Attitude Counts!

This is one of those weeks that feel like it's in limbo.  It's the week between two major holidays.  And while I'm thoroughly enjoying the drive to and from work -- different traffic routes for some, others are off work, schools are closed, so less traffic for me -- I'm also feeling a little edgy from the whole limbo feel.

Part of that, and probably the main part, is my own attitude.  In my job, this is a huge week.  So many things are being returned by our wonderful customers.  My work load is at the very least tripled, and yet the wise leaders of my BigBox store have decided that instead of 40 hours, we're all getting 35 hours to get the job done.  Um.. Hello.  That's not going to work for me.  It's a huge stress to feel the need to be "on fire" at work for an entire work week in order to hustle and get the job done, and in less time than normal.  I'm definitely feeling the pressure.

I think others are feeling it too -- I was pulled into the office for a confab with the boss, she wanted to know why I wasn't saying "good morning" to her.  Well, wake up!  How can it be a good morning when you over-ride my knowledge of my department and how it needs to run and shorten the work week by 10 hours total in my dept?  And why are the panties in a wad over that fact?  Half the time when I go in, I don't get a good morning from her either.  Most times, it's an off to the side discussion of something that's going wrong, with very little positive input.  It gets to be very frustrating!

But.  Since the powers that be know what's best, I'm sticking to my schedule 

as that's what's been drilled into me 

for the past three months.  

And I'm smiling as big as my Sadie does 

as I walk out the door each afternoon 

an hour ahead of my normal time!!