One Stitch At A Thyme

I started work on Monday and it was as if I never left those 2 1/2 weeks. No electronic scales yet. I only got to work 3 days and now I’m off again for 3. Cheryl, the office secretary, has a stack of kits for me to process but their having problems with the new electronic parts distributor and orders haven’t been coming in, in a timely manner. So my work schedule is probably going to be very sketchy for the next few weeks. I told Cheryl I didn’t mind as long as they kept calling me back.

Maryann’s needlework got some good progress on it, at least 1 1/2 weeks worth.

Until next time……

I got a phone call from Cheryl at lunch. They want me back at work on the 21st of August. YEA!!! Down-side it’s only for 3 weeks, but there is a chance they could get more orders in and thus I get to work longer. So this coming weekend it’s off to buy new shoes and more socks. Funny I start work again and get my last paycheck both on the same day.

Well it’s only been two days and here I am pissing and moaning again, and with good reason - I was laid-off work today. Arlene dropped the bomb shell around 2:15 pm her words were not “we’re laying you off” but “we have to let you go”. A big difference in meaning. One is we’ll hire you back in the future the other means start looking for employment elsewhere because we’re done with you.

I did have a few works with Mike (the owner) as I was heading out the front door. He did say he wanted me back and I said thanks and that I hoped I’d see him in 2 – 3 weeks.

Well at least now I can get to work stitching on Maryann’s wedding announcement. Who knows maybe I’ll get a fair bit done. At least I’ll have a shot at getting it to her for Christmas. Now if I can just get over this bout of depression.

Life at work is having it’s ups and downs for the last 3 weeks. I still don’t have an electronic scale yet and probably won’t have it fixed and returned until almost the end of August. That and the work orders have been running a bit thin. Last Wednesday I was told to stay home because there wasn’t anything for me to do. Thankfully it was just the one day and I’ve decided to pace myself to make the work last. Besides they really can’t complain how slow I work considering I have to count _EVERYTHING_ out by hand now.

Here’s hoping that next month things all-around get better. And with that thought I’ll end this blog entry.

Every weekend I tell myself I’m going to go to bed early and sleep in late the next day and it never happens. Case in point, here I sit typing my blog entry on a Saturday night and I should be in bed catching up on my sleep from last week. Anyway….

I’ve done little to no stitching since I’ve started working. I’m too tired when I get home and the weekends are filled with other things like grocery shopping and laundry. I tape all of my shows I use to watch through the week and watch them on the Saturday now. Most are on at 9:00pm or later and I have to be in bed by then if I’m going to get any rest.

I’ve started watching the 2005 version of Doctor Who on the Sci-Fi channel and I’m head-over-heels for Christopher Eccleston and he’s only 42 yrs old this last February. I love everything about him his quirky looks, sense of humor, his acting ability. I wonder if he’s married or single? I’ve bought myself a region-free DVD player so I can order the complete first season from Amazon.co.uk in PAL format and will be able to see it with nothing cut out like we get for the US airings.

Well, I really must end this so I can get to bed. I still need to make mom a mother’s day card for tomorrow, which I will end up doing tomorrow. Goodnight all.