this week. On the plus side I now only have 2 1/2 hours left and it is almost the count down until my break. And there is this really good looking worker in the lobby right now. They are from TYCO the security and alarm people. Seems single, now the question is does he happen to be American..... hahahah Not a whole lot of texting going on today, so everyone must be pretty busy. I have to get groceries after work and haul in my new mirror that I was too lazy to bring in last night. I also have to go home first and get my pay check as well and start paying off some debt and some Christmas presents on Saturday!! I hope everyones weekend is good. I'll talk to ya''l on Sunday possibly and if not Monday!!!
After that was all said and done, I went and hung out with Emmy for a bit, talked about life, and then made my way home. Dallas has given me a mirror which is nice. Its not a full length mirror but if I stand it against the wall then I can at least get ready with it or check out the full outfit. This is very important to my day.
I have had it. I know Fridays are always supposed to be the happy day of the week but at this point I am so fed up I just want the day to go fast to get the heck out of here. Yes I have exciting plans this evening so that should automatically make my day 100% better but it doesn't. Today, I feel like a prisoner at Viking. I may as well just skip having a break because everyone is late for mine, yet everyone else gets to take off whenever. I know I have talked about this before and it probably shouldnt bother me as much as it does. But I waited ten extra minutes after my supposed break time. I can't plan or do anything because no one is ever on time. Maybe its an island thing being all relaxed and what not. I may as well just not take any breaks at all. I also found out that I can't bring Emmy to my Christmas Party now because no one under the age of 19 is allowed in. This is stupid!! I knew there would be a bar but that doesn't mean that people can't be there. I just thought there would be some kind of wrist band or something. If I did end up going, which I AM NOT GOING TO, I would be some ticked off to put it nicely if I walked in and saw people with their babies. Oooo boy I would be fuming at this point. Like apparently its too big of a drunk fest that my friend can't go because she isn't 19 yet your crying annoying baby can be in this atmosphere. NO! Get a babysitter or miss out.
Then today as I always do on Friday, I fill out my time card for Express, Leona always gets Edward to sign it and then faxes it off. So I read it today and he has always put excellent when it comes to my work in the week. Well this week he only put Satisfactory. It doesn't hurt my feelings none, but what I would like to know is why he rated it that this week. And now I'm curious as to what he put last week. I barely look because it is usually the same. I did hear though, that he was Bipolar, a JW and that he usually only hires his kind...meaning JWs. I have also worked with these people when I worked at DanD Variety in Alberta. They can be a weird bunch. And they tend to stick together so this makes sense that Edward would only hire his people. Leona also confirmed this when she said she got the job through Edward. So much for telling kids, work hard at something and you will succeed. The real teaching should be its all about who you know as a general statement and as far as Viking, its all about which cult you belong too.
It is also totally like a high school here. All the petty critics in each department and the cliques that go for lunch together. I just have to laugh as I observe all this from my desk. In regards to my title of my blog, the 2 weeks left to endure is the 2 weeks left of work. I can't miss any day because I need the money yet I can not wait until the Christmas break from work. My last day is the 21st and don't have to be back to work until the 2nd. I guess there is still perks to a 9-5 type job. Well it is 2:00 and I only have 3 more hours to go. Lots have already left for the day of course, but still enough around that I am not too bored.
A secret of mine was that while we were decorating yesterday, I told them that we should hang something from the stupid spotlight that hangs above me. Cindy didn't like the idea of course but Scott did it anyway and I love it. Since the Christmas balls are shiny, the light mainly reflects off of them and then I get to sit in the shadows a bit. Hey! If its only for part of this month I may as well get some protection from that stupid spotlight. Like why is it even there?
I don't mean to sound racist or stereotypical but like really? The people who call, some can't even speak English properly and I just have to laugh. I just answered a call and in his accent he was like "can I make contact with the Carmine" like who says that? Its "May I speak with Carmine, or extension 2277 please." I also don't really care when they start explaining who they are or what they want. Like just tell me the stinkin number or name people!!! I personally can't help you any further so you are just wasting your breath. I had this one spanish or something chick call recently and she kept wanting to talk to Edward. Well he was on the phone so I just asked if she would like to call back or maybe leave a voicemail. She could not manage to understand either concept. So I just cut her off and sent her to our multilingual parts people. DO you want to leave a message? How much more simply or slower could I have said this to make it make sense. Bottom line, if you can't speak perfect English or understand English you should not be working in any public workplace, fast food restaurant, or on any telephone!!!!!!!
Well that was my venting session for this week. On the plus side I now only have 2 1/2 hours left and it is almost the count down until my break. And there is this really good looking worker in the lobby right now. They are from TYCO the security and alarm people. Seems single, now the question is does he happen to be American..... hahahah Not a whole lot of texting going on today, so everyone must be pretty busy. I have to get groceries after work and haul in my new mirror that I was too lazy to bring in last night. I also have to go home first and get my pay check as well and start paying off some debt and some Christmas presents on Saturday!! I hope everyones weekend is good. I'll talk to ya''l on Sunday possibly and if not Monday!!!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Excited for the Weekend!!!
That was a very short and brief end to the previous blog. Sorry about that but I ended up talking with someone at the end of my day and only had minutes to go so I just posted and left. Today, I had a great start to my day. I got a free coffee and surprise visit in the morning!! And I scrounged up some change from my Rainy Day Fund for some RB. Tonight is that stupid Christmas Decorating thing at work. I now know why I don't sign up for things and that is because I make other plans and don't end up wanting to do the first thing. Oh well, life will go on. And I'm going to Sidney after work to hang out with Emmy for a bit and plan out our weekend better. Friday night we plan on hanging out after she is done work and then Saturday is shopping!!! Christmas shopping that is and I hope that since we have all day I can find something for everyone and be done for this year. So far its looking like a good weekend and I hope next week is a good one as well since it will be last time I will see a certain someone for a couple weeks.
Other than that I do not have much to report for today...The phone has been off the hook all day and so I havent gotten to visit with anyone much lately. On the plus side of this, the day has been going super fast and soon I will be done. I really wish I didn't have to decorate but this won't last very long I guess. I work till 5 and it only goes till 6 I HOPE so 1 polite hour out of my day will not kill me. I'll get to hear some gossip I'm sure with all the ladies that will be helping.
I was talking with some people the other day and they asked how old I was. I think I seriously am the youngest person working at this company. Or at least in the office part. It seems as though it is a standard to be at least 30 or older to work here. They think they are so much smarter. HA! Anywho I am completely stumped for topics to discuss. And if I keep rambling on, I won't make sense in about 10 seconds. So till tomorrow~!~~~
Other than that I do not have much to report for today...The phone has been off the hook all day and so I havent gotten to visit with anyone much lately. On the plus side of this, the day has been going super fast and soon I will be done. I really wish I didn't have to decorate but this won't last very long I guess. I work till 5 and it only goes till 6 I HOPE so 1 polite hour out of my day will not kill me. I'll get to hear some gossip I'm sure with all the ladies that will be helping.
I was talking with some people the other day and they asked how old I was. I think I seriously am the youngest person working at this company. Or at least in the office part. It seems as though it is a standard to be at least 30 or older to work here. They think they are so much smarter. HA! Anywho I am completely stumped for topics to discuss. And if I keep rambling on, I won't make sense in about 10 seconds. So till tomorrow~!~~~
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
WASSUP!!!
Howdy Folks!! Aww I just looked back in my blog at my FIRST July 4th party I ever had!!! What a shin dig that was. All of the McComishes were there, and if I'm not mistaken this was probably the one and only that all attended and Aja and Leia were there. Throughout the 4 years we have been throwing a party, the attendees have changed. It was good to see what we had to eat that year and the dessert was Mrs. McComishes famous chocolate chip cake. I am usually wearing the same thing each year or something similar. I try to change my hat/crown every year as well. I just have too many and I can't wear them all!! For the past 3 years (I think), my Grandma has been able to come celebrate as well. This has been super special and I love having her there. It means alot to have support in my celebration since Dad and Brian are always the party poopers. I can't wait for the 2013 July 4th party!! I don't really know whether I will be in B.C. or in Alberta, but either way I know it will be good. If I am in B.C., I am either going to go down to Washington to celebrate with my peeps(meaning Americans) or I will see if I can watch the fireworks from here. I know Victoria does a big Canada Day celebration but you can guarantee that I will be baracaded in my American house during this time. I guess to sum up this paragraph, it was nice to see old pictures of the very first party we ever threw.
Today was an ok day. If I had checked my Facebook close to 8 I could have saved my brain some panicking but nope didnt check it till lunch time...So being the worry wart that I am I worried all day that my plans would not work out this evening. After all the past week and weekend has put me through I don't think I could have handled one more let down. So happy happy happy am I to be done work in exactly 30 minutes!!! I got Gizmo waiting at home for me and a great surprise shortly after. YAY!!! Tonights gonna be a good night. The rest of the week will be pretty boring I would imagine. I guess tomorrow we are setting up "my office" reception area for Christmas so that should look good. I'm just helping cuz there is going to be free pizza! When living alone, who can say no to a free supper?!!??
I can't remember if I ever told this story about Scott McConachie and Todd Wright from work. Scott is very chatty and talks often. Todd is the maintenance guy and stops to talk often too. They are both nice people. Scott car pools with Todd on certain days. So one day he is waiting in the lobby for Todd, we were talking about the weekend and then I asked who he was waiting around for. He said he was waiting for Mr. Wright......I laughed so hard at this. I'm sure you can all imagine how squinty my eyes were. I think a couple days later same thing happened and me and Scott were laughing about it, then Todd asked am I Mr. Right or Mr. Right now.....hahahahahah Some people at work are just too funny. There is plenty of weirdos too, but thats everywhere and it is BC........nuff said
The ONE part of my job that I really do enjoy, is the opportunity to visit with people in multiple departments. Because I am at the front desk I get to see everyone and for some reason this has always been important to me. I'm shy, yet I like to see people, people watch, and just be in the busy part of things. Sometimes I do miss out on this such as my breaks being at the quiet times and lunch after everyone else but I have gotten to know more people than for example, Leona has in the many years she has been employed here. Sure everyone is familiar with names on the phone list, but I get to mingle and hear all the gossip about different departments. I laugh to myself when people start explaining their jobs or days to me. I mean I ask how their day is going to be nice and make conversation, but all of it comes out as jibberish. I have no idea what part is what or engineering oh my goodness that just goes over my head. So nodding and smiling is my number one response.
Today was an ok day. If I had checked my Facebook close to 8 I could have saved my brain some panicking but nope didnt check it till lunch time...So being the worry wart that I am I worried all day that my plans would not work out this evening. After all the past week and weekend has put me through I don't think I could have handled one more let down. So happy happy happy am I to be done work in exactly 30 minutes!!! I got Gizmo waiting at home for me and a great surprise shortly after. YAY!!! Tonights gonna be a good night. The rest of the week will be pretty boring I would imagine. I guess tomorrow we are setting up "my office" reception area for Christmas so that should look good. I'm just helping cuz there is going to be free pizza! When living alone, who can say no to a free supper?!!??
I can't remember if I ever told this story about Scott McConachie and Todd Wright from work. Scott is very chatty and talks often. Todd is the maintenance guy and stops to talk often too. They are both nice people. Scott car pools with Todd on certain days. So one day he is waiting in the lobby for Todd, we were talking about the weekend and then I asked who he was waiting around for. He said he was waiting for Mr. Wright......I laughed so hard at this. I'm sure you can all imagine how squinty my eyes were. I think a couple days later same thing happened and me and Scott were laughing about it, then Todd asked am I Mr. Right or Mr. Right now.....hahahahahah Some people at work are just too funny. There is plenty of weirdos too, but thats everywhere and it is BC........nuff said
The ONE part of my job that I really do enjoy, is the opportunity to visit with people in multiple departments. Because I am at the front desk I get to see everyone and for some reason this has always been important to me. I'm shy, yet I like to see people, people watch, and just be in the busy part of things. Sometimes I do miss out on this such as my breaks being at the quiet times and lunch after everyone else but I have gotten to know more people than for example, Leona has in the many years she has been employed here. Sure everyone is familiar with names on the phone list, but I get to mingle and hear all the gossip about different departments. I laugh to myself when people start explaining their jobs or days to me. I mean I ask how their day is going to be nice and make conversation, but all of it comes out as jibberish. I have no idea what part is what or engineering oh my goodness that just goes over my head. So nodding and smiling is my number one response.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Think Positive
Today feels like a good day, knowing my luck it probably won't be but this is me trying to think positive. I couldn't decide on an outfit this morning but luckily the second one looked great!!! It seems like a pretty casual outfit but it is a jean skirt with my bright green open shoulder shirt. I wish I could have worn my boots but I feel like it would have been too casual and maybe would look a little too much like I am from Alberta. Even though that is who I am.
hahah funny moment. So far I have screwed up on the telephone 3 times this morning and I have only been at work for technically 15 minutes maybe. I said Good Afternoon to one person, transferred a call to Michael Hall when they asked for Martin Swan(how those names got mixed up in my daydreaming head I have no Idea) and then the funniest one, someone wanted the Buffalo conference room and I transferred to the Beaver Room. The guy called back and explained what I did then said different critter!!! hahahah At least now that will make me laugh all day so I have something to smile about.
So last night I went and hung out with Emmy in Sidney. It was a lot of fun and usually what I look forward to throughout my day at work. This is one of the positives of working for Viking. It is out in Sidney which is where Dallas and Emmy live so after work I can stop by and visit then go home. This is especially convenient because if I worked in Victoria or close to home, I wouldn't want to drive out to visit during the week so this would limit visits to the weekend. So basically the opposite from what I do now. Emmy works most of the weekend minus Saturday and so does Dallas so the weekend is either my time to hang out with other friends or time alone/with Gizmo. Anywho, last night we drove around a bit and got a blizzard, then eventually went back to the house and watched Intervention!! Its been so long since I watched that show and I missed it so much. That would be my reasoning for getting cable. Intervention marathons on Saturdays. Dallas made chili and rice for supper and that was delicious and then I went home. It is always a good visit when i go there and I feel at home.
As for today, I am not sure what I will be doing this evening. Last week I made plans for either last night or tonight with a friend from work but clearly that is not what I did last night. So my hopes are that tonight doesn't get cancelled. I haven't been cancelled on so much in my life as I have out here in B.C. I have also noticed that people don't have a sense in time here. I don't know if this is an island thing or not but it is annoying. Most of the time it doesn't effect me, but even so, where and who raised people like this? Back in my day, we were at least ten minutes early for everything. This allows you to be prepared and despite what some people think, allows to blend into the crowd. Late comers are the people who people get frustrated at or stare at when they walk in a room and I suppose our family was just never like this.
The weather here today is nice and clear, blue skies and the sun is shining. The down fall to all this is that it is super windy. Like I mean next to tornado windy haha This is another thing that made me happy today. I pinned my bangs back today for a secret reason that I am trying.....anyway I pinned them back luckily on the best day I could. This way the wind cannot ruin my bangs when they hang straight down and I guarantee that it would have ticked me off all day. I know it seems small and doesn't matter but when you get paid to just sit up front and look good, the weather effecting my hair and my clothes matter a lot. It is the one thing I can feel good about doing.
So besides getting nick names at work so far, I have heard from an employee that people in a certain department were saying how good it is to have a cheerful receptionist. This is good and bad. I mean good that they like me but that is not what I was going for a month ago. Oh well at least people will remember me this way. I have the nick name smiley with the coffee maintenance guy who is always cleaning up the lunch room and I don't like this next one. Chuckles is what Tony calls me. He works in the lab and means well but chuckles is not my thing. I do not chuckle I smile. Big difference. Maybe next time I'll suggest smiley. Although when people call me smiley I think of my customers at the liquor store. Connie and Jody always called me smiley. I have never been one to agree to nick names. Once one person names me something that is their specific name for me. I suppose on the bright side everytime I'm called smiley, I can smile knowing who thought of it originally and think of the fun times at the store.
Today is Tuesday, and normally I would be at work already having my coffee with Sheryl and Steve. Talking about life and how their weekend was. This was always a great time to catch up. I also would complete the ABA beer ordering and Big Rock if we needed it and STROHS which we always needed because of Old Milwaukee. After this was ordered and paid for, the store would get a little busier with customers or we would clean up some things or sort through the wine wall. The liquor order was always late which drove us all nuts because it takes a while to put it away. It is quite the process. After the Highway 9 guy drops everything off, we take the boxes off the pallets and divide on two carts, push the carts around the store to get the items in the proper spot, once the cart is empty you return to the back and repeat this process till all pallets are empty. Once all the boxes are on the floor and the pallets are outside, we would go around the whole store and dust and place the bottles on the shelf. We usually got them all on the shelf except for the wine which always had extra, and then after every row is complete. Steve would usually fly by and grab all the empty boxes while me and Sheryl put the half boxes of the wine on the wine wall. If all this was completed early enough, I would put the new stock on the computer while we visited and wait for 4 to roll around. As you can tell I miss these days. I honestly want to help out when I'm back at Christmas.
I really don't know why anyone would enjoy reading this blog but I guess this is the best and easiest way to update people on seriously my everyday/moment of my life. Mostly what I'm thinking because I like typing and it makes it look like I am super busy. The sound of typing on a keyboard is cool as well. Someday, I'll have a job where I will be asked to type a lot of different documents or letters and all this blog writing will come in handy. I am not sure I would put it on my resume hahah
Brianne Rempel
Typing speed: 80WPM
Increased to 90WPM while being employed at Viking through Blog writing. hahah
That just doesn't look right and probably not very acceptable.
Oh what I wouldn't do for Red Bull today. This would brighten my day if someone showed up at my desk with the gift of RB. I should page this!!! Wouldn't that be funny!!!! Over the intercomm......"Would someone please bring the receptionist a RB, Would someone please bring the receptionist a RB" hahahah If everything turned out nicely, I might end up with a lifetime supply of RB. There are over 300 people that work at Viking. All of a sudden everyone would get in their vehicles and take off to get me a RB. How can you tell I'm daydreaming..... :)
This is all I have to say for now and am going to look for jobs on the internet now to pass the rest of the time before my break. Have a good day ya'll and hope ya enjoyed my blog today...
hahah funny moment. So far I have screwed up on the telephone 3 times this morning and I have only been at work for technically 15 minutes maybe. I said Good Afternoon to one person, transferred a call to Michael Hall when they asked for Martin Swan(how those names got mixed up in my daydreaming head I have no Idea) and then the funniest one, someone wanted the Buffalo conference room and I transferred to the Beaver Room. The guy called back and explained what I did then said different critter!!! hahahah At least now that will make me laugh all day so I have something to smile about.
So last night I went and hung out with Emmy in Sidney. It was a lot of fun and usually what I look forward to throughout my day at work. This is one of the positives of working for Viking. It is out in Sidney which is where Dallas and Emmy live so after work I can stop by and visit then go home. This is especially convenient because if I worked in Victoria or close to home, I wouldn't want to drive out to visit during the week so this would limit visits to the weekend. So basically the opposite from what I do now. Emmy works most of the weekend minus Saturday and so does Dallas so the weekend is either my time to hang out with other friends or time alone/with Gizmo. Anywho, last night we drove around a bit and got a blizzard, then eventually went back to the house and watched Intervention!! Its been so long since I watched that show and I missed it so much. That would be my reasoning for getting cable. Intervention marathons on Saturdays. Dallas made chili and rice for supper and that was delicious and then I went home. It is always a good visit when i go there and I feel at home.
As for today, I am not sure what I will be doing this evening. Last week I made plans for either last night or tonight with a friend from work but clearly that is not what I did last night. So my hopes are that tonight doesn't get cancelled. I haven't been cancelled on so much in my life as I have out here in B.C. I have also noticed that people don't have a sense in time here. I don't know if this is an island thing or not but it is annoying. Most of the time it doesn't effect me, but even so, where and who raised people like this? Back in my day, we were at least ten minutes early for everything. This allows you to be prepared and despite what some people think, allows to blend into the crowd. Late comers are the people who people get frustrated at or stare at when they walk in a room and I suppose our family was just never like this.
The weather here today is nice and clear, blue skies and the sun is shining. The down fall to all this is that it is super windy. Like I mean next to tornado windy haha This is another thing that made me happy today. I pinned my bangs back today for a secret reason that I am trying.....anyway I pinned them back luckily on the best day I could. This way the wind cannot ruin my bangs when they hang straight down and I guarantee that it would have ticked me off all day. I know it seems small and doesn't matter but when you get paid to just sit up front and look good, the weather effecting my hair and my clothes matter a lot. It is the one thing I can feel good about doing.
So besides getting nick names at work so far, I have heard from an employee that people in a certain department were saying how good it is to have a cheerful receptionist. This is good and bad. I mean good that they like me but that is not what I was going for a month ago. Oh well at least people will remember me this way. I have the nick name smiley with the coffee maintenance guy who is always cleaning up the lunch room and I don't like this next one. Chuckles is what Tony calls me. He works in the lab and means well but chuckles is not my thing. I do not chuckle I smile. Big difference. Maybe next time I'll suggest smiley. Although when people call me smiley I think of my customers at the liquor store. Connie and Jody always called me smiley. I have never been one to agree to nick names. Once one person names me something that is their specific name for me. I suppose on the bright side everytime I'm called smiley, I can smile knowing who thought of it originally and think of the fun times at the store.
Today is Tuesday, and normally I would be at work already having my coffee with Sheryl and Steve. Talking about life and how their weekend was. This was always a great time to catch up. I also would complete the ABA beer ordering and Big Rock if we needed it and STROHS which we always needed because of Old Milwaukee. After this was ordered and paid for, the store would get a little busier with customers or we would clean up some things or sort through the wine wall. The liquor order was always late which drove us all nuts because it takes a while to put it away. It is quite the process. After the Highway 9 guy drops everything off, we take the boxes off the pallets and divide on two carts, push the carts around the store to get the items in the proper spot, once the cart is empty you return to the back and repeat this process till all pallets are empty. Once all the boxes are on the floor and the pallets are outside, we would go around the whole store and dust and place the bottles on the shelf. We usually got them all on the shelf except for the wine which always had extra, and then after every row is complete. Steve would usually fly by and grab all the empty boxes while me and Sheryl put the half boxes of the wine on the wine wall. If all this was completed early enough, I would put the new stock on the computer while we visited and wait for 4 to roll around. As you can tell I miss these days. I honestly want to help out when I'm back at Christmas.
I really don't know why anyone would enjoy reading this blog but I guess this is the best and easiest way to update people on seriously my everyday/moment of my life. Mostly what I'm thinking because I like typing and it makes it look like I am super busy. The sound of typing on a keyboard is cool as well. Someday, I'll have a job where I will be asked to type a lot of different documents or letters and all this blog writing will come in handy. I am not sure I would put it on my resume hahah
Brianne Rempel
Typing speed: 80WPM
Increased to 90WPM while being employed at Viking through Blog writing. hahah
That just doesn't look right and probably not very acceptable.
Oh what I wouldn't do for Red Bull today. This would brighten my day if someone showed up at my desk with the gift of RB. I should page this!!! Wouldn't that be funny!!!! Over the intercomm......"Would someone please bring the receptionist a RB, Would someone please bring the receptionist a RB" hahahah If everything turned out nicely, I might end up with a lifetime supply of RB. There are over 300 people that work at Viking. All of a sudden everyone would get in their vehicles and take off to get me a RB. How can you tell I'm daydreaming..... :)
This is all I have to say for now and am going to look for jobs on the internet now to pass the rest of the time before my break. Have a good day ya'll and hope ya enjoyed my blog today...
Monday, December 3, 2012
What a weekend...
It's funny, a few blogs ago or maybe even my last one, I thought I said that December was going to be a great month.....I suppose there is a bright side to everything and I am starting to see it but I still have my moments. Life has just been screwing me around lately and so I have decided to do nothing but sit around and be bored as usual. I have no money for this whole month I am thinking. I don't know how Christmas giftts are going to go this year. Luckily, I am only going home on the 24th. So i have 3 pay checks until that time. Meanwhile....my car's spark plugs and wires need changing.....So I just don't know what to do. I can live quietly without spending money, grr I'm just frustrated. Why does everything have to be stupid!!! I just gotta calm down and worry less about this whole situation. Maybe buy a lotto ticket just in case.
Hmmm...a different topic to talk about that isn't involving my sad sad life. Well it was my mom's birthday on Saturday and that is a happy day!!! I so wish I could have been there with her to celebrate the milestone of being 50!!! I heard the ladies won in Kaiser!!! So that is good. I know the men would have liked the odds of the Birthday person to lose. But they can't win em all. I hope she got spoiled that day and had a great birthday!! She definetly deserves the best. She is my best friend and mom.
I AM IN NEED OF A RED BULL...That so far is my worst expense that hurts so much that I am broke. I cannot buy red bull if I don't have money. I suppose most of you will look at this as a good thing. Its a very good thing that most of you aren't around though....I imagine its like when giving up pop or junk food. A person will get moody if they don't have what they want/need. This is what my week is looking like.
Life hasn't been very positive for me lately so I don't know if I will have anything good to say.
The only positives are Gizmo of course, and me starting to work out a little bit. I need batteries for my Wii fit(which obviously I can't buy) So I have been using my Ab Circle Pro and last night I went for a long walk in the neighborhood. I have a routine of every evening and morning I use my ab circle pro. I don't stay on it for long but just a bit everyday and my walks. The neighborhood is pretty nice. Its safe, but still a little eerie to walk alone at night. B.C. drives me nuts because they save on power and there is barely any street lights. How in the world is this safe for a pedestrian city? Pfft. Anyways....it was a good walk and next time I might go a little further. I did go pretty far and it was quite the walk. I went in the more residential area last night so maybe tonight I'll hit more of a main road. Hopefully more street lights....
And here comes my first break! I suppose I still have 45 minutes but I am just a texting machine today. Will chat later peeps!!
Hmmm...a different topic to talk about that isn't involving my sad sad life. Well it was my mom's birthday on Saturday and that is a happy day!!! I so wish I could have been there with her to celebrate the milestone of being 50!!! I heard the ladies won in Kaiser!!! So that is good. I know the men would have liked the odds of the Birthday person to lose. But they can't win em all. I hope she got spoiled that day and had a great birthday!! She definetly deserves the best. She is my best friend and mom.
I AM IN NEED OF A RED BULL...That so far is my worst expense that hurts so much that I am broke. I cannot buy red bull if I don't have money. I suppose most of you will look at this as a good thing. Its a very good thing that most of you aren't around though....I imagine its like when giving up pop or junk food. A person will get moody if they don't have what they want/need. This is what my week is looking like.
Life hasn't been very positive for me lately so I don't know if I will have anything good to say.
The only positives are Gizmo of course, and me starting to work out a little bit. I need batteries for my Wii fit(which obviously I can't buy) So I have been using my Ab Circle Pro and last night I went for a long walk in the neighborhood. I have a routine of every evening and morning I use my ab circle pro. I don't stay on it for long but just a bit everyday and my walks. The neighborhood is pretty nice. Its safe, but still a little eerie to walk alone at night. B.C. drives me nuts because they save on power and there is barely any street lights. How in the world is this safe for a pedestrian city? Pfft. Anyways....it was a good walk and next time I might go a little further. I did go pretty far and it was quite the walk. I went in the more residential area last night so maybe tonight I'll hit more of a main road. Hopefully more street lights....
And here comes my first break! I suppose I still have 45 minutes but I am just a texting machine today. Will chat later peeps!!
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