Saturday 30 October 2010

Last day!

Well yesterday marked my last day at work, turns out I get a three day weekend as I am not due to start work in my new store till Tuesday.
This would have been all well and good if the boyfriend hadn't had to work all weekend and if I wasn't bored and lonely as hell at home right now.

Still very nervous about starting on Tuesday!

Wednesday 27 October 2010

Hooters & news

The news I mentioned whenever I last posted (Monday?) is that I somehow managed to get employed as a Supervisor within my company, although it did mean a transfer to a much smaller store and a cut in my weekly contracted hours.
How badly this move is going to affect my finances I am not so sure yet, but seriously more worried about if I have made the right choice in leaving a (mainly) fantastic group of people behind in ye olde 1816. Really do not want to be looking back in a few weeks time and regretting leaving my old store behind.

It is also kind of sad that I was there when my current branch was opened, I was involved in the stock-in and have seen the store progress massively, seen 3 store managers in 2 years, countless people leave and be employed and just generally get so attached to people.
Knowing exactly what I am about to leave behind hurts an awful lot, but I'm hoping that my little leap of faith is going to be a worthwhile career move.

On Monday when I found out I was soon to be leaving, I was initially told I had 2 or 3 weeks before I was expected to transfer over to my new store.
On finishing my shift on Tuesday, I discovered that there had been significant change behind the scenes between my soon to be old manager and my new one, and that I was due to finish on Friday instead. Nice fast change of pace there, especially as I had talked myself into having at least another week to get to say proper goodbyes to everyone I worked with. :/

But anyway, I have no idea what to expect in my new role, no idea what time I am due to start in my new store on Monday yet which makes everything that little bit more nerve wracking and lastly what to expect out of the team I am about to join.
My Mum reminded me when I was getting her advice on the potential career move a few weeks ago, that in a much smaller store there would be a much higher chance of me having a personality clash as there are only a few employees there. In a big store it is much easier to avoid anyone I have issues with.
For me this seems to be a real worry as I do have my problems, as those who know me in real life will agree with wholeheartedly.
Basically - oh fuck oh fuck oh fuck I really hope this works out for me alright.


On a lot less stressful news and weirdly more exciting, I finally had my turn to visit Hooters Bristol.
All I can say is oh my God.
After finishing work today, the boyfriend and I had a nice long walk/sightseeing tour trying to find where the bloody building was.


Note to self: if Rob says he knows where something is, DO NOT BELIEVE HIM!
Luckily today coincided with not only his day off, but a friend of his also working her shift at Hooters.
We walked inside and were instantly greeted with a chorus of 'welcome to Hooters!' with added American drawl thrown in at the end!
So of course, we went and sat in the zone belonging to Robs friend, so she could wait on us today.

Deciding on my usual restaurant choice - a rack of ribs with curly fries & sides and for Rob Buffalo shrimp with curly fries, seemed to be a pretty awesome choice.
If in doubt, go for ribs!
Both sets of noms were ridiculously tasty (convinced the curly fries actually contain crack right about now!) and I polished off a slice of cheesecake afterwards, followed by 3 pints of coke.

Inside of Hooters was interesting, lots of signs to laugh at, lots of boobs on parade as you would expect and great service to top it all off, especially with some rather interesting conversations!




Oh and they show Robot Wars on several TV screens across the restaurant - major win!

The twitter lot seriously missed out on this one! ;)

Monday 25 October 2010

:))))))))))

I had some very very good news today, after having an amazing weekend.
But I can't/shouldn't say anything just yet. ;)

Monday 18 October 2010

Fingers crossed.

Well as of today my Nan who has been very long suffering, has had her first operation on her eyes which will greatly improve her quality of life.
That is the first reason my fingers are so tightly crossed they may snap.

Secondly, I am waiting to hear back on a job that I really desperately want.
It is in the same company, but within a different branch which is in walking distance from the house, as a part time Supervisor.
Anyone who knows me in real life will find this rather laughable, I mean me being in charge at times?!?!
Either way I find myself at a point in my life where I desperately want to progress and make something of my life, I cannot stay in a sales advisor role forever.
Some people are quite content with that and good for them, but for me I need something more.

I am waiting for a phone call to let me know when I have to go interview again anyway, which is pretty nerve wracking as I am awful at interviews.
Pretty convinced that being full up with a cold helped me on Friday though, as usually I will put my foot in my mouth more than once during the whole process!

Sunday saw my tiniest sister turn 9, pretty sad that I was stuck over in Bristol feeling sorry for my self and sniffling but I suppose it is better that I didn't give her an extra present on her birthday!

Saturday 9 October 2010

Dominatrix & other randoms.

Felt I should probably write another post on here, seeing as the boyfriend whines when he has nothing to read and he decided to tell me off again today for not updating regularly.
Anyone would think we didn't talk to each other in real life...

It looks as if my Nanny will be getting an eye operation in the next few weeks so she will be able to actually see again, which is good.
Life in Wales is ticking along as usual, a fortnight ago the family had the joyous experience of krispy kreme doughnuts.
You can imagine they went down amazingly with my little sisters being sugar starved!
Needless to say I have to bring more doughnuts down with me when I am down next time, nice expensive hobby to keep up.

Life over the bridge seems to be as usual as well.
Last weekend marked my first proper visit to Weston Super Mare as well.
The night involved a lot of drinking, losing a little green cocktail umbrella and chasing after it drunk down the road as it was being blown away by the wind and then deciding I wanted to put this filthy umbrella in my next drink, trying to talk spanish to a drive thru window as my boyfriend decided the server was obviously from Spain and named Pablo, and finally trying to convince him that a cheeseburger contained no meat (boyfriend being a vegetarian) for the entire journey home.

Or the short version of the above post: blah blah blah blah blah blah blah DRINK!

Also still managed not to kill anyone with my driving!