I guess I could continue to bore you with stories about houses, but I feel like I should take a break from it, mostly for my own sanity. Actually, I am not as crazy as I thought I would be. I’m actually quite clam, mostly because I am getting sick and if I plan to be somewhat presentable for the banquet on Saturday then I should remove all stress and crazy from my life.

Speaking of life, my life partner Claudia left for Mexico last night, and my other life partner, Shaz, is in Texas. Do you see a trend forming here? My life partners consist of two small females, both born in other countries, vacationing during the same time, leaving me here to wallow in scarves and sickness. Thank you Ladies.

But I digress.

I have decided to stop fighting the radio war. The pattern makers like listening to the oldies. 650 senile, as my Dad likes to call it. They are not old, per-say. There is Sinikka the Finnish Goddess who is 65 and a pattern making wiz. Jessica is in her 30s and has the most adorable subtle English accent from the years she use to live there. Mo-Wan, who is somewhere in between, always asks me if I have any more cutting orders. Lately she has been chatting with one of our factories trying to get a marker straightened out and they chat and laugh in Chinese and it’s kind of amusing.

Anyways, they like the oldies, which I have come to realize isn’t that big of a deal. It’s called giving up control.

The way our offices are set up, when I listen to my radio, because I am in a nook, no one can hear it expect for me, or anyone standing in front of me, so having my radio on doesn’t really bother anyone. But because of where my desk is in conjunction to the pattern makers radio, I can here everything on their radio. Therefore, I suffer from dueling radios syndrome.

Yes, I could say something and ask them to turn it down. Yes, I could work at a different area on my desk so as not to hear there radio. Yes, I could turn off my radio, but I am stubborn and don’t want to give up power!

But after a week of stress and headaches I realized, is this worth it? Is it KILLING me having to listen to the oldies? No. Is it kind of RELAXING having music that I sometimes recoqngize float around in the background? Yes. So then, what is the big deal?

So I did it, I relinquished power. I turned off The Peak and joined forces withe The Oldies. It took me a while, and I was ready to fight, but I quickly came to realize that comradery is more important that absolute power.

Now I play a game with myself where I try to name the movie each song is in, because essentially every one of the songs they play is in a movie.

The best part about all of this? No one knew we were in a war but me.

We are moving again. Yes, you heard me.

I got my office pretty well set up yesterday, along with the Design Room, and some of Claudias office. Then  there was some discussion about how the actual layout of all the offices didn’t really make any sense, but I didn’t think they would actually do anything about it. Well, I was wrong.

I got the call this morning to prepare myself because the entire Design Department is moving to the second floor. Humm…so much for setting things up yesterday!

At first I was super bummed by it because I love the office that they gave me. I have a window and a long desk and it’s my little nook. Yes, I have only been working in it for 3 days and I’m already this attached. But then I realized that the way things are going to be set up now makes so much more sense and we are moving to a blank slate, so guess who gets to design their own space, ME. You can’t be bummed for too long when you get to set things up exactly the way you want them, right?

So it looks like my work here isn’t done yet. I get to come up with a floor plan for the 2nd floor and present my ideas, which I think its pretty cool. It allows me to tap into my love of Interior Design. Tomorrow we go shopping for desks and shelves and all that fun stuff.

I guess the nook was never really meant to be, and while I will be sad to say Good-Bye to the window I grew to love in the matter of minutes, I’m sure my new space won’t be too shabby ;)

We ended up spending the weekend in Merritt again, up at Neils cabin. We only had one full day this time around, but it was still nice to get away, especially with the insanity that is work right now.

I had today planned out nicely. I was scheduled to work from home, and while I plugged away at the computer I was going to get all my laundry done, upload some pictures, and try a new recipe. Well, I never got the log in information to connect to my computer at work, and then I got a frantic phone call that sounded like the whole world was imploding on itself and the only way to fix it was for me to come into work. Well, as soon as I got to work, there was nothing wrong at all. Worst start to a Monday morning ever.

I ended up taking control of the situation and got the Design Department unpacked and ready to go, as much as I could with what I had. My office is in the works. I got the computer and phone hooked up today, but I’m in major need of shelves and drawers and I don’t know when those will show up. I feel so comfortable in my new space, and I can’t wait to fully organize it and make it pretty.

I felt pretty good, despite the amount of physical labour I put upon my body today, that was until I got home and it felt like my legs had done the Grouse Grind 10 times. I need to stop pushing myself so much, but I just can’t help myself. I am crazy.

Anyways, we’ve basically moved, though its going to take a month to sort everything out. The photoshoot is tomorrow, so all the rushing and panicking for that will be over shortly, and then people will be taking vacations and all will be calm again.

I’m really hoping this week will run smoothly.

Yea, no I’m alive. It’s just that August is insane. Did I tell you that our offices are moving and we are doing a photo shoot all in the span of 2 weeks? We still don’t know what the new office looks like and I don’t even know if I have an office or where all my stuff is going. I guess I get to be a hobo. We also don’t even know if we will be able to work for the next 2 weeks given the fact that we don’t have offices and all of our belongings are in boxes. This should prove to be interesting. I am on fire today. I packed two skids full of boxes from our offices. Yes, I am that amazing. I am the efficiency Queen. You ask me and I will get it done for you. I take pride in that. People can rely on me and it makes me feel good, even if it means I have to do more work. At least they respect and trust me!

I should start a moving and packing business called the Crazy Italian. Just because I’m not a boy doesn’t mean I can do it. Good things come in small packages.

I have the Friday afternoon, been moving all day, hyper bug right now.

I am going to be SO tired tonight.

Hopefully I will see you more next week!

Take care my loves,

xoxo

Well, things have been a little crazy lately. I was so sick last week, sicker then I have been in years. The last time I remember getting that sick from a cold was the weekend Chad and I got engaged. Excellent timing as always.

As I mentioned before, I was super behind at work due to our failing server. I was hoping to catch up on everything last weekend since Claudia and the Boss were on vacations, which meant I could finish the work I had planned with out anything new popping up. But then, my sore throat turned into a full blown cold that took me down hard. The worst part was that we were also scheduled to do inventory, so I couldn’t actually take a day off. There was too much work to do and taking a day off would have just screwed meover even more so. So I went in every day, leaving early on Wednesday and Thursday and actually pulling through and working a full day on Friday. It was tough, really tough, and I’m still not over it.

The only interesting thing that happened last week was that we found out our head office is moving. There have been rumour swirling around the last few months that there was going to be a move but we hadn’t heard anything to really confirm that. Right now our Design Office, Production Office, and Warehouse are in one building, and our Administration Office and part of our Marketing Department are in another building across the street. It hasn’t been that big of a deal having things separated, but it obviously would make sense to have everyone together. So finally a building came up in our area that had enough room to fit everyone and the Bosses jumped at the chance to move.

It’s exciting to be moving into a new spaces that will facilitate our needs, but it’s also kind of sad knowing this is the end of an era. I don’t know if all the offices are organized and figured out yet, but I’m pretty sure we will all have our own spaces, which means the days of Alicia and I sharing a desk and a lifetime of stories is coming to an end. It is definitely bitter sweet. On the one hand I am so looking forward to more room, but on the other, I’m sad to say ‘good bye’ to one of my best friends. But then again, there really isn’t any need to be that dramatic since we will be working on the same floor, but it just won’t be the same.

The move is apparently happening in a months time, which means I need to get my shit together. Luckily  my space is so small and I don’t have a lot to pack up, but I am somewhat responsible for the Design Room, which is huge, and I will have to organize all of that. There will be lots of purging and cleaning in the next few month, but I look forward to everything being organized and set up in a way that works. When you come into a position that was held by someone else, it takes time to take over and make things your own. My job as been 4 years in the making and I’m jumping at the chance to make the Design Department the most organized and efficient space it can be.

I know this is all going to mean a lot more work and stress in the next few weeks but at least someone is moving ;)