Yay! Finally a positive post!

We have a new employee at the bookstore. This is someone I've seen in action in other work settings and I am confident that she can do the job we need, and then some. She is also available to cover day-time shifts as well as the hours that I've asked her for, so now we've got the back-up we needed for the day manager. She has plenty of retail experience and is intelligent, so I'm sure she'll be quick to learn the things that are needed for our store.

I am SO relieved!

And as a bonus, because one of my other employees asked for additional hours, I no longer need to work Saturdays unless I want to (once the new person is trained). I can have a day off! I'll still have to do most of the around-the-holiday work for the moment because of previous obligations in place, but I can handle that - I'd rather ignore the holidays totally if I had my choice.

It is so nice to have a staff I can feel completely comfortable with and to know that we've got reasonable back-up coverage for pretty much all the hours that we are open.

She starts training Thursday, and will probably be ready for her first evening on her own by next Tuesday (if not, I normally work Tuesday nights anyway, so I'll be around).

Now, if nothing odd happens tomorrow, I might even make it to the knitting group I've been trying to get to for the last few weeks.....

Aargh

I'm embarrassed to confess, I did not vote.

I planned to...

This morning I was far too tired to get up when Faeryn's alarm went off and she headed to the polls, and I planned to vote after I got off of work. I forgot, of course, that I had to go to be Book Room after the City. Once I remembered, I decided that I still would have time to vote, after all, I just had to go into the store, scan and email some paperwork to the owner, then I would be done and could go vote.

Then I got the option to interview someone at 6pm, who I knew would be perfect for the job. So, I figured, since the store is about 10 minutes from the polling place, I could interview her at 6, then get to the polls before 7 and be in line in time to vote.

Unfortunately, I did not get out of the store before 7; the interview ran long and my current employee had a dozen questions for me to deal with before I could leave.

I feel badly that I didn't vote. However, I admit that I'm so glad to have found the right employee for my store and to actually no longer have to work every blasted day of the week, that I can't feel but so bad.

Still, I should have voted :( It would have been important to Greg.

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I should be thinking about what the next 4 years will bring. Hopefully a positive change. It worries me a tiny bit that we've got a primarily democratic congress along with a democratic president - I've always preferred that if one is democratic, the other be republican, just to serve some checks and balances on each other. Of course, I understand so little about politics. Maybe more will get done with both being of the same party. We'll see.

Earlier I was bouncing because I no longer have to work every Saturday. Then Faeryn came home briefly to pick up something, phone to her ear as she talked to one friend, while another waited in her car, then went away again. She came back again a few minutes ago, again talking on the phone. On her earlier visit to the house, she had barely time to listen to my news about the new hire, and when she came home this time, there was enough time to show me the new coat her father bought her. Then, as usual, she went off to her room. I realized that having Saturday off is going to be more than odd. It will probably end up being yet more time that I spend alone, or I'll end up going to the store to check on things and get work done on my own time, so I can be around people. Maybe my son will have some time to hang out with me. We don't talk all that often, but at least when we do, he doesn't seem to be in a hurry to get rid of me.

I guess I'm feeling lonely and sorry for myself. Half the world is celebrating and I'm sitting here moping because my daughter doesn't have time for me. How revolting. I hope I make it to the knitting group tomorrow. This home alone stuff is getting old.

I need to sleep. Life is so much easier when I'm busy working or sleeping.

I wish I had my Wilderwood CD with me. I left it at work, along with most of my other filk CDs.

Ok, something mindless on TV in the background and sleep.