in a couple of hours i'm off to shoot the greatly anticipated wedding of ashley and sean. this morning i picked up the intense telephoto lens i'm renting for the event. it's the massive 70-200mm 2.8, nikon. buh BAM! expect greatness to appear on my photo blog in the very near future.
yesterday was my first day post-training at my new job at a call center. i have a badge, see?
it ranks as a terrible job in the productive/enjoyable/entertaining department, does alright in the money department, and scores high in the "world's second greatest boss" department (my boss dan, from my rehab job is number 1. he's the most amazing person i've ever worked for). he is amazing because he hired me knowing i was taking 2 weeks off after my first week- i was afraid i wouldn't get the job.
"hello ____, my name is heather. i'm calling with education advance on a recorded line. how are you today? ... great! well i'm calling because i see that you were online recently and expressed interest in furthering your education. what are you interested in studying?" ....
yesterday i had a woman tell me that "now isn't a good time because i'm going through a divorce, getting ready for 2 surgeries, and losing my house at the moment," and talk about it for 10 minutes.
another girl answered and when i asked how she was she said "i'm sad" so i said "is this a bad time? should i call back at a better time?" and she said "no, now is fine."
another person responded to "how are you today" with "ehhh, okay i guess. it's really hot right now." yes, i can see how that could interfere with you having a good day, and it is definitely notable enough to inform your telemarketer of:)
there were a few interesting ringback tones on cell phone calls as well. a lot of old stuff that was popular when i was in middle school and high school. also had some song with the lyrics "make sweet love, make sweet love" over and over and then a BEEP "you know what to do" as the answering machine.
most of the calls go to answering machines, wrong numbers, or people who aren't interested and i started really being happy when someone would answer even if we were off the phone in 20 seconds. during the down time i drew stars on the back of my log sheet.
so for my own pleasure i'm going to list my schedule for the weekend:
today: deliver client DVD, wedding
tomorrow: finish unpacking, call center job
saturday: 4-6 hours at call center, 8 hours at rehab job
sunday: rehab
monday: call center, get room ready for new roommate who is moving in while i'm out of town
tuesday: FLY TO TEXAS IN THE EARLY A.M. and escape my life for 1 week of safety at home and 1 week of bliss in florida with my family.
i have no idea how i'm managing to manage work schedules for 3 jobs. that has been about 80% of my stress the past 3 days, because i overlapped all 3 jobs by mistake, twice. thank God i have amazing bosses with forgiveness and generosity in their hearts.
I NEED THIS VACATION SO BAD!!!! tuesday can't come soon enough. i wish i had a bottle of xanax to get me to it in one piece. stupid nurses wouldn't give me a long term prescription! my last one ran out 3 months ago.
i may have a mild stroke before i make it home.
my keyboard is still sticky from milk. i'm going to go clean my work station a bit more thoroughly now if you'll excuse me, and then get on with the exciting weekend ahead of me!! :P
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