A Proper Entry ~ as promised!

Hello Everyone,

I seem to have survived my first week at work virtually unscathed.  It hasn`t been plain sailing and I thought it would be much easier than it was,  a bit more confidence on my part would have made things easier all round.  I know the job in theory, I can work the till in my sleep, but in fact is a different matter.  I`m alright with nice people, but when I get a really rude customer who you can`t please no matter what, I get really nervous and make silly mistakes.  One of the girls I work with says that they know the effect they have and are natural bullies, I agree but I wish they`d not pick on me!  One really nice customer said to me that I can`t be expected to pick everything up overnight and everyone has to learn.  It really helps to have lovely people like her and quite a few others, to boost my spirits.  I will be good at this job eventually, come what may!

              

It`s really hard physical work in a garden centre, much more than I imagined but there are quite a few rewards too. Our plant manager K is a fountain of knowledge, I`ve never met anyone who knows so much about, flowers, trees and shrubs like her.  I`ve been picking her brain over quite a few things and she has given me some invaluable advice.  I intend to keep asking until all the plants in my garden look absolutely perfect...lol!  Yesterday it was a much quieter day because of the appalling weather,  they customers stay away in droves in the rain.  I spent much of the time tidying up the shop, sweeping up and tending the houseplants.  It gets really dirty and housekeeping is really important so everything looks clean and presentable, today my back is a testament to the heavier work I`ve been doing though I`ll grin and bear it.  I`ve lost a couple of pounds in weight too, but then I expected that would happen once I was working again, I`ll be back to my usual weight in no time without having to eat less...lol!

                    

Straight after work yesterday I had barely time to get washed, changed and eat a sandwich before we were out again.  We collected Roman and went into town shopping and to the bank.  We had coffee in Marks and Spencers and Roman had a kiddies pasta meal for his tea.  They`ve just recently started doing hot food so Little Man didn`t have to wait until we got home to eat.  It was lovely, just me, Jim and Roman shopping together and I was surprised just how many people stopped to tell us what a beautiful little boy he is.  One pretty teenage girl said, " Ahhh, he`s well cute...what a lovely smile...he`s well cute..ahhh"  I`ll have to tell him when he`s older that he attracted pretty girls when he was only 15 mths!  We got home at 5.45 feeling very tired, at least I did, Jim was on a rest day and had the day to himself.  I prepped dinner, got Roman ready for bed, cooked dinner, put Roman to bed, ate dinner and eventually by 8pm I managed to go online.  By then though I was worn out and didn`t have the time or to be honest the inclination to do and entry, so I read some journals, though I must confess, not very many. This evening I`ll be baby-sitting Roman again, I don`t usually have him on Saturdays but Kerry is working and Slava is going on a works dinner at a posh hotel in London but I forget which one.  I know it`s a black tie affair that his boss pays for every year for his workers and it`s all free.  He has them taken to and brought back home by taxi cab, which they all need after the evening`s free alcolholic beverages....lol!  I`m sure he`ll have a wonderful time there too.

Changing the subject completely, does anyone want another dog?  I have a young German Shepherd called Marshall, and he`s free of charge to a good home...in fact I`ll pay you for taking him off my hands...lol!  He`s been here since Tuesday and he`s driving me mad and we`ve got him for another week.  It`s not his behaviour, far from it but it`s the constant shedding, I can`t stand it anymore!  This afternoon I washed the kitchen floor.  Not a huge task normally, but today I had to sweep it twice, then run the Dyson over it to make sure there were no hairs left on the floor.  Then I washed it, not once but TWICE, to make sure it was really clean again.  After it was dry I put everything back and walked around the floor several times just to get the feel of walking on a clean floor before I had to let the beast back in again...sigh.  Never mind, it`s only a bit of dirt and I don`t let him into the rest of the house, I need to keep my sanity...lol!

Oh dear, I didn`t realise that this entry is so long.  I`ll take my leave of you now and go and get a cup of coffee.  Have a lovely weekend all of you, Bye Bye for now and take care. :o)