Check

-Bathrooms clean = check
-Poop boxes clean = check
-Kitchen clean = check
-Dishes done = check
-Floors clean = check
-Working on laundry = check
-Grocery shopping = check
-Open doors and windows = check
-Darius Rucker playing on the stereo = check
-Glass of new favorite wine = check
-New book (True Colors by Kristin Hannah) = check

Now, I'm just going to sit back, relax, and enjoy this Sunday afternoon with nothing else to do.

My perfect afternoon = check

Disasters.

*My heart goes out to all of those in Chili affected by the earthquake, those who have lost friends and family, and those who don't know or haven't heard from family and friends.
*My heart also goes out to all of those in the areas with tsunami warnings.

Please, everyone be safe.

What!?! Really?

Oh man, was a long few days. And oh man is that an understatement.
It was decided last week, Thursday actually, that I would venture over to the WaFed branch next door and that would be my new home. Al, the branch Mgr, wanted me next door on Friday but my boss said Monday was best. That means they, as in WaFed, knew I was going to be there Monday. They knew this before Al walked out of the branch on Thursday, right? So one would think that things would have been started. Papers would have been sent in. I would have been changed over to WaFed's time card and pay roll system. That I would have an employee number, passwords, and so on. All of this starting Monday, right?
As Dwight from the Office would say, "WRONG!" On Monday I got the keys to the door, was told what the 'all clear' signal was, even got a key to my cash drawer. But non of the other things were there.
No one seems to know what is going on. I can't even tell you how many things I have been told and by how many people are telling me these things. It is so frustrating.
So Monday, my first day at the WaFed branch I spent my time standing around, cutting out paper tulips to put up around the branch, and trying to get as much information as I could. Can we say boring? Oh man was it ever. Tuesday, well that went the same way. When I got back from lunch I at least had an employee number. Oh, and there was an security information packet for me to read and send a signed copy to HR. When I called the HR dept, as instructed, the line was busy. I tried to call HR several times over the next hour and a half.
So today, Wednesday, I called HR as soon as we walked in and actually talked to someone. Carlos actually. He said he would get it taken care of by noon. Noon rolled around and still no call from Carlos. We had been told by the Division HR lady that all I needed to do was call and let them know I was a Legacy Horizon employee transfer and it would be set. Yeah right. So I call, tell them and am told I'm wrong. Tim from HR is conferences in, tells me the same thing and given the run around.
By this time I am more then angry, I'm pissed.
I tell Tim that I have been in the WaFed branch for 3 days now, it was decided last Thursday, I keep hearing all kinds of different information from everyone, and so on. I tell him that this is ridicules and they need to get things under control and figure out what is going on. Having an employee not able to do anything is a waste of everyone's time. He says "I was never told you were in a branch." What?!?! How could that be??? He was going to make some phone calls and call me back in one hour.
Needles to say, after a call to Tim from my branch manager Al, I now have access to the computer and go to official training in Anacortes on Friday. Still haven't heard back from Tim.
For such a big company they need to get it together! Ugh!

Another one.

Our little office has just lost yet another.

One of my co-workers put in their 2 week notice to go work for another bank this afternoon.

Today, at 5pm, was the last time they would be a co-worker.

It makes my heart sad to see all of this.

To see our new employer not really care.

To have so many unknowns.

To wonder if it is best to stay or best to go.

To wonder who is going to be next.

To know that tomorrow, walking in the door will be so sad.

To know that there have been too many tears and too many goodbyes.

You will be missed!

(Both of you.)

Good with the bad

So we didn't get our information on Friday. It was actually a day earlier, on Thursday.
Good news: WaFed is not worried about being over staffed for at least a year so I get to keep my job.
Bad news: Thursday morning my Branch Manager was let go. This was so far out of left field that no one even expected it. She ran both the Burlington and Mount Vernon Branches so we figured she would be at one or the other locations. Obviously that's not the case. She will be missed greatly.

I have gotten my resume and application out to a few places, nothing serious, and I haven't heard back from any one of them. The plan is just to hang with WaFed until something better comes my way.
I have even toyed with the idea of going back to school and have looked into a few different things. Mostly, I have looked into cosmetology. If nothing else it would be good to know how to do my own hair, and how to do it cute like my hair lady does :O) But no, in all seriousness I think it would be something I would be good at. Michelle, my hair lady in Spokane, has a shop in her basement, is extremely successful, makes her own hours, is home for the kids, and so on. I would love to be able to do that. I've done a little looking into a few schools in Mount Vernon and Bellingham, and only a few of them offer night classes. But, just maybe that will be in my future. Who knows.

OH, and I also talked to my best friend today. She called from work, asked if I was sitting down, made me promise I wouldn't get mad at her, and told me she peed on a stick today. She is pregnant. I am so excited for her. She will make such a great Mom, I just know it!

Maybe.

So we might, MIGHT find out where we are going to be within WaFed by Friday.

This Friday. Maybe.

They need to rip the band-aid off already!

I'm so ready.