Friday, September 5, 2008

Moses supposes his toeses are roses

I'm up to a lot and not much at the same time. I got hired only having been up here for two days at a brand new target opening about 15 miles from my parents' house. Not horribly exciting, but it is the first of two Targets to open up here in Alaska, so I suppose it's pretty epic for some.

Oh, my, goodness--you would not believe all the work that goes into a new store. Shelves, pegs, a bizillion price tags... I'm feeling quite buff after two weeks of manual labor. However, I think I've made a bit of a name for myself among my supervisors, and I'm always volunteering for extra shifts and to cross-train (my assigned area once the store opens is in the photo lab). I've had several of them ask me if I am a "Team Leader" (not the highest, but still a bit of a supervisor). When I tell them I'm not, they say, "Oh, you should be!" I checked into it, and unfortunately there are none of those positions left, but they know I want it now, and I'm just going to cross-train as much as possible so I know the store like the back of my hand. I'm told it's only a short matter of time before I move up. Oh yeah.

In other news, I'm taking one class. Not my choice. Right now though, money's kind of tight, and it's all we could afford. Next semester I'll be able to take a few more (12 hours? crossing fingers...), but for now I'm enjoying my studio weaving class. :-D

In my free time, I'm still working on my Hungarian sampler I started at the end of July. I'm on section 5 of 7. Check it out: