Finally...The Weekend.

Hello,

So glad it's finally the weekend.  This week has been a bit stressful at times with work as it was my first week "going solo".

I used to work in a clothes shop called Evans for 4 years.  I recently changed job and now work as a bank cashier.  I've just done 6 weeks....5 of them i was being trained.  Hence why this week I went "solo" without the help of a trainer.  I think I did ok.  Well...the woman I worked with said I did really well.  However i got a little panicky at times with things I hadn't been shown or couldn't do.

Had some nice customer comments though which is always a plus.

I have never really mentioned the hell I went through with my old job...

Basically the deputy manager bullied me.  She hated my guts, tried to always get me into trouble and turn other members of staff (who were my friends) against me.  After being walked over by her (badly for 2 years) I reported her to the manager.  I literally broke down on the phone and said "she goes or I do".

The manager (who at one point also hated my guts thanks to my deputy) came over to the island to "sort out" the problem.  Thing is she did a little sob story and got away with murder.  It was all about her and her problems.  What about the suffering she had put me through?  She was also a reason 2 other girls left.  One being my close friend Kelsey.  We couldn't hack her crap (excuse my language) any more.

Every day all we heard was her love life, her problems etc.  When we wanted to talk about us for a moment....she didn't care.  Also you ask her to keep something secret and half the island knows within a day.

So we all had enough.

Her face when I handed my notice in was a picture.  Wish I had a camera at the time.  Would have framed it.

Kels and I love our new jobs.  We work for the same company again but different branches.  We are much happier our of that place.  She played us off against each other and I was worried we would lose our friendship because of her.  Luckily it all turned out ok.  We've always got each other's backs.

As for my old workplace...

All i've heard is negativity from customers and staff.  Definitely made the right decision.

Cute & Fluffy Things In My Life...

Just thought I would throw in a few pictures of my pets...they always make me smile.  They all have their different attitudes and ways like us.

I have 4 Guinea Pigs (all female) and I have 3 hamsters (two male, one female).

Truffles was my first piggy.  She was 11 months when I got her Jan 2010.

Smudge was my second.  She was 4 months old.  Not long after getting her I noticed a lump that was getting bigger.  She ended up having an operation.  She pulled through and the lump was removed but she didn't heal too well.  She kept ripping out the stitches and staples.  The vets and I tried everything but she insisted on ripping them out!  In the end we had to dose her up on strong painkillers that knocked her out.  This resulted in her not eating and her weight plummeted.  She became so gaunt and frail but after many vet visits and weeks of suffering...she bounced back and is now healthy and happy....and noisy!

Muffin...she is so adorable.  She was only a baby when I got her...she was about 2 months old.  She had this little tuft of hair that went into a pointy mohawk.  I fell in love and got her.  She has got fluffier and fluffier and now has a full on fringe!  She is gorgeous though.
  

Bo.  She was about a month old when I got her.  She was so so so tiny! She is kept with Smudge who has taken to mothering her.  She is adorable.  She's a fussy eater though!

As for hamsters...

I got Pippa first.  She is now a year old.  Unfortunately you can't handle her.  She doesn't like to play etc....she just goes for your fingers.  I know first hand she has sharp teeth.

Then I got little Frankie.  I shouldn't have favourites...but he is adorable.  He is so gentle.  He is around 9 months old.

Charlie...I adopted him when I found out someone was giving away their hamster.  I took him in.  I don't know how old he is but they said they thought he was around the 6 month mark.  So he would be about a year old now.  All he does is sleep, come out in the evening for food...then goes back to bed!  He is so so so lazy. X