Tuesday morning I got to work to learn that the only full-time employee there is leaving for other opportunities. The boss wasn't in, but I'm bracing myself for what she might ask. I am a duty-driven person and it would be hard to say no, but like my wise younger sister reminded me, this is not my problem to fix. I have my own circus and monkeys to deal with....
Sooooo many monkeys. I had a monkey on my back while weeding,
I have a couple of big gorillas in the house 😏, and most of my flock of woolly monkeys still need to be sheared. Today I had to decide whether to weed or try to get someone sheared before having to leave to pick up Brian from school. You may recall that I haven't always succeeded in that time frame. But today – today I pulled out Bridget to harvest the last reserved fleece (I decided to hold off any more advertising until after the rest are sheared) and it came off beautifully with plenty of time to spare! Woot!
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| Such luscious locks! |
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| She's just a little pudgy |
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| Jumping up on people has been a bad habit since she was a lamb |
It's amazing how good it feels to have something go your way for a change!
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8 comments:
You deserve having some things go your way! And those things are looking good!
I know how you feel, having things go your way. It's almost magical! We have had two semi loads of pea gravel to move and it has been one thing after another... and now it appears we are going to have rain today, oye….
I celebrate with you on getting something done with absolutely no deviations. Oh, and by the way, Chuckie seems pretty content on helping!...lol
What a 'people cat' the Chuckie is!
My 'busy' is no where near your 'busy.'
And your sister is right. I learned my lesson the hard way in a management job that after four years left almost nothing left of me. I quit - so burned out without another job lined up. Type A personalities never say "uncle" until they don't even have enough voice left to send out an SOS. Don't let that happen to you.
Oh boy, do we ever need those "good" days to keep us going! If only they could/would all be like that, eh?
Don't know how you would survive if you bumped your away-from-home work hours up to full-time. Eeeep! I realize you have that natural inclination to step in to help out your boss, and of course, the more $$ earned is always welcome . . . but sometimes we really need to be realistic and count the number or hours in a day and figure out there aren't enough as is so why consider making your situation . . . um, impossible? Just trying to help out from afar. Did I? :o\
Learning to say NO is hard sometimes but when its in your own best interest, do it. Did you shear or roo? Whatever, I'm glad it went well.
Thanks, Leigh. I don't know about "deserve," but it sure gives me a needed boost when it happens!
Please tell me you have mechanical help getting all that pea gravel moved, Wyomingheart! Chuckie was doing everything he could to insert himself as the focus of my labors; he's a rascal.
Seasons of life, Elaine, seasons of life. I still haven't recovered from the whole ordeal with my dad, but my boss was instrumental in helping me navigate that nightmare which makes me want to help her.
Mama Pea, there is no way I could up my hours to full time AND keep up with my minimum here. My guys are not the type to pitch in when needed; when Brian asked me why I couldn't go to work full time, I told him I couldn't be gone all day and come home to even more chaos than there already is, inside and out. He said, "I don't get that." Gorillas....
I'm getting better at saying "No," FFG, but it takes an emotional toll to do so. I scissor-sheared Bridget. Her fleece wasn't as tight to her skin as the others have been so it was MUCH easier to shear her, and to my surprise, she was almost perfectly cooperative! (I expected her to YELL the whole time....)
Nice job!
Thanks, Sara!
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