Sunday, 05/03/10

May 01, 2010

The new job has kept me busy this past month.  I thought the first week was the hardest until this past week.  My co-worker/trainer was on vacation.  I'm glad for her and she was very lucky to be gone because all heck broke loose because of an uncontollable incident at the border where our trucks got held up.  They (Border Patrol and/or FDA) do random checks and regardless of reason or suspicion they can put you on hold for as long as they want to.  Government bureaucracy for you.  It was only a 3 day delay but man what a cluster effect it can and does cause to the entire distribution system.  Shipments had to be re-scheduled, product diverted, re-orders, etc.  I thought I was going to die from exhaustion -- 54 hours I worked.  Holy Moly!  Haven't had a work week like that in decades.  I can sure feel the difference too.  I literally came home, ate maybe 2 bites, and fell exhausted into bed.  Sleeping was not an issue.  I was out and stayed out until that darn alarm went off at 5:30 the next morning so I could get up and do it all over again.  Eating was not an issue either except that I ate too little, didn't have time to journal my intake, and I missed nearly all my calcium.  Yes, it was that bad.  The whole mess seemed to be smoothing out on Friday so hopefully the ripple is over and things can get back to normal.  Everyone at work kept trying to reassure me it had never been like this before.  It will help considerably when my co-worker, Rita, is back.  She is the be-all in order entry whereas I am still very much the trainee when it comes to problem issues in shipping....and every order last week had a shipping problem issue.  I could not get any momentum going because every order had to be researched and checked to make sure the customer could take it on a different day, or that production could fulfill it.  It will be so nice to have someone to turn to who has the answers and not have to run all over the place dealing with 10 different people (all of whom direct you on to someone else because they don't know either....aaack!).  Plus, I can get back to having my twice daily walks.  Maybe.  At least that helps relieve the stress of the 'normal' day.  After last week, I'm thinking it's time for a trip to the nail salon for a pedicure and a mechanical chair massage!   :o)

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