Three weeks in and I've got a meeting!

Tomorrow will mark the start of the third week into my new "management" job. Nothing like starting it off with a meeting with my manager and the General Manager for the entire Co-op!!! Part of me is kinda nervous, what happens if I am not presenting what they are looking for? Part of me is excited because I know what I am talking about. I spent just about every day of my 10 months in Sweden in a cafe or getting something at a cafe.

The thing that I find rather amusing is that the days that we do really well in terms of sales are the days that the older lady isn't there. I really don't like her either. Don't get me wrong she seems like a really nice lady but the thing is she is so misguided in so many ways that it's frustrating to keep her around. Everything that I try to change around and improve she tries to change it back. It's to the point that I am tempted to haul her into the office with my boss and confront her on it. The thing that really bothers me is that it is obvious that she would love to take a position of authority, it's totally written in her personality. If she wanted it so bad why didn't she apply for the position!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR Oh well she's off for three weeks starting next week so I guess that is one thing less that I have to deal with.

School is well school. The Religious Studies course that I am taking is more challenging than what I anticipated. I am kinda disappointed in all reality. The prof is sort of interesting in his own special way. Although you gotta give the guy credit. His wife is pregnant with twins for the first time around. The other course starts next week. And I am in a way not looking forward to it because well I am going to be pretty damn busy with that. But come June 30th I am going to be finished and I can start doing something better! WAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY BETTER!!

Mastering Swedish Part 5

They've gone and done it again. They (www.slayradio.org)have put together another rousing combination of Swedish words to create the funniest thing ever in Swedish. The Swedes aren't known for their humor so this comes as a surprise!! Take a gander, you'll be happy you tired!!

Tack for att du lyssna dig!
Hej da!

Congrats to Lanny!!

To the one who never thought that she would get married!! HA!!!

Congrats to my best girlfriend! WHHHOOOOOOO I am going to Sweden for a wedding!!! :)

So much for you and G! OOPS!!! He he he

How ironic eh!

Ok the last post that I put on here was this morning commenting on how much I do like my new job. Well... Ok ahhhhh.

Well, the thing is I am always looking for something better, something that uses the degree that I have worked so hard for. So needless to say I have been looking on the government websites at positions that want someone with my sort of education.

I think that I have found it... I just put an application in for a Probation Officer at the Drumheller Institution. To me it is a long shot, but I would be so excited to get an interview, at least this way I know what they would be looking for. I won't know until July, so this gives me an opportunity to really get stuff together at the Cafe so if I do have to leave, the next person that takes over won't be starting from square one like me (not that I am complaining, it makes me look busy!

The waiting begins again!

Did I mention how much I like my new job!!

It is a Monday, a holiday Monday and I am curled up in bed writing this post. It's not because I am sick or anything... no nothing like that at all. I am just enjoying a nice morning of sleeping in because I have the day off. I don't ever remember having a statutory holiday off. EVER!!!!

Ahhhhhh I think I am going back to sleep!!

Well I guess I'll cheer for the Oilers!!

Make that I am gonna cheer on the Oiler fans. They are pretty damn classy you know that. Apparently when the Oilers played their last game in Tampa, they booed the Canadian anthem (damn Americans!!). Pretty rude I think. Anyways last night when they played in Edmonton, the Oilers fans cheered so loud during the American anthem that the guy singing the anthem almost screwed up because he couldn't hear himself sing. To me that's pretty darn classy!!! So...


GO OILERS FANS GO!!!!

I am going to try a little experiment!

I think that I am going at this an old fashioned way, but then again most of the people who represent us in government are pretty much old fashioned middle aged men (sorry that I sound like a feminist, but is sort of true, you have to admit it!) I am going to start a letter writing campaign. I would love to see an immigration policy that emphasizes the reunification of spouses. I am frustrated with the way that the system operates. We started getting this stuff together almost a year ago and we still haven't even gotten everything required to even consider sending the application in. My husband is not a criminal, yes he has lived in alot of places and been to alot of countries but that shouldn't make him suspect to criminal activity. He is highly educated, hell he's bilingual for crying out loud. He wants to come to this country not only because he's married to someone who is a citizen here, but because he knows this is a good country to live in, and that this is a country whereby he can achieve his goals and create a good life for himself and his future family.

Mr. Harper, our immigration system needs a critical overhaul. It shouldn't take more than 10 months to get an RCMP criminal record check. For someone who has twice previously been given student visas to study in this country and now wants to call this beloved country home, it is hard to not to feel disappointed, outraged, and highly frustrated. It is obvious that widening the tax base is not one of your priorities!! Think about it, the more taxes you can collect the more money you can give back to families for wasteful tax credits.

Immigration is our only hope in sustaining the growth of this country. We have such potenital and it seems that denying entry to those who would like to enter is going to be detrimental to this country's future. I would hate for my children to have to experience the frustration that I have, and I would also hate to see my children have to move to a different country should they decide to marry someone who is not Canadian.

I like my new job!

Wow! I have so much to do! The last manager that they had there did leave me much to work with so I pretty much have to start from square one. I am not complaining though because in reality I enjoy doing this sort of thing. I get to do alot of administrative stuff, and I get to promote stuff too which has some perks to the job as well. I am hoping that this will pan out into something more. But for now I am just going to enjoy the fact that I have finally earned myself a management position! Not to mention all the coffee I could possibly consume!!

Shout Out! GET WELL RACHY!!

I just thought that I would send a shout out to Rachy, one helluva girl from Down Under who is stuck in hospital for what looks like a long time!
Get well soon eh, the internet is not as fun anymore because you aren't posting!!

Finally a little recognition!!

I don't complain about too many things. I figure that I am pretty lucky to be where I am. However when the subject comes to my in-laws the story can be a little different. I have known this family for nearly 10 years and most of the time I feel like a fish out water, especially when it comes to my mother-in-law. Anyways they have a website promoting their various business ventures, on one part it highlights the family. Not normally this wouldn't bother me however my sister-inlaw's boyfriend was mentioned and I was not. (My husband and I have been together for nearly 10 years while her boyfriend (who is rather handy to have around) and her have been together for only somethng like three or four years now) You kinda see what I am getting at here.

So it's feels kinda nice. Although there's is substantial room for improvement...

I'll just leave it at that, after all I am not ungrateful.

Jag raknar dagarna!!!!

One month to go!!

Coffee Talk

So I have had two days on the job now and I have come the to conclusion that running a coffee shop is going to keep me busy. I have so much administrative stuff to do that it will take me weeks and weeks to get it up to snuff. AND then! I also have alot of promoting to do. All day Thursday all I heard was that they didn't know that this place existed. I am hoping to get my sales up so that this seems legitimate and not just some phase in history.

Mental Health

Am I ever glad that I don't work at the local meat packing plant.

Yesterday one guy came unglued and started throwing knives around.

Yeah I am thinking that there should be mental health assessment done on some of these people!!

I'm a Manager!!

Oh my gosh!!!!! I can't believe it, I went down this morning to find out whether or not I was going in for an interview. Well I got taken upstairs and told that I had the job if I wanted it!!!

COOL!!!

So the wage isn't great, oh well. But I get benefits and after a year I will qualify to for pension benefits as well.


SO... I guess I am going to give it a try. At least my friend Tara is excited to see me coming back!!!

It's getting closer!

Okay my house looks like a florist shoppe.
I get reply cards just about everyday now in the mail.
It's almost a month now until hubby gets here.
And now things are starting to come into place.
Plans are being made for a bridal shower.
And plans are getting made for Max as well.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Wow I am getting married all over again!!!

A major sign you live in the middle of nowhere!!!

I haven't been able to get ahold of my husband on a landline for over three days now. Why? Because the underground phone line was severed in the little village that he lives close to!!! OI!

Got a job interview!

I got a job interview for Tuesday morning!! It's for a receptionist position at a welding shop in Red Deer. It's part-time until Fall which turns into a full-time position. Ooooo I could handle that, with all my in-laws coming over this summer I can handle working only part-time! Still haven't heard about the coffee shop thing, but then again I gotta wait until early next week.

Can't say that I didn't try!

So it has come to my attention that they are looking for a Manager for the coffee shop in the local Co-op. It sounds really interesting, I mean I fell in love with the whole cafe lifestyle in Sweden. It's something that I have thought about doing on my own, and I guess that this is an opportunity to see if I would actually like doing something like this.

So this morning, after laying in bed and thinking about it for over an hour I decided to get up and get dressed and hand in my resume. The worst that can happen is that either I say no (not enough money) or they say no (because I want too much money). So I get there and the lady in the administration office makes me fill out an application form (ha ha ha, I worked there for over 5 years and they want me to fill out an application form??) so as it turns out, the HR lady is across the street and they call my old manager! I think that this is pretty funny because the guy is one of my references on my resume!! So he's standing there dumbfounded, he doesn't know what questions to ask me, because he knows me and he knows what experience I have had and knows that I can be trusted (hell I used to run the whole grocery on the weekends!!)

So he said that he would give me a call at the beginning of the week. I guess that I am going to have to wait and see. I hope that I get it, because it would mean that I wouldn't have to drive so far for work, I get to work at place that I am familiar with and I get to try something that I think would be a great starting point for opening my own business.

Do I cheer for the Oilers???

Okay seems I haven't had to work in a while I have been left to my own thoughts, which if you read this regularily means that this is a very dangerous thing for me.

I was able to watch some of the hockey game last night and well I was disappointed. Hopes were high this year, this was going to be the year that Calgary brought the cup back to Canada... Western Canada. Unfortunately it was not to be for the Flames. Now I am stuggling with a thought. Actually I am trying to decide if this is scary or not. Do I cheer for the Oilers???

This would go against every grain in my body. Maybe I'll go with hubby on this one and cheer for the Senators!! At least there would be some color semblance!

This sucks!

So the Flames lost. Bummer! I was hoping that they would make it all the way this time. So now I guess that I have to do something that is not entirely in my nature. I am going to the cheer for the Oilers. Even the Habs (my hubby's favorite team) got knocked out.

I guess there is always next year. At least if the cup ends up in Alberta, the magic may rub off on Calgary.

Going back to class in three days!

Wow I can't believe this, I am going back to class on Saturday. I am taking a Religious Studies class, it's an option to finish off my degree. Now I haven't got a clue as to what the difference is between God and Allah and I am hoping that I will know once I am finished. I just wish that I could take the course about Eastern religion because I think it's more my thing anyways!!

If you have something constructive to add, please do. If you want to preach to me, don't! I have no need for someting like that!

Spending the day at home

I really hate this! I am at home today because I didn't called into work today. So I got to sleep in yadda yadda. But I got to thinking this morning, it's pretty bad, when I am at home I'd rather be at work and when I am at work I'd rather be at home. I just hope that I am able to find something that makes me look forward to getting out of bed, getting all dressed up to go to work. I wonder if there is such a thing out there! Hmmmmmmmm here's hoping!

Ahhhhhhhh

Okay so I did really good today, got lots of little things done!

I ordered my grad pictures.
I finished my wedding registries.
I got my dog groomed (but they didn't do a good job of his ears or his tail).
I got started on my new resume.
Sent off a bunch of important papers and stuff.

It's less than 40 some days until my hubby comes, that will be nice. Someone to snuggle with :):):)

Yeah I know that it has been a while. Been rather busy the last few weeks.

Let me see, got school all finished up, I am still waiting for a course mark in one more course and then that will be all finished up.

Got the bridesmaids their dresses!! That was easy!

Started working as a Unit Assitant and found out that I really am not keen on it. I am looking for an office job. Something where I am not on my feet all the time.

Got almost all of my wedding invitations sent out, and the registry is almost finished!

I start classes again on Saturday.

So now what is left to do:
Redo my resume, if you got any suggestions or you wanna take a look leave me a message in the comments section. Quite frankly it is high school crap, it needs to say fresh university graduate!

Clean the basement

Get rid of the junk

Wait for Max to get here

and...

GO TO BED!!