almost

as it turns out, things did not go the way i had written in my last post.  i assume too often. so this is the situation:  my friend is leaving.  i will not be taking her position.  i will just be back-up for the person who the club is hiring which is why they had me train with my friend. (they are just now thinking about cross-training different people in some of the front desk tasks O_o).  however, the position that they are hiring for is part-time, 1 pm to 6:30 pm.  which means i will probably be the one who will work the front desk from whenever i get to work (early afternoon) until 1 pm and then maybe stay on with the new person.  i was actually pretty relieved when one of my supervisors told me the position isn't going to me.  she said she didn't think it would be a good fit for me and she's right.  i'm not the right personality for the front desk.  i'm more of a behind-the-scenes, in the back office kind of person.  so i am sticking to my regular schedule.  phew!

in addition to my regular schedule, i plan on volunteering with the little kids, again.  i miss working with them and i've felt this way since my supervisor changed the activity schedule and made me work only in the office.

new beginnings and endings

so much has transpired this week. i got sick sunday night.  it wasn't that bad so i went to work and even came in yesterday and today for extra work and training.  yesterday was one of my colleague's birthday so she took the day off.  my supervisor had asked me the day before if i could come in for a webinar (held yesterday) plus to stay after as long as i could.  they didn't tell me why though.  so i went in and my supervisor wasn't able to connect to the webinar.  i started working on the stack of papers that i had to input into the system.  shortly after my supervisor told me he and his supervisor wanted me to work the front desk since my friend was absent.  i've never used a multi-line phone before so i told him that.  later, i finally got to the front desk and my supervisor gave me a short lesson about all the different buttons on the phone.  and so i spent the last two hours of my shift at the front desk, mostly making page calls for kids to come to the front desk as their parents had arrived to pick them up.  before my shift was over my supervisor came by and asked me if i was comfortable doing this.  i told him not yet.  (i've only been sitting there for two hours.  i am not someone who can learn that quickly plus there was a lot more involved than the phone to the front desk.)  i thought it was a peculiar question but didn't think much of it.

today i came in for nutrition training.  it was about how to prepare healthy meals, the good cholesterol, the bad, what to avoid, etc.  it was very informative.  probably the best two hours i've spent in awhile.  food now makes a lot more sense to me.  the person giving the lecture is a certified nutritionist for the school district and she spends one day a week teaching kids at one elementary school about food and cooking.  she is doing the same thing that jamie oliver did with his food revolution tv show minus getting the school district to change the menus.  i was just excited to learn we had someone like that and here she is giving us a lecture.

at the end of the lecture, my colleague, the one who had a birthday yesterday, got up and announced that she is leaving.  she had put in her two weeks.  those of us that work with her were just saddened by the news.  she's one of my closest friends there. i really hate goodbyes.  especially when its a good friend that's leaving. i wish she had given us more than two weeks notice.  two weeks is not enough time for us to say good bye.

it turns out she just finished her studies in phlebotomy and received her certification.  i knew she was studying phlebotomy and would eventually move on to that, i just didn't know it would be this soon. everything from yesterday now makes sense. i also have to mention i did a tarot reading online yesterday.  so far a lot of the cards have been accurate.  the card i got was the fool.  it sounds bad which it can be but it also has a positive meaning.  i'm hoping i understood it properly and that it's referring to the positive.  the fool card represents new beginnings and stepping into the unknown whole-heartedly without fear. when i realized i would probably be taking her spot, i was scared. she does her job so well. however, after i got home i remembered when i first started working at ikea i was also scared. i had to learn all the parts to the custom closet system, the bathroom cabinets, all the different furniture families. remembering that experience definitely made me realize i am capable of taking on this new position.

anyhow, logically, i'm the one who will be offered her full-time position. i'm the only one who has been working on a few of the things she does already.  it's either that or they try to find someone in two weeks.
sure enough, i opened my email.  my supervisor sent a message asking if i could come in next tuesday. my friend will be training me on her different job duties.  i only hope i could do the job as well as she did. 

lovely

i just heard through the grapevine that one of my cousins just recently got engaged. (i have another cousin getting married abroad in a few days). since this wedding will be local, i decided to look around for a dress.  found this dress from j. crew.  it's on sale and still shockingly expensive ($280!).  not to mention it's a petite size - it is usually the same price or LESS as the regular size.  this time it's more expensive so i hope the price goes down more.