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Wednesday/Thursday Posts
Since my days off are now Wednesday and Thursday, I will probably be posting updates on those days instead of the weekend.
It's been a looooooong two and a half weeks.
It turned out that I was not eligible for the stenography scholarship...which I had kind of already known, and thought maybe my teacher knew something I didn't. Nope, just turns out she didn't read the paperwork properly. I'm a little annoyed but it doesn't really change anything. It was nice of her to want to nominate me anyway.
I basically haven't had a day off since my last post here. My second week of training went well, although it was very stressful and at times I wasn't sure I was cut out for the job. But one thing about CapTel is they're very encouraging, they dislike negativity in their workplace culture. So when I expressed frustration at not understanding a part of my job responsibilities, they actually scheduled someone to sit down with me and work it through for an hour. This was extremely helpful! By the time we were finished I was able to understand what I needed to do and do it more efficiently. I'm very grateful that this job was willing to work with me and spend that extra time. I don't like to inconvenience anyone, but maybe if I can do my job better it's worthwhile for them, too.
Anyway, too soon training was over and it was time to put the big girl pants on and go to work.
The first few days were nerve-racking, I had difficulty remembering all that needed to be done, plus there were new tasks that I'd not experienced yet during training. But there were people around me who helped me and walked me through it. By the end of my "week" I was feeling more comfortable with a lot of things, and trying to help others with their tasks too. When a supervisor goes on vacation someone else needs to cover their tasks, so it's kind of more work for everyone. I tried to pick up some of that extra work in addition to my own tasks. I did get it done, but it left me wondering if there was some of my own work that I was forgetting! LOL!
Either way, I finally have a day off today. OMG, MUCH NEEDED. My body was actually feeling sore from lack of rest and from sitting in those uncomfortable chairs all day. And my brain was just so fried, I can't even tell you. It felt like it was overheating haha.
Last night I came home from work totally exhausted, ready to pour a drink and call it a night. It was my birthday, but I didn't feel very special. No one at work knew it was my birthday except for one guy in scheduling, so it felt like just a regular work day. I had meant to bring in treats, but with everything going on I just never had the time.
So I came home expecting to find Jameson chilling on the couch. But he had gone out and bought us cupcakes! And he had a present for me! And he insisted that we go to dinner, because "your birthday is special!" I almost cried. Jameson has been struggling with a depression lately and I know that he probably doesn't feel like going out. Yet he set those feelings aside because he wanted me to feel special. That is absolutely amazing.
I am so, so lucky to have him. I don't care what he thinks haha. I am lucky, and very grateful. He's a wonderful man.
Anyway, I ended up choosing Bento, which is a chain sushi place but people at work are always raving about it so I figured why not give it a go. It was surprisingly good! There's another chain here called Sus-HI and while it's decent, after a while we had concerns about how they prep the food and how fresh it was. But Bento was very good and tasted very fresh. All the fish was on display so you could see the quality before they cut it up for your sushi or bowl or whatever. We both got bowls and enjoyed them very much. It was great to find a new place! We also found several other restaurants in the area we'd like to try.
While walking around we found an It'Sugar, which is a candy store chain that sells bulk and boxed candy, novelty gifts, stuff like that. We've come across them many times while traveling with the circus.
We had fun making up little bags of gummies and oogling over some of the weirder things like giant gummy bears, "urine" candy, and novelty magnets and postcards. It was a lot of fun, like something we used to do when we were in the circus...just go exploring and see what we found and enjoy it together. We both miss those times.
Back at home we ate big chocolate cupcakes that Jameson bought for us, then watched some tv before going to bed. It was a really nice end to the day and made all the difficulties of the past two weeks totally worth it.
Simple and sweet. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Today, although it's a day off, I've got an awful lot to do.
You guys, I haven't had time to clean for TWO WEEKS. EEEEEEEWWWW.
I am vaccuming, dusting, cleaning the bathrooms, mopping, and wiping down the kitchen.
Hopefully there will be time to do a little gardening, because my poor garden is neglected! While I've been too busy to care for it the red flowers have died off (they were perennials anyway) and the purple basil is wilting for some unknown reason :/ I've got work to do!
Tomorrow we want to put down some new mulch around the house, and I want to do some cooking for the week.
Hopefully somewhere in all that is a little time to chill out!
It's been a looooooong two and a half weeks.
It turned out that I was not eligible for the stenography scholarship...which I had kind of already known, and thought maybe my teacher knew something I didn't. Nope, just turns out she didn't read the paperwork properly. I'm a little annoyed but it doesn't really change anything. It was nice of her to want to nominate me anyway.
I basically haven't had a day off since my last post here. My second week of training went well, although it was very stressful and at times I wasn't sure I was cut out for the job. But one thing about CapTel is they're very encouraging, they dislike negativity in their workplace culture. So when I expressed frustration at not understanding a part of my job responsibilities, they actually scheduled someone to sit down with me and work it through for an hour. This was extremely helpful! By the time we were finished I was able to understand what I needed to do and do it more efficiently. I'm very grateful that this job was willing to work with me and spend that extra time. I don't like to inconvenience anyone, but maybe if I can do my job better it's worthwhile for them, too.
Anyway, too soon training was over and it was time to put the big girl pants on and go to work.
The first few days were nerve-racking, I had difficulty remembering all that needed to be done, plus there were new tasks that I'd not experienced yet during training. But there were people around me who helped me and walked me through it. By the end of my "week" I was feeling more comfortable with a lot of things, and trying to help others with their tasks too. When a supervisor goes on vacation someone else needs to cover their tasks, so it's kind of more work for everyone. I tried to pick up some of that extra work in addition to my own tasks. I did get it done, but it left me wondering if there was some of my own work that I was forgetting! LOL!
Either way, I finally have a day off today. OMG, MUCH NEEDED. My body was actually feeling sore from lack of rest and from sitting in those uncomfortable chairs all day. And my brain was just so fried, I can't even tell you. It felt like it was overheating haha.
Last night I came home from work totally exhausted, ready to pour a drink and call it a night. It was my birthday, but I didn't feel very special. No one at work knew it was my birthday except for one guy in scheduling, so it felt like just a regular work day. I had meant to bring in treats, but with everything going on I just never had the time.
So I came home expecting to find Jameson chilling on the couch. But he had gone out and bought us cupcakes! And he had a present for me! And he insisted that we go to dinner, because "your birthday is special!" I almost cried. Jameson has been struggling with a depression lately and I know that he probably doesn't feel like going out. Yet he set those feelings aside because he wanted me to feel special. That is absolutely amazing.
I am so, so lucky to have him. I don't care what he thinks haha. I am lucky, and very grateful. He's a wonderful man.
Anyway, I ended up choosing Bento, which is a chain sushi place but people at work are always raving about it so I figured why not give it a go. It was surprisingly good! There's another chain here called Sus-HI and while it's decent, after a while we had concerns about how they prep the food and how fresh it was. But Bento was very good and tasted very fresh. All the fish was on display so you could see the quality before they cut it up for your sushi or bowl or whatever. We both got bowls and enjoyed them very much. It was great to find a new place! We also found several other restaurants in the area we'd like to try.
While walking around we found an It'Sugar, which is a candy store chain that sells bulk and boxed candy, novelty gifts, stuff like that. We've come across them many times while traveling with the circus.
We had fun making up little bags of gummies and oogling over some of the weirder things like giant gummy bears, "urine" candy, and novelty magnets and postcards. It was a lot of fun, like something we used to do when we were in the circus...just go exploring and see what we found and enjoy it together. We both miss those times.
Back at home we ate big chocolate cupcakes that Jameson bought for us, then watched some tv before going to bed. It was a really nice end to the day and made all the difficulties of the past two weeks totally worth it.
Simple and sweet. I wouldn't have it any other way.
Today, although it's a day off, I've got an awful lot to do.
You guys, I haven't had time to clean for TWO WEEKS. EEEEEEEWWWW.
I am vaccuming, dusting, cleaning the bathrooms, mopping, and wiping down the kitchen.
Hopefully there will be time to do a little gardening, because my poor garden is neglected! While I've been too busy to care for it the red flowers have died off (they were perennials anyway) and the purple basil is wilting for some unknown reason :/ I've got work to do!
Tomorrow we want to put down some new mulch around the house, and I want to do some cooking for the week.
Hopefully somewhere in all that is a little time to chill out!