We had a pretty good weekend. The FILs have gone away for 8 days from Saturday, so we've had the house to ourselves. It's nice. We got a lot of laundry and stuff done that we don't usually get to do on weekends. I haven't had to cook in ages, which is also nice, 'cause I've been really tired lately. I dyed my hair red on Saturday, straight over the blue and it still came out red except for a few places where the blue was still really strong. It's kinda purple there, but it doesn't look strange at all.
This morning I woke up with massive sinus issues. Yay.
And I was reminded that the FILs are on holiday, but FI and I are not. Double yay.
Oh, and my stomach has decided that the end is nigh and is repenting its sins very loudly and disruptively. Triple yay.
FI usually gets up at sparrows because he and FFIL work at the same company, so they drive together, and FFIL swims at the municipal pool in the mornings, so they leave really early so he can swim and shower and get to the office before everyone else. Obviously FFIL is not here, so FI doesn't have to go in as early. I appreciate the extra snuggle time, I really do, but I am so used to snuggling with FI and then going back to sleep after he leaves (so I don't have to watch him go, because it always feels like my heart is being ripped out - even after nearly 2 years) that it feels really wrong to be getting up at the same time as, or even before, him.
FMIL usually leaves the gates open in the morning while she's watching the CBS Evening News (the only news we get from America) so that the dogs can roam freely. I don't like leaving the gates open if there's no one in the front of the house, so I got up a little early to sit with the dogs. I figured I would start up my computer, browse TK, get some inspiration for today's pages, and all that jazz.
So I sign in to Skype, and start up my email and my work programs just so I won't forget later. I have an email from a competition winner from November saying they haven't received their prize. So I check my history, and I have no record of having sent their details on to the sponsor. Now I'm waiting for work hours to start so I can email the sponsor and ask them to check on their side if I'm maybe just missing the copy. I have never not sent details on before, but November was a very stressful month for us personally and for the company. Regardless, that's another nail in my coffin.
I was also asked on Friday, for the first time ever, to submit a report of what I did during the week. I'm not sure whether that's just because we implemented new checklists last week or if they actually think I'm not doing my job. Anyway, I submitted it and I know that it's not what the bosses wanted to hear because I didn't manage to get to everything on the lists, even with two pages being taken away from me for the week.
All three of the jobs I applied for last Monday/Tuesday turned out to be scams, and I haven't heard back about the one I applied for on Friday. They wanted 3 years' retail experience, but I only have 1 year and a bit of retail. I have more experience in other fields, and I think that some of them would make me a stronger candidate than someone who had only ever worked retail, but I guess that's for the employer to decide.
In the meantime I'm stuck trying to run 2 competitions and 2 promos at the same time, on a single Facebook page for which we're only supposed to have 3 posts daily because otherwise Facebook throws a hissy fit and stops our posts from showing in people's feeds. We've spoken to the partner/sponsor on that page about it before, how too many posts hurts reach, and how running more than 1 competition at a time hurts engagement, especially when it's for the same movie, but they don't seem to care at all. So yay extra stress for me! And also yay for having no room for organic posts this week!
I know that work sucks for everyone sometimes, but a person shouldn't hate and dread going to work every single morning, should they? It's not normal to be stressed out all the time, is it?