Working, No Waiting
Oct. 19th, 2007 10:48 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanAlone again (at work), naturally.
So, with the re-naming of my place of employment, the launch of a new catalogue which has the phone ringing off the hook & people pouring through the doors, halfway (still!!) through the renovation works & in the middle of the delivery schedule for the new season's stock, with our carpark resembling half building site, half clearance warehouse, with deliveries, repairs & follow-up calls spilling out of the diary &, most importantly, with no replacement staff available, the "MD"/CN has gone on holiday.
The most immediate effects of which are that I have to work 6 days straight & I have to do most of them on my own. If you've been wondering why my posts have been short & featuring nothing but news articles, it's because I'm either too busy or too tired to do any more.
The week has been busy ~ fully booked day & night. My sister's birthday dinner al fresco on Tuesday ~ fish'n'chips on Manly Beach at night. A bit windy, but a nice change from the usual restaurant gathering that my mother kept wishing we'd done instead. A visit to the annual Night Noodle Market in Hyde Park on Wednesday night in the company of SarinG, UnknownB, Sapia &, briefly, Roslyn. A bit more low-key than last year, but the quality was pretty high. The main difference was that we brought our own libations instead of relying on the overcrowded & overpriced bar tent. Once bitten...
A live rehearsal with the Darling Harbour Gig band last night at the Eastern Suburbs Tennis Club in Coogee. Resulting issues arising include the need for a proper bass-player, instead of the jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none bloke who does sound, plays harmonica & dabbles on bass. We also need to drill the drummer ~ no surprises there, then.
I'm Vice-Chairperson at Wafflers this evening, in charge of both speech timekeeping & the money... be afraid, or at least nervous ~ I was much better at languages than maths at school!!
An early Halloween party tomorrow night, then a Hands & Feet rehearsal Sunday afternoon, which I'll join after I finish work (@#%*!!!!)
Then one day off on Monday before it all starts again.
So, with the re-naming of my place of employment, the launch of a new catalogue which has the phone ringing off the hook & people pouring through the doors, halfway (still!!) through the renovation works & in the middle of the delivery schedule for the new season's stock, with our carpark resembling half building site, half clearance warehouse, with deliveries, repairs & follow-up calls spilling out of the diary &, most importantly, with no replacement staff available, the "MD"/CN has gone on holiday.
The most immediate effects of which are that I have to work 6 days straight & I have to do most of them on my own. If you've been wondering why my posts have been short & featuring nothing but news articles, it's because I'm either too busy or too tired to do any more.
The week has been busy ~ fully booked day & night. My sister's birthday dinner al fresco on Tuesday ~ fish'n'chips on Manly Beach at night. A bit windy, but a nice change from the usual restaurant gathering that my mother kept wishing we'd done instead. A visit to the annual Night Noodle Market in Hyde Park on Wednesday night in the company of SarinG, UnknownB, Sapia &, briefly, Roslyn. A bit more low-key than last year, but the quality was pretty high. The main difference was that we brought our own libations instead of relying on the overcrowded & overpriced bar tent. Once bitten...
A live rehearsal with the Darling Harbour Gig band last night at the Eastern Suburbs Tennis Club in Coogee. Resulting issues arising include the need for a proper bass-player, instead of the jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none bloke who does sound, plays harmonica & dabbles on bass. We also need to drill the drummer ~ no surprises there, then.
I'm Vice-Chairperson at Wafflers this evening, in charge of both speech timekeeping & the money... be afraid, or at least nervous ~ I was much better at languages than maths at school!!
An early Halloween party tomorrow night, then a Hands & Feet rehearsal Sunday afternoon, which I'll join after I finish work (@#%*!!!!)
Then one day off on Monday before it all starts again.
