my boss came back this last week and we had a chat. she says we all just need to chill and start again. that things got too blown out of focus and we had too much to deal with at once. i told her that my frustrations come from not being able to give the newest person other things to do because she can't get the simple small things done. she wastes time and works so slow. she doesn't listen to how to correctly do things and when she doesn't know, she makes it up instead of asking how. my boss listened and said that we just need to be patient and take time to show her. i also told my boss that i can't believe that the new girl can't even hang tags correctly. for example... the suave shampoo & conditioner have only 1 number difference in the upc. the new girl hung conditioner tags in place of shampoo tags and left the old, wrong priced conditioner tags up. the non-foods person came and asked why this happened. i asked the new girl to go out and verify the hair care section. she didn't. so the non-foods person had to bring me all the shampoo in the one set so i could make correct tags for the shelf.
this is a huge problem and when upc numbers are so close, you have to go by the item number on the tag. we have explained this to the new girl several times, but she just is not getting it. she keeps hanging the tags where ever she feels like hanging them. i have found so many errors when i have gone out to help hang tags. i know that it is her because no one else in the department does it on the daily basis. and the other people that hang tags are competent enough to read the numbers correctly and hang them correctly. so hopefully i can be more patient and survive work with an upbeat attitude.
hmm....what else has been happening....
zach donated blood for the first time and almost passed out. he was too stubborn to actually pass out and almost didn't let me go get some help. when zach's face went from usual normal white to pale and no color, i didn't care about his stubborn....i got someone to help. i should explain:
my boss' husband had surgery, a very major surgery, on the 7th of january. the doctor said that if friends and family donate blood, they can take some of the price off of the blood needed in surgery. her husband went through 24 units of blood. i love to donate blood, so i talked zach into coming with me. unfortunately i couldn't donate that day, but zach was able to. he is such a good sport and willingly donated. and that's why he almost passed out....for a good cause.
school has been getting harder, but also more interesting. we started cranial sacral therapy and actually i have the final for it on wednesday. it is about manipulating the sutures in the skull to relax and let your cerebral spinal fluid flow freely through your entire body bringing homeostasis and awareness of your body. people who suffer from chronic allergies have had success with cranial sacral therapy and don't have allergies anymore. also people with tmjd have had success in getting rid of the dysfunction. people with chronic migraines, add, adhd, dyslexia, sinus issues, vision issues, ear aches, and all sorts of problems have found relief and have no more problem since having cranial sacral therapy done.
it is really amazing stuff. i know some of it seems a bit "out there" but really it is quite effective. most of it is done through energy work since the sutures in the skull don't move like other joints in the body, but they still move. they just move more like clock wheels. anyway, i would just like to post one experience i had in class last night. i had a bit of a long day and work has not been the easiest for me. usually i don't have class friday night, but we didn't have class monday for martin luther king, jr day. so we had to make class up on friday.
for some reason, i couldn't focus and just felt really anxious. i didn't want to be there and was struggling keeping my mind on cranial sacral therapy. my partner let me be the client first. i was trying so hard to just relax and let go of whatever it was that was irritating me. i would almost relax, and then i would snap back into being annoyed and anxious. then the time was called for the sessions to be ended. my 'therapist' was going to call over the teacher or the teacher's aide, but both were busy helping other students. i said not to worry about it but we could just switch places and i would now be the therapist.
as we started the session, i was still struggling keeping my focus and now my focus toward my client. i wasn't sure if i was feeling the cranial rhythm or if it was just my imagination. i think my teacher's aide was feeling my stress and came over. he just passed by, but then turned around just before i opened my mouth to whisper his name. i mouthed "will you help me?" at him and he came right to the side of my client. he asked what i was struggling with. i asked him to help me feel if i was really feeling the cranial rhythm correctly or if i was feeling something else.
as he started to open his mind, he said to me "you need to let go and stop trying so hard" i need to explain really quickly that my TA doesn't have to touch a person to feel what they are feeling. he is very in-tune with energy and is more powerful when he doesn't actually physically touch. my client then opened his mouth and told the TA that during my session i was not relaxing and was struggling to let go.
the TA then said, "have you been putting in a lot more at work?" i answered "yes" he said that he could feel that it is taking its toll on me. he then asked if i drank a lot of coffee. i said no. he asked if i am drinking something that is causing my heart to have problems. i said i am trying to cut back. he then said that my heart is going to quickly and i am exhausted and need to not work so much. he didn't even touch me. he doesn't know me. but he could feel exactly what is/has been going on with me. he then did something and i can't say for exact sure if he physically touched me, but the second he did whatever it was, my head dropped and i could suddenly feel my client's cranial rhythm almost pounding in my hands. i could also focus and felt happy and energetic and at peace.
he asked, "is your head a lot clearer now?" i answered, "yes thank you" and he said, you should sleep really well tonight. and guess what.....i slept for 9 hours straight last night. and when i woke up, i realized i didn't toss and turn or at least didn't feel like i had. and also when i woke up, i felt energized and happy again. like everything is going to be alright. i haven't felt that upbeat in a while. ask zach if you think i am joking. it was amazing.
oh, so last weekend zach and i went down to southern utah to visit his family. we left friday after i got off work and spent a wonderful weekend together with his family. we got there early enough on friday that we could visit with zach's parents before we all went to bed. then saturday we got up and went to ihop in cedar city with most everybody; ken & joyce, kendra & golden and their kids; lincoln, shaunie, gage, and lacy; christy & adam, and zach & i. the only ones missing were missing cause they live in california. becky & hyrum and their 3 kids live in california. i can't think of the names of their kids right now. ugh...i hate when i forget. it will come to me later i am sure.
after breakfast at ihop, we went to christy & adam's house and watched "up" on their new high definition tv. then we went to kendra & golden's house to drop off the kids. we then decided to go visit zach's grandpa. so we loaded up and got to have a good visit with zach's grandparents. the house that his grandparents live in is HUGE. and really would be so much fun to grow up in and explore. there are rooms that i would never had guessed would be there. it was cool to hear zach's stories of doing different things in and around the house. then we went for a little sight seeing tour. i can now say i have been to where "butch cassidy & the sundace kid" had the bicycle scene and school house filmed. it was just a tiny little place, but fascinating. it was a good weekend and felt like going home.
sunday morning i was able to help zach's mom with dinner prep and was privileged to do some massage on her. it has been a while since i have actually given bodywork, and it was wonderful to be able to feel some stress, worry, and tension leave her body. i wish i could have done a full session for her, especially seeing how receptive to the different massage modalities she is. i did a combination of accupressure, cranial sacral therapy, reflexology, and a few swedish compression strokes. i promised to bring my table back and give her a real full body massage.
sunday dinner was very scrumptious. we had pot roast, potatoes, onions, carrots, rolls, salad, jello salad and chocolate pie. then sadly zach & i had to leave back to ogden. it was hard to leave. anyway, i should get some sort of studying done. and i will try to post more often. i can't make any promises though. time is so limited now-a-days with me.
