Mellowing Out & Catching Up...

Well, it's been a busy few weeks for me in the shop, and I haven't blogged very much either because of a lack of energy or inspiration.

I've had stocktakes, month end accounts to do, yesterday in work I priced up seven boxes weighing approximately 700 kg which contained boxed gifts to go out in the sale, and also this week on Tuesday I lifted approximatley 1000kg in total over the afternoon of boxes and orders, put them into cages in the loading bay of the shopping centre, and got the lift up to the back of the shop, befcause the lorry driver/delivery guy seemed incapable of helping me.

Overall, it's been a thoroughly exhasuting and frustratin tow weeks, and I'm glad most of it is over. I've done a whole shop promotion changeover this last week aswell, and this next week ahead of me I have more gifts to pricepoint and pile up in boxes. The week after, with it being near the end of July, I'll expect to slowly start getting dribs and drabs of Christmas stock coming in, both boxed cards and individula ones, and gifts. It just never seems to end at the moment.

I'm relieved this week though because my Boss is on holiday and so is off all week. That sounds a very nasty thing to say, but my boss is a good man, but a workaholic. Most people seem to have a wall that they seem to hit before they will stop whatever they're doing and take a rest, but my boss doesn't seem to have that capability, and works and works till something is done and finished. While that is a very admirable quality in a manager and a senior manager, it is very exhausting for me, whose energy levels are suspect at the best of times...

For the last two weeks, I've spent my day off during the day mostly sleeping or just chilling out recharging my batteries for the week ahead, and that's what I'm doing now. I'm listening to Diana Krall, (jazz/easy listening always seems to relax me) and just about to go make myse;lf a lemon and ginger tea, while writing emails, blogging and hopefully reading in about half an hour's time.

Life just seems to be constant projects and stress and work related stuff, punctuated with brief moments of respite. It's ok though, because just when I'm starting to feel the pinch of burnout, there is a light at the end of the tunnel, because I have a whole week off next week, (from the 14th) and I'm really looking forward to that immensley!! Lot's of sleeping in, lots of relaxing and doing absolutely nothing apart from excercising and reading and surfing on the net!! I may even go over to visit my family in belfast for a few days, we'll wait and see.

here's hoping I can get through this week without too much stress spoiling my break....