Busy busy busy

OK, I’ve been so busy the last week I really haven’t had time to write, sorry ‘bout that. I’m back at my store and everyone is very glad to see me. I don’t know if it’s because they now have someone to blame for the way my department looks or if they are genuinely happy to see me.

I’m going to be busy again next week, resetting the whole department AGAIN as new plan-o-grams came out at the beginning of the month and no one had time to set them.

I’ve got one of the vendors crawling all over me about her section of my department: it’s supposed to be eight feet long and my replacement only gave her four. Apparently the vendor got yelled at when her boss came in to audit her, so she’s yelling at me now. I finally got the shelves cleared and re-set, then suddenly installing her fixtures was my problem too. OK, fine, I installed the bloody fixtures. Now there’s something else wrong with it and the product hasn’t even gone up yet. I don’t know what her problem is. It’s not like any of this was my fault, the set date for this section was two months ago yesterday and I was gone. My replacement has since left the company, so the only person who could possibly get fired for any of this is the vendor, and she’s acting like it’s my job hanging by a thread. I really miss my old vendor…

Had lots of buddy time with lots of friends this week. I think these are folks that didn’t know they would miss me until I was gone. It’s good to get closer with more people and expand the social circle some. As much as I like Ember and Sammie they have their own lives and can’t be carting me around with them all the time. I really like spending time with them and I’ll always say yes to an invitation, but sometimes I wonder if I’m wearing out my welcome.

Anyway, lots of overtime this week, so I may not get in an entry every night like I used to, but I’m not dead and I didn’t forget about this. I like writing things down (so to speak). It helps me keep my thoughts organized and keeps me from getting all pent up emotionally.