January 09, 2004
1st day of work!!!
Starting work today! Oh my goodness, it was totally NOT expected. Yesterday was one of those worst-day-of-the-winter days. On the tv news they poured some water on the ground and it froze almost on contact. So we spent most of the day in the horribly cold weather. (Temp. was around -10F when we got up yesterday, today as I type it is -14F but feels like -28F, these are Fahrenheit degrees and not Celcius degrees!!!). Why would people submit themselves to frostbites and such? Because I had my job training yesterday, I was expecting that some people would be missing for sure, most cars wouldn't even start yesterday. The surprise was that the person missing was the trainer, the one who was going to teach us all the secrets to being a good worker. LOL! So with more than an hour of wait, we got to meet another director (that got called, woken up and came in for us), let's just say she wasn't all smiles at 1st but she warmed up to us quickly. We were apparently a great group, of course we were, *I* was in said group. LOL! Our training was shorter than expected but another group was coming in so that had to start them asap. Luckily we will be paid the full 4 hours because we were there after all. ;)
Anyway this morning I have to be out the door at 7am! I haven't had to get up at 6am in YEARS!!! That is really something. Mostly I am excited though, this is suppose to be a part time job but they have so many hours right now we can work as much as possible. I can't believe all the places we will be going at it is VERY exciting, though next week we will have to take the bus at 5:30am. OYE!!!
Anyway, after the training session we stopped at a used sporting goods store.... can you imagine my surprise when I saw 3 pairs of figure skates in black. Two were in Lucas's size so we took the nicer ones, to find some in his size too, that's what I call destiny. ;) Ran home, got the kids ready and went to the ice rink. I remember to bring along the digicam to share this moment with you all. So Lucas was VERY eager to get his skates on, he happily walked on the ice and even wanted to skate on his own. He mostly fell but had a blast, he REALLY enjoyed his time on the ice and now is SO eager to start his skating lessons tonight. Hopefully we will be back from work in time to take both kids to the rink, or else my mom (bless her heart!) will bring them and we'll meet them there. I don't think it will come to that though.
Hey, my new job is called being an auditor, counting inventory for different stores and getting to play with a little calculator machine hanging from your hip. LOL! We got our official company polo shirts yesterday, ONE shirt! I'll be working 8 tines in te next 12 days and I get ONE shirt. Oh and it's a short sleeved shirt too, how Canadian is that? Well the company is American after all. :-P So had to buy myself a turtleneck, black pants and black shoes too, so hopefully I don't freeze working in a clothing warehouse today.
Sadly I haven't even casted the 2nd sleeve of my sweater yet, I keep running after time and it's slipping away.
Gotta go work my 1st day at my 1st job! Talk to you later! :)