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Jobless

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So as of 9 am today I was jobless. Not just me but, also at least 13 other people because the company I worked for decided to close the 3 stores in my area without any notice. Basically, a district manager came down from corporate and told myself and my assistant that he had bad news the store was closing effective immediately. We were given the option of helping to pack up the store this week so that we would have another weeks pay but, we both opted not to. Why would I chose to be upset all week helping a company pack up the store that I manage when they basically just screwed me over after almost 7 years of loyal service to them?

We did get letters to say that they would give us unemployment1 and that they would mail2 us our last checks & the balance of our PTO that was accrued but, they offered us nothing else.

When I got home this morning I applied online for unemployment and I have to call in the morning to finish my application. So, I guess I am going to spend my summer looking for jobs, perhaps finding an online degree that would work for me and spending every weekday with Kidlet.

When Kidlet got home from one of her finals at 10:30 this morning I had to explain to her what happened and she was so upset. She is worried about how we will be able to afford anything now and I had to explain to her that I will still get money from unemployment but, it won’t be as much as I used to get paid. But, I can spend the summer with her and actually get to do things together this year. She feels guilty that on Friday we went to the mall and I took her on a roughly $200 shopping spree for clothes for her birthday.

I have mixed feelings about the whole situation because since I have started working in 1999 I have only ever been unemployed for roughly 2 months and that was by choice. I have never been fired nor laid off from a job until now.

I am also pretty pissed that my former area manager didn’t give anyone a clue as to what was coming to prepare us and I damn well know that he had to have known. But, of course he still has a job since they gave him stores in PA so he still has a job so what does it really matter to him?

Hell, the owner of the company came into town and looked at all 3 stores and said how great they looked and said how much she loves me but, yet here I am awake & blogging at almost midnight because I don’t have a job to in the morning.

  1. only the full time employees which there were only 6 of us [↩]
  2. really why not just direct deposit this as usual? [↩]

12 Days!!

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So as of today there are only 12 days left until I am in Kentucky with Jenn and I can’t fucking wait!

I have my bag & most of my toiletries set to go I just have to find my tank tops & capris1 and wash them and I will be all set.

Right now I am sitting at Starbucks enjoying a cinnamon dolce latte and watching it rain. I had to take Kidlet to school and I have a crappy “manager’s” meeting today at noon so I am hanging out near my old store since I am going to catch a ride with that manager. I also have to work from 4pm to 12am so I think I am going to nap at my “desk” between the meeting and my shift.

Tomorrow after noon I am going to see my tattoo guy so that he can work on my chest piece some before I head to Kentucky. I just hate feeling like my tattoo is unbalanced since only the one side is colored in.

The more I come to places like Starbucks to relax and surf the net the more I realize that I could really get into doing this for a living. I can see myself showering, throwing on some sweats, taking Kidlet to school, going to a coffee shop and spending the day writing for a living. I would just have to find something to write about other than my mundane life. I always considered writing romance novels since I love them so much but, creating an in depth plot is beyond me so maybe I will start writing XXX short stories like I read from Ellora’s Cave lol

Well, I guess I am going to try to kill 45 minutes by watching an episode of House ;)

  1. Damn NY weather hasn’t really been nice enough to dig out the summer clothes yet [↩]

It’s May ….

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And I may or may not be losing my mind! Ok, so I really am not but man I am exhausted!!

I have been working almost non stop since my last post. I only get one day off1 and have to work 48 hours per week but, usually I am working more. Like this week I am scheduled for 52 hours due to having no available employees on our 4 pm to 12 am shift. I do think that I will end up taking a half day tomorrow if I can get away with it though because I am just that damn exhausted.

I have to make sure that everything in my new store is ready for inventory on Tuesday though so I’m not sure what I am going to do.

Right now I am at Starbucks basking in the warmth of their heating system. I had to get up at the crack of dawn to take Kidlet to school via the bus2and since it was pointless to try and go all the way back home since I need to be at work3 at noon. First I hit Bruegger’s for breakfast which they screwed up the first time around and sat there catching up on all of my feeds with their free Wi-Fi but, I was starting to become an icicle4 so I moved on to Starbucks.

My stomach is going to revolt later for sure after: 1 Cheese & Pesto Bagel toasted with butter, 1 Asiago Parmesan Softwich with egg & cheese, orange juice and a Venti Cinnamon Dolce Latte. No I am not planning on eating anything else all day lol

Ugh I guess I have to pack up my stuff and roll myself out of this damn chair but, I am so comfortable that I really don’t want to :cry:

  1. usually spent catching up on sleep & laundry [↩]
  2. I refuse to let her take “her” bus to school which is a bus on our public transportation system. [↩]
  3. which is in the same general location as her school [↩]
  4. Why is it always cold no matter what time of year or what the weather is? [↩]

Who’s The Boss?? I am!!

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So as of Tuesday 4/12 I was finally made a store manager. I was actually made manager of our biggest location in my city. I wasn’t aiming that high as I would have preferred to manage one of the other locations but, I’m not foolish enough to turn down an almost $9,000 per year raise (I didn’t think that I looked thaat dumb but, ya never know lol).

This week I have been training the new assistant manager that is taking over my original store plus pulling an extra closing shift due to a call in.1. I have been trying to figure out how to juggle the schedule at my stores along which is crazy enough but, add having to train 1 manager that was just hired along with 5 sales associates too is enough to drive anyone insane!

I left work early today because I was exhausted due to working two shifts yesterday 8:30p to 4p & 11p to 3a then turning around and having to be back in at 8:30a. I told my area manager that I was going home early to die lol. I just dont want to push the no rest card too far since I am just getting over pnuemonia and I really can’t afford to get sick again so soon.

Tomorrow I get to work a half day then spend the afternoon at a follow up appointment with my dentist.I also have to remember to call Kat to set up having her Mom watch Kidlet next week since there is a vacation AGAIN and not only do I have to work during the day that week but, so does my Mom & her boyfriend has training for a new job all week. In 3 months Kidlet will be old enough to stay home alone so we won’t have have this particular problem anymore.

I have so much to do when I get home but, I knew I should stop & eat before I went home because I’m so tired that I know I’m too lazy to even bother making anything when I get home. I just want to get in my jammies, crawl under the blankets and just crash until I have to get up at 6:30 tomorrow morning.

I am going to try and get lots of rest this weekend. I plan on going to bed early Friday night and sleeping in on Saturday. I do have tenative plans for Saturday night but, we all know how plans usually turn out! Sunday I have to work 8a – 4p *booo*.

I guess I should go since this chair is starting to hurt my ass. How is that even possible since I have a large fleshy one? lol

  1. I come to work even if I feel worse than death wtf! [↩]

Another one bites the dust

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Well, since I last posted that assistant manager got her ass fired! It was almost like everyone threw a party that the bitch was gone lol. I have a new assistant manager in training who was one of my sales associates who got promoted.

I have been super sick for the past week laryngitis & pneumonia #fail! But, I didn’t miss a day of work at all since I have been busting my ass prepping for inventory next week. Next week will be a crazy schedule. Monday finish inventory prep & train at my store, Tuesday be at our biggest store at 6:45am to help inventory. Wednesday Inventory my store and our 3rd location. Thursday train at my store. Friday train at my store for a half day then go for a follow-up appointment with my dentist.

I will feel like I’m running around like a chicken without its head or a store less employee again.

I actually went into work today to do more inventory prep on my day off so I racked up 6 hours of overtime for this check. I am blogging from the Bruegger’s down the street from my work since I was STARVING when I finally left that hell hole. I think when I am done with my lunch I am going to go to one of the little shops down the street and look at manic panic colors. I have New Rose in my hair now and I love the pink but, when I stripped the black out of my hair then bleached it the middle portion didn’t lift as much as I wanted it to so that section looks more like a dark red / pink which isn’t bad but if its pink I want it all the same shade. I don’t dare try another color stripper or bleach because I really don’t want to damage my hair so I am going to check out the colors and see if I can find a purple / red that might go well.

I guess I should get in gear since this hard chair is killing my ass (despite my ass’s ample size lol) and it is so nice, sunny & warmish outside which doesn’t happen often in western New York in the beginning of April.