Wow! what a rough week so far. As long as I have been in the transportation department (in any capacity) my first week of school is rough. I worked all summer at leisure and thought I was so much more prepared for this school year start, but no such luck. It's not really "us" though, it's the parents who don't worry about the kids bus schedule until the day they need it. Nevermind the fact that it was printed in the newspaper a week ahead of time. Starting at about 8:00 AM Sunday morning, they start calling wanting to know the bus number, time, etc. for their kid. And they had the guts to leave a phone # for a return call- what's the saying? " a failure to communicate on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part" (something like that) When I called in to check messages Monday at 4:15 am (this is the time I check messages daily to see if I need to call in a sub) I had 23 messages from parents wanting information. Needless to say I did not return any of those calls. In fact, when I got into the office at 5:00 AM until I left at 5:30 PM, the phones (2 lines) rang non-stop. Because of district layoffs this year, I lost my office clerk. Therefore, when I was on one line, a mechanic, a driver, or anyone around answered the other line. Amy dropped by for a quick minute and ended up answering 5 calls and, I should add, did a great job of giving them the info. they needed. My driver trainer is in the office too, but she works an early shift then leaves for 3 hours and works the late shift (supposedly for me to work a regular 8 hr shift and go home- haha!) And Monday was Cami's birthday, so I literally set the timer on my desk to go off at a good time, so I would remember to call her and wish her a happy birthday (and then my niece had her new baby boy that day too!) Anyway, that was how Mon and Tues went, then yesterday got better and today is even better. I may work only 8 hours today.
But in addition to crazy busyness at work, we had a freak windstorm Mon night which knocked down our fences, blew furniture in the pool and just made a general mess around here. And of course, my mom and dad are moving this weekend. Don't get me wrong, I love my parents 2 pieces, but right now they are driving me crazy. Mom keeps finding little things she wants me to have (or my daughters or grandkids or whatever) and wants me to stop by and get it. They also wanted us to take all their leftover furniture to the thrift store and take the big items we are keeping (bed, dresser, dishwasher, etc) this week. Well, besides having no time to drop by and being too tired to do anything after work, we finally convinced them that we will leave all that behind when we move them out Saturday and then we will, at our convenience, move the rest. They wanted to walk out, lock the door, and hand over the keys to the Masonic Home when they got there on Sat. I had to convince my mom that we would go back in and clean after they moved out, so they would allow us to do that. I realize that they have been packing for the last two weeks and are absolutely going stir crazy sitting around waiting for moving day, but I just can't do it their way. And, don't forget, Bob and Linda are the other helpers and Bob is principal at the high school- what do you think his week has been like? So, yes, we will be exhausted on Sat at 6:00 am when we load up and head out for the 3 hour drive to move them. And we will still be tired Sunday am when we get up to go to church with Ray and Brandie (we get to see our grandsons passing the sacrament for the first time) and we will still be tired as we drive home that afternoon. But come Monday (thank goodness for holidays) we can finally catch up on some sleep. Oh, and just to add to the tiredness, I have a stye on my right eye and have been treating it for a week with no results, so by the end of a day I have totally blurred vision and a burning eye. If not better by Monday, I will probably get in to see the doctor on Tues. (and yes to those who are wondering, I have checked my sugar and it's good- not high)
So, hopefully my next post will be something more amusing and fun- until the next time...
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Wow! You have had a rough week! I hope things get better! At least things are slowing down a little. It has been crazy here since Cal State Fullerton started. Aaron's law school is right across the street from them. Just imagine me trying to turn left into the parking lot with tires screeching, praying we do not collide with the oncoming car. Yep, this is my typical morning. Anyways, glad to hear from you!
Busy week! It's so crazy that G&G won't live there anymore! Hope things settle down and at least Monday is a holiday! Woo hoo - so glad my husband is a teacher!
Jamie - yeah, I remember how busy those streets could get when classes let out. You know that big parking structure on the corner of nutwood and state college? That didn't used to be there, so I'm sure there's even more traffic now!
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