Wow, its exactly 6 days from the official Christmas day and I am still getting use to writing '11 for the date. And what a year to top all that. The average person would think my situation and feelings would be a "lonely and depressed" holiday. Being a thousand miles from home in a new area, work location and change all around physically, mentally and spiritually I have to throw out that belief and so blessed of whats going on for the holidays 2011. I'am in a newer apartment that is super. I woke up in my apartment to a clean vacumed and febreezed rooms that I can sit at my desk to type on the Mac next to a large window with the sun shining through the blinds just like a scene in a magazine. Work is going good and letting me get through challenges and some growth. The area is great in having everything a person would need (Lots of Starbucks) and I could go on and on. The neat thing is since I've been here, I have not had to say "Life Sucks". Thats a great acomplishment for Lance to go through life and know life is good. Yes there are challenges and "eye rolls" actions going on at work. Yes I have had to spend some money on my car again just to get to work. But today as I write this, my car has new tires and can make it pretty much get in my car and go anywhere and everywhere. This year I have the ability and blessed to be online to order all my gifts to family and friends and they are real gifts. My rent and bills are paid to make life a whole lot easier to cope with. I have Friday through Sunday off this holiday weekend, and will take time to relax, hopefully the weather will stay nice where a walk or two can be done and be able to do some neat cooking. I have never had a Christmas tree in my home in 8 years and have a tree in my living room that I have really enjoyed. So its nice that I don't dread the holiday seasons and I get to make it relaxing and still have been able to spread the Holiday cheer with friends and family.
Happy Holidays and Have a Life is Good 2012!!
Monday, December 19, 2011
Saturday, December 03, 2011
Recovery from a 60 HR Week
wow....So as most of my readers know that I work overnights for an Amazon.com
fulfillment center and have recently transferred from southeast Kansas to Columbia, SC. During the holiday season or as we say at work "Peak" time is an escalated level of shipping out products from our warehouse meaning managing extra workers and long hours. On top of all this chaos is that here in Columbia, South Carolina is a brand new center getting through the new smell, managers and people. I am not new to 60 hour weeks and high level stress of logistics and tasks needing accomplished an hour ago. But on this day, Friday December 3 2011, making it home around 7 am I soon was asleep and stayed asleep till @ 4pm. Thought I would at least see what the world was up to checking my email, google news, Huffington Post, Facebook and twitter to make sure I didn't miss anything. Oh yea lets not forget I did pee, look out the deck to see what the weather was doing, slurped a bowl of corn flakes and yes...went back to bed. I wake back up at 10pm...this time starving and need to get up, ordered Dominoes watched some cheesy cable shows, a bit of VH1 That Metal Show and now wishing I didn't sleep so much being wide awake at 3 am. My clothes are on my floor, coffee cups and cereal bowls are still in the sink, my shower towel from Thursday is still on the bathroom floor and shaving cream and the blade I used still on the counter. Also still spots on the mirror and the shower curtain not closed. The results is that this is the most relaxed and recovered I have felt in a long time. Yes, Life is Good :-)
fulfillment center and have recently transferred from southeast Kansas to Columbia, SC. During the holiday season or as we say at work "Peak" time is an escalated level of shipping out products from our warehouse meaning managing extra workers and long hours. On top of all this chaos is that here in Columbia, South Carolina is a brand new center getting through the new smell, managers and people. I am not new to 60 hour weeks and high level stress of logistics and tasks needing accomplished an hour ago. But on this day, Friday December 3 2011, making it home around 7 am I soon was asleep and stayed asleep till @ 4pm. Thought I would at least see what the world was up to checking my email, google news, Huffington Post, Facebook and twitter to make sure I didn't miss anything. Oh yea lets not forget I did pee, look out the deck to see what the weather was doing, slurped a bowl of corn flakes and yes...went back to bed. I wake back up at 10pm...this time starving and need to get up, ordered Dominoes watched some cheesy cable shows, a bit of VH1 That Metal Show and now wishing I didn't sleep so much being wide awake at 3 am. My clothes are on my floor, coffee cups and cereal bowls are still in the sink, my shower towel from Thursday is still on the bathroom floor and shaving cream and the blade I used still on the counter. Also still spots on the mirror and the shower curtain not closed. The results is that this is the most relaxed and recovered I have felt in a long time. Yes, Life is Good :-)
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