Back to Work, Back to School

Its weird, after a break I usually say I going back to school, really meaning back to work. I don't "go to school" for the purpose of learning, I go to school for the purpose of working. I wonder if others do that, think about it as going back to school when they work in a school.

Anyway, what I thought would be an "easy" day, turned out to be frantic. On the last day of work/school before break, I kept telling myself, "don't forget to order the rolls, don't forget to order the rolls". But, looks like I had a menopausal moment. I forgot to order the rolls. So I spent the first hour of work, instant messaging and calling around for rolls. Then, I had to go pick them up. I get so mad at myself for making a mistake like that. I can really beat myself up about it. Also, as soon as I came in, the light was blinking on the phone so that means I had a message. I called to see who it was and it was the milk company, asking where my order was for Wed, January 2nd. Now, they called on Friday, Dec 21st. I KNEW that I did fax that order in, for sure, since I wrote the time and day that I faxed it in on my order but it sure was possible that the fax didn't go through. And, mind you, I didn't have a single milk carton in the school that didn't have an expired date). But... about 15 minutes later (while I was busy checking around for rolls first, then I would worry about milk)the milkman, thankfully, was at my back door. I could'a kissed him. I didn't of course, but I was so happy to see him. They must have found the order after they had left the message. Whew...... I dodged that bullet.

I managed to get enough rolls for the day so a disaster was avoided. But I had to smile, there were other managers looking for rolls and stuff so I wasn't the only one that had a menopausal moment. Sometimes it makes you feel better when you find out your not alone. That is the great thing about my job and one of the things I like best. You make a mistake, but nine times out of ten, it can be fixed without the customer ever knowing a thing.

I had off for 11 days, you would think that by the time I went back, I would have everything organized. NOT!!! Also in the first half hour (worrying about rolls and milk) I also had to put the lunch count forms into the teachers mailboxes. I had taken them home to work on and update. (The students at our school have a form that has their name on it and they mark which lunch they want) The teachers need to have these first thing in the morning so they can have the students mark it, then they send it down to me). Well.. I had forgot to get some new plastic sleeves for them. I remembered I had some at school/work so I figured I would quickly put the new ones on the lunch count forms. But, I only had a few new plastic sleeves so I ended up having to use some old ones along with the new ones. Then I had to walk around the school to the rooms to distribute them to the teachers who had already picked up the mail in their mailboxes. What a start to the day and the NEW YEAR.

But, all in all, we had a great day. The students were quiet in line (they seemed tired) and they moved along well. And its already Wednesday. Two more days till the weekend. Hurray!
All is well.