Greetings:
I'll start off with a positive...I am six pounds lighter. We went to Weight Watchers tonight and the scale was kind to me. I've been super active at work in the past weeks so it's nice to see that all my activity is paying off. I could still be eating better though...always something to work on.
Onto the reasoning behind my entry title. I am really sick of there being rules and procedures at my work place and people choosing when to follow those rules and regulations. My summer program is not the only program that uses the pool in our building. Another popular program uses the pool in the mornings and evenings. A couple of the life guards for my program also work for that program.
Earlier tonight, a life guard called me because a child had thrown up in the pool. The program's head life guard (not affiliated with SYF) decided to try and take care of it himself. Apparently the unsaid rule for that program is the pool cannot close. They'll lose too much money. Luckily the life guards that work with my program have a conscience hence their phone call. They asked me to contact maintenance so the pool could be treated. I contacted the pool people on campus.
My decision to help out (and do the right thing) is going to cause a shit-storm in the morning. I know the director of that program is going to have a fit because the pool may need to close for a bit or even be drained. Then again if they had called the right people from the get-go, the issue may not need such a major fix. I am dreading work tomorrow. The director is so mean and gets angry when anything negative happens with his program. I'm confident that he may even deny someone threw up because it wasn't the head life guard that initiated the maintenance request.
I emailed my boss about the situation tonight so I'm hoping that helps him understand my involvement. I am confident he's going to have a voicemail waiting for him or the director will show up in the morning in a rage.
End of rant!
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
And Now Things Start to Get Hectic!
My busy season is officially upon me as the summer program started at ISU this week. In total, the program has been running for 29 years now. It is my fourth year as acting director. I am proud to announce that I have figured out how to kick start things appropriately so necessary trainings, hiring practices, etc. take place with less issues. We've had a couple issues in the last days but nothing major. Right now we are dealing with a kid that peed their pants. And a language barrier exists between the parents and myself so it's been fun figuring out a solution.
We had our garage sale this past weekend. Mother Nature didn't help much with the torrential downpours and opening it again on Sunday didn't fair well. It was nice to get rid of stuff from the basement though. I still need to run boxes and items to Good Will or Salvation Army at some point. I thoroughly enjoyed the Japanese Steakhouse meal as well as the trip to the local casino.
My ISU summer course starts on Monday so I should be working on my prep for that....I'll likely put some hours in on Friday so I'm good-to-go for the week of lectures. I'm glad I checked in with a secretary today because I thought my class ran til July 31. It's actually done on July 24th.
DMACC is going slow and steady. Midterm takes place already next week.
Due to the increase in work this week, I am kicking butt with my activity levels. My activity monitor is lighting up nicely by the end of the day. My eating isn't as great though. It's irritating because in the beginning of the day I think "I need to lose weight and be better about my choices today." By the end of the day I easily give in to my cravings and don't think much about the nutritional value of my choices. I wish my morning frame of mind would stick all day. My clothes aren't fitting as nicely either which worrisome and it makes sense based on my weight. It's gone up.
I wish I could put the same passion I put into my job into my weight loss desire. I don't understand why this has been a difficulty for about 15 or so years. Grr.
Time to walk around and check on 110 children.
We had our garage sale this past weekend. Mother Nature didn't help much with the torrential downpours and opening it again on Sunday didn't fair well. It was nice to get rid of stuff from the basement though. I still need to run boxes and items to Good Will or Salvation Army at some point. I thoroughly enjoyed the Japanese Steakhouse meal as well as the trip to the local casino.
My ISU summer course starts on Monday so I should be working on my prep for that....I'll likely put some hours in on Friday so I'm good-to-go for the week of lectures. I'm glad I checked in with a secretary today because I thought my class ran til July 31. It's actually done on July 24th.
DMACC is going slow and steady. Midterm takes place already next week.
Due to the increase in work this week, I am kicking butt with my activity levels. My activity monitor is lighting up nicely by the end of the day. My eating isn't as great though. It's irritating because in the beginning of the day I think "I need to lose weight and be better about my choices today." By the end of the day I easily give in to my cravings and don't think much about the nutritional value of my choices. I wish my morning frame of mind would stick all day. My clothes aren't fitting as nicely either which worrisome and it makes sense based on my weight. It's gone up.
I wish I could put the same passion I put into my job into my weight loss desire. I don't understand why this has been a difficulty for about 15 or so years. Grr.
Time to walk around and check on 110 children.
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