An update...

Wow it's been so long since I have posted.  

Well we had a conference call today at work.  I have to tell you I am so excited.  I found out my store is in the top 10 in the nation in customer voice.  I cannot tell you how excited I am.  And my overall turnover is 12%...one of the lowest ever!  My variances is one of the best in the company...so many shout outs for my store and myself.  I cannot tell you how ecstatic I was.  And of course I had to brag to all of my store partners and tell them how wonderful we are.  Now if we get a 100% on our QASA audit...we can be the supremo Starbucks LOL

I am so sick and tired of being asked "So when are you closing?"  I could strangle the newspaper and the news station for reporting this.  So many people think it is next week.  Hello, don't you think we would have told you already?  Stop asking.  We promise we will let you know as soon as we know.  Now back off!

So a customer called corporate on me because I did not offer him an americano because the bold coffee was brewing.  This is our conversation.

-I want a bold coffee

-ok I just pressed brew so it has about 2 and a half minutes.  Do you have time to hang out with me or would you like the milder coffee?

-no

-ok so are you going to wait

-no

-ok do you want something else?

-a bold coffee

(now about 1 and half minutes has passed)

-well it still has about a minute

(now he is pissed!)

-I cannot believe I am coming to starbucks and I can't get a bold coffee.  And why didn't you offer me an americano?  Isn't that your policy I get an americano if I have to wait? 

-no its not but if you would like one I would be more than happy to get you one

-no just forget it

and he storms off.

Oh so funny LOL

Michael is on a fishing trip right now, so I am home alone with the babies for a few days.   It is going to be kinda nice not to have to deal with Michael's crabbiness.  I am excited to have this weekend off.  I haven't had a weekend off in I don't know how long.  And now that it's summer and season is over, we get to relax and clean and I get to take lots of time off!

So one of my shifts is uber mad at me.  I got a transferred shift from a store that is closing this coming weekend.  Now mind you, I have been running the store with myself and 2 shifts.  It's been hard and none of us can take time off. The one that is complaining actually did take 10 days off and it was a pain to find another shift to work her shifts.  Anyways, so I get this transfer to make our lives easier and I told her that her hours will probably decrease by 5-7 a week because of the new shift and I want to be fair and give them all the same hours.  She doesn't understand it.  She is very selfish if you ask me.  She is always wanting to leave early and get her shift covered.  So she always ends up about 9 hrs less a week anyway.  Oh well.  It's my store and I will do as I wish.

Orion is talking so much now it is unbelievable.  I can actually have a semi conversation with him.  It is so cute.  But he is repeating everything I say so I have to watch that.  Orion is also now in a high back booster seat.  Liana is now in a big girl car seat, no more infant carrier for her!  Liana is standing on her own.  No steps yet but she will just stand there for like 20 seconds without holding onto anything.  She is feeding herself now too and no more bottles either!  My they grow so fast.  It just breaks my heart.

Time does fly

So growing up I never quite understood why my parents were sad about me growing up.  I mean, wasn't it nice that I could feed myself,dress myself, use the toilet, get myself to where ever I wanted to go, do my homework on my own, etc.  But now, today, my baby boy is 2 years old and I am SAD.  I can't believe that he is already 2.  Time does fly by.

I am watching Tabathas Salon Take Over on Bravo.  I love this show.  Some of the stylists are retarded and I am not even sure who allowed them to pass cosmetology school.  And the owners, most of them are clueless on how to cut hair and even how to properly run a business.  I swear, if I walked into one of these salons I would just walk out.  

I've taken the next 4 days off of work.  Sometimes I just need to get away from the stress of running a business and dealing with all the crap that corporate and middle management throw at us.  I just wish these people would look at things from the store's perspective rather than how they "think" things should be ran.  These people get paid so much money and have never actually ran a store, but because they have great ideas on increasing the top line sales, they get paid lots of money and know more than I do who has been running this place for 5 years.  Agh I need a knew job.  I can't wait until Michael finishes school so I can go back to school and move on.

I've been with Michael for 5 years now.  I never understood how someone can sleep with the same person, but now I can't imagine being with anyone else.  I would be extremely uncomfortable being naked in front of anyone other than Michael.  

I don't even know why I started one of these.  My life is so boring.  It's just kids and husband.  I need to do something for myself.  Find something that I'm good at that I can identify with.  I need to be more than just a mom and a wife and then at work I am someone's boss.  Sometimes I wish I could just go back and be 16 again...

So I just got off work and decided to come home before I went to pick up the kids.  This is the only quiet time I get.  Orion is turning 2 tomorrow and I cannot begin to say how sad I am feeling.  My little boy is getting so big.  He is no longer my baby.  He is saying words and phrases and is able to point to all of his body parts.  He loves to play basketball and play catch.  He loves to play with his baby sister.  Liana loves to laugh at him and she constantly smiles when he is around.  I love seeing their bond.    She is working on 3 top teeth to go with the 2 bottom ones she already has.  She is getting up on her knees and rocking so she may be crawling here pretty soon.  It makes me so sad and happy at the same time to see my kids grow so much.  They are constantly changing.