I’m sicker than a dog – which is kind of funny considering I now work in the pet products industry.
Yep! I am now officially a pet bed designer/developer!! How cool is that? It is actually quite fun (and fashionable, as I come from the fashion industry). And yet, it’s very scary because it is a relatively small company next to the gigantic corporations I’m used to, and everything that I do can be seen and heard across the company.
AND!! There’s a LOT I do not know about pet beds. You might think it’s relatively simple, no? Well, there’s a lot more to them than you think…and there’s a TON more to actually getting these puppies (hee!) designed here and sourced overseas and sent back to the US for finishing and then shipped out to stores (not to mention budgets, forecasting, scheduling, producing, packing, boats and trucks, etc. etc).
Wild, wild, wild!
AND! My right-hand product manager got all nervous in private with me today and started crying!! That’s right! This is like the 5th or 6th time I’ve made women at work cry. WTF is it with the crying??!! I’m not that intimidating, am I?
Well, this particular time it is because she has to have a small speaking role at our national sales meeting in two weeks (from today! I’ve been working here for a week and 1/2!), and she doesn’t like public speaking. I mean, I get that. But I guess she wanted to show me JUST how much she doesn’t like public speaking by freaking out about it and crying.
But I calmed her down. She’s a really sweet lady. I think she’s about 50 and has TONS of experience and I know I couldn’t do this job without her. But damn…there’s a lot about her that is very trying. I’ve noted it before and I’ll not it again: patience.
Anyway, I wore myself out completely during my first week and this week I’ve been coughing, sneezing, stuffy-head-fevering all over the place. It SUCKS to try to learn a new job when you are feeling AWFUL. And my calendar is so booked full of meetings with brand new people that I don’t have time to pee, eat lunch, or blow my nose.
Not to mention, there are about 5 high-high-profile projects in my area that the CEO wants constant communication about and my boss is all freaked out about.
People, I’m exhausted.
But I asked for this, didn’t I?
And then there’s SexyPants, who I don’t hardly see anymore. I’m pretty sure we’ve only had sex once this year. I’m concerned, and then not. This is pretty much what we expected when we both decided to take new jobs (his job is 5 states away) and he decided to take in his special-needs son. Still, something will have to give in the next few months.
I’m actually very excited about the future. Lots of changes, lots of shaking up of things! It’s good and scary and all of that stuff that makes you FEEL new.
I just need to break this cold. Then it’s really gonna get GOOD.
OK, I’m tired.
Until later, loves and loves!
GS
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