END OF MY VACATION....
Well in another couple days I have to go back to work, after 3 lovely weeks at home, not getting up with alarm clocks. Sigh. I wish I didn't have to work to earn money. But like most of us, that's the reality. I really do love my job and the people there, so it's not like I have a problem going back there. The thing for me is having my own free time and especially, not having to worry about getting up at 6 a.m. even if I didn't manage to fall asleep until 5 am. With so many problems some of my friends and family are facing, this isn't really huge, as far as the scheme of things. I just felt a little bummed (and pissed off, lol) and thought I'd share it.
It wouldn't be such a biggie either if it wasn't for the fact that I'm going back to changes that took place while I was away. Two of our departments (Travel agency and Auto Club) have now been 'integrated', so there is no more Auto Club, which is where I work. Or workED, when I left there 3 weeks ago. I work for the Alberta Motor Association, which is CAA, which is affiliated with AAA in the U.S. All the same thing. Anyway, what's left of the department I work for is now called "Association Services".....we deal with memberships, advocacy and the odd other little thing. Also the Accounting team stays there, which is great, since I'm on that team too! LOL ( I am one of the ones there who does bank deposits and balancing etc.) I am a cashier, I work in a cashroom where the safes (vaults) are, where all the tickets (ski passes, Disney, etc. etc.) are kept, foreign currency, and traveller's cheques. And I have a big cash register where I ring payments in for the Insurance Dept. Anyway it's a nice variety, what I do, and I love it. Now with this integration, we're no positive yet what will be staying the same for my job. So far, I'm still doing a lot of it, but I'll find out for sure what changes have/may occur when I go back Tuesday a.m.
Also, when each of the AMA offices throughout the province integratged, there had to be renovations..... no other choice, cuz one dept. (Travel) now has twice the staff (most Auto Club people moved over there) and the "new" Association Services (me) is downsized to only about 5 people in it. So, counters and desks had to be moved/reworked. Well, the office that we're in is old and quite small. Even before this stupid, silly integration came along, we needed more space to grow. Being as we don't have the room, they couldn't renovate, so they just moved some stuff around until everyone was crowded enough. lol
Instead, we are going to be moving to larger premises sometime after winter is over. I walk to work (don't drive, don't wanna either) and where we are now is only about a 7 minute walk, which is great. In the really really cold days of winter, the ones where any exposed skin risks serious frostbite, that walk for me is just about right. I just make it to the office before my face starts falling off. The new place we're moving to is twice the distance, however. Still not far, probably a 15 min. walk. So on any days that it's THAT cold out, I'll need to arrange rides, which is a huge pain in the butt. Don't talk about buses either....there are no buses going from my house to that area. I could take a taxi once in awhile but I couldn't afford to do that too often. So this winter I'll still be fine, but next year I'll be wanting to spend some big bucks on a new parka etc. For the most part, our winters here aren't that bad.....and the walking is nice. It's actually quite beautiful, especially on sunny days, to see the snow sparkling like diamonds.
There are just some days now and then when we get into a deep freeze. Something our Debs wouldn't want to be in!! LOL However, I much prefer the crisp freshness of winter (just not too much snow or ice please!!) to the stifling heat and humidity of some summer days.
So, I'm running out of time now to just do what I want, it's back to the grind for me! Hopefully my hubby will have pity on me and snore less so I'll be able to get some sleep, LOL
It wouldn't be such a biggie either if it wasn't for the fact that I'm going back to changes that took place while I was away. Two of our departments (Travel agency and Auto Club) have now been 'integrated', so there is no more Auto Club, which is where I work. Or workED, when I left there 3 weeks ago. I work for the Alberta Motor Association, which is CAA, which is affiliated with AAA in the U.S. All the same thing. Anyway, what's left of the department I work for is now called "Association Services".....we deal with memberships, advocacy and the odd other little thing. Also the Accounting team stays there, which is great, since I'm on that team too! LOL ( I am one of the ones there who does bank deposits and balancing etc.) I am a cashier, I work in a cashroom where the safes (vaults) are, where all the tickets (ski passes, Disney, etc. etc.) are kept, foreign currency, and traveller's cheques. And I have a big cash register where I ring payments in for the Insurance Dept. Anyway it's a nice variety, what I do, and I love it. Now with this integration, we're no positive yet what will be staying the same for my job. So far, I'm still doing a lot of it, but I'll find out for sure what changes have/may occur when I go back Tuesday a.m.
Also, when each of the AMA offices throughout the province integratged, there had to be renovations..... no other choice, cuz one dept. (Travel) now has twice the staff (most Auto Club people moved over there) and the "new" Association Services (me) is downsized to only about 5 people in it. So, counters and desks had to be moved/reworked. Well, the office that we're in is old and quite small. Even before this stupid, silly integration came along, we needed more space to grow. Being as we don't have the room, they couldn't renovate, so they just moved some stuff around until everyone was crowded enough. lol
Instead, we are going to be moving to larger premises sometime after winter is over. I walk to work (don't drive, don't wanna either) and where we are now is only about a 7 minute walk, which is great. In the really really cold days of winter, the ones where any exposed skin risks serious frostbite, that walk for me is just about right. I just make it to the office before my face starts falling off. The new place we're moving to is twice the distance, however. Still not far, probably a 15 min. walk. So on any days that it's THAT cold out, I'll need to arrange rides, which is a huge pain in the butt. Don't talk about buses either....there are no buses going from my house to that area. I could take a taxi once in awhile but I couldn't afford to do that too often. So this winter I'll still be fine, but next year I'll be wanting to spend some big bucks on a new parka etc. For the most part, our winters here aren't that bad.....and the walking is nice. It's actually quite beautiful, especially on sunny days, to see the snow sparkling like diamonds.
There are just some days now and then when we get into a deep freeze. Something our Debs wouldn't want to be in!! LOL However, I much prefer the crisp freshness of winter (just not too much snow or ice please!!) to the stifling heat and humidity of some summer days.
So, I'm running out of time now to just do what I want, it's back to the grind for me! Hopefully my hubby will have pity on me and snore less so I'll be able to get some sleep, LOL
posted by Jude at Sunday, September 26, 2004
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