*waves sheepishly*
Dec. 31st, 2012 12:40 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
polgara_5Hello everyone! Sorry I've been so out of touch, but it's been ridiculously crazy here. The months (yes, I said months) leading up to Christmas were a bit overwhelming and I just sort of phased all sorts of things out to try and ease up what was going on.
So it all started at the end of October when hubby's grandmother passed away. Now, we've been together long enough that I considered her my grandmother as well. To top it off, Miss Thing and I were on round two of a cold. (we went through three rounds, exciting) Not even a week had passed, and the boss lady's father passed away. I went to two funerals in 7 days. Not something I ever want to repeat.
For those who may not know, my boss and I get along scarily well. In fact, we've been asked several times if we're related somehow, and her husband swears we could be sisters. I've been working for her for four years and she is one of my closest and dearest friends. So it's one of those, her pain is my pain as well.
So family issues put us super way behind at work (the other two managers - one at the time was 8 months pregnant and the other had only been in his position since July, just really starting to get a handle on his job). So going into Black Friday a bit behind was frustrating. To top it off, I had major issues in hiring for seasonals and still wasn't fully hired until the second week of December.. yeah, exactly. And to top it off, before Christmas had already fired one and two more quit. Promos changed every four days and the items didn't overlap so we were completely remerchandising and re-signing the store every four days. Exhausting.
I was so behind on my Chrismtas crafting, it wasn't even funny. Shopping wise I was done the week after Thanksgiving. But I had all sorts of craft projects that I never did get them all done.
But Christmas was wonderful. Having a three year old makes it all fun. She loved decorating the house, the tree, helping me wrap presents for other people. Hell, she remembered days later whose gifts they were when we were passing them out. Kid is waaaaay too smart for her own good.
Not doing my New Year's Goals this year. It just makes me sad.
On a writing note: Any outstanding prompts I owe people - sorry, I'm wiping the slate clean. I've been struggling to fill them and the muse isn't cooperating. I'm really wanting to get back into writing and I feel like those backlogs are hovering and they make the muse want to cry. I'm also tossing any previous story ideas that have been floating around this house for the past several years. Relax Ava, not the Buffy/Steve or the Buffy/Bones stuff. Just the fic ideas I've had for years - like a Buffy/House fic... I haven't even watched that show in years.
Also, for those waiting on the Undertow sequel... *winces* You're gonna have to keep waiting. Not feeling the Stargate love. Jack isn't speaking to me. However, I'm planning on doing a show rewatch this year and maybe that'll kickstart things. It always helps when I do that with BtVS. *crosses fingers*
so how has everyone else been?
So it all started at the end of October when hubby's grandmother passed away. Now, we've been together long enough that I considered her my grandmother as well. To top it off, Miss Thing and I were on round two of a cold. (we went through three rounds, exciting) Not even a week had passed, and the boss lady's father passed away. I went to two funerals in 7 days. Not something I ever want to repeat.
For those who may not know, my boss and I get along scarily well. In fact, we've been asked several times if we're related somehow, and her husband swears we could be sisters. I've been working for her for four years and she is one of my closest and dearest friends. So it's one of those, her pain is my pain as well.
So family issues put us super way behind at work (the other two managers - one at the time was 8 months pregnant and the other had only been in his position since July, just really starting to get a handle on his job). So going into Black Friday a bit behind was frustrating. To top it off, I had major issues in hiring for seasonals and still wasn't fully hired until the second week of December.. yeah, exactly. And to top it off, before Christmas had already fired one and two more quit. Promos changed every four days and the items didn't overlap so we were completely remerchandising and re-signing the store every four days. Exhausting.
I was so behind on my Chrismtas crafting, it wasn't even funny. Shopping wise I was done the week after Thanksgiving. But I had all sorts of craft projects that I never did get them all done.
But Christmas was wonderful. Having a three year old makes it all fun. She loved decorating the house, the tree, helping me wrap presents for other people. Hell, she remembered days later whose gifts they were when we were passing them out. Kid is waaaaay too smart for her own good.
Not doing my New Year's Goals this year. It just makes me sad.
On a writing note: Any outstanding prompts I owe people - sorry, I'm wiping the slate clean. I've been struggling to fill them and the muse isn't cooperating. I'm really wanting to get back into writing and I feel like those backlogs are hovering and they make the muse want to cry. I'm also tossing any previous story ideas that have been floating around this house for the past several years. Relax Ava, not the Buffy/Steve or the Buffy/Bones stuff. Just the fic ideas I've had for years - like a Buffy/House fic... I haven't even watched that show in years.
Also, for those waiting on the Undertow sequel... *winces* You're gonna have to keep waiting. Not feeling the Stargate love. Jack isn't speaking to me. However, I'm planning on doing a show rewatch this year and maybe that'll kickstart things. It always helps when I do that with BtVS. *crosses fingers*
so how has everyone else been?