Midweek waiting

Now that it's official that I'll be working at the other store on the other side of the park, things are finally falling into place. I have two more shifts to go at the old store (reminder to self: leave bookkeeper booth key and guest services cards after Saturday's shift, I certainly won't need them!) so hopefully they won't be all that chaotic. I did notice I had a decent opener or two on those days so as long as they don't call out I should be just fine.

The downside to next week's schedule is that I'll need to be there at 4am. YIKES! Yeah, I haven't woken up that early for a shift since those Q4 days at Yankee Candle, but thankfully it's only for that one week to get trained for the new bookkeeping hardware and then go solo on Friday. And the plus side means that I'll be punching out at 12:30pm with the rest of the day for my own stuff! I figure I'll shower and prep my coffee the night before, have a quick snack, then have breakfast for my lunch break.

There's still a bit of ironing out of my schedule going forward, but that should be easy enough to fix. As long as a) I get my one weekend day off, b) I'm not doing all mid or closing shifts, and c) I get closer to 32-38 hours rather than this paltry 24 I've been getting over the last few months. I am truly hoping that I don't have to make a fight out of it to get a doable schedule, as I am too damn old to have to be given the leavings and 'work my way up in seniority', but I don't think it'll be all that hard this time out.

Long story short, I am so thrilled that this is over and that this new chapter can finally start!

In the meantime, I've got a few days off here so I've been doing the usual erranding and catching up on my writing projects, and spending a lot of time with the cats, so I can't complain.