Saturday, April 28, 2007

To my faithful readers,

I love you guys!

Seriously, I want to thank everyone for their words of encouragement and support. I have received several emails, comments and phone calls from people checking up on me to see if I am ok and making sure that I am not about to snap. I really appreciate it all. It means so much to me. THANK YOU.

So a few updates:
Yesterday was a pretty crazy day at work. We had a meeting early in the morning and had a mock disaster situation. We had to act like we were at work just like normal and then we had a "bomb threat." Our manager, acting like the villan, walked in and handed me a not saying there was a bomb and we had 15 mintues to get out. Ok, so this was all just a test and I knew that but once she handed me that note, I kinda froze. I thought to myself, "what if this was real? what if there REALLY was a bomb in the building?" It was kinda creppy. I handled it smoothly and took the note to my supervisor. We then followed the evacuation process, closed the branch and walked to the meeting place.

It was kind of a strange experience. I didn't think I would really think about it much but I did. I thought a lot about what I would do and what would really happen. I thought we all remained calm and did a good job, however, I know in real life it would be way worse. My manager says that when she handed me the note I looked at it and said, "oh shit." I don't think I did but I know if it was real I would probably would have! It was a crazy.

Next thing that made my day interesting is that I tried to quit my job. I finally worked up enough courage to go talk to my manager and put in my two week notice. I tried to use the "I am scared of bomb theats" reason :) but in the end I eventually told her I was just burnt out and needed a change in my life. I told her I was not happy with where I was at and it was affecting all parts of my life. She did what I didn't want her to do. She asked me to stay and told me that they would adjust my schedule so I would work more full days to get my hours and have extra full days off. It was a nice thought that I could get all my hours in a few days instead of spreading it out during the entire week and having to come in everyday for just a few hours. I thought about it all night and talked to Shelly, my babysitter, and she helped put things into perspective. I talk to Nate about it last night too and I think I am just going to tell her, thanks but no thanks. It was really nice that she was willing to work with my schedule but that doesn't take away the fact that I am unhappy at work. So we will see how it goes on Monday when I tell her.

Things are good with Nate. He has had a really good week at work with the tips. Things are much better when he is bringing home 1oo bucks or more a night. No news with the NLV job yet but keep your fingers crossed.

Zoee is good. She is getting so fun and I just want to hug and squeeze her cause she is so cute. She is changing everyday and has learned a lot in the last couple weeks. She is so cute.

Thank you all again for your help with everything. I have great great friends!!

4 comments:

Erin said...

Girrrrlll! I'm so glad you're back (and maybe not taking a long break after all?)! And some pretty important developments in the Garrard household after all, with your job situation! I really hope you're feeling better about things. Can't wait for Monday!

Jerolyn said...

WELCOME BACK!

Unknown said...

Um, next time, can you take a shorter break please? j/k
It's good to have you back (hopefully) and good for you for taking a leap of faith like that! Are you going to find other employment or become a SAHM?

Lacie said...

see, I told you things would get better soon, keep your chin up my love, it can only get brighter, just look at your beautiful daughter and realize how many blessings you have and how many more to come. Love you!